The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-09-20
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THE NEWS
THE EASTERN VAR.
The Siege of Plevna and Russias Losses.


The losses OF the Russians by disease
since crossing the Danube have been sixty
five thousand men and nearly the same
number have perished in battle. There is
no means of estimating the Turkish losses.
The Bucharest correspondent of The
Chicago Times telcgraphs that the condi-
ton of the Russian campat Plevna is sick
cning and horrible from the odor Of the
putrcfying bodies Of the half buried, or not
buried at all, slain, and the lack Of sanitary
arrangements. Between disease and battle
the Russians arc melting rapidly away,
The losses from all causes at Plcvna up to
Wednesday are over eighteen thousan1 men.
The camps are filthy. the food bad and in
sufficient the water poisoned by the pre-
sence Of dead bodies in the streams, and
many cases Of cholera are reported. The
disease ii liable to become epidemic. The
enormous losses since the commencement
OF the investment of PlCvna are producing
dissatisfaction among the soldiers. who
think they are being usclcssly slaughtered.
In the four assaults on Tuesday twelve
thousand men were placed hors de combat.
The carnage up to Wednesday, makes It the
most destructive combat of the war. Three
unsuccessful attacks were made on Tues
day, resulting in wholesale murder, cost
ing 25 per cent. of the men engaged. The
Russians had to charge up II gacis five
hundred yards without the slightest cover.
Three regiments of eight thousand men of
the Fourth corps who made one assault
against the south front Of the Turkish line
were nearly annihilatcd. 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 repetition
Of Schipka. the cOmbatants having changed
roles. he Russians wildly beating out their
brains against the illimitablc and almost
imprcgnablc Notifications of the Turks. 1t
is becoming evident that the successes of
the Russians before Plcvna are not COM
mcnsurate with the tremendous outlay.
SULLIVAN Pasha's Position.
The following is the description of
Suiman Pi.sha's position, written some days
ago, and is probably still correct in the
main: Suliman Pasha's army, including
the reinforcement just received, keeps up
its original number of AZ 0O0 men, with am
pie field artillery and mountain guns. Up
on his right and left he has established six
teen guns, which give the Russians no rest
night or day. Although he cannot sufll-
cicntly command the road from Gabrova
into the Russian Notifications TO prevent
their receiving supplies, he can and does
make them have anything but an easy time
within their entertainments, which are cX-
posed to his murdcrous hanking fire, that
entails very heavy losses.
Sl<obeloT's Losses.
Gen. Skobeloff lost 1000 men in at
tacking the double redoubt at Plevna
and 5000 more in holding 1t, An immense
proportion of officers were killed or
wounded. Only one commander OF the
regiment is alive, and scarcely a head of
The battalion is left, Two officers of the
staff were killed, one of whom was
Norastchagn, Il brother of the great artist,
and another was wounded.
England Swears II.
England is determined that this cam
paign shall end the war. Large additions
are being made to the garrison of Malta,
and there has been heavy shipment of
war munitions to the same locality All
journals unite in the demand that the war
end with this season.