, 1877-09-18

COEFEsI1N or DATES.
Loxnox, Sept. 17.-Tc'cerapi,!c delays causc
confusion Of dates uf dispatches from the
tlcntrc Ut VAR, md lead to inislnfortnatto,l.
There has been s,o FERROUS engagement hinco tho
lefent Of Gen. Skubclcn IN "Wednesday, In
w!siss. he lost tlaif ot Ills command.
sElslors uEFEAT.
Tho Daily lytses, s.sopg pro-Rushiau, tlua
sums M the mornings Intelligence: sLooklag
tupartnlly at ttio facts presented this morning,
We arc rlsnbto to form any other conclusion
than that the nttacl; on PIcvna has not only
failed, but III fallcd tint 1t c1nnot
bc rcncwcd under the conditions In which
tic Russian commander finds hfmsulf
placed. lio ilas attempted what
tho great German commanders never attempted
in their French campaign, mud has used up his
slight superiority Ut lncn with extraordinary
rapIlity. He Is liable 10 10 attacked nj my
giyct, part Ut ILLS front bya force larger than my
which he cal assemble there. In u word. tle Is
beaten.
"Thc hattlo reported at::Dubn!Is, IN which the
Rutsiaua ,scro sad to hayo been defeated, must
have iecn Ut at all) at village avo ml1cs north
west Of fratza, OH the Ratlosa road.
"Rrpurts my Ossnan pasha has fortified q po-
sttfotl, almost impregnatle naturally, nt Vratza,
upon which tc vii! retira II driven from rlcyna.
Anyhaw tlle 1luutnnniail attempt 10 cut his COM
muniratIous
sEEMs TO HAVE PA1LEn
Hchcfvct I,nahn. lca,icr IN the 1,ulrariun mas-
saeres hns tcen sent to command Osmay,
ruslla'a reserves at Urkaniel, aud guard his
communications probably also with view of
ke.ntnp M .rc m srry,a.
aTho maiu b,,ly III tho Czarnwftch's army IA
concentrated between Tf.stcutk arl Wcja, TIC
hcadn,.artcrs Of tho Twelfth Corps Is at Ya-
h,un,, fur ,Iatynhcanayn1 nrar 1ottn. m tho oan-
ubc. wlrrp n ferry has been established.
.Thc new hrt,,pci ia building Ia rcpIaro tha one
1,yen nm at nvrros TIM Cznrow,tr,,,a hentt.
auartcrs arc at t!,o Lower Munastir, This nost.
tton trom ,1antro Il, the Uauica. Lon, Ia cut I'm
Ly corrcs, rnyf,,ra md sma1l strra,na. anil has
been further strenrtbcur1,
ur pouu,pAn1r rAnruwonrs.
Il 1,as been cyhlcutly sccrtsl ~ thu hest coycr
| Oh that s,tlr for The n,stoYa yon,nunieatlon.
MORE 1g,xrouckasSrs,
nccnAnxsr, Sept. 1.-THE Russian army
mapia to-lay, @'N
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SCl1lpKA.
RussiAH uvLLRTtN.
LONDON, Sept. l7.-.An Official Russ!an tu1le-
tin says; "on tho 18th Instant the Turks
plAccu lAfc1 tRukf~TIuhu HhtElAF4 HEL&GEH
! SrhIpka and Fort vi. Nicholas. aud bombanlcd
this fort. On tic 18th wc lost forty killed, mud
Iii oil the 18th tnstaut."
FONT ". NICHOLAS.
CossrASr1sorLE, sept, liza dispatch from
slr,n.lu to-lny states That sulctmar, l'asha yes
] terdny took Fort st. NICHOLAS, aud the Turkish
Gaz now hoats oyrr tho ls.!ss!a,, fort. Previous
10 tl4c capture OF tho fort, tho Russians, who
l.at RECEIVED considerable setuforcc.,truts, made
scvrral unsuccessful a..acks upon tho Turkish
positions commanding Tho f;al.soYa road.
CAPTURED,
| CuSsrAyrlxoplE, aept. t1,-A tltspatcl from
/ suIulmau pls!a confirms tl,u relort Of the
capture OF Fort St. Stcl,olas iu Scltpka Pass.
It WA takc,, u i o'clock Sunday morning by
assault, Tbs a.htluS continues.
| CossrANrlNpp..r, Sent. l7,-Sulclo,an pasha
tete.rupha that one OF his columns has defeated
d detachment Ut Russians aud Bulgariaus ia
l1aiu boghax raas, killing a0o.
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