Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-09-21
THE EASTERN WAR.


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ID f-a,9e1f LoNDoN, Sept. 10.
A Russian official dispatch from Pore
din, Wednesday night, says: We can
nonaded Plevna from daybreak yester-
day until three o'clock in the afternoon,
when an assault was made by our troops.
By evening three Turkish redoubts had
been taken by Gen. Skobeleff, while Gen.
Rodianof had carried the Grivica re-
doubt. Adjt. Schelitar and Gen. Do
browOtsky we're killed. Six Russian bat.
talions and one Roumanian battalion
took part in the assault on the Grivica
redoubt, We captured two standards
and five guns. Our losses in wounded
alone exceed 5000 men. To-day Wig
orous artillery fire was recommended
along the whole line, Our troops are in
front of the Turkish Notifications in the
positions taken yesterday" t..a.. ..
The Times account of operations on
the 18th is as follows: At 1880 p. m.
one brigade of Gen. Zotoff's corps, sup
ported by another, attacked the center
redoubt ON the south side, one and half
miles from Radizevo. The attack was
repulsed by rifle fire, after lasting nine
ty minutes. 1t was renewed again at
four p. m. Twelve batteries of Russians
| advanced, with most splendid and de-
voted bravery right up to the ditch, car
! rying scaling ladders. They surrounded
the redoubt on three sides and hung on
to it magnifcently. At 445 o'clock they
were actually in the redoubt, but moth
ing mortal could face the fire from the
repeating rifles. They were destroyed
by hundreds at few PAGES. At 4:52 the
survivors fell slowly back.
LONDON. Sept IL
A Russian official bulletin, dated Pore
din, 18th, says: " Yesterday we bonn
barded the Turkish fortifications and the
town of Plevna at short range. In the
afternoon the town began to burn, and
two explosions were observed within the
| fCrtiications. The Turks directed all
their efforts against our left wing, which
threatened their rear at this point. Gen.
Skobeloff repulsed five furious attacks,
but was compelled in the evening after
the sixth attack to, evacuate the fortifica-
tions which he captured Tuesday. Dur
| ing Wednesday night our troops en-
trenched themselves in their positions.
"There have been no collisions at
other points in the theater of war. The
Rustchuk column is concentrated in
fresh positions half days march be-
hind Kara Lom."
VIENNA, Sept H.
A correspondent before Plevna tele-
graphs: At the taking of Grivica re-
doubt the Turks neither ran away nor
asked quarter. The first Russians who
entered thought the redoubt was aban-
doned, but the garrison had only retired
to the classmates and galleries, where they
stood at bay. The fighting was with
bayonets. The Turks tried TO retake the
redoubt and poured a large number of
men into the ad jacent tintrenchments. The
Russians bombarded them, but suffered
severely from rifle fire at only 200 yards
| distance. This attempt to retake the re-
doubt and another desperate one on
Wednesday were repulsed. This CORE
spondent estimates that the Russians up
to Thursday lost 1000 killed and
! wounded, ond tiIO Rourn ~;oras S,ooU.
A dispatch from Sistova says it has
been ascertained that Plevna is victualed
for two months.s
r.+. LONDON, ,lSept. Is.
There is hardly room for a doubt that
the weeks operations about Plevna did
not result as favorably for the Russo
| Roumanian army as was expected in
view of the reports from Russian sources.
The brief Turkish bulletin about affairs
at Plevna reads: "Since Friday the
Russians have made continuous assaults,
but have been repulsed We have re-
captured two redoubts ON the Lovatz
road which fell into the enemy's hands. "
This comedies with the detailed nara
tives received and with later Russian
bulletins. The Russians have reason to
fear, therefore, that the capture of the
Grivica redouut is of much less signifi
canoe than was at first represented. II
so, Osman Pasha may await his rein
forcements without fear of further i'm
mediate molestation These reinforce
ments are, according to Vienna dis
patch, already on the way from Sofia
whence most of the reserves have beer
sent across the Balkans to Orchanic.
The report says the Czarewitch''
forces have been so weakened to rein
force the Plevna army that they are NJ
match for Mehemet ALI and this seem.
to be corroborated by the Russians
steadily retrograding. On the whole
whatever may be the fate of Plevna, thu
Time is rdpluly sllppLnS away III NhlCl
the Russians might retrieve the fortune
of the European campaign, now as seri
ously compromised as the Asiatic one.
LONDON, Sept 16.
A Constantinople dispatch to-day say
the Grand Vizier has informed Ministe
] Layard that Osman Pasha defeated tn
Russians ON Saturday, killing and wound
! ing 5000, and capturing several guns
= Fighting before Plevna is still going on
In connection with the foregoing Con
stantinople special repeats the repor
current there last night that the Who'll
Russian army had attacked the Plevn
, lines and were repulsed, after desperat
! ! fighting, losing over 5000 men. The
! then abandoned their position, retreatin
upon Sistova and Tirnoya. Meantim
the Roumanian corps on the northeas
of Plevna were completely routed wit
heavy loss, leaving nine guns and larg
quantity of arms and ammunition on tn
field. ~rw0TF 'ravgu-~