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Show 8ITUATION IN TURKEY. Revolutionists Delayed by Harvesting Aro Hastening to Join Their Colors. Lottors rocelvod in London from Monastlr, dated August Cth, ndd somo information regarding tho situation thon provalllng to tho brief roporfs that tho consor allows to" loak out. Tho letters Bay: "Tho insurrectionary bands havo noarly tholr full complement of mon, and thoso revolutionists who woro do layod by tho harvesting nro hastening to Join tho colors. Horotoforo tho recruits re-cruits woro roqulrod to provldo their own riflos. Now all nro supplied from magazlnos In tho mountains. "Kxcoptlng for two or threo places possessing strategic advantages, all of tho sixty or sovonty vlllagos in tho Kirch ovo district aro dosortod. "In tho Fiorina district tho robots havo a largo dopot in n strong position posi-tion in tho mountnins. Many womon nro baking broad day nnd night for thoso in tho Hold, nnd largo suppllw o( clothing, shoos, riflos and ammunition ammuni-tion aro kept thoro. "A spy Informod tho Turkish authorities au-thorities of tho dopot and they sent n thousand troops on August 4th to capturo tho place Tho fight which onsuod lasted twonty-four hours. ?no0SneSItna-rebels, ?no0SneSItna-rebels, who sustained no losses, repulsed re-pulsed tho attack. "On August 6th sixty Turkish sol-dlors sol-dlors woro found dead at Karamanla, apparently killed In a hnrd fight with n suporior forco of robols. |