, 1877-09-02
PIEY Ma.

| L. LII I 4vAe
Strong Language from the Russian Com
mander-in-Chief--A Russian Description G
I; the Battle.
Co7rcsnondtncc london Times.
l ST. PETERSBURG Aug. l3.-TEc newspapers 0
today publish an official telegram from tn
: Comnanccr-in-Chicf, containing strong Ian
: Eaase, such as is not generally met with IN o!
hclal documents. It is to the following effect
IN foreign newspapers much .sis said ubout tht
liFht OF onr troops alter the unfortunate affair
Pevna on the ,:;0th Of July, about the pursuit u
our troops 70 Slstoya, about the unsuccessful 1T
telnpts to bcsese Kustchnk and Silstria, akou
the victories OF the Turks ut Iustchnk and at othc
r!aces All that Is as impudent lie as the inrel,-
tlon, disseminated last month by the newspapcs
tue Danube ut Nikopo] and victory of Ike Turk.
ut Blela Once for I'LL, request that no attention
Ge paid to the systematic lies disseminated by tic
Turkish newspapers and By tnat part cf the Eu.
ropcan press which is hostile to III. If there is nc
news from me- That means that all is well and there
no Is nothing ncw: When anything unsuccesstulhap-
peneo 10 Us, myself at 0nce telcsraphed about it.
These words show plainly that the Grand
Duke Nicholas is very much irritateu at the
1alse reports which are circulated by certain for
cn Journals, aud very natural that he should
be SO; but must. with all due Difference re-
mark that If the Russian public are led ustray
| by these reports, the Russian authorities them
selves are in great measure to blame. Day
after day We Look here for official tclegrams
ta1tA 'ooh Aii vail ~ ucu uulaF0E9Dlt reports
reach us from Vienna or London. the official
! silence makes US naturally suspect that they
| arc true, and this state Of things cannot
DC remedlcd W any amount Of strongly-worded
official telegrams such us the one just quoted.
I The only etfcctual cure would be the regularly
supplying us with official bulletins about what
Is gola. on; but this cure the Commander-in-
Chef does not seem disposed to adopt. It is
only now That We are beginning to receive from
Russian sources The details Of the second. affair
at HlErn1. which nPcrtrrf1 q 0rfni1hf
may perhaps desire to know how the Russians
describe it.. proceed, therefore, to give you,
IN slightly abridged form, translation OF
letter published in the Golos:
The second attack on Plevna was 1cpu1.cd with
enormous loss. Evidently the information re-
celved regarding the strength aud position Of the
Turkish troops was completely false. 1t is impos-
sibe to imagine that Gen. kruedener, most rru-
dent officer, determined to stack the enemy With
the hope Of driving him from his fortified positions
knowing that these positions were we'll fortified
and defended by troops tsricc as numerous as bis
own. cali Gen. kruedener ''prudent;' Others
call him undecided. and many declare that he i.
then that an officer of this kind yentured on such
an attack: hare not been able to get any certain
explanation Of the fact, tor the staff officers
bu it is universally believed here that the order to
attack came from the headquarters ut Truo,a.
Gen; Lkrucdener, it is added. did not consider 1t
possible to present hi. objections and WAS obliged
10 execute the order at the first convenient" op-
portunty. The young General. Michael skobelef,
NAs 4thCh3SE 1PuUSCu ~ 1HE 1QeA OF 1L[1Ck1nE, /
That fact it very significant. Those who Know |
Skobelef declare that he never distinguishes, him
self for prudence. and always advised vigorous ac-
nicd him felnted that as soon as Skobccf ar |
rived ut the Bulgarian village Of Kazaitsa, held
BY Prince shah"fsko he received orders 10
advance On Losatz, and, if possible, occupy tic !
town. ~ the same time, he was informed that no T
movement Of & troops had been observed between
his Co*s:ck brigade 10 Lovtcla, and convinced
himself that The information received was false,
and that with the forces at his command the taxing
masses of Turkish infantry to the south OF Pievna,
anu he considered tnat it was more than rash to |
an enemy who had at least 10, 900. About the
same ti"':, Prince Shahofskoi rcconnottcrcd
fs,cnGs 1he Gsonnd rvss westward towards rcvna
to ATTACK, t not with assurance. ~' At
lvas1 VIII ,, sEea: m hopes Of success All was ready
on lhe -slh, nut the troops rested for twenty
hours To the west Of Trostcnik there arc two
villages; liti!c 10 tue north is Koyukhon.a, in
suutherly direction Bulgarian karaitsa, the head-
Generals had iron, II: 200 10 Is, COO men. Alto
II. 0o0 ncn and l56 field guns. Gen. Skobelcf |
With his brigade reinforced by, battalion Of in
out Ct flcvna aud force them to cross
the 1eo,.,ni nd ;,b !, the event of success Cen
them from rctreating to Lovaz. The advance be-
.an about 6 i'll the morning. Baron kruc.lcuer,
;olny northwar.ls begun to fire at The advanced
ufk'St ioEthcatlons. but met witt frighttu |
'esstance The ground gave the Turks an inl-
ncnse advantage: 1t would be dllcnlt to cor
surround Plcvns OH the north. The Turkish in
rcnch'ncnts were we'll drawn and strongly fortified
There was nothing 10 bo done but to lead the
fooIs TO the attack under hail Of bullets; and G
en,hu .hese h.shte Ivy anew row Of nights strong t
\ fortified n 1t would have required tic whole :
Hcsy ~ fSf sS 'hs sd p ~ Be- fa 9aS.a f; ii
torm:, Baron Krueslener perceived tie im :
M f, Of Tho task but Prince shahofskoi
ne plan o attack. On the left flank the v1liare a.
'aaishcvo vas soon taken oy the infantry but be-
oaa the village were The hshts and they had to y
c taken, with. Of course, greater loss of men | =
hey were taken. but 1t was quite imnossbic ro r
pillow np this sacecs<. Meanwhile Prince Shnkof Il
10. acted most encrsetic2liy, and sought to fu1l &
AS going on oi lie left flank. About ) ocjock IN !
,e ,eTenins 1t wis quite evident TINT the attack
bout the retrcat. should be wrone If said tIas
was made in complete disorder, but it would be- T
aiGu!ons to den: that it cost very dear The =
arks threw themselves in masses into the posi- x
ons "htch We abandoned. and with such nlacrity ST
at IL the nights before kudizhcr We h:d to ! +
arc e four guns Worse still. towards 10 clock L L
e Iur rks, with a-1nas5 Of Bushi- i-BazouSs broke ~
rough our llne 1t was impossible to think OF e.
c M Ssve5ely .'; wounded; many II them were ktllcd il
.rc lightly wounded had to retreat under fear 81
m'1sketIy-nrc. 1t is frighttul to think of e
nat would have happened if thc Turks had pur- IS
ca: As it was our losses were enormous. The | q,
1t hank suffered most severely. II NC count the Ee
'nndcd and missing, we uansl say that lost at Ct
lst 10, 600 men. And in what a condition the g.
,ops we're when they returned! Ragged. wcaricd -,
inon1 "a IT., ihoes EXHAUSTED to the la degree The
ron kruedencr Ills column WAS already yes. | bu
DAY so fresh that the Turks would have met !
tn stout resistance If they had advanced. ~
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Hash Youth Marrics His Grandmother, 81
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