The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-13
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
UrrCHTED CApTURE OF pLEyNA.

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army threatening Plevna is about
one hundred thousand strong,
with $50 guns. Up to Friday
night only artillery had been
used, and a correspondent reports
Plevna as far from being taken
a. ever.
\ special from Vienna to The
Times says; "The Russians, who
seem TO have thought little of
any danger which might threaten
them from Rustchuk and Ras-
grad are, it appears, beginning to
take a different view. We hear,
from Bucharest, that ali reinforc-
ments passing through towards
Guirgevo to cross over the bridge
at Cyrgos. The first detachment
of the Guards Corps and a divis-
ion of the wilma Army Corps
have taken that direction.
ATimes Ostrog special says
that the future movements of the
MOntcnegrin army are uncertain,
no definite plan Of campain hav-
ing been decided upon. Allud-
ing to the last news the Albani-
an tribes are waiting for the cap
ture Of Nicsics TO rise. 1t is
probable movements in that di-
rectiOn NAV Influence The plan of
campain.
The Times Vienna special says
the reports in Belgrade that Ger
many is urging Seryia to partici-
pate in the wal are discredited
here.
MANCHESTER, Sept, 10.-TheE x-
aminer publishes the following
dispatch announcing the capture
of Plevna by tn Russians; Sisto-
va. Sunday night, September g.
This morning an attack on all
sides of Plevna was commenced,
and was continued throughout
the day. At six o'clock in the
evening the town of Plevna was
in the hands of the Russians, and
and the Turks were in full retreat
in great disorder. The losses are
enormous. Details have not
been received.
The Daily News has tho follow
ing dispatch from Vienna: The
5000 Turks who were driven
from Lovatz are said to be cut
off from Osman Pasha's camp by
the Russian cavalry. a Russian
detachment is marching in great
haste toward Sopia, which is
wholly unprotected. This move
ment will stop the Turkish rein.
forcements, while the Roumani.
ans block the road to Widdin.
The Times Bucharest CORES
pendent telegraph as follows
The Gar witnessed the opera.
lions on Friday before Plevna
A regiment Of chasseurs Of the
Imperial Guard has already left
Bucharest for the scene Of action
The Times OstrOk correspond.
ent shows that the surrender o.
NicsicS was necessitated by the
Montenegrins having stormet
the positions commanding the
citadel, the ammunition Of the
garrison also failing as evidenced
by their feeble reply to the bonn
bardment. The garrison wEicl
was originally 400 strong lost 20l
during the siege in killed anC
prisoners.
The Posts Berlin correspond
ent states that Gen. Kaufman, Of
Khivan fame. has gone TO the
Danube to reOrganize the Rus
sian cOmmissariat.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN DEFEAT.
MANCHESTER, Sept. 10.-A spec
ial to the Guardian from Shumla
dated September Sth, says there
was SESSIONS fighting on Thursday
The right of the Rasgrad army
under Nebiib PaSha was engaged
all day. The losses are many OF
both sides. The Russians retrea
ted beyond the upper LON. The
Rasgrad army has passed TIN
LON and now occupies Ablava
In consequence Popkoi and thu
whole region between Karasal
and Osman Bazaar was hurriedl,
evacuated by the Russians OF
Friday. They took the direction
Biela. The field Of battle nov
lies between Biela and Ablava
There have been heavy rains.
RUSSIANS RETREATING.
LONDON, Sept. 10,-The Dali,
J News correspondent with TIT
Army Of the Czorwltch, desert
bing the armistice to bury tn.
dead, says: "Russian and Turl
, fraternized heartily wheneve
a: they met during the armistice
They shook hands, change,
bread, bartered trinkets for to
bacco, and for the first time j
q, the wal came together like civil
lied people. In the evening ate
the termination Of the armistic.
the Russians evacuated Ablaya
finding it useless to attempt t.
| to hold out longer wit
8 nine battalions against sixty. Lat
this evening the whole diversion
, reached Banitzka, where the.
5 bivouacked, together with a larg
f number of the Thirty fifth divis
5 ion, retreating from Gazona an.
Polomarka." The correspondent