The daily gazette., 1877-09-12
IWAR NEWS
PROGRESS oryTHE ADVANCE UPON
PLEVNA.
THE FINAL ASSAULT ON SUNDAY.
THE IMPERIAL, RUSSIAN GUARD
3 r PUSHING o THE FRONT 7--T.

Arhc lMfEhlAL' HUSSlAN GUARD
y PUSHING 40 THE FRONT. 00i
LosDoN, Sept. 70, 1s7s. There Is no news
from Plevna. although the widest reports
are current of Its capture and OF prodigious
slaughter of the Turks. One OF these re-
ports even says Osman Pacha is prisoner.
NO CONFIRMATION OF PLEvNA's CAP
-. ZIrr TURE. ,TO.tr ~ slsf-I
The Times Vienna correspondent, tele-
graphing Tuesday, says the reports about
the fail Of Plevna, which are traced to Rou-
manian sources, have not been confirmed
from any other side, II is variously sur.
missed that the Russians having approach
"a within striking distance, are awaiting
the movements of their turning columns,
which are supposed to have been sent to the
dank and rear of Plevna, or that the Turks
may have fortified Plevna so strongly that
1t is only to be taken by gradual approach
es. The whole plan of the attack may thus.
have TO be changed. W q M 4 4
THE LATEST OPERATIONS,
The Daily News correspondent, resuming
the narrative of the operations before PIev-
ma, which he had previously carried down
10 Fricay evening" under date of befo. .e
Plevna, Saturday. Septem ber g. IS p. M. -
says when the cannonade recommended
this morning it was not easy at first to re-
cognize that the Russians had gained any
advantage the day before. The parapet of
the 0irviea redoubt had been @ good deal
Jagged by Russian shells, but under cover
of thenight all its defects had been made
good and it looked as trim as if ne yer shot
had been fired at 1t.
SLOWLY GAINING GROUND.
"But the Russians had, during the night,
gained large slice of ground in the direc-
tion of Grivica. and battery of siege guns
had been built on an elevation within easy
range of the redoubt. AT tsunrise the bat
terry came into action in rear of the ad-
vanced battery and sent its fire sweeping
down into the redoubt, which could not re-
ply to the siege battery, the range being too
long, so 1t pounded away at the field bat
teries on the ridge; but the practice was
not good, and few casualties occurred.
The FINAL ASSAULT.
"The Russian siege battery made admi-
rable practice atthe Grivica redoubt which
is the key to the position, and instead of
spreading their fire the Russians should
have concentrated upon 1t the whole weight
OF the bombardment. AS it is they may
lombard It tor week, and after all not
succeed in taking it. The assault was in.
tended to begin yesterday afternoon at five
O'Clock, but owing todelaysthe troops were
not in position by the appointed time. Ey-
erywhere now the infantry is in position
waiting for the word.
.fl DRPLoYING THE MEN,
"Toward noon the Russian infantry
pushed forward in skirmishing order, driv-
ing back the outlying Turks, the artillery
following and coming into action at short
range. The Turkish return fire, chiefly di-
rected at the Russian first line of artillery
was very heavy but little harm was done.
Further on the left, to the crest o'the range
beyond Radistova, which was one array of
field batteries, the firing was very heavy,
the Turkish shells doing great damage
among the gunners and falling behind
among the infantry on the reverse slope and
in Radisova. At three o'clock the Rus
SLAMS advanced toward the Turkish posi-
tions and continued to fire somewhat slack
ly. The fire must have reached into Plevna.
ASSAULT MADE ON SUNDAY.
TO-DAY. believe IL will begin tomorrow
afternoon. The Russian cannon is drawing
close around the Turkish positions, but the
test Will not be with the cannon, but with
the prowess OF the men.
HEAVY LOSSES.
"The losses were much heavier to-day
than yesterday"
The departure of Mehemet All from the
centre of his army for the left wing looks as
though an advance from the LON is again
to be made from that side. A despatch
from Vienna to another paper confirms the
above, and says that Mehemet Ali has gone
to Sorndsoudlar and that an action is i'm
pending to the west of Eski-Djuma.
THE IMPERIAL GUARD TO THE FRONT.
A special from Bucharest, Tuesday,
says =" Four thousand of the Imperial
guard passed through Bucharest on Mon
day, four thousand more are expected to-
day, and eight thousand ON Wednesday,"
THE RUSSIANS ABOUT TO ENTER sERvIA.
A Belgrade despatch, dated Tuesday,
has been received from
that the Prefect has been or
dered to have everything in readiness for
8 900 Russians who will march through
ON their way to cross the
Danube and enter servian territory. On
the Servian bank everything is prepared
for the crossing ofthe Russians. The Ser
Wan brigade of Belgrade will leave to-mor-
row for the frontier. AMNh Isl 2
GREECE AND RUSSIA.
A correspondent at Athens declares that |
the rumors OF negotiations for an alliance |
between Greece and Russia, binding the |
former to military Intervention against |
are unfounded On the other |
hand the Greek government, while giving |
peaceful assurances for the present, has re- |
fused to undertake for the future not to |
make war upon Turkey, as such an engage.
ment would be tantamount to an abandon
ment of the rights of Greeceas an independ-
ent State. 4 ........ s..
REARRESTING THE MURDERERs,
A despatch dated Berlin, Tuesday, says : |
-'In consequence of the repre- sentations of
and France the Porte has ordered
the rearrest and confinement of the FIVE Sa-
Ionica assassins, who been had released
from WiddIn.~ aHH GIs
as CHANGING THE BRIDGE.
1t Is stated from Bucharest that the Rus
slams have removed the bridge at PirsOS