Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21

headquarters, saying the Turks had made
desperate Efforts 10 recaptuFe the GravitZa
redoubL, making seven Intellectual assaults
and losing ten thousand men.
LONDON, Sept. l1.-The Daily Eews's
correspondent, telegraphlng from before
Plevns, recounts his visit 10 the Gravitza
TedOubt, and says that II is almost unten.
able, the approaches being swept by the
Turkish red0ubt only $50 yards distant.
On Wednesday the interior OF the redOubt
was still piled with dead and wounded in
q great indlstingulshable mass, the fire Of
the Turks having prevented the approach
Of surgeons and litter bearers.
On return Of the Hews's correspondent
from the redoubt, the Scotsman CORES.
poudent, who accompanied him, was
slightly wounded.
LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch yester.
day TO the Associated Press from this city
contained a Reuter- Constantinople tele.
gram Of the 10 b, saying the Grand ViZler
dad informed Minister Layard that Osman
Pasha defeated the Russians on Saturday,
and also contained q statement that the
London Observers Constantinople dis.
patch repeated that reports were current
there OF the defeat Of the Russian army.
1t was also stated In the dispatch, that 1t
was possible that telegraphiG delays might
y eAH NV1AaAAVa ~ AeNN4N 0AA hAAt
the Grand ViZleFs communication might
refer to the attack on Skobelofon Wednes.
day. II is certain that inference was cor.
rect. The Turkish reports referred 70
events already known from Turkish
sources. ltseems equally certain that the
report contained In to.day's Times Buchar,
est special that the Turks had made seven
Intellectual assaults In an attempt 10 re.
capture the GrucA redoubt and lost ten
thousand men, is one OF many %groundless
rumors Of which Bucharest Is full, and
there has been no serious engagement
since the defeat OF Gen. Sko6el0f, on
Wednesday, In which, according 10 cor
respondents with the Russians, he LOST
half his command. The Daily News, q
strong p~ro.Russian journal, sums up this
mornings intelligence In a leading article
as follows: Looking lmpartially on the
iacts as presented this morning 10 the pub
nc We are unable to form any other con
rlusiOn than that the attack on Plevna
las not only failed but so failed that Il
cannot be renewed under the conditions
in which the Russian commander finds
himself placed. He has attempted
what the great German commanders
never attempted in their French cam
paign, and has used up his slight
superiority OF men with extraordinary
Idpiults' NJ 10 uuuic W ue httuCASu ~
any given part OF his front by Q force
larger than any which he can assemble
there. In q word, he is beaten, The bat
tie reported at Dabruct, In which the Rus.
SLAMS were said 10 have been defeated,
must have been, II at all, at a village five
miles northwest oil Nratza, on the Bratura
road. Reports say 0sman Pasha has for,
titled a position almost ~impreguable natur
ally, at NratZa, upon which he will retire
IL driven from Plevna. Anyhow The
Roumanian attempt to cut bis communica
ton seems to have failed. Chefut Pasha
leader in Bulgarian massacres, has beer
sent to command Osman Pasha's reserves
loNSTANTISOPLE, Sept. ia dispatch
from Suleiman Fasha confirms the repor
Of the capture Of fort st. Nicholas ii
Schipka Pass. II was taken at 4 O'clocl
Sunday morning by assault. The lighting
continues