The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-08

FOREIGN NEWS.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
The Battle of Lovatz.
A Vivid Description by a Cores
pondent on the Ground.
A Detail Of the Russian. MoVs-
ments.
The Battle of Lovatz.
The Turks Driven from Point to
Point Steadily but Surely.

NEw YoRK, September IA London
correspondent with the Russian army at
lOyatL thus describes the late battle
there: The artillery did most Of the
fighting until o'clock in the morning
when the right wing made rush forward
and the muskeLry IRE became heavy, the
Turks pouring steady rain Of Ere over
the parapets. At S:45 o'clock two regi.
ments Of infantry were ordered up 10 aid
the TiralleurS of DubroviIski Even at
this early hour the heat Is intense. An
officer arriving from the line Of march Of
these two regiments states that 100 men
have fallen by the Wayside overcome by
the heat.
AT 0 o'clock the FIRE Is increased in
intensity, and extends further up the
0sma. The Tiralleurs are sweeping the
Turks down, and our guns open heavy
fire to assist the infantry in their onward
movement.
At 9:30 o'clock Novinsky's regimen:
winds through little dsiile behind one
Of the two Turkish redoubts, and the two
regiments named after the German En-
peror move on the other.
At 10 o'clock the good news arrives
from the right that the Turks positions
have been taken on that front, and
also that the Russians undoubtedly
are masters Of that position. They must
now take the isolated ridge called Mount
Rous, which overhGUgs Eovatz and forms
the western key Of the position. With
this in their possession Lovatz ia theirs
and there then remains only the large
redoubt forming the western key. At
1920 the firing ceased entirely. upon the
right, the Turks having fed across the
valley, leaving DrobovalAky unopposed.
Gen. Skobeloff has gone with ten battal.
ions towards the extreme left to take
Mount Rous, the isolated ridge. At 1890
the pAttering Of muSketry on the left tells
oil Skobelof's advance. At l0.45 his col.
umn is seen moving down the slope Of
the amphitheatre and crossing the little
valley intervening between the slope and
Mount Rous. The Russian artillery now
opens tremendous shell FIRE on the slope
OF Mount Rous facing Skobeloff, and the
Turks are seen running from their en-
trenchment on the slope Of Mount Rous.
At the foot however, and near the high.
way they hold their ground and fire "a p.
idly upon Skobeloff's advance. The heat
Is now actually frightful, and It seems
impossible for the men TO fight under it.
A regiment from the reserve moves down
70 the right Of the headquarters to take
Mount Rous and cut off the retreat.
AT 1925 battery moves up TO the sup.
port Of the advance Of this regiment and
takes a position on the road on the east.
ern end Of Mount Rous. Ten minutes
after Skobeloff's column rushes up the
road and takes the heights Of Mount
Rous and he crowns the hill with his in
fantry. At o'clock we have taken all
the Turkish positions except that on the
road, the strongest OF all, as it commands
the little valley at the bottom Of the am.
phitheatre and has outlying detached
works to flank an attacking force. The
frat period OF the battle has now ended,
and orders are given to advance our bat.
teries to the top Of Mount Rous, and the
right wing crept carefully forward to.
ward the foot Of the amphitheatre slope,
so as TO be in readiness for an attack on
the redoubt. By two o'clock the batteries
were in their new position and had opened
a terrible fire on the redoubt. The COM
mander OF this position retired his guns
10 the hills back Of his redoubt, an indicA-
tion that he believed the capture Of this
torti6cation foregone conclusion and
therefore withdrew his guns TO prevent
their capture. It is a question whether
the Turkish officer did we'll or i'll by his
men by forcing them them to defend the
lost position after the guns had been re-
moved. It looks like butchsry for both
aides. -l-. = ="