Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-13


that which the Ottoman general success
fully carriedout about a week igo agains
his left at Kaziltepe, inhicting loss c
1000 killed and wounded On the troop
Of Gen. Loris Melikoff
TURKISH ARMY
which covers Kars has already made al
rangements for hutting troops durin
the cold weather, and we MAJ thus ex
pect that active operations inthis direc
ton will now be suspended till mex
year, unless the Ottoman stiff detach 81
many troops from the Asiatc theatre t(
! Europe as TO very seriously weaken the
curtain drawn in front of lars, anC
tempt their adversary byond the
power of his resistance to hazard 6
blow.
| THE FALL OF NICSICS.
A Vienna special of the lot inst, re-
ports that Nicsics, with nineteen guns
has surrendered unconditionlly ~ but
| the garrison and inhabitants were al
| lowed to withdraw to Gatscho
An Ostrek correspondent aows that
| the surrender OfNicsics was .ecessitat-
ed by the Montenegrins havirs stormed
the positions commanding tie citadel.
The garrison, which was oriinally 400
strong, lost 200 during the siee in killed
and prisoners.
OSMAN PASHA.
The Turkish minister furishes the
following: In view of variou accounts
circulating about the origin If Osman
/ d, CI II
honor to inform the press tha the mar
shall of that name was borl in Asia
Minor, of Mussulman parent
THE CAPTURE OF LOFTCA
An official report of thtbattle of
Loftcha, telegraphed from Lodon, un-
der date of September 7th, ates that
most of the Russian troop engaged
were brought by forced marhes from
Schipka Pass, Sunday nigL. They
were bivouacked on the reveie side Of
the heights east of Lovatz c CLoftcha,
so as to conceal their camp res from
the Turkish sentinels. Earthwrks were
being thrown up to be occuph on the
rising of the moon by eightypieces of
artillery. Six divisions were iassed, to
take part in the actual assalt on the
Ottoman lines, while stror reserve
was held in hand by the Rusan COM
mander to guard the right ank and
rear from attack from the dection of
Plevna in case Osman Pasa might
sweep aside the troops of Prin, Charles,
and fall upon the assailants oLoftcha.
One of these divisions hadmarched
fifty-six miles, the distancerom the
Pass to the Russian positn before
Lovatz in forty-eight hours, " the men
were so little fatigued that, ke Craw-
ford's infantry after its famts march,
they were at once sent on pht duty.
After twelve hours contes Monday,
the Ottoman osition was caied, with
TERRIBLE CARNAGE
Many of it's defenders we mown
down by the fire of snperio artillery,
and those who were not killed or
wounded were hotly pressed retreat
by the cavalry of Gen. Skobef. Tues
day morning Loftcha was inossession
of the troops of the czar. hat oc-
Cured in the direction of Pima while
this attack on Loftcha was beg fought.
we have as yet no full accent. The
commandant at Plevna muslave dis
tinctly heard the cannonade, zen if he
had no other intelligence, anfrom in
formation that can be glead from
different sources, it seems TT, while |
Lovatz was being assailed, Ge Zaloff |
had an opportunity of testings tacti-
cal skill in holding back the ampt of |
Osman Pasha to push out bEay of |
Pelisat to aid his hard-press COM
rades. 1t is probable, and is elieved, |
| that as Loftcha was secured, thbulk of |
the Russian troops that had bn there
engaged were moved to the 1eh, and
| that
ALMOST A CONTINUOUS RING WAs'ORMED |
ROUND PLEVNA.
On the east lay a force commanded |
! by Prince Charles, consistinof the
Roumanian division and a .ussian
! force of two divisions, while thoulk of
the Roumanian army, which b cross
ed the Danube at Carobia, theaed the
left rear of Osman Pasha rn the
north. The Imperial heaqarters
to be moved from Gorny StudaYhich |
lies forty miles from Plevna-Hlsrens,
which is twenty miles nearer ad all |
was apparently prepared for acruhing
attack on the main army { Oman
Pasha.
! MEHENET ALI PASHA
reported last night to Conantipple
that an important eEgagemenhad cen
fought yesterday on the bans olthe
Lom. The Turkish force engsedap-
pear to have been that which yas re-
ported yesterday as advancin dpon
Biela under Eyoub Pasha, and1ehe-
met Ali claims for it a victory. he at
tack was made in two columnsd by
Faub Pasha and Said Pasha was
directed against the twelfth arngorps.
which is part of the army of Cz:Nitch
at KechiOWa, a village on the ridDank
of the Kara LON, seven miles fth of
| Yenikoi Mehemet Ali assertstt
| THE RUSSIANS WERE DEFEAT
and crossed the river in order,
abandoning their fortified positiG He
states that the Russians in deding
strong positions, lost 5000 menrh1le
Eyoub Pasha, who attacked the had
only 900 killed and wounded. the
! Turkish commander can mnce
rapidly, he may soon be at Biela aich
| is less than twenty miles from Eer-
days field of battle A telegrauom
Bucharest states that the cavalrvithe
Russian guard has crossed the Dlbe,
and that body of rifles, part of tex
pected reinforcements, has reachBu-
charest.
He was sitting quietly by her si1ne
chilly evening last month, think of
4 something to say. Finally he rem ed:
''How sad it is! we shall have frto-