Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-17
The Eastern war.

There Is hardly room Tor DOUBT tnat tht
weeks operations before Plevua did not result
as favorably for the Russo Ronanisn army as
was expected in view of the reports from RuS'
sian sources. The brief Turkish bulletin about
affairs at PIevna reads: ''Snce Friday the Rus
SLAMS have mad, continuous assaults but have
been rspulsed We have rccaptuEcd Cue two
| rcdoubs on the L9vatz road, which recently
fell into The enemy's hanls.' This comedies
with the orig detailed narrative ye; received
and with the later Russian bulletins Friends
of Russia have reason to Tear therefore tina: the
capture of the Grivica redoubt Is OF much less
significance than was al first represented. II So,
| OSman Pasha may await his reinforcement
without fear of further immediate mole5taton.
These reiotorcements are, according TO the
! London Times vienna dispatch, already on
the way from Sofia. whence most ct the re-
serve have been sent across the Balkans TO Or.
| chsnie.
rheloIloHiug deserirton Of Su!eiman Pasha' 5
| position, written ten days ago, Is probably still
correct 10 the main
Suciman Pasba's army, including the reo;
| forcemcnts Just received, keeps up It's orlsloa'
number Of ~ 900 men, with ample field artl-
iery aud mountain gucs. Upon his right and
| left he has established sixteen euoS, which
gave the Russaos 10 rest night or day. y!
| though be cannot sufficiently command the
| road from Gabro4a into the Russian iotliEca-
tons to prevent their receiving supplies, h.
can ADD docs make them have anythlog but an
easy time within their entertainments, which
are exposed to his murderous nanklng Ere, that
entails very heavy losses Gen. R:detZky can
not break through the force before him and de
scend into the plain any mora than Sulelman
Pasha can drive him cut Of his position and
make a swoop upon Gabr0ga and the country
beyond. So matters will 10 probability remaln
until some important change occars 10 the VI
cinity Of SbuDla and PleVna.
| Reports say that the CzaEewltch forces
have been 50 weakened TO reinforce the Pievoa
army that they are no match for MeEemet Ali,
and this seems to be cotrobora!ed by Tue Rus
siaus steadily retrogradiue. Ga tae whole,
whatever may be the fate Of PoVna, the time
is rapidly slipping away in which the ltuSsian>
might retrieve the fortunes OF Che European
| campaign, now IS seriously compromised Is the
| Asiatc Que.
Mebemct Ali Pasha ,clesraphs that eighteen
baltalions of Turks 90 Friday repuscd an at
tack b. The Russian Twelfth Army CorFs m
Sinauo The Russian loss was heavy.
The Grand Duke Nicholas scegraphs 10 5 I.
Petersburg under date OF patcd!n. Saturday
as follows: ''Oo Friday the cDe.Dy (lhe Turks
assaulted GriVics (or Grivilja), but wish the as
sistance of the Russian and Romanian reserves
we're repulsed Today we continue sheiline
the cncmy's fertilization and the town is burn
log. According 10 reports received up to Fri
day 230 wounded officers and 9,4S2 men lave
passed through the hospitals since September
9TH. The number of killed is about 5000. The
total loss is about 900 officers aud - 800 men
up to The morning Of September II. The TO
maDaps had lost about ca officers and $3.50
men killed and wounded. The spirit prevail.
Jog among the Russians and Romaolaus is cx'
| celleut."
1t is noticeable that the Grand Dnko Nith-
olas 10 this telegram makes no men'loa Of aGy
| further battle on Saturday. 1t seems probable
hat the Grand Vizer's announcements; to Mr..
Layard was merely rcc1pitulaton Of the zen,
cral result of the operations before pl1vna pr
ticularly as the Porte has since published a
telegram from O;man Pasha. dated the i4.h,
and giving the Russian loss throughout The np-
erations at ZOO to 5000
A dispatch dated ConstantiHGplc, l:%%0 r. m.
Saturday, contains the following:
1.-THE Grapd NZiCr has Informed :'iln,5tcG
Llyard that Ostran Pasta defeated tic Rus
SLAMS On Saturday, killing ard wonndng S 200
and capturing several Gun:. The lahiIng be-
fore PlevDa is still going on
10 connection with the foregoing the London
Observers Constantinopla special repeats re.
ports current there that the whole Eu-siau
army had attacked the pIcvna lines, aud were
repuIsed after desperate iph,ior, Ioing over
5000 men. They then abandoned their posi-.
lions, retreatipg upon SistoVa aud rlrnova.
Meantime the RomanaD corps on The narII!
east tf Pevoa were completely routed. With
heavy loss. leaving nice guns a1d large qlln-
titv Of arms and ammunition on the field.
Note.-It is possible that delay IN lcIcgrai;hic
communication with Osman Pasha may nave
caused confusion Of dates at C0nsantlnopi},
and that the Grand Viziet's Communication
may refer to the attack ca Gen. Skobelotf Oh
Wednesday. The rumors in the l.ondoa Oh.
servers special telegram would be valuable, il
corroborative of other reports.
Nlehemet Ali telegraphs, under date &
Thursday, that the Eleventh Russian Army
the direction of Biea to reinforce the Twelfth
and Thirteenth Corps.
Suleiman Pashs, teIegraphing from Schipka
Saturday, claims bat his Crcsssians pcne;rat
ed to Elena on Thursday, wherc they defeated
body of five hundred Russians killing y.
Several more Russian cannon in the pass were
dismountcd on Friday.
At Kezenlik, as soon as the Russian troops
occupied the town, the Cossacks and the Bull
garian Inhabitants entirely dcspoiIed the Mus
sumans Of everything, even to the clothes On
their backs. 10 order to force them to tell
where these unfortuuates had concealed their
money they were subjected TO q thousand tor
lures 10 the presence Of their wives. Those who
declared having none were put to death. The
Caiiuakam (Goveruor) had his eyes torn aud
teeth pulled out, and for three days was taken
through The streets in that condition.
After The defeat Of the Russians at Es,i
Sagra aud those Of Kezsnlik the Bulgaria left
the city. but they returned the next day, aud
from that moment murder and rape were per
mauent. Independently of those killed in the
houses, every day from twenty to thirty Mus
sulmans were executed publicly. Whea the
first relief force arrived the Mussulman inhaE-
tauts declared that had it delayed two hours
they would all have been killed BY the C1ssacks
and Bulgarians.