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Show T HK UATTLEOF K AKASSA8I. XurkH Urive tho ltunNlftns lru.it Loiitf ltiauti ul I'osi- Lomiini, 1. Tlio riuH'u coireBpon deut ivuli tne Turkish army lele gruplia the lolluiving in rcyarti in Thursiifty's but lie, upimrently made from pereoual oiSTvutiuu early thia moruiug Nelibe Pasha advaiicntJ from Atlakeny, near li.i8grad, with three brigatles, two butteries ut ; krlilJery, twohqu dronsol cavalry and one bridgade of infantry. Tbe re-Krve re-Krve witu Meheiuet All aud Prinue K assan took up a position with their Blah1 on a high hill immediately north of Yenokoi, which commands au uti interrupted view Irom Kasgrad to beyond Oman Bazar. Tbe Russians from their batteries behind tiadooa opened fire about 9 o'clock on the aUvnuciiig Turks. Medjibe steadily advanced and entered the burning village ol Sadoua by 11.30 o'clock. The retreating Ruseians were hotly pressed. They retired precipitately to Karaaaan where t h ey m ad e a vigorous stand. Sabit Pasha created a diversion by attacking Haidarkoi. i he Ruseiana had a battery of three gunB to their right near Haidarkoi. Ihey made splendid practice at the advancing Turku and Egyptians, but these cleverly opened out and advanced ad-vanced lo the right and left ol the village in a really workmanlike style. The engagement now became general, gen-eral, extended over some ti fteeu uiiiea. A heavy and continued roil of the tire ol the skirmishers wa? beard all along all the ridges from Basiehifr to near Sodona. By four o'clock Karassau was in flames. Tbe Rus siana gradually gave way and the Turks redoubled tbe energy of their attack. At 5 o'clock the enemy were scampering out of Haidarkoi and tbe borisiB were trotting up to take the guns of tbe battery. The Turkish battery was making splendid practice, and fired just as the guus were taken off. One gun wag struck with the last shell. Tbe Turks cheered and dashed through the blazing viiliifieand away to tbe left to Popskoi like a pack ol hounds. Tbe RuaBian camps were hastily cleared out, twu guua covering their retreat and makuag excellent practice, but the Turks and Egyptians still scampered over the ground in fine style. The Russians were now in full retreat in every direction, di-rection, and by sunset the Turks had proved or a second time not only capable of meeting the Russians in the open field but also of driving them from strongly intrenched positions. posi-tions. In ten days the Russians have lost a magnificent double position ol the Lorn and Kara Lorn. VVliatmay happen next no one knows. It is impossible im-possible to tell what forces Ihe Russians Rus-sians bud engaged, nor can their losses yet be estimated. Probably they were not heavy except around Karagsan, by which name ibis engage ment will be desiguated by the Turks. A Times Bucharest dispatch says: The reinforcements Beut Genera! Zimmerman in the Dobrudscha have brought up hia corps to the effective strength of about 50,000 men. A Times Vienna dispatch says: The ght for Schipka pass ia generally becoming be-coming developed into operations on on a large scale. It see in e that since the lull in the fighting on Monday the Turks have been preparing for this turning move mcn(, lor besides Lbe attempts lo turn the position on tbe Schipka pass in the direction of Gabrova, Turkish forces have been sent within the last few days on some other lines of pae-aage pae-aage acrosa the Balkans to the east and west of Schipka. Oue column was seen in the direction of Kahler river Lo lbe nnrlbwest of Dreuova, having probably made acroee by the Triavua pass. Another ia said to have appeared in the valley of the Vidina and Beunieh to tbe aouthwf st ol Solvi, having probably made their way acresa by Rosalita pass. They may be only irregular or flying d&-tachmerils, d&-tachmerils, but it ia a. go possible they are diflerent links ol a combined operation oper-ation which may gradually develope itself. A Times Belgrade telegram suys a state ol siege has been pioclaimed in the Kajicks of Bibalc.li, Bauja Kula, and Trovnik, in Bosnia, with a view ol checking the growing insurrection in those parts. Iu the districts of Fotcha Chainich acd Pievatie there are six well-armed iiiBiirgnnt bands who disturb the couutry. The insurgents, insur-gents, however, have been beaten in several encounters, and many killed and wounded, including two of the leaders. The Times correspondent with the Turkieh army telegraphs from Adrian ople on Tuesday that the Bulgarian executions are still goiDg on hero, but tbe baichea of victims are smaller than belnre, Averaging fourteen in sleau uf forty each A majority of these executed belong to the richer classes. This gives rite to a suspicion on tbe part ot Bulgarians that they are sacrificed in order to confiscate property. Russia's failures. Chicago, 1. The Times' London special says: The Turks are concentrating concen-trating all I heir available reinforce ments in Bulgaria. They have gained more strength by delay than the Russians. Rus-sians. Unless the Russians hope to gain something by precipitating the eiervian armv on the communications ot Osman, their inactivity is unaccountable, unac-countable, lor they are uol relatively as strong now as after the battle of Plevna. Their situation is a serious one. They oan extricate themnelves only by good luck or by winning one or more battles of the most tremendous tremen-dous magnitude. It is believed that not merely the destiny of the Turks, but that of the Rueeiaug depends on ! tbe next great battles. A decisive! ; Russian defeat might provoke revolution revo-lution in Rursia and undermine the ! throne of tho empire. The Russian : failures have reduced her to a third rate power in tbe estimate of Europe. DESTRUCTION OF A BULGARIAN VILLAGE. New York, 1. Tbe Tribune's Con-stautinople Con-stautinople correspondent, describing the destruction of the city of Eski Saghrt, saya: "As the Turkish troops : upproacbed the city the Moslem in-hubitAQld in-hubitAQld began lo issue forth from their hiding places, and before the troops had fairly entered the place the Moslem citizens began to break iu the doors of all Bulgarian houses. It took hardly ten minutes to pillage 500 houses. There was a continuous and rapid fire all over the city at the same time. The TurkB say the Bulgarians fired from tbe houses and churches on the troops. There are no Bui garians left to give their side of the story. All the Bulgarian men seemed to ba killed at'aight as ir by arrangement. arrange-ment. The women and children were spared as a general thing, biU the hideous pillage and firing and shrieks and shouts continued all night, and great districts of the city were burning, as if all other horrors were not enough. At daylight Suleiman Sulei-man Pasha ordered all the Moslems and Jews, whom the Turks protect as if they were their own peopie, to leave the place since his contemplated operations oper-ations did not include any such thing ii s the defense of Etiki Saghra. So the Turks loaded op their loH and their women and children in wagonB and wpnt to the nearest railway station, followed by what Beemed an endless train of Bulgarian women and children chil-dren who had lutt all. They could see in Ilia Turkish wagons goods stolen from their homes, but they might not dare ask for them. Ejki Sag bra was left to the flames and in its streets anil in the Burrouuding villages the rattle nf rifles was constant for three or four days. There Beemed to baa purpose to kill every Bulgarian male over ten years of age. The fair city set on a hill used to look out over a plain which teemed with peasantry in fertile fields. Now from a seared and blistered hill you look over the plain, and its forty villages are blackened utih heaps, foul from the hand of death. No one will ever know the t-xact loss of lite at Eski Saghra. Seven thousand women aud children of its ciiristiao population are dependent on charity in Adrianople to-day. These people believe all of their male relatives to have beeD killed. The city of Eski Saghra is entirely wiped out of oxisteuce. Two American missionaries, Rev. Messrs. Bond and Marsh, with their wives and five small children, were in Eski Saghra ti urine tbe sacking of the place. They shehered some poor wretches who were in danger at the hands of the Bnlgariau mob who fed some ol their Mos'em neighbors. In consequence ol this and other kindnesses their Moslem neighbors rallied around during dur-ing the destruction of the city and saved their lives. At one time Ihe Circassians drew their swords and came at the missionaries to kill them, hut the Turks withstood them and between entreaties and resistance kept the ruffians away, although in one case the mis?ionaiies had to pay a Circassian ?60 in gold s a ransom. The Turks then got wurd to the governor gov-ernor of the city, who at once came to see the missionaries and provided them with a guard of regular soldiers, which kept oti all marauders, and thirty or more Bulgarians were saved from death in their house. These missionaries lost overythiug Ibey possessed, escaping to the railroad with only Ihe clothes they had on, and on the road sleeping for three nighls on the bare grouud and living on raw wheat. There have been many rumors here that the holy flig of tbe prophet would be brought out as a rallying point lor the whole nation in view of the aspect of afiairs. When this flag ia in the field every Mussulman is in duty bound Lo go to war. It is not commouly a signal for a general attack on lbe Christians, although it does mean that no quarter quar-ter will be giveu in battle. The danger of iU display is that the people being called upon iu a general way to make war, do so each alter bia own style. Tue bringing out of the great fl ig in this war would be au abrogation abroga-tion of the Geneva convention for ameliorating of suflering on the battle field. VALENTINE BAKER MISSING. London, 1. The Newa and Stand ard publish dispatches from eye-wit-nessea of Thursday's battle, which confirm in detail the serious Russian deleat on tbe Lorn. Both correspondents correspond-ents agree tbat Popkoi has been abandoned and the Russian position completely turned. The Turks are continuing the pursuit. Baker Pasha, under whom a Turkish cavalry cav-alry charge was m.tde, and who had two horses ohot, id, with Captain Briscoe, Bris-coe, oue of his staff, reported missing. |