The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
NEWS OF The WEEK.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.


an Adrianople dispatch says: "There is ap-
paling misery among the Bulgarian and Turk
ish fugitives from Eski-Saghra and neighbor-
hood. There are from II, 000to $4,000, of whom
500 are wounded. Many are dying on the road
from exhaustion and starvation. ALI are desti-
tute of every necessary Of life."
In the naval engagement in Sulina river the
Turkish ironclads attacked seven Russian gun
boats and destroyed two Of them.
There is much sickness in the Russian army
in the Dobrudscha.
The Russian Gen. Gourka has reiterated from
his position in the Shipka pass, and there are
now no Russians south of the Balkans. This
movement, it is said, was rendered necessary
by the concentration which the Grand Duke
Nicholas is carrying out in the valley Of the
Jantra. i9e
A severe battle was fought between the Rus
slams and Osman Pasha's forces at Vladlna, on
the River Osma on Tuesday, the 7th inst.
The Russians made repeated charges upon the
Turkish intrenched position, but were unable
to Withstand the enemy's terrible artillery
and infantry fire. The battle ragged furi-
ously through the whole day, the Russians
hurting themselves repeatedly, with adesperate
courage, on the intrenchments of the Turks,
and as steadily being repulsed, every assault
leaving it's CHASTITY contribution to the dead and
wounded. Only at the close of the day, when
the Russian line staggered before the Turkish
fire, did Osman Pasha give the word to at.
tack, and from firm and steady defense
the Turks assumed the offensive upon their
foes with overwhelming force and audaclty,
and at night Osman Pasha was victorious along
the entire line of battle The loss on both
sides was fearful, the Russians suffering the
worst. rem .Ii
"A cable dispatch announces that Achmet
Pasha. who surrendered the fortress of Nikopo-
lis to the Russians, has ended his life by sui
eide. + " 90 .itf E-'AiIHl }tHt =
. The Russian army in Bulgaria is beginning to
suffer in health. In the Dobrudscha, where
steaning swanps poison the air and water
alike, malarial fever and dysentery are playing
avoc with Gen. Zimmerman's army.
The cable reports panic throughout Russia.
Additional troops are being hurried pell-meIl
to the Danube. The religious communities are
hastily packing and sending their valuables to
Austria, fearing that they will be confiscated
in the general variety for money, and there is
an increasing feeling of uneasiness in Russian
Poland. Nevertheless, there is much enthu-
sasm at Moscow and at st. Petersburg
for war. The suburbs of the Rus
sian capital are studded with tents and the
city itself is full of martial sounds incident to
the warlike preparations. force of $4,000
landwehr is nearly ready to start for the front,
and there is every indication that Russia is de-
termined to Justify the general belief in her
ultimate success. a...
The chief of Gen. Krudener's staff has been
cited before a council of war to explain the
failure at Plevna.
Charges and counter-charges OF atrocities
continue to be made by Russians and Turks,
and both seem to contain the elements at least
of truth. There is no doubt that this is the
most cruel war in the history of the world.
Reprisals are made ruthlessly by both belliger-
ents. M lg8a ai 2.1t,a a, ..s.rar
A dispatch from Gabrova says Bulgarian
fugitives estimate that from $4,000 to $4,000
Christians have been massacred by the Turks
in the Eski-Saghra and Tschirpan districts.
Soldiers we're posted along the road from Eski-
Saghra to Kazanlik, with orders to shoot
everybody passing When the Russians evaou-
ated Eski-Saghra, the Turks ordered that all
Christians, men, women and children, should
be shot as they left their houses. Those who
remained were burned alive. The order was
given to burn down and destroy every particle
of Christian property. The hospital, contain
ing 800 sick and wounded Russian soldiers,
was burned" ''"' fBu al