The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-13

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forces guarding the road from Usman
Bazaar. Mehemet Ali hne thus gained
an undoubtad straf1g 10 III
victory at Karasan.
The battle al .Lovatz was commenced
by the Turks, who, disquieted by the
great increase of Russians before the
town. attack ed them fiercely. The Rus
SLAMS repulsed the successive turkish as
saults. and finally drove the Turks back
| into the town, which they entered with
! thlHJ nm Struggle UonttnHed in the
4 sire cts Until the Turks we're dfven out
frou theotheR side Of the town In great
disorder. They retfeated, foiiowed by
had by its gsliantry largely Contributed
| to the Russian success. The slaughter
was great, especially among the Turksl
Iiiaa Hqssi1 s ssISf Rss Ss sSs
SAYS: On Tuesday Turkish force from
Rustchuk and Rasgrad captured Kadi-
koi and occupied 1t for time, but were
subsequently driven out,yith great loss
by seven battalions of infantry and eight
sotnias of CossaGlks, with twenty-five
guns. The Russian ioss Is 80 killed and
| $50 wounded.
An official dispatch from Prince Mere
fnsky says Loftcha has been taken, after
sES;yS ho IL stsSSs and the
stubborn resistance of the Turks. SEQ
beloff was the hero of the day.! Our loss
| is not exactly -asCertained.s GEM kas-
gildisieH was wounded.
/ The Eurkish parliament hss been con-
vok for November 18th. 1lJ T.. Z
| The Russians have CONTRACTED for bar
racks for zoo, 900 f1eh, halt Sof which are
to be erected In Bulgaria.
ment against Gambetta, which charge
offenses against the person of the Presi-
dett and against. the Republic, including
one for the passagefn his Lille speech,
ending with these words: III iaut Sc
s soSsfi fSt pGSiie imsuiisso ths Ministsy'
| ThegoyernmentW ill. not permit the trial
Seh ssPsfI Il, .eieksrapXSs froXXK sJhioWs
"a follows: Eyoub Pasha's army corps,
bwih al WAS diyi he'd haotwo. co blmusf at-
| tackled the Twelfth Russian Army Corps;
wldch was supported by q division, ON
fhd ban)S Of tie 1.osh 'rhe RUSSIANS were
defeated and recrossed the LON In disor-
der. They sbanfaued their ,. apr 1da a PS
killed and wounded. The Commander
of their cavalry was killed. We lost 200
killed and 700 wounded. r. "s1IIN
The Turkish commander in Herze-
goyina reports that band Of 1000 Mon
tenezrins Surrounded village near Pres
i sikO, intending to get cattle and corn.
During the night fresh band arrived,
whom the first supposed to be Turks. \
fierce combat folio Ve1,te which 7C0 Were
knledi and a great hn!hber wounde,
The mistake was not discovered un 4
morning.
| of India shows that there has been great
improvement in the weather in Madras,
though prices are dearer. There has been
q pretty general rain, which has improved
| the crops. In Bombay prices are not yet
cheaper, bat the prospects are much i'm
proved. eports are generally of SIM
liIarlys favorable tenor. :, The improve
mentin the Punjaub is particularly con-
spicuous. The Lieutenant Governor of
immensely Improved. Spring crop SOW
ings have been secured. Over the im-
| portant grain producing districts in N.Y.
| sore, tire week has been bad, and pros
PEGS are worse IN all the districts.
A Russian dispatch says; On the 4th
4l,e- Attempted an attack on Lovatz
from Mikfe, but were repulsed after four
small Turkish force on Taprin, near
Elena, was repulsed the same day. On
| ther5th the Turks attacked a. Russian
CORDS near Rustchuk on the Whole line,
dt rectine their chief attacks against
Kazelvo and Oblanowo. The first attack
was carried out by fifteen battalions of
Infantry and eighteen squadrons Of cav
dry. with twenty-three cannon. This
Eforca was further increased during the
engagement. Our column at Kazeloo,
consisting of five battalions of infantry
and eight squadrons of cavalry, with
some artillery, maintained Its position
with great determination for six hours,
b IT way finally compelled 70 fall back on
Osbraza with great loss.
Our col mn at Oblanowo was also, as
sailed by large fdrce; nut repulsed all
lacks, and maintained its position. The
Turks took the offensive on both wings
| of our Rustchuk line Of defense, namely,
in the direction of Kadikio and Papekoi,
ut 2asa3ss yasassi se 36us
stra.ion.
In the Balkans all is quiet. Suleiman
Pasha is organizing his army at Kazon-
Xix. We lost 1 900 killed and wounded at
Capline. At Lovatx III 9 Turkish loss was
great. and included 100 prisoners.
| A correspondent with the Russian
army at Lovatz thus describes the battle
there: The artillery did most of the
lighting until eight q. m, when the right
wing made rush forward and the mus
kerry, fighting became very heavy, the
Turks pounng ste ay t ram on pe over o,
infantry were ordered up 20 assist the
tiralleurs of Dubrovolski.. Even at this
early hour the heat wa. 80 intepse that
an 0fYicer arriving hrom the line IL march
ofthese two regiments stateslthat hun
bred men had ihlien by the wayside over
come by the heat. At nine O'clock the
rifle fire had increased in intensity and
extended 7further up therOspay The
tiraiileurs aresweepfng The Turks down,
and our gums open . heavy. fire to assist
| the infantry in their onward movement.
| AT $50 the Novinslky regiment winds
through little defile behind one of two
Turkish redoubts, and the two regiments
named after the German Emperor move
upon the other two. At ten good news
| positiopS have been taken ON that front,
| and the Russians are masters OF that por-
ton. They must now take an isolated
ridge called Mount Rouse, which over
hangs Loyatz and forms the Westernkey
of the position. With this in their pos
session Lovatz Is theirs, and there re-
mains only the large redoubt FORM
ing the western key. At 1920 the
firing had ceased entirely. upon the
right, the Turks having fled across the
valley, leaving Drobrovoisky unoppoeed.
Gen. Skobelof has gone with. ten bat
talions toward the extreme Jeff TO take
Mount Rouse, the isolated ridge. At
1880 the psttering Of musketry on the
LETT tells of Slkobelofrs advance. At
10. 40 his column n, seem moving down
therslQpeof The arpphitheatse- and cross-
ins q rlitusl vAlley Intervening hetW een
the slope and Mount Rouse. The Rus
sian artillery now open q tremendous
shell fire upon the slope of Mount Rouse
facing Skobeloff, and the Turks are seen
running from their intrenchments on the
top and slepe OF this mount. AT the foot,
however, and near the highway, they
hold their ground, and fire rapidly upon
Skobeloff's advance, The heat Is now
Al a