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Show EXSBAH WINS ' FIRST FIGHT St Petersburg. Aug. 8 According to a dispatch from Astrabad, Persia, today, Mohammed All Mirza has won his first fight against the government forces, whom he defeated at Damghan, at the northern foot of the El Bruz mountains, fifty miles south of Astrabad. As-trabad. The battle is said to have been hard foughL The ex-shah's Turcomans Turco-mans finally took the town by storm, capturing guns and ammunition, their supply of which had been short. The victory has greatly enhearteued the adherents of the exiled monarch. Advices from Teheran state that Mohammed Ali is with another force of 2,000 men 200 miles north of the capital. |