The daily gazette., 1877-09-14
THIRD EDITION.


THE GREAT Et' BATTLE ~ TIL sTI+ILRAfFG
A TREMEEpoUs CONTEST GOING
NIN IN ~ TWENTAY HSHA z YARDS ! ARDS UofFFH-Ra oF
g1.. ONE ANOTHER.
THE RUSSIANS ,ENCIRCLING TIE
nrt CITY ON ALL SIDES.
LONDON, Sep. 13.-The correspondent of
the Daily News telegraphs long account
of the assault on Plevna, 'as Witnessed by
him from the heights in front of Radizevo.
He says the morning broke with rain, which
settled down into Q dense mist, through
which objects were Invisible at hundred
yards. About 10 A. M, the fog lifted some
what, and at that time the Gfivica redoubt
was still alive, although its fire could not
be called brisk. To our left, near the To-
vatz and Plevna road, there were OCCASION
alintermittent al bursts of infantry fire. Soon
after ten O'Clock occurred an ominous lull
inthe firing. OF this the Turks jauntily
took advantage to come out from behind
the parapets and stroll about the glacis with
the utmost monchalance. Then the fog
came down again, yelling everything and
hiding everything. At eleven precisely a
furious musket fire suddenly burst out on
our left from the Russians pushing their
way out of the gap through the passes of
the Lovatz- -Plevna road and against the re-
doubt on the summit of an isolated name
ION, southeast of the town of Plevna. The
Turks, as far as could be judged from the
sound, seemed TO be in a great measure re-
serving their fire until the Russians came
to close quarters with them, as everything
was invisible at a distance of twenty yards
Ul.,e oIa1. f.f
though the Russian batteries continued fu-
riously to shell the Turkish positions -
About noon the fog lifted somewhat but fell
again. During the interval the cannon in
the Turkish second position, could be seen
firing hard In the direction of the hostile
musketry fire. After the fog again fell one
thing became certain from the sound of the
firing, that the infantry fighting had a ten
dency to retrograde from the Turkish front,
moving further to the left and nearer to the
fighting just above the western edge of the
village of Radizevo. Exactly along the
space held by Prince Schackosboy's staff
as the fore-post line on the night of the Both
of July Ifoundseveral batteries OF Russian
field artillery in steady action against the
first and second Turkish position on the
central swell a little to the right and rear
of the infantry still engaged in desultory
fighting. The commander of a battery told
us with an assumption of indifference that
the fighting, which was dying out, was
me rely forepost work to clear the way for
grand assault against the redoubt on the
isolated mamelon which was to be made in
the afternoon, but with glass could dis
cern on the slopes leading up to the NAM
la a md da1l lx1ia
sadly thick. Successive bodies of Turks
were streaming down the slope of the man.
elon against the huddlcd masses of Rus
SLAMS, retiring seemingly on the shelter
trenches athwart the mouth of the road ra-
vine and ascending the slopes to our i'm
mediate right. 1t was also clear that Gen.
Skobelof had attacked the redoubt and
covered way due east from the isolated
momelon.y Yet further to the left, on the
extreme westward of kadizevo ridge, skir.
mishing was going or. but the turks pre-
sented an obstinate front and fired steadily
from shelter trenches. This was at 2 o'clock
and for nearly two hours little forepost af-
fairs of no consequence went on. 3-l l1li.a -
DEFEAT TURNED INTO SUCCESS.
The Times correspondent says: The cap
ture of the redoubts changes the, whole af-
fair and converts q blood .repulse intoa H.
nal and, perhaps, permanent success In
any case subsequent attacks must be by
sap and trench, for the last reserve were
engaged on the Russian side. . 6,ib1R
RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF. TUESDAYS AS
sAULT.
A Russian official dispatch from Poredin
dated Wednesday night. says; We cannon
AIDED Plevra from daybreak yesterday un.
til O'Clock in the afternoon, when an as,
.sault was made by our troops. By evening
three Turkish redoubts had been taken by
General Skobelof, while General Rodionoff
had carried the Grivica redoubt. General
Rodionoff was wounded slightly. Adjutant
Schlitar, commander of the Seventeenth
Infantry Regiment and Gen. Dobrowolsky
chief of the Third Rifle brigade were killed
Six Russian battalions and one Roumanian
battalion took part in the assault on the
Grivica redoubt. We captured two stan.
ed alone exceed 5000 men. The number
killed has not been ascertained.
AT daybreak to-day vigorous artillery
fire was recommended along the whole line
fications in the positi ons taken yesterday.
EGYPT COMING TO TURKEYS AssIs-
TANCE.
kThe Khedive of Egypt will send further
contingent of troops to Turkey,
A Belgrade dispatch. dated yesterday,
says: The departure of regular troops from
the camp near Belgrade for Alexinatz
commenced to-day. A whole park of ar
tillery and ali ammunition train have
gone,