The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-08
The withdrawal Of the Russians From the
Upper Line Of the lom and Turkish
Victory al karasan Give Them
Stratsgicai Advantages.
Mediation Basea Upon I.Ie Recon-
nendati.ns hSde by the CONSTANT
nopi~ Conference Urged

Mediation Bas-a Upon ua- Recon-
msnaati.n.. ASde by the CONSTANT
nopie Conference Urged.
LONDON, September 6.-Rumors are
current here this morning u! the Rus
sian advance on Plevna. It may be
true, but it locke like canard. based
on General SeohslOifs capmre Of
Lovstz
y Bucharest dispatch says An i'm.
portant engagement vas tclElt near
Rustchuk yesterday morning. Soon
afterwards the Rlssis - commenced
the hombarim-nt from fla a,4sIa .snich
vas repAed 10 by the Turks. The can
noDade lasted all Of yesterday, ami
continues to-day. The Turks from
Widdin attempted last night to reach
Chuperichine near kalafat, by boats.
but were driven back by R0umaniAu
battery, which WAS quickly brought
up. The garrison of Widdin has been
raised To the strength Of eight thousand
men in consequence of the threaten
Ing attitude of Servia.
The special correspondent Of the
Daily News at Psredin, dated sepiem-
Der first, telegraphs: | rode over the
battlefield when the Pelis affair " a.
over. The Turks left very few wound.
ed, and only about three hundred dead
on the field. Their losses could only
be judged by the number OF knaI~ack.
with which the ground was strewn in
front Of the Russian trenches. Half
way between Pelis and Segslius. the
Turkish dead were lying so close they
might have shaken hands with Rus
sisns lying inside.
IL Was n desperate attack and a de---
perste resistance. The attack seems
to have been we'll directed. IL was 90
sudden and with such yiolonce, the
Russian redoubt was taken almost 10y
surprise. The first time It was la fact
taken almost before General Zatokofi
Knew the attack had begun.
LONDON, September 1.-The Time
Vienna Dispatch says the Rusriaus
have abandoned the upper Lom line
anu have Withdrawn their right wing
on that side, which Was At PopksVL
20 line whore they can keep in con
tact with the force- guarding the road
from Osman bsLar. Meh-nei ali hA-
thus gained alI undoubted stra,egicAI
success 10y his victory At kara-an. All
depends on how be will Use IL.
The Daily News' correspondent tele-
graphs frOm Georgoyz September l-t,
and shows that the 1GTks, as the result
of their victory At karssan, occupied
the large nountaip, the moving key OF
the lsA-grad position and comm anding
almost equally To the LOm, aud the
Russian position NJ Obaka ana Geor-
gova-
The correspondents says, acting sole
iy ON the defensive, the czsFcyIch will
have little diihcnlty In keeping EIs
Present line Intact, with the pOs-ibl.
exception of the loss OF the Georroys
position. On the other hand th.s
Turks are much too strong 10 tie iu.c.
tive in the face OF an interim Russian
| force, and the chances are great tha;
the valley of the kars Lnmwu soon
be the theatre of decisive battle of
large proportions. = subsequent t.Ie-
| gram shows tina; the Russians have
evacuated GeoFgoyA aud retiresi 10
Pa!Owarka. The Times eorre-r.nde!,t
says the Turks and Egyptians Ealrsued
them thithsr.
The Tinle-' Bucharest dispatch of
September 5th, says that tins uuturanaI
rams have begun; that Z, has been
raining continually since last nisht.
The Times IN AZ editorial leader
urges Very strongly that England
should oiler mediation. with ihe s5,D.
currence OF other hrU-rr. ---.geT..
Oilers OF mediation cuu.i be based
upon the Recommendations made o.,
the CoustAutinopI. conference Of las
winter. In thi= connection Ia, Daily
News bucharest correspondent s~ys.
Peace IL impossible, until the Turks
are completely conquered. TIE. var
has become u Eisst!r one fsr gb. 10
! manoils H. mucn A. the Franc, p7Is-
elan war wss FOR the Napoleons. II
the cZar entered Moscow, after con-
| ciudinR an unsatisfactory peacp. II
would have to be at the point of the
bayoDet, aud should lie a. well known
abroad as IL is in Russia
The late Russian successes nj IoyatZ
places Osmsn pasha in the awkward
position of having a hostile force on
both flanks- Either defeat at Pteyn.
or on attempted Withdrawal might re-
suit in the destruction OF his army
unless the Russians are compelled 10
weaken their force on that side iu or.
der TO meet Mehemet alFs advanc.
from Rssgrad- The latter seems TO
place the czsrowitch's army in a posi-
ton very similar 10 O-mAn pashais. II
the Turkish accounts may he trusted
and they seem 10 be confirmed in
these particulars by Russian admis-
sions, Turkish force has crossed the
LON, and reached the neighborbood Of
| Ob'ertenis, while another force has
| crossed the Kara Lom to Polalaria
These CORDS are understood to be al &.
! vancing against BieIa, but they j-op-
ardize the whole Russian csmpAigii
east OF Isntra, as well as eommnnica-
tion with TirnovA
A constantinople dispatch, though
not through regular cllsnBeIz, says the
Russian batteries At Shipka pas hnv.
been sile1ced, Tsrkish shells having
exploded the Russian powder mxs a.
zine.