Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-25
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Tho arsas war is the East.
CossrAsrISoPLx. August 2+.-Suleiman
PashA telegraphs. under date Of August
II, that three Of his brigadN ascended tho
heights Of the Chipka pass. In spite OF the
shower Of Russian proIectiles, drove back
the Russian outpost and advanced 70 with
In 100 yards OF the enemy's Entertainments.
There was desperate fighting for fourteen
hours, and although the Turks retained
their ground. the enemv still held their
fortified positions, which were defended
by fourteen cannon and . large force. The
telegram concludes "To-morrow We shall
bring up our siege guns and renew tho
struggle. We hope TO be sucsessful."
LONDON. August 24.-Bullstins from tho
General commanding. Chipka pass show
that on August ed the Turks erected two
batteries OF long.range artillery and made
trenches, through which they approached
tho Russian positions. The Russian loss
August 2ist Was 200. and on tho 22d much
less. The latest bulletin rccounts the OPP
erations Of Thursday. IL says. The Turk
ish fire commenced At 4:30 In the morning
and lasted with great violence until noon.
Meanwhile the Turks made several desper-
ate assaults. but were repnlsed. Our he
roes did not yield . foot. At noon the
firing slacksned and reserves under Radet.
sky began TO arrive. Our Losses have been
great.
HoRRinLE ATROCITIES BY THE RussfASs.
NEw YoRK. August 2i.-The Turkish
Minister Of Foreign Affairs informs his
diplomatic agents abroad that the Rus.
SLAMS, on entering Eski-Saghra. disarmed
the Mussulmans and they were mastered.
Eleven hundred were thus put TO death.
The Russians entered Lovatz. and fifteen
women and children fleeing from the In.
vaders were killed. and others 10 escape
outrage or death, had 10 abandon every
thing, sven their children. Every Mus
sulmsn's house In Lovatz was pillaged
after the recapture Of the town. The Rus
SLAMS carried devastation and carnage Into
the %neighborlng districts. The Russians
drove out all the Mussulman ~nhabitants
Of the village VI Hirsto and burned all
the men and some Of the women.
Only one woman escaped. Seventy
MussulmAns and the Imaum OF Yuklem
were shut up In 0 barn, which
was fired. Foriy.four other Mussulmans
were massacred and all the Mussulman
women outraged. Eight young girls who
resisted were killed and two were burned
with tho men. The greater part OF the other
women. with their children. were
taken outside OF tho village where. .
after another, with the children At their
sides. they were slaughtered. Twenty
women aud children, who escaped the
massacre. were rescued by tho Ottoman
troops. The English military attsche
himself witnessed all tho proceedings.
The Russians disarmed the Mussulmans
Of Eski Saghra. Kezanlik aud nelghboring
villages, and distributed tho arms among
tho DulgariAns. who drove down 400
Mussulmans TO the river Tundja and
massacred them. At Eski Saghra and
its noighborhooi. Bulgarians continue
10 massacre tho Mussulman population.
The atrocities committed by Cossacks and
Dulgarlans continue. The women and
children who had fought tho Russians In
Khidirkeni were massacred. Other fam.
lilies shut up In q granary were delivered
by our troops. among them several women
AMI children, wounded. Tho Bulgarians
put To IRE and sword the Mussulman vii.
lage Of Lofedji and several others. after
having carried on women and girls. whom
they outraged. killed and mutilated hor-
ribiy. One woman and her two sons were
the only persons saved.
TIM ArrLE or E%sEI.DiusA.
LONDON. Augu.t 2i.-Accounts OF the
battle before Eski.Djuna are very fras-
mentary and conflicting. The numbers
engaged DO not appear TO have been very
great. although the battle was stubbornly
contested. A Vienna special says tho Rus.
SLAMS numbered 1000 and tho Turks
1900. According to q Russian Official &C.
count the Turks took the offensive In great
force on August 22d and drove back two
Russian battalions from Jsslar. Skir-
mishing continued throughout tho night.
Next day, tho 22d, the Turks made three
attacks In the neighborhood OF Jaslar. but
thess were brilliantly rcpulsed. A re-
uewal Of the attack Ia expected.
A dispatch dated Eski.Dluns, Thursday
night. reports that steady lighting has
been going on for the last thirty-six hours
between the Turkish advanced posts and
tho Russians. who are attacking In force
along the line from Jaslar 10 Peopki. The
Turks we're at first driven In, but were 70.
inforced and retook their original posi-.
ton, which they hold OF this moment.
The population Of Giurgevo has been Or
dered TO leave because Of the ~cannonslc
between Rustchuk and the Russian bsttor.
les on the northern bank Of the Danube.