Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Fighting at Plevna.
A FEARFUL SLAUGHTER OF
RUSSIANS.
The Turks Still Successful.
MISCELLANEOUS EUROPEAN NEWS.


LONDON, Sept. 10.
The situation of the Russian camp
at Plevna is sickening and horrible
from the odor of the purifying bodies
of half buried. or o buried at all
slain and the lack of sanitary arrange
ments. The enormous losses since
the commencement of the investment
of Plevna is producing dissatisfaction
among the soldiers, who think they
are being uselessly slaughtered. Three
unsuccessful attempts were made on
Tuesday resulting IN a wholesale muir
der costing % per cent. of the men IN
gagged. The Russians had to charge
up a glacis 500 yards without the
slightest cover. Three regiments OF
1000 men of the Fourth corps who
made an assault against the south fort
OF the Turkish line were nearly ami
hilated. Two brigades left one-third
of their number behind when beaten
back. No prisoners were taken on
either side. Thus far the fighting has
been a repetition of Shipka, the com
batants changed roles, aud the Rus
SLAMS are wildly beating out their
brains against the illimitable, ard al
most i~mpregnable Qualifications of the
Turks. England is determined that
this campaign shall eud the war.
Large additions are being made to the
garrison of Malta, and there has been
u heavy shipment of war munitions to
the same locality. All the journals
unite in the demand that the wal end
with the season.
Under the present condition Plevna
cannot be carried by a coup de main.
A Russian battalion ascending a slope
before a redOubt is exposed all the
way from its cover say for halt or a
quarter of a mile, to a terrible fire from
The rifles of the Turks who were in
visible, and if the latter were good
marksmen not a man out of the corps
would reach the shelter of the trenches
OF the enemy. Such attacks as that
made on the redoubt south of Plevns
Saturday simply consumes the Rus
sian infantry without any compensa-
ton.
LONDON, Sept. Is.
A correspondent telegrsphs as fol-
lows from Bucharest Friday night: |
left the battle field before PIevna al
noon yesterday. The two redoubts
taken by Skobelif Tuesday evening
were held "a hours. Wednesday the
Turks made six attacks and finally
about 6 o'clock in the evening drove
| him out. He lost three cannon which
he had placed in tbs redoubt. He
asked for reinforcements several times,
but General Lsvitzky refused them
thinking General Skobelif had enough
men to hold the redoubt. Finally,
Kriloff, on his own responsibility. sent
the remnant Of a regiment which bad
attacked the lower redoubt near Plev
ma, and whose effective strength was
reduced to 1000 men utterly unfit to
go into battle. Even this regiment
arrived too late, and another regiment
sent from the headquarters Of the
staff to reinforce him arrived wheI
General Skobeliff already had retreat
| ed. The loss of these redoubts is dis
astrous for the Russian attack, as il
seems that the Russians in possession
| of these redoubis and the Grivica re-
doubt had counted upon recommenc.
ing the offensive Immediately. This
is now impossible until the arrival o.
reinforcements. When / left the bat
tie field all was quiet except a light ar
tillery fire. The Russians were still in
possession Of the Grivica redout, which
was under a continual heavy fire from
Luo luIhSs Ahl> cQOuUt was NioiUtu
by Col. WELLESLEY, who says it is
heaped full of dead Russians and Rou.
manians. A dispatch from Shumla
says: Osman Pasha has attacked the
Russians in great force at Dubnit on
the road from Plevna to Sofia, where
they had fortified themselves. The
Russians were badly beaten aud have
lost several thousand men besides nine
guns.
The Times says the at the
disposal of the Government of India
have been so reduced by expenditures
on account of the famine, that it is de
sirable that the amount of drawing Of
India bills and telegraphic transfers
should DO diminished. The sum to be-
allotted next time will be % lac o.
RUPEES. instead, as heretofore, Of 26Z
This has steadied the price of silver
but has not caused. the improvement
anticipated by the prospective diminu.
ton in the ear of remittance tc
India and the East.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. Is.
The Russian police have discovered
a secret conspiracy to assassinate the
Car on the battle field.
LONDON, Sept. Is.
A dispatch from Client reports the
destruction by fire Of the military hos
pital. 1t il believed that everybody Ia
the institution was removed in safety