Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-26
EVENING STAR.
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FURIOUS FIGsrING IN ASIA.
Reuters telegram company has received
lie follow ing q iSpatch from ErKeroum, After
I he hattie Of ZeIdsk ON June M. the Turks
having fRllen back on Delibsba. the Russ an
let wig look possession OF the Delieaea
pass and fortified 10. The Russian right wing
having retired somewhat. Mukhtar PAsha
telcgra fheJ 20 Rschid PAsha Ia 10Th him with
= OF the l. bSttslions forming the TURK sh len
wing. Mukhtar quilted his head uarters al
Lewin ON the night OF June u Tor Delibaba.
10 take command OF the Turkish right wing
Ia person. On the following day he received
reenforcements. which raised the strength OF
me rignt wing 10 Il hatalions. 4cavalry reg
lments. and 8 batteries. Tue Russians IN
the neltbsbs pass numbered 2O,ooo, with 3
batteries. Several skirmishes were fought
ON June ~. On the 2ist Mukhtar attacked
The pass. The fighting lasted from O'Clock
IN The morning until In the evening. The
huSsisnS were al nrStdriven back froTs their
position. but they afterwari reca ptured them
and attacked the Turkish positions On the
heights with CHARGES of iafsntry aad csvsl-
~. Ine turkish 'front.' gave way FOR short
Time, but afterwsnt rallied, charged the
kusslsns aid drove them back. The
TURKS then opened a terrible artillery IRE
and con- PEELED the Russians 20 fall ba tx with
heavy loss. The Turks sckaowl ledge a loss
OF four hundred killci aud about the sams
number wounded. ~ n reckoned the Rus
Sian losse were at d aSt double on the ri
Mukh'ar again fought y severe battle Tic
Russian cavalry were rlac a In an lntrench-
utnt 10 act a. infantry. but ultimately the
Turks drove them out aud pursued them the
RussiaIs retreating In q souder aS far as Jet
dekan. The whole OF he lighting lasted
thiriy-ti. rec hours. The Turkish loss. accord
ing 10 Tie latest accounts. was upward of
Zoo, and tie Russian much heavier. The
Jurkish headquarters are still "a levin.
where TWEEN -four hatfalionS ana two bal
terie> occupy an excellent position. which Is
~ aSsailable i'm mont. Ga the sd l6.Oon Rus
Slans began TO advance against this POSITION
The main body Of he force is ri Ssrica mich,
I'VE hours march from Zewin. and it, AL
vance guard Is nj leatakoy. II IL very
probable that battle will be fought in this
~ fNnaaFI al.
II II IL not attempted they viii advance and
endeayor 10 crush This corps. Ismail PaSha,
governor OF ErZeroum, com mands the center
during the absence OF Mukhtar Pa>ha. 80
far, all attacks on ksrs have been repulsed
with loss.
RUSSIAN cAPITULArIoN AT BAYAzrD.
The Turkish new spaper BdSsrsf announces
the capituIation OF the Russians ~ Bayazid.
Dervish Pasha telegraphs from Batoum ON
June 3: We have repulsed several attacks
ofthe Russians, and finally compelled them
To withdraw their batteries and retreat with
loss OF 500 killed and wounded. Darkness
coming on, we could not bring up our srtil-
trenChments which the Russians abandoned.
but returned To our former positions" A
telegram from the governor OF Trebizoned
states that a frigate assisted in the foregoing
affair by bombsrding the intrenchments OF
the Russians, and Acknowledges that seven
Turkish officers and ~ men were killed.
RUsTCHUK BoNBARDED BY THE RUSSIANS.
A Vienna special says: simultaneously
with the crossing into the Dobrudscha news
NoIits OF "A GENERAL movement Oh the RUSSIAN
troops between Slstina and Alexandria,
down 10 the Danube, between Turnu aud
Magureli and Simnitza. the ninth army
corps, which forms the extreme right of the
Russian army, leading the way.
Reuters dispatch from Shumla saws the
bombardment OF Rustchuk continues with
great vigor.
NEW YORK, June pa Constantinople
dispatch published here says: "a dispatch
from Rustchuk says that an unsuccessful
attempt OF the Russians TO effect a crossing
near Rustchuk has been followed BY a severe
battle on the Danube, in which the Turkish
gunbosts have taken an active part. The
town OF Giurgevo, opposite Rustchuk, occu-
pied by Russians, has been SIT on IRE by
Turkish shells, and is now in flames. Heayy
firing is still going on"
THG sUEZ CANAL QUESTION.
In the British House of Commons yester-
day afternoon Sir Stafford Nor1hcote. cham
cellor OF the exchequer, in reply to a Ques-
ton, said the Portes answer 20 England's
communication relating 10 the SueZ canal
was received by Mr. Layard. the British
representative at Constanttnople, ION the 2ist-
The substance OF the answer II that the Porte
assents TO England's views regarding the
free passage OF the canal for neutrals, but ft
cannot allow Russian ships access % the
canal, as IL Il part Of the Ottoman empire
In view OF Russla's declaration not 90 make
war upon the canal, England will not take
steps Tor its protection.