The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

mamelon redoubt mentioned atthe com
Inencenent of this dispatch was intact
Il LONDON, Sept. 14.-It is n significant
fact that tive experienced military cor
# respondents, OF the Times and Daily
1 News, after witnessing the attack on
| Tuesday, arrive at the same eonciasion
that Plevna must be taken by gradual
approaches.
The Daily News correspondent, writ
/ ing from Russian headquarters, under
! date Of Wednesday morning, appears
| to have been still unaware of f0hy un-
! decided Russian successes, for he says
! the emperor and Grand Duke Nicholas
were on the field until 8 o'clock last
night.
The emperor returned to headquar-
! ters here (POredin) late last night. The
| battle field Of the last five days is silent
! this morning. There is talk of sub
mitting the Turkish position to a regu-
lar siege and sapping up the redoubts.
THE LOSSES, THIS MORNING,
are spoken of here as about five to six
thousand, hut there are no details. The
emperor this morning, has gone back
| to the battle field to visit his soldiers.
| Unless this position Of affairs is shortly
| changed by decided Russian successes,
| the event Of the campaign will turn on
| the movements of Mehemet Ali and
| Suleiman Pasha rather than on the fate
| of Pleyna but all information concern
| ing them is OF the most meagre descrlp-
! ton.
| A TELEGRAM FROM sHUMLA,
dated September II, says that Mehemet
| Ali's central Column is still ut kaZeIyO.
| Mehcmet Ali himself had gone toward
| Eski de Juma, and may be working
| westward to compel the Russians to
abandon TirnOva and the Balkans. At
| COnstantiu0ple, on Tuesday, the war
office issued telegram from Suleiman
| Pasha, dated September 10, reporting
|, that on the previous day a recOnn0iter-
| ing party from the village of Schipka
| pushed through the Balkans to the rear
OF the Russian position, and captured a
village held by q small Russian force,
| ten miles from GabrOva. On the other
hand special dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph, dated Schipka, September
| 10, says that all was quiet there, and
nothing whatever was doing. What
portion of Snleiman Pasha's army re-
mains at Seipka we do not know, but
the Turkish war Office bulletin, above
mentioned, would indicate that his own
headquarters were still there.
A Reuter- telegraph from Constantine
| pie, dated yesterday, SAYS: 4 reasSurlng
| dispatch has been received from Osman
| Pasha.
A FRESH ASSAULT ON PLEVNA IMMINENT.
| LONDON, September IA dispatch
TO the Evening Standard dated Buchar-
est, Friday noon, says: Since the cap
ture of the Grurca redoubt before Plevna,
there has been only continued bonn
bardment of the town and other posi-
| tions of the Turks. Preparations are
making for another assault. There Is
an immense number OF wounded and
but few surgeons.
A SMALL AFFAIR.
LONDON, Sept. 14-The following
Turkish official dispatch has been re-
ceived: "
SHUMLA, Sept. 13.-Baker Pasha is
advancing northwest from Garna. Son
.dalier yesterday encountered four bat
tali0ns of Russian infantry, supported
by cavalry, near KaragiiatcI, aided by
a Circassian detachment. Baker Pasha
attacked the enemy who, being rein
forced by five infantry battaliOns, re-
pulsed the Turks. Later in the day
the Turks received cavalry and 4Rnfan
try refnforcements, and compelled the
enemy to retreat to Voditzka, with
heavy loss, .... .... ....
THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 14.-Mukhtar
Pasla telegraphs that the Russians have
evacuated Ardahan and retired to Fort
Emirogl0n. .... ....
WEDNESDAYS WORK-sHARP WORK,
But NOTHING STARTLING.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-A Russian official
bulletin dated Poredin, September 13,
says: Yesterday, "Wednesday, we made
DO further attacks but bOmOarded the
Turkish forCiticati0nS aud the town of
| PleYIa, at short range. Towards 4 p.
H., the town began LO barn, and two.
| explosions were observed within the
| Qualifications,
The Turks made little reply to our
fire, and directed all their efforts against
our left wing which threatened their
rear, at this point Gen, Shobeloff re-
pulsed five furious attacks, but was
| compelled in the evening, after the
sixth attack, to evacuate the fortifca1
tious which he captured on Tuesday:
During Wednesday, night our troops
entrenclied themselves III their positions.
From the beginning OF the battle up to
one O'Clock Wednesday evening, six
thousand wounded have been brought
to the field hospitals There have been
no collisions at other points of the thea
tire of war. The Rustehuck column is
concentrated IN fresh positions half a
day S march behind the kaIalom.
THURSDAYS WORK AT sCHIPKA UNFA-
VoRABLE TO THE RUSSIANS.
VIENNA, Sept. 14.-The Political Cor
responsiveness Bucharest special con-
taims tile following: The czarOwitch's
| army has Withdrawn completely behind
the line OF tile Jantra. Unfavorabie
ramUrs are present concerning the Rus
sian position at Schipka Pass.
The new bridge at NikepOiis was still
unfinished "Wednesday, owing TO the
scarcity of boats.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-An official tele-
gram from Suieiman Pasha says; We
opened violent cannonade upon the
| RUSSIAN positions in the Schipka Pass
On Thursday which dismounted several
of their guns, and killed great num-
Der of their artillerymen, principally by
exploding their ammunition wagons.
IN the afternoon their artillery was
silenced.
Telesrams from Pleyna confirm the
report that the Turks have recaptured
two redoubts on the Lovatz road.
Row THE RUSSIANS DIDN'T CAPTURE
GRIEyAeA REDouBTs, AFTER ALL.
LONDON, Sept. 14.--The Standards
Vienna correspondent reports that the
| mobilization of all Roumanian reserves
| has been ordered The correspondent
of the Standard telegraphs the follow
ing: When the R@ssians attacked the