, 1877-09-02
TURKISH TRiUMPHS.
Such Was the Result of the
Battle Along the
LON.
The Russian Retreat at Last
Become Almost q
1eout.
No Reliable Estimate as to
the Extent Of the
Losses.
Turkish Troops in Asia Minor
Carrying the War Into
Russia.
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Graphic Account Of the Destruction
Of the City Of E1sh-
Saghra.
The Rideous Scenes Which
Followed the Arrival Of
the Turks.
All Male Bu|garians Killed on
Sight by the Circas-
SLAMS.
Comprehensive Review Of the Harvest
Prospects in Great Britain.
An Increased Demand Upon the
United States Predicted.
All Male Bu|garians Killed on
Sight by the Circas-
SLAMS.
Comprehensive Review Of the Harvest
Prospects in Great Britain.
An Increased Demand Upon the
United States Predicted.
RUSSIAN REVERSES.
TIE FIGHTING ALONG THE RIVER LON.
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TEE FIGHTING ALONG THE RIVER LON.
by Gable to The Chicago 1Fi1une.1
LONDON OFFICE OF Tine CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
GPA1oRAvE PLACE, STRAND, Sept. Ill P. N.
What must prove the decisive lighting Of
the war has begun in earnest. There arc
no longer isolated attacks at unexpected
points, but there is one general combat all
along the line. That the Russians were de-
feated at the great engagement Of Thursday,
between Karahasson and Yenikoi, is now
certain, but the results are surprising, even
to the English, whose entire sympathies are
with the Turks, for everybody here has
thought TINT in regular pitched battle the
Russians must be victorious. 1t is stated
in several dispatches that
TIE RUSSIANS WERE SURPRISED,
and this is probable, because it is well known
that the Russians themselves have been re-
Gently contemplating an offensive movement.
P}evna had to be avenged, and the first point
to be attacked when re1nforcements came up
was to be Plevna. This vas the Russian
ideo. but the Turks have been before them
and intesfered with their plans.
The great batue fought on Thursday along
the banks Of the LON showed a striking
similarity in its main features to the victory
gained few days ago by Muktar Pasha at
Guedeker. In both instances
TIE ruRKs WERE THE AssA1ANIs
and captured strong positions from the ene~
my, together with large quantity of arms
and ammunition. In the more recent fight
ing the Ottoman troops advanced from
Rasgrad and Eski Djuma, one column mov-
ing upon Karrahassan, the second upon
Yenikoi, and the third upon Yaslar. At first
tho Russians seemed to have given way, but
after time rallied at Karrnhassan, where
DELIBERATE STRUGGLE TOOK PLACE.
In spite, however, OF vigorous resistance,
the Turkish columns pressed onward, ousted
the enemy from their intrenchments, and
pursued them as far as Popskoi, when dark
ness put m end to the pursuit. So run all
accounts yet received, but it remains to be
seen what coloring the Russians will give the
affair. All dispatches have come
FROM CORRESPONDENTS AT THE TURKISH HEAD
QUARTERS.
These determined assaults on the Sistova-
Tirnova line from the east look as it Mehn1et
Ali intended to strike the Russians before
they could receive assistance from their new
allies. the Servians. Osman Pasha, from
Plevna, is reported to have detached the
forco which had already engaged the Rou~
manian column soon after crossing the Dan
ube.
No further fighting appears to have taken
place at Schipka, but Shumla telegram af-
firms that Suleiman Pasha captured Agatch,
O village some twelve or thirteen miles south
of Gabrova. The truth of this statement
II Ruk54AONA0AA1-3
as Suleima,4 Pasha in his latest dispatches
merely claims that he made q successful
reconnaissance as far as Agatch, where he
found the Russians in some strength.
One fact is beginning to impress itself on
attentive observers, namely: that the Mus
covite soldiers do not seem to fight so stout
" as was expected from the antecedents OF
the Russian army. Perhaps their camps
may have bean suffering from severe sick
nesa-
VERY pEMoRAl1z1Hg INFLUENCE
when armies are sedentary for any length OF
time, or may be the northern 1eglons cannot
endure the excessive aud e1hausting heat OF
Bulgaria so we'll as the acclimaized Turks.
Be this as it may, there is something strange
in secing troops who fought so plucklly III
the Crimea falling back apparently panic
stricken before the more or less raw levles OF