On Monday the Schipka Pass was again the scene of
a fierce struggle between the Russians and the Turks. Fort St. Nicholas was assaulted early in the morning, and according to the Turkish account, was carried and held for a few hours ; but the Russians, being reinforced, regained all their positions, after a battle of nine hours. According to a statement telegraphed from Bucharest, Fort St. Nicholas was never, even for a moment, in the hands of
the enemy, and after the long day's battle, the Turks were re- pulsed with enormous loss, the losses of the Russians themselves being nineteen officers 9,nd five hundred men. Throughout this war the Russian official accounts have been singularly honest, while hardly one in four of the official Turkish telegrams has been verified by the event. Suleiman Pasha especially seems to tele- graph imaginary victories as often as the fancy strikes him.
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