The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-08
The war in the East.

Paslla received reinf0rcefnenfs OF 15.u00
yesterday from Suleiman Paslla he
PleVna army now numbers 5000, with
200 guns.
The Times Therapin dispatch, Sunday
say0 Tie governors of AdrianopIe and
| Phillipopolis telegraphs: SEleimaH
| 'Pasha has taken Schipka Pass
LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Daily News
correspondent, who witnessed Fridays
battle in Schipka Pass, telegraphs from
Gorny Student Saturday Riding back
ward from Schipka through the night |
passed masses of reinf0reements-a
lery and nfantry-hurrying forward to
Schipka. Their strength is such sa
ought to secure the safety OF the all
important position"
The same correspondent telegraphs
| from Bucharest, Sunday: Information
| follows me here, that the fighting at the
| Pass is still raging, having been again
renewed to-day, but that Radetzky cOn-
tinues to hold bis own.
| 1t is now question OF endurance, but
| adhere to my impression that sehlpka
Pass, as now held by Radetzky, is safe,
and unless Suleiman Pasha can run q
| column through another pass he will
wreck his army by thus dashing it con-
| tinflally against this strong position.
The correspondent, after giving des-
cription of the pass, says: On the 21st
inst, when the fighting commenced, the
| Russians were little over 10000 strong,
with forty cannon.
| The Russians on this day had laid
mines in front of their trenches, which
| exploded Just as the head of the Turkish
assaulting party were massed above
them. It's reported that large num-
| Der O. Moslems were blown into frag-
ments. BY Thursday morning the Turks
had so worked around on both Russian
1 flanks that it seemed as though the
claws of crab were about mOmentarlly
to close behind the Russians.
The correspondent concludes: Occa-
! sionally at some point the Russians
would he hurled clean back out OF the
wood altogether / could mark Turks
| following them eagerly to its edge, lying
down while pouring out CALLING fire.
The troops who were charged with
making the front attack merely sue
ceeded in preventing the Turkish effort
to work round to the Russian rear. 1t
was, therefore, decided at noon, to de-
| liver a counter flank movement. Two
fbattalions executed this movement.
They had to advance under tremen-
dous fire from the Turkish mountain
guns. The fighting on the Turkish
1 II
! but at last the Turks were seen with
drawing their battery of mountain guns
near the right flank, which was a sure
sign that danger menaced it it it stayed
| longer there.
The left battery followed their ex
ample, which showed Chat the Russians
had gained the ridge on the Turkish
/ left also. There remained but the cen
trail peak of the Turkish position that
carried. the ridge would be ours, and
our right flank would be set free from
the dangerous pressure on 1T.
RENEWED FIGHTING IS IMMINENT.
LONDON, Aug. 27ts-A Reuter- telegram
/ from Erzeroum, reafirming the report
of the defeat Of the Russians at Kill
teDe and Souboutam, says: Renewed
! fighting is imminent. Russian rein
foFeements continue to arrive at Alex
andropol.
FURTHER FROM THE PASS.
| LONDON, August 27-A Russian Off
cial bulletin, dated Geornisteden, Sun
il day evening, says: Yesterday our troops
maintained their position In SehIpka
Pass. During the days lighting. which
lasted from o'clock in the morning un-
i til 10 in the evening, we lost 80 officers
/ and 400 men killed and wounded. Du-
i ring the night the Turks renewed the
engagement with fresh troops, and the
4 fighting was still going S9 desperately
4 at noon, Sunday. When the dispatch
i containing this information left the
4 Dass the Russians still maintained their
position. -.
4 charest correspondent telegraphs: 1t is
said that the hills around Schipka are
covered with Turkish bodies, and that
their loss already has been as great as
that of the Russians at Plevna. The
Russians still hold the Schipka Pass.
ANOTHER BATTLE IN EXPECTANCY.
CoSsTANTINoPLE Aug. 28.--A tele-
gram from Adrianople announces the
Russians still hold Fort Nicholas, IL
Schipka Pass. The Turks are attacking
the highest Russian positions III tht
{ pass. A large numberoof the Turkish
} wounded are arSving at Adrianople. A
dispatch from Shunla announces tina
the Russians occupy Pophoi. a battle
} SHTMLA. August 28.-Y Yesterday salei
r man Pasha made an assault on the Rus
sian position in Schipka Pass, at nin'
o'clock in the morning. The battle
, which was sanguinary, lasted until sl1
? in the evening.
+ The enemy, who were assailed eol
! both fapks, " 80 unable to resist TIN
attack, and the turks gained posses
sion of all the earthWorks at the open
g ing of the defile.
i a telegram to the Times from Shumli
also SAYS: Suleiman Pasha has captnre'
nearly all the Russian positions. tn!
g Russians lost 5000 killed and wounded
!. LONDON, Aug. 29.-The Daily New
q correspondent with Russian headquaT
! ters before Plevna, says: The TURK
have been receiving reinforcement
more rapidly and in greater mum bers tlla
e the Russians, and are beginning TO tax
4 the offensive all along the line. Inc
] are also keeping the Russians on tn
!, Plevna front on continual qu1 ViVt
Y by concentrating troops, as 1t about Z
II attack.
r LONDON, August 29.-Adyiees fror
4 the Russian headquarters at Corn
Stu6en, dated August 20, say: All que
this morning. Our troops maIntaI
2 their positions. The Turks remain IN
], der cover and behind the neighborin
8 heights, out of range OF our batteries
Y The total number of wounded, froi
1, August 81 to August 81, is 2480, ineIndin
g Al officers. The lumber of killed is ar
y known. Every is quiet III the d
Y Y rection of Plevna and Ioftscha.
rHE RUSSIANS BEING HEMMED IN.
. coNsrASr1NopLE, August 29.Sule
4 man Pasha telegraphs Aug. g as 10
II laws. Otlf entrenehed line OF lnyes
q I, nle,,t il only one hundred and It'll
III paces from the enemy's fortlheagliion
N I'VE still hold the commanding AIlkrl
" Jebet heights.
e & The Russians are bIockaded on tir'
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