New-York tribune., 1877-09-18
THE OPERATIONS AT PLEvNA.

THE OPERATIONS AT PLEVNA.
THE GRIvITZA REDOUBr STILL UNDER FIRE HEAVY
LOSSES IN GEN. sKoBELEFF's FoRCEs-A LARGE
NUMBER OF OFFICERS KILLED.
LONDON, Monday. Sept. II, 1877.
telegram from Bucharest, Sunday night, to The
Daily Neus says: Col. Wellesley has just arrived
here from the Russian headquarters before Plevna.
lie reports all quiet there except an intermittent fir
ing around the Grivitza redoubt which is still held
by the allied forces. Military operations really
closed on Wednesday evening, when the Turks re-
captured tho double redoubt taken by Gen. Skobe-
left When the Russian Commander-n-Chief could
not would not send renorcements to hold this
doubt it only too evident that tho attack was at
an end.
The Russians have not, however abandoned their
position and do not seem disposed to do On the
contrary they are fortifyng them.
The correspondent who describes Wednesdays
battle. says :" Gen. Sllobeefi lost 1000 in at
tackIng the redoubt. He lost 5000 more in holding
il. An immense proportion of officers killed
wounded. Only one commander Of a regiment is
alive and scarcely head of battalion is left. Two
officers of the staff killed. one of whom was Vor
astchaQn, brother Of the great artist and another
brother was wounded.
/ saw Gen. Siobeeff in his tent at night. He
was quite calm and collected. He said: Il have
done my best. / could do no more My detach-
ment is half destroyed. My regiments do not
exist. / have no officers left. 1 have lost three
guns"
"Why did they refuse you reinforcementN I
asked, "Who was to blamef'
blame nobody" he replied, it is the will Of
GodD
THREE GENERALS PROMOTED.
An official Russian bulletin. dated POrcdin, Satur
III. ID
tinued yesterday The Turkish batteries scarcely
replied. Major-Generals S1obeeff, Dragomrof and
Imeretinsky have been promoted to Lieutenant-Gen-
erals.
The rumor Of great Russian disaster turns out
to be unfounded 1he report that the Turks tried to
recapture the Grviza redoubt is also one of those
ruinors current in Bucharest. There has been no
serious engagement since the defeat Of Gen. SkObe
left on Wednesday, in which, according 10 cores
pondents with the Russians, he lost half OF hls
mand.
THE MILITARY SITUATION.
Summarizing tue current news. The Daily Neos
which is strongly in favor of the Russians, says:
Looking impartiay at the facts as they are pre-
sented this morning to the pnblic, are unable to
form any other conclusion, than that the attack on
Plevna has not only failed, but so failed that it
cannot be renewed under the conditions IN which
the Russian commander nnds nllIlseu placed. He
has attempted what the great German commanders,
never attempted in their French campaign,
and has used up his slight superiority of
men with extraordinary rapidity. He is liable
TO be attacked at any given part Of his
front by a force larger than any which he can as
semble there I'm word, he h beaten. The battle
reported at Dubnik. in which the Russians were
said 70 have been defeated. must have been Gf at
alD AZ village five miles northwest Of Vratza, on
the Rahova road. Reports say that Osman Pasha
has fortified position, almost mpregnable natural
IL. az Vratza upon which he will retire If driven
from Pleyna Any how the Roumanan attempt TO
Ont his communication seems to have failed
Chefyet Pasha leader in the Bulgarian massacres,
has been sent to command Osman Pasna's reserves
at Orkanich, and guard his communications prob
ably also with view of keeping an eye on Servia.
LONDON. Monday, Sept II, 1871
The correspondent Of The DAILY Aers, telegraphing
from before Pevna recounts a visit to the Gryiza
radonbt. showing that it is almost untenable, the
approaches to it being swept by the Turkish fire
rom a redoubt only go yards distant On Wednes-
day. the interior of the Grivitza redoubt was still
piled with dead and wounded in CHASTITY Indistln-
cuishable mass the fire Of the Turks having pre-
vented the approach of surgeons and htter-Dearers
On the return of Ike AeICS correspondent from the
redonbt. The Scotsman correspondent, who accom-
panied him, was slightly wounded.