The New York herald., 1877-09-14
0SNlAN PACHA BELEAGUERED.
General SkObeloff's Gallant and Per-
SiStent Attacks.
is RETREAT 10 SOFIA lNPOSSIBLE7 :
The Grand Duke Preparing for a
Grand Coup.
TBY CABLE TO THE HERALD.

lS4 ONoA1 Az AnA ACo0~O
LONDON Sept. II. 1877.
A Russian Official despatch from Poredin dated
Wednesday night says:-"we cannonaded Pevna
from day break yesterday until three O'Clock In the
Afternoon when an assault was made by our troops.
BY evening three Turkish redoubts had been taken
by General Skobelef while General Rodionor had
carried the Grvica redoubt General Rodionor
was wounded slightly. Adjutant Schtar, COM
mander OF the Seventeenth infantry regiment, and
General DobrowOsey, chief OF the Third rifle
brigade, were killed.
THE TROOPS ENGAGED.
"Six Russian battalions and one Roumanian bat
TALON took part in the assault on the Grivica re-
doubt We captured two standards and five guns
Our losses in wounded alone exceed tive thousand
men. The number killed has not been ascertained
Al daybIeak to-day vigorous artillery fire has re-
commenced along the whole line Our troops are
in front OF the Turkish Notifications in the positions
taken yesterday
GRIvICA's IMPORTANCE
The Vienna Political Correspondence announces
that the United Russian and Roumanan armies
have carried by assault the formidable redoubt at
Grivica, which formed the key of Osman Pacha's
position in front OF Pevna. 1t will be recollected
that the Grlvica work stood in the centre OF the
horse shoe line which Osman drew about
Plevna and which successfully resisted the assault
Of the forces under Krtidener and Schackoskoy in
the battle OF July 81 At the latest detailed advices
the Russians had brought siege artillery to
bear this great redoubt but 1t was evident that
1t could only be carried BY storm. The success re-
ported by the Correspondence brings Plevna under
the Russian guns, and If it does not cause Osman's
complete discontinue, makes his position perious
In the extreme.
DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.
correspondent telegraphs q long account Of the
assault on Plevna as witnessed by him from the
heighrs in front Of Radlzevo He says, 'The morn
ing broke with rain which ettled down into dense
mist through which objects were invisible at 100
yards. About ten A. NJ the fog lifted somewhat
and at that time the Grivica rcdoubtwas still alive.
although Its nrc could not be called brisk To our
left, near the Lovatz and Plevna road, there were
occasional intermittent bursts OF infantry fire.
Soon after ten O'Clock occurred an ominous lull in
tho firing
FOG AND FIRE.
"Of this the Turks jauntily took advantage to
come out from behind the parapcts and stroll about
the gacis with the utmost nonchacnce. Then the
fog came down again, yelling everything and
hiding everything. At eleven precisely q
furious musketry fire suddenly burst out
ON our left from the Russians, pushing their
way out Of tho gap through the passes Of the
Lovatz-Plevna road and against the rcdoubt on
the summit OF an isolated mamelon southeast OF
the town Of Plevna.
TIE TURKS RESERVE THEIR FIRE.
"The Turks, as far as could be judged from the
sound, seemed to be in a great measure rescrving
their fire until the Russians close quarters
with them, as everything invisible at a dis
tance Of twenty yards. This also applies to their
artillery fire, although the Russian batteries con-
sinued furiously to shell the Turkish positions.
About noon the fog lifted somewhat but fell again.
During the interval the cannon in the Turkish Sec
ond position could be seen firing hard In the direc-
ton OF the hostile muskctry fire.,
FIELD ARTILLERY.
"After the fog again fell one thing became GER
tain from the sound OF the frlng-that the in
fantry fighting had tendency to rctrogradc from
the Turkish front. moving further to the left
and nearer to the fighting, just above the
western edge of the village OF Radizcvo.
Exactly along the space held by Prince
Schackoskoy's stan as the forepost line on the
night OF the soth OF July found several batteries
OF Russian field artillery in steady action against
the first and second Turkish position the central
SWELL a little to the right and rear OF the infantry,
IT'LL engaged in desultory fighting.
ONLY THE BEGINNING.
assumption of indifference, that the fighting which
gas dying out was merely iorcpost work Gear the
ray Tor grand assault against the redoubt on the
solatcd mameun, which was to be made in the
afternoon; but with glass could discern on the
slopes leading up to the mamelon Russian dead
and wounded lying about sadly thick
THE TURKS COME OUT.
"Successive bodies Of Turks were streaming
aown the slope OF the mamelon against the hud.
ilcd mass of Russians, retiring seemingly on the
shelter trenches athwart the mouth of the road
ravlne and ascending the slopes to our immediate
right 1t was also clear that General skobelor had
attacked the rcdoubt ami covered way due east