Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-05
Thf Eastern War.

= h1,.'-a o5iciaI dispatch aooouoc=s that
tie i,17:is = La7: r=oecu;i=i Soia@ ha!eh.
[: -: :t2:izo coa:: i: 53~ cI=zr Q: To:k=. and
the I'I.1,Icc.i9n 10 tn ir:e1i2. RS b=en sup.
u Esd
Reuter- dispatch from B1ehara,; says the
army 1o1:r tue Grand Doh= .Ni:ho!a= will re-
SINE th: of=rsi7c very shortly while thu
tro5ps uodc1 the IzareHi:ch viii rem ala 90 he
defensive. c3Dirootiog Meacmei All Pzsha.
The R1=.iso= ara coo,iousIg receiving reo.
force ncnt=, and Provisions are bsinz prepared
tor Lew Ru:sis1 corps, nun berog % 90 DeD.
| noS catering RouuaDia.
The correspondent Of the L9ndo5 Tjnez,
1ritioy IRON Vienna, says that the Turkish
Operations 10 Bulgaria are InaIrad By certale
aDouot Of Jealousy existing between O:maD
| Pasba, Sueiman Pasha aud Mehenet Ali
| Pasta, which prevents their working 10 con.
cert
Reuter-: E;zsroun dispatch, dated ep.em.
bar +, reports that the Turks lhreatc the
Pain Of Eri7an, aud make reconnaissance 70 a.
lar az the Ara= river.
Persons who have kept careful records Of t he
rclnforccmcnts which have gone to Shunla es
tinste that Mshemet All must lave nearly zoe
hunIIcd ADD sixty thousand men. Taxi ne
away sixty thousand Of these for garrisons nd
10 guard The oe towards the Dobrujda, the re
would remaiu al out one huodred thousand fr
field operation
LONDON, sept. 5.--Tbe Herald corre5pon
dent at the headquarters OF the Grand Duke
N'eho!as It Poretin telegraphs under date OF
Nloo4ay via Bucharest, Tuesday, September 4,
ten II night, as follows The long expected
a!oas' 90 the forces under O=man Pasha was
sar &c this morning according to prearraoged
pr % By which the assault was to take place
lmulta reousy along the whole Russian line,
raachioe from near the mouth OF the Fld al
moat to the foot of the BALKANS, south of 10.
va'Z.
The Grand Duke has during the month pur-
sued with a ceaseIess and relentless purpose one
ot:ct-narDely, the crushing OF O5man Pasha
aud the retrieving of the disaster Of july 81.
The lighting hogan this morning about ten
O'Clock The advance had sgun about SIX,
but there was considerable dela,7 owing to the
inequalities Of the ground at arlous points
a'oDg the eighteen miles of front. The Turkish
outposts were encountered almost Immediately
oy the isussian sklrmjsh line, nut they fell
Dack without any hes tation after seeing that
the ADVANCE vas mc.de n force.
"heo the Turkish outposts had falieo back
upon the ; mar picket line the fir. ng. became
Ofisk' The s'.irmish Iioe of the RI 'sslsn army
was at once strengthened and eugag ID the enc
my ye uo'll e C maj 10 body began to arr Ve.
nc up .nling that cnsued, as 5000 as the en-
.,re mo- cement had been fairly unm;s5.;e1 o5
Inc ~ IssiaDs was Of the most terrific cbarac. 'er
ooto on the part oil the Turks and their ASIA Il
anf J. Almost every strategic point along the
holc line Of operations was the scene Of dce-
perate charges by the Russians.
In nearly every instance when tho russians
reached the Turkish positions they succeeded
10 carrying them, despite the irregularity OF
the grouod occupied by The movement Of their
forces
The defence Of tho Turks was determined
and desperate. but they were uoabIe to with.
stand the onslaught Of their opponents, and