The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-18

Grivic, The redoubt is still held by
/ the allied ferces Military operations
really closed Wednesday evening, when
! the Turks recapturei the double re-
| doubt taken by Skobelcff The Russian
! com mander- i'll chief would not or coulj
not send reinforcement, 10 this redOubt
Gen. Skobeloff lost 1000 men in at
/ lacking this redoubt i 5000 more in
attempting 10 hold it. An immense
| proportion of his officers are either
killed or wounded Only one comman-
der of regiment is alive. aud Scarcely 4
head of battalion is left Two efficers
IF his staff are killed
/ CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. IA dis
patch from Sulieman Plsha confirms the
report of the capture of Fort 81. Mich
olas in Schipka Pass 1t was taken at
4 o'clock Sunday morning by assault.
The fighting continues.
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key. being unaole to supply additional
troops TO act against the Montenegrins,
orders have been sent to the generals
in command to keep more on the defen-
sive. announcing that the MOntenegriTs
intend TO march on the Trebinge and
Spiez.
A London special from Frankfort
states that one of the oldest Frankfort
banking firms. Denunvillemcrtens &
Co., have failed The liabilities
amount to five million marks.
BUCHAREST, Sept. IA correspon.
dent telegraphs as follows u..der date of
sunday: Dispatches reached here this
morning from the imperial headquar-
tiers, stating that the Turks bad made
desperate effort to recapture the Gra-
vita redoubt, making seven Intellectual
assaults and losing 10000 men.
4 correspondent with the Montenegrin
army says: Presjecka was surrendered
to us after - hours BON bardment 1t
is reported the garrison at Bilek desires
to surrender.
The correspondent with the Turkish
army of Romcnlia sends the following:
The Gerhotf, Manchester, merchants
at photographs are 10 BE- hanged on
Sunday. Cecil Buckland. of the Amer
lean legation, has gone 10 intercede for
them. The English vice consul is in
structed not to interfere. There is q
reign Of terror from Adrianople to the
Balkans. All respectable male Bulga-
rians are hunted down by order for
connivauce at authorities. A fever has
broken out in Sulieman Pasha's camp.
Every house in kazalouk is hospital
place and reeks with fever stencil. All
the country from Schipka Pass to Yeni
Saghra. can only be ridden over with
camp-lights il ones mouth. Dead bod
les are lying on the roanside, in fields
ard in gardens. From 400 to GOO bod
les are in Yeni Saghra and have been
there ever since the battle, some weeks
ago.
LONDON. Sept. l7-IIenry Compton,
English comedian. is dead
LONDON, Sept. 17.-An official dis
patch from the Russian battalion, dated
Poreden. Saturday, says the lombard
ment Of Plevna continued yesterday
The Turkish batteries scarcely replied.
Major Generals Skobeloff. Dragamuroif
and Imertzky have been promoted to
Lieutenant Generals
On the 18TH inst. the Turks placed
three eighty pound mortars between
; Shipka and Fort st. Nicholas and
bombarded the fort we'll The loss was
forty killed aud one hundred and seven
teen wounded on the 18th.
CoNsrANTINorLE. Sept. IA dis
patch from Shumla to-day states that
Sulieman Pasha yesterday took Fort st.
Nicholas. and the Turkish flag now
floats over the Russian fort Previous
t. the capture of the fort the Russians.
who parted considerable reinforce
ments, made several unsuccessful at
tempts upon the Turkish position com-
manding tho Gobrova road.
PAIR AND REPAIR'-"A this sol
and f.asf sinn