The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-07
Bulgarians and Circassians Devas-
tating Roumelia.
THE ALLEGED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES
Colonel Wellesley Returns TO England 10
Contradict the Turkish Stories
ANOTHER RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN ASIA.

LONDON. August 7, 1877.
The HERALD correspondent at Sistova
telegraphs that Generals Schackoskoy and
Krudener have retaken the positions held
by them previous to the disastrous battle
at Plevna. Schackoskoy is now quartered
at Porodin and Kridener is lying at
Tirsteuck, and are daily receiving large
reinforcements.
PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE.
The Russians are straining every nerve
to retrieve their late disaster and to deliver
a crushing blow before the Turks have time
to reap all the advantages which might re-
suit from their chance success. Four more
Russian corps, which had been lying in
Roumania, are hurrying to the scene of
operations in Bulgaria, and o sanguinary
few days.
WHERE THE FIGHT WILL BE.
The correspondent Of the HERALD at
Kasanlik telegraphs that the Russians
intend to strike the Turks about Plevna
and Lovca. General Skobeloff will have
the command, and it has been determined
That, before pushing any further south,
vigorous effort will be made to crush the
Turkish forces north of the Balkans.
A WAR OF RACES
From Gabrova the HERALD correspondent
reports that the whole country about Eski
Saghra is being devastated and the villages
and country residences burned by flying
bands of Bulgarians and Circassians. The
Circassians began the mischief by burning
the Bulgarian villages south of the Balkans.
The long suppressed hatred between the
races seems likely to lead to civil war be-
tween the Turks and Bulgarians. The
latter seem determined to make reprisals for
the cruelties of the Turks last year.
BULaARIANs PLUCK UP COURAGE.
General Gourkha has destroyed the rail-
way between Jamboli and Philipopolis. The
whole country between Kasanlik and Adrian
ople will soon be destroyed, owing to the
strife between the Turks and Bulgarians,
unless the Russians press rapidly forward
The Bulgarians could not be induced to rise
before the Russian disaster ut Plevna, but
the fear of Turkish massacre has now
driven large numbers Of them to take tho
field, thinking it better to die like men with
arms in their hands than to be slaughtered
in cold blood by the bashi-bazouks.
THE ALLEGED RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
The HERALD correspondent at the head
quarters of the Grand Duke Nicholas, which
are now at Bjela, telegraphs under date of
yesterday as follows:-
Colonel Wellesley, the British military
attache at these headquarters of the Russian
army, has proceeded to London to make
personal explanations to his government re-
specting a matter which has excited the
greatest Indignation here, namely, the
alleged Russian atrocities.
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE PORTE
''The Porte, it will be remembered, adj
dressed u note to the foreign Powers, and
particularly to England making an official
remonstrance against barbarities alleged to
have been committed by the Russian troops
upon unoffending Bulgarian Mussulmans,
in which old men, women and chill
dren are said to have been shot,
stabbed and submitted to every
form Of outrage. The truth of the matter
and to which Colonel Wellesley is, fortu-
nately, in a position to attest, is very differ
ent from the state of facts alleged with such
appearance of sincerity by the Turks at
Constantinople, but which the Turkish
ut the front know better than
to believe, whatever their interest may lead
them to assert.
WOUNDED TURKS AND BULGARIANs.
sit has been frequently reported to the
Russian headquarters here and else
where in Bulgaria that the Russian troops
in heir advance have frequently found in
the villages wounded and dead Bulgarans
and Mussulmans. There are in the hospital
here at present twenty-seven wounded Nc
hammedans. They are carefully attended
to by the Russian doctors and by the Rus
sian ladies of the Red Cross.
WORK OF CIRcAssIANs.
''These unfortunates are the victims of
the soldiers of their own government. They
were found BY the Russians in the neigh