The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-17
THE CARNAGE AT PLEVNA.
RUssT4's KILLED AND WOUNDED NUM-
herring OYER $4,000 MEN
The Turks Reporting n Wussinn DEFEAT on
Saturday with Loss of 5000 Men-A
Rumor that the Cars Army IL Retire. ating.

LONDON, Sept. 10. "A Reuter- despatch
dated Constantinople. 80 T. NJ. to-day. says:
The Grand vizier has informed Minister Lay
ard that Osman Pasha defeated the Russians on
Saturday. killing and wounding 5000 and cap
turing several guns. The fighting before Plev-
ma la still going on"
In connection with the foregoing the Obsnr-
ey's Constantlnople special repeats reports cur
rent there last night that the whole Russian
army had attacked the Pevna lines and were
repulsed after desperate fighting. losing over
5000 men. They then abandoned their posi-
tions. retreating upon Sistova and Tirnova
Meantime the Roumanian corps on the north
east Of Plcvna were completely routed with
heavy loss. leaving nine guns and a large guam
tity OF arms and ammunition on the field
1t Is possible that delay in tclegraphic COM
municaton with Osman Pasha may have caused
a confusion OF dates at Constantinope and That
tho Grand Nizicrs communication may refer to
tho attack on Gen. Skobeloff on Wednesday.
The rumors in the Obserre,'s special telegram
would be valuable only II corroborutive Of other
reports.
"Mchemct All pasha tclcgraphs that eighteen
battalions OF Turks on Friday rcpuscd an at.
tack by the Russian Twelfth Army Corps on
Sinano. The ltussian loss was heavy
The Grand Duke Nicholas teegraphs TO St
Petersburg under date OF poredin. saturday, as
follows: " On Friday evening the Turks as-
saultcd Grivica Tor Grivltzal, but. with the as
sistance OF the Russian and Roumanian re-
serves. were repuscd. To-day we continue
shelling the enemy fortincations. and the town
Is burning. According To reports received up
to Friday 239 wounded officers and 9.iS2 men
have passed through the hospitals since Sept. T.
The number of killed is about 1000 The total
loss is about 800 officers and IL 500 men. Up to
tho morning of Sept. IA the Roumanians had
lost about 90 officers and 1900 men killed and
wounded. The spirit prevailing among the
Russians and ltoumanians is excellent
1t is Noticeable that the Grand DUKE. Nicholas
in this telegram makes NJ mention Of any fur
ther battle on Saturday. II seems probable that
the Grand Nlzicr + announcement to Mr.. Layard
was merely n rccapitulntion Of the general re-
suit Of the oneratinns before peyna. partieu-
larly rs the Porte has since published a tele.
gram from Osman Pasha, dated the l4th. and
giving me kussian loss throughout the oper-
LoNDoN. sept 1.-THE Daily N@cs' corres-
pondent. telegraphing from before Pleyna.
showing TINT 1t is almost untcnahle.
the approaches to 1t being swept by
distant. On Wednesday the interior Of tho
Gravitza redoum was still nhed with ,dgad
and wounded in q ghastly. indistinguishable
the approach OF surgeons and litter bearers On
the return OF the Nelcss Correspondent from
the redouht the ScOtSDdu's correspondent. who
accompanied them. WIS slightly wounded.
ATHENS. SEPT, l5-The ,reply OF the Minister
OF Foreign Affairs to the Brit sh rrmon,tranco
against Greek ermnmcnts. wherein Lord Derby
asked the Greek Government 10 authorize Eng
land to assure Turkey that Greece will not
make war on her. declares that Greece hns ac-
tually given assurances 10 the British NJ -ter
AT Athens that she does not intend to declare
war against Turkey. This Is all that the Porte.
or another power acting in behalf Of Turkey. is
justified in asking. Greece cannot renounce
her freedom OF action without preludicing Hell
lenic interests. A to the armaments of Greece.
the Minister points 20 the recognized inde-
pcndencc Of his country md the rights which
result from that Independence.
LONDON. sept. l6.-R'uters dispatch from
Constantinople says that Gre'cc has protested
To- the Porte against the construction 81 fortiti-
cations on the Gulf of Arta and tho despatch of
regiments thither as contrary to treaty stipula-
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