Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
A CHANGE OF LEADERS.

/ by the announcement from CONSTANT
nople that Suleiman Pasha has been APP
! pointed commander-in-chie in place of
/ Mehemet Ali Pasha-n that it is sur
4 prlslng that Mehemet should be super
seeded. His whole course since his APP
polntment has displayed extraordinary
! lnetiiciency, rs | have frequently point
ed out in these dispatches. His lethargy
at Schumla, his feeble advance against
( the army of the Czarowitch and e.pec-
tally his failure to take advantage of the
weakness Of the enemy after the second
Plevna defeat, were all and each enough
to show to lookers-on his incapacity for
| the responsible office of commandcr-in-
chief. Undoubtedly his latest and most
astonishing freak, the voluntary retreat
/ from his position on the LON, has been
the final cause Of his official beheading
| 1t is not so strange that he should be
suspended as
THAT HIS SUCCESSOR SHOULD BE sULEIMAN
In the scale of merit Osman Pasha ranks
far higher than any other Turkish of
/ fcer, and that he has not received the
appointment is certainly the most sur
/ prising feature Of the whole affair.
/ Pending the arrival Of the new leader,
the army at Shumla is quiescent in its
intrenchment on TIE Kara LON, and
the troops in Shipka Pass, now to be di-
rected by Raouf Pasha, seem making
| preparations for passing the winter III
the Balkans, as they have built nuts and
organized Il permanent camp.
on THE RUSSIAN SIDE
/ Gen. TOdleben has arrived in front of
/ Plevna. The army of the Czarowtch
! has followed up the retreat of Mehemet
Ali, and its advanced guard has been
/ felt in some skirmishes near Popkoi
/ The eighth army corps, under General
/ Radetzky, holds firmly Fort st. Nicholas
and adjacent Notifications, and seems
as resolutely determineda rs its opponents
not to yield the passage across the
mountains.
GREAT BATTLE.
! a karajal dispatch Of Oct. 4th says
! general attack was made on Mukhtar
/ Fasha's whole line this morning. Gen
Melikoif was in command under orders
of the Grand Duke Michael. The key
of Mukhtar's position, which was de-
| Tended by only single battalion, was
attacked on three sides and captured.
/ The battalion was annihlated. The
/ Turks tried to recapture this point, but
were repulsed. Further progress of the
/ Russians was insignificant, but hopes
are entertained of cutting off Mukhtar
| from Kars. The Russians bivouacked
on the conquered position. Fighting is
sure to rccommence early tomorrow
/ About 800 Russians were killed and
wounded. The Turks were misled by
their spies, and only expected to be at
| tackled on their TANKS.
A Constantinople dispatch of Oct 4th
says that an imperial trade is published,
appointing Raouf Pasha to the com
mand of the army of the Balkans, at
/ Schipka, and Sulieman Pasha to the
command of the army of the Danube,
vice Mehemet Ali, recalled
AN ATTACK EXPECTED
4 The Roumanians having pushedthcir
/ fourth parallel close to the second Girl
yitski redoubt; an attack is expected in
three days,
TO INTERCEPT SUPPLIES.
Two brigadeS of riilemen and a strong
force of cavalry have been sent west to
intercept the fresh columns which it is
reported have already started from Or
| chanie.
CHEFKET's MOVEMENTS.
ASophia dispatch says Chefket Pasha
has been largely reinforced by
men from the Schipka army.
He has commenced Il forward
movement and decisive fighting,
with Osman Pasha's cooperation, is eX-
pected shortly.
MUNITIONS GOING FORWARD.
Prodigious quantities ofmunitions arc
going to the front.
ACTIVITY BEFORE PIEvNA.
\ Bucharest dispatch says that greater
activity is observable before Plevna
since Monday. The reserve and rein
forcements have arrived and it is
thought probable that operations
will commence early next week.
SUMMING Up THE SITUATION.
A special London dispatch of the Sd
inst, says that another week shows lit
tie change ut the seat of war As the
capture of Richmond was indispensable
to the collapse of the rebellion, so the
capture of Plevna appears to be indis-
pensahle to the success of the Russian
campaign. While the Russian officers
who stubbornly maintain its siege CON
tinue confident that it will yet fall into
their hands, the better opinion is that
= this result must follow from Turkish
weakness rather than Russian strength,
There are many indications that the
, Sultan has already put forth his SUI
! prcmc effort, and has nothing further in
. reserve, and yet his three armies are
f never able to take the offensive ut the
same time and SO crush the invader;
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