The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

[clilaLllhef naFln@ WItluraWn TO kaT
deck on the 23d OF August. was attacke,
. at two o'clock on the morning of til
24th by two divisions under Ali PaSh
ana MANNED Bey; they were bot
wounded.
The Russians 0utnumbered by ten t.
one. fought bravely, but were dlivcI
Off from their main camp. They cam
up about 8, o'clock, and made three TN
successful attempts to carry the hilr
storm; these were most gaIlantiy Ee
pulsed by the Turks, who finally re
manned masters Of the field, and have
now 'str0ngly entrcnchcd kizcl Tep(
Hill.
TRYING TO PROVE HIN CRAWFORD.
| BALTIMORE, September 1.-C0l. Il
Clay Crawford, said to he identified IL,
Osman Pasha, came to Chcstertown
Kent 9Ounty, i'll 1867 and Published Il
paper there he left suddenly in about
1874. Marylanders, in the Egyptian ser
| vice, wrote home Of All American Officer
known as Osman Bey, in the army OF
/ the khedivc, and IL personal description
| taIlIes with that OF Crawford, who was
! tall and StalWart, with a reckless bear
! ing.
RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS.
LONDON, Sept. IA Reuter- dispatch
from Bucharest states, from to-day
goods traffic Oh all ROumanian RAILWAYS
will be suspended.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-The Russian off
| clal bulletin dated GOrny Studcu, Sep
tenn Der 6. says: con the fourth the
Turks attempted an attack Oh Levatz,
from Mikre, which was repulsed after
four hours sllirmishing. An attack by
Il small Turkish force on the Tahrin~
near Elena, fifteen miles southeast OF
IlTnoVa, was repulscd on the same day.
On the fifth the Turks attacked the
RUSSIAN corps near RuStchul1 on the
whole line, directing their chief attacks
against kazelGVO and 0blanOWO The
first attack was carried out by fifteen
battall0ns OF infantry and eigh teen
squadrons Of cavalry with twenty three
cannon. This force was further in
creased during the engagement.
Our column at kaZcleVo, consisting
OF five battaliOns of infantry and eight
squadronS Of cavalry, with some artil-
lery, maintained its position with great
determination for six hours, but was
finally compelled to fall back on Ostriza
with great loss.
Our column ut OblanOWO was also
aSsalled by large force, but repulsed
all attacks and maintained it's position.
The Turks took the offensive on both
wings OF our Rustchuk line Of defense,
namely: i'll the direction Of Kadikoi,
and POpokOi, but it is still unknown
whether this movement was a serious
attack or merely a demoLitration
In the Balkans all is quiet.
FIGHTING BEFORE PLEvNA.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-A Reuters tcle- |
gram from Constantinople, at $3.50 |
o'clock this morning, says: A battle |
commenced at Plevna on Friday morn
ing. The result is unknown mo details |
have reached here.
ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF LovArz.
. LONDON, Sept. 8.-A Reuter- telegram
from ConstantinOple, Sept. 7, says:
lhe account received here of the cap |
Jufe OF LoFatz, states that it was at |
lacked by 10000 Russians, and was gal
antly defended by eight TurkishmL.~a u
sailolS, VINO were forced to give way to
numbers. They retreated in
good order, taking with them the Mus
'ulman Inhabitants.
The dispatch adds: Osman Pasha has
with twenty eight battalions,
% retake Lovatz.
.oVATZ WASN'T MUCH OF 4 TAKE AFTER
il ALL.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-The accounts of
he lighting at Lovatz sent from Bu-
'harest by special correspondents. turn
'ut pure tictiOns.
The nine assaults of the Turks ex-
Sted only ln%Roumanian imagination.
he turks never attacked at ALL nor is |
he Russian success of such proportions
IS the reports. Lovatz is an open town
II the valley, important chiefly as cover
the roads n Tpa:oY, "A IL
.se the Russians will be able to make of
he position must depend on their driv-
lg back the force of Turks on the
northwest OF LoVatZ, within range Of
EhoSe guns the correspondent Of the
INES had to pass on the 9TH inst, when
from Lovatz to Paradin.
RUSSIA ON THE DEFENSIVE.
LONDON, Sept. 8.-A Reuter- telegram
rom Erzeroum dated to-day, shows
ha9t the Russians are confning them
eTes to a defensive attitude. The d
susslan centre is bringing up artillery
rom AieXandropol to defend their camp
{ Baldwin in the event of attack by Il
Ioukhtar Pasha, while on the left Gen.
'ergnkassef is fortifying his positions
ear Igdir, to command the roads lead
lg to the plain OF Erivan.
THE OPERATIONS BEFORE PLEVNA. 9
LoNDoN, Sept. 9.-Official bulletins
.om the Russian headquarters at Pore 1
H.. gives details of the operations :
gainst PIevna as follows: At dusk on j
thursday, troops of the western column
pproached Plevna, and working all T
lght unobserved by the Turks, erected Il
arteries on the heights surrounding q
le Turkish Notifications. Our siege h
atterles opened, ON Friday ut Il. NJ, Ii
eannonade which continued all day.
The cOmmandant Of one Of our bat
lions was killed, and two officers were
ounded. Our loss on Friday was not y
rye.
A few, shots were exchanged during j
Ie night. The artillery engagement l
IT'S renewed on Saturday morning with y
'eat vlsor, and continued all day. o
In the evening our left wing succeeded p
occupying the heights to the south of "
le town, with the loss OF 500 men. The t(
Iiage OF Ischitsza was also occupied, ..
he centre and right wing have an hi
cached within 1900 or 400 yards of III
e Turkish Notifications. Their losses la
the whole are not great. The can
made lasted all of Saturday night and -,
creased III violence on Sunday morn i;
e. ~ ~
A Reuters dispatch, dated Bucharest. ~ ~
day says: A general attack on PIevna IT
i'll be made to-day. It is said that 90 +, /,
D., who were marching to Osman lT
lshas assistance, have been inter l.
pied between Nirski. The Russians ~
We erected a new monster gun mt a,l 80,
ohoSIa, which has silenced three Turk ~
batteries before Rustcank. =, -,
EyNA RECsPTrtFtErr py ,r4ft, r,yra.r.,-. ! NJ