Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-08
The Eastern War.

Russian army gives vivid description vi tile
batt;a of Lovatz on Monday, tho SUMS Of
which have already been published. lnme'
di,tev after the last redoubt Was taken the
oorrespondent entered it. The road and ada
c,nt nlain wero thickly dotted with tho dead
and wounded. Up the slope where the Rus
sims had charged the redoubt Was surprised
TO find 30 few dead, the Turkish tise having
principally gone too high. Inside the redoubt
were corpses of Turks and Ru'si'ns thickly
strewipg the ground; but at the western end,
whers tn, Turks had been damned iu their
IF rt, to esc,ne, space cf fifty feet by twenty
was covered with Turkish dead AID wounded to
the depth of five feet. The living and dead
were lying on each otherin dens, mass. steam
ing with heat aud blood. Ar0uod this Mosem
nil, WAS fringe Of dead Russians. showing
that ,her. had been fearful struggle ID this
fatal spacc. Russian soldiers were standing upon
this N .ss of humanity. watched then work
lay mauu!ly to separate the living from the
dad, {, half 40 hour they had mtie scarcely
auy inpress,,,l upoo that fearful Pile. Inc
road By whic. the Turk had retreated vas
s.rewn with Turks, with here and there kas'
sian. Som, of the Turks had been stipt 81
aad then repeatedly bsyoucted. The orreIpon
dent estimates he Ru,slao loss at | QUO. NJ asses
we're DOT exposed az az !Ievoa.
Ga the 5:h the Turks attacked The hnSS!a1
corps pear Ruschuk o. the who'll linz. The
Russian column maintained its position Tor SIX
hour, but was faally compelled to lAlI back on
Os,ura with great loss The Russian column
at OblanoHo was aiso assaulted by large foIcr,
bat repulsed all attacks aud maintained ITS pc
sitiuo. The Turks took The offensive en- both
wiops Of the Rustcbuk line Of defence in the
direction of K1h,koi and Pupskui, but It Is not
known whether this movement vas serious
attack or only a demonstration. ln BALKANS
all is quiet. Sulelman Pasha Is Organlz or hts
army at kasan,k.
The Russian headquarters have been moved
from Sludeo, forty miles from Plevna, 10 bull
gareni, twenty miles nearer, and all Is appaF-
emily prepared for an attack upon Osman
Pasba's main army; but there may Dc other
reasons for this change Of the Czlr's head.
quarters from the vicinity Of Blela to The Osma
Valley
A report from Coostantinope says that
hehemet Ali has made haOk march TO the
north that the action reported at kadikol was
fought bv the main army, and not by the gar
rison Of Russchuk, and that be has changed lis
base from E.ki Duma and Osman Bazar to
Rustchuk, pushed back some weak Russian
forces over the LON and established his al
vauced guard on the road from Rustchuk to
I'iela. This report, il true, appears to be a
most important and mastery movement on the
part Of Mehcmet Ali.
The St. Petersburg Gazette's Tashkeud cor
respondent writes that the Emlr OF Bokhara,
considering that Russia, by attacking Turkey,
threatens the whole Mahommcdan world, has
placed his army on war footing Russia has
advised him to disarm. ln the event OF his re-
tusal Russia will attack Bokhara, and hopes to
defeat the Emir 10 a few weeks.
LONDON, Sept. S.-A Reuter- telegram from
Coustantinople, dated 9:2O O'Clock this m,rn
ing, says: n battle commenced at Plevna on
Friday morning. The result il unknown. M
details have reached here yet.
The runners OF Intervention. which were cir
culatcd during tho carly part of the week, have
drawn forth Identical answers from the Cabinet
of London, Berlin and Vienna, that tho time
is not yet arrived. II is felt that since for the
settlement of the Eastern question the sword
has been appealed 10, solution, ii not tlnal, at
least of some duration, can only be arrived at
by decided superiority of one or the other of
the contendipg parties. or else by thorough
exhaustion Of beth, and the conviction brought
home to both that neither of them Is able to
solve the problem by sheer force. ANY prema-
ture attempt to interfere and thus prevent
decision could only lead to hollow peace, and
to prospect of seeing tho struggle renewed
after comparatively short time. All the tre-
mendous sacrifice OF life and property already
made would not have advanced the solution
ono step.
A special dispatch from Belgrade to the
Times says: In diplomatic circles it is reported
that the German Consul General contors very
often with Prince Milan. 1t is asserted that
Germany entirely approves Of Servlan particl-
patton in the war, and is prepared to guarantee
tue status quo in the event of defeat lta!y
seems to be going with Germany. Austria still
keeps position of strict reserve.
A Reuter- telegram from Coustautinoplc, dated
Sept. 7, says: The account received here of the
capture of Lovatz states that it was attacked by
10000 Russians. 1t was CALAMITY defended by
Turkish battalions. who were forced to give
way to superior numbers. They retrcated 10
good order, taking With them the Mussulmcn
inhabitants.
The dispatch adds :-''Osman pasha had
left Plevna with twenty eight battallons to re-
lake LoVat7.'
Osman PashR.
NEW YORK, September She Daily