Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-31
EVENING STAR.
fRrDAr-............Asxust n. 1871.
nor WORK Ar suIrHA PASS.

| er~st Dsnser 40 the Rus~i.uS
| graphing nom tie Shipka Pass On a 49,.
| 18Th gives n detailed account of Tire R,sss,..,
| suempt 10 capture TIE redoub' whtch tpe
4 turks Constructed In sweep The road In tie
| Russian rear. This reioU6t f. Sun untaken-
4 aud ~ constitutes "A grea, danger 10 the Rus
| slams, as IL gives the Turks possession 81 a
| roads winds .5oO yards q slant. The redoubt
| enhiades The TOAD IN several places aud thl
I9rkish Infantry. By extending along this
| Ilote,whlch IA thlckly wOoSed. can practical-
| " render The road impaSs able. ID Was on this
' fosa mai General DrsgOmiroff was wOunded,
"a mat 10 day Gen. nragetsky - was KILLED.
a., ooint Iuliy mile on one side Of the sum
nal, q, the pass men are picked OF by the
TmsL,n Srmishers two miles behind tbe
49, 4, 20 De seen, therefore, that Tie Rus
sian position ~. S.,'.. NOS ~ tl.,cA4 iu
deen infoTn.sb H. ~. nmsndsnt q. 9abrorn
the day after his arrivs,, .st 1e had better
warn the Inhabitants bo be -"y 10 ny AZ q
moments notice.
Moving the Russians DON Like
Grass.
General Radetzky tss appears from The
NetfS telegram on he 18th al acktsi the Tur.--
lsh redoubt from the direction OF the psss
and also from the Gabrova side. There We.
hcontlnnous musketry and artillery IRE for
hours. The Russians advanced under cover
o o,, tress, which were, however, too small IN
anoru good shelter. In n shori time they
reached within nuy wards OF the rAioubt
here they found the Turks had cut down
e- 49,, ae a. tlIe Ieuouot, making an abattis
Ihey gathered around the edge and suddenly
maze rush for 10, but were driven hack
win fearful loss. The sold iers became en-
iansled I'm masses Of bruShwoa and trnnkS
and limbs OF trees. over which ,hev yvara
obliged To scramble. while the Turks poprast
IN terrible IRE upon them. Al This short
distance n moved them down Il ke grass % 4
the nrst assault against the retouht, IN which
one company was engaged, very few got
back 10 tell the tale. Gen. Radetz kv SEM re-
Inducements and the attack began agafn
but dispositions were made 10 place a Large
IoLce IN such positions 80 that IL could pour
"A beaVy IRE into the redoubt % cover the a.
sault until the sSsailants were almost up ta
Inc parapet. This attack seemed al most on
the point OF success, for the Colo rel in com
miami sAlu mai II the reserves were given
20 MN he could take the redoubt
Tie officer I'm command OF the reserves let
mem 60, but they were neyertnelpSs re-
pulsed. Ihe next assault was male under
lle eye OF Gen. hsd"izky aud part OF his
sts1. Gen. Demitnofsky, chief OF STAR
placed himself AT the head OF tie stormIns
battalion, although he had to be suppprta1
by Two men, a. he had jdSt previously baen
stunned 10y earth thrown up 10y au exploding
smell. The Russians advanced sieaiily
Iney rushed over or through the abattis
They even got into the retOubt aud actually
he'd IL Tor Few seconds, but were driven ont
again. They surrounded the place ca All
sides, pouring into IL a terrible Ore but vera
sgaln driven back. In the meantime he
Turks. TO support the defence. began IN their
turn 10 attack the Russ ian positions In the
pass rom The front aud rear. The lssian
losses must be very heavy, FOR the fignt con-
tlnutd until late at night, and the won nded
were coming back steadily all the time.
Waiting for Betaforeemeass
IL is Understood that there will be no de-
clslVe action at Shipka Pass until reinforce
ments arrive for one side or the other. The
losses there have already been al least " 600
on both sides.