Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-17
EUROPE.
Pro gress Of the Operations
Against Plevna.
STANLEY, THE AFRICAN EXPLORER,
HEARD FROM.
ESPECIAL DprArcHEs TO TIE 0oLp Hill
pA IT NAVAL

Tine 9roet Wnr N soo ksssts
CossrASrIsorLx. Sept. 1.-THE Grand
yixisr informs Minister Ledaro that 0sman
Pssha defeated the Russians on Saturday.
killing and w~ounding 800. The lighting
before plevna IL proceeding.
LoypoS. Sept. l7.-In connection with
the foregoing. . C~onstantinopls special re-
pests the reports current there last night
that tho whole Russian army had attacked
the Pievns lines and we're repulssd after
desperate lighting. losing 5000 men. They
then abandoned the position. retrsating
upon sistova aud Tirnovs. Meantime the
| Roumanian corps were completely routed
| with heavy loss, leaving nine guns and .
large quantity OF arms on the field.
THE INTENTIONS OF oRrrcr.
ATHENS. Sept. l6.-In the reply Of the
| Minister OF Foreign Affairs 10 the British
remonstrsnce against Greek ornaments,
wherein Lord Derby asks the Government
TO authorize England 10 assure Turkey that
| Greece will not make war on her domaine,
| Greece has given assurance to tho British
| Minister that she does not intend TO de-
| clare war against Turkey. This 10 all the
| Porto or any other power acting In behalf
Of Turkey IL Justified In asking. Greece
| cannot renounoe her freedom OF action
without p~rejudicing Hellenic interests.
Az TO the ornaments Of Greece the Min.
lister points 10 the Independence OF his
| country and tho rights which result from
that independence.
CoSsrASrNorLE. Sept. i7.-Greece has
protested 10 the Porto against the con.
| struction Of q fertilization on, the Gulf Of
ANITA, and the dispatch OF achievements
Is contrary 10 treaty stipulations.
Mehemet Ali ~telegraphs that eighteen
battalions Of Turks repulsed the attack by
| tho Russian Twelfth army corps on Sini.
ara. The Russian loss was heavy.
Grand Duke Nicholas tslegraphs TO 81.
Petersburg from Poredin. Saturday : ION
| Saturday evening tho Turks assaulted
Griyics, but with the assistance Of the
| Russian and Roumanian reserves were re-
pulsed. To-day we continue Smelling the
| enemy's Notifications. and tho town 10
burning. According 10 reports received
up TO Friday, 200 wounded officers and
g,is2 men have passed through the hos
| pitfalls since September 7th. The number
| killed is about 8, 200 ; total loss. about 800
| officers aud IL. 500 men. Up to tho morn.
| ing Of September l4th, the R~oumanians
had lost about co officers aud 5000 men
killed aud wounded. Tho spirit prevail
| ing among the Russians and Roumsnianr
IL excellent" II Ia noticeable that tho
| Grand DIXIE Nicholas In this telegram
makes no mention Of any further battle on
Saturday. II seems probable that the
| Grand vizier's announcement to Mr.. Lay.
ard Was merely . recspitulation OF the gen.
| eral result Of the operations before Plevna.
particularly a. the Porte has since pub
lishod q telegram from 0sman PashA.
dated the lith instant. giving tho Rus
sian loss throughout the operation at from
1000 TO 5000.
LONDON. Sept. IA correspondent,
telegraphing from before Plevna, r~scounts
q visit to Gravitza redoubt, showing that
II Is almost untenablc, the approaches to
IL being swept by Turkish fire from . re.
doubt only $50 yards distant. On wednes.
day tho interior Of Gravitza redoubt was
still piled with dead and wounded In .
ghasily. indistinguishabls mass, the fire
Of the Turks having prevented the ap-
proaoh OF surgeons and litter bcarers.
vienna. Sept. IA correspondent
says: Turkey being unable TO supply id.
ditional troops 10 act against Montenegro.
orders have been sent TO the General com.
handing TO keep moro on the defensive.
II Ia announced that the Montenegrins In.
tend to march on Trebingc and Spiez.
BucuAREsr. Sept. ia correspondent
t-legraphs ~ follows under date OF SUN
day A dispatch reached here this morn
ing from the Imperial headquarters, stat.
Ing that the Turks had made desperate Of.
forts 10 recapture dravitzA redoubt, max.
,ns se,vn ,nan ~
A correspondent with the Montenesrin
army says: "Presjecks surrendered TO Us
.iier ~ hours pomoardmeh . Ispors
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