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Show THE EASTER IV WAR. Constantinople, 21. It ia reported here that a great battle was fought to-duy at Biela, lusting from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and that the Russians were completely defeated. Athens, 21. The Greek foreign office announces that on tbe 19th instant U.0O0 bashi bazoultB attacked the Greek consulate at Larissa and were repulsed by tbe consular guard. Greece baa addressed remonstrances to the porte on the subject of the ministerial question now being settled. The ministers have agreed to withdraw with-draw their reaiynatinna. The post ot president of the council, made vacant by the death of Canaires will not be allotted to any of the present minii-ters. minii-ters. The porte sent 4,000 irregular troops iuto Tbeaaaly, where they are sacking the country and outraging the inhabitants. Circassians have alio been sent into Macedonia in violation of repeated promises. ENORMOUS RU33IAN LOSSES. London,' 21. A correspondent al Goruey Scuden estimates that tht Russians, with reinforcements received re-ceived since the battle before Plevna must number nearly 50,000. The casualties on the 11th and 12tl . -. n r. U. I ti"! no nant A special from Shumla asserts that the Russians lost 4,000 killed and 8,000 wounded in the battle. A correspondent who was present at the battle of Plevna, telegraphing from Bucharest, September 17th, says the Ruaao-Roumanian army has abandoned now even a pretense of prosecuting the attempt againat Plevna, and have (alien back into the position occu; ied before the com mencement of the bombardment The field artillery remains alill in some of the positions of the bombardment. bom-bardment. It is announced that the third renewal is intended on the arrival ar-rival of the imperial guard, in a fortnight. I have great doubt whether another attempt will be made, and very much stronger doubt whether if made it can succeed. The Turkg are better soldiers individually than tbe Russians. On that, after seeing not a few battles, I stand assured. 1 he strategy oi ootn, perhaps, per-haps, is equally bad, but as regards both the major and minor tactics the! Turks are simply immeasurably superior. They are better armed than tbe Ru-aians, both in great and small arniB. They have engineers who can design admirable delensire positions. The Russian engineers seem incapable ofrepairing a hole in a bridge. The Turks seem as well provisioned as the Russians, and are flush with succew. The Russians are depressed by failure alter failure; nor is this all that impairs tbe Russian soldiers, for that it is becoming impaired im-paired by reluctant personal observation observa-tion of the war I can (tstify. There is no braver man than a Russian soldier, but a brave soldier cannot continually con-tinually face more than fair chances af war. The Russian is called on to lace these, and daubers in addition which appeal with intioitely greater intensity of borrorto his imagination. He knows that if he but receives a bullet io the aukle jt-iot when he is in front of an unsuccessful attack, the chances are that he will die a death rf torture, humiliation aud mutilation. No moral courage, no mental hardihood can stand against this horrible conacioiiriieos, aud in the attack of the 11th inet. I distinctly observed his relucumce to begiu storming. I It is announced -that four large London firms, yeBttrJay, were invited to make tenders fur a supply of iron huts to be erected n?ar Bucharest for 100.000 Russian soldiers. The Telegraph's Pera correpoudent Lays a telegram jiiBt received at the war office from Mehemet Ah an nounces mat Bsrinus unu"uB to day (Friday). The Turks were advancing ad-vancing steadily when the messenger left Shumla this morning. No other paper has anything touching the reported battle, although Beveral have correspondents both with the rzarowitcb and Mehemet Ali. A correspondent telegraphs from the Russian headquarters as follows: The feeling here u not so gloomy aa I expected. Military men acknowledge that they have betn beaten, but as much by their own errors aa by the bravery of the Turks. There is not the slightest sign of hesitation or weakening of tho determination to fight it out. Everybody says that it is a death struggle and a final successful . issue is not doubted for an instant. Every preparation is being made for u winter campaign. A military railway from Guergevo to Simnitza b to be constructed, ' which it is hoped will be ready by the j end of October. Hteam ice boats have been ordered in view of the ' ireeiiug of the Danube. Paris, 21. The secretary ot me prefect of policp has gone to Namur to watch the pn)cupfliug8 of the Prince Imperial on the Belgian frontier. Bucharest, 21. Gen. Toldenberg will immediately proceed to inspect I the Plevna position. Ragusa, 21. Montenegrins have captured the Zolosts and Nosdie forts and are tbe undisputed masters of I Duga paes. The bombardment of Gatchko is imminent, and a state of siege has been proclaimed in Trebinje. Vienna, 21. A Bucharest dispatch dis-patch reports that all the regulars in Widden have Btarted for Plevna. Adrianople, 21. There baa been 1 no fighting in Sbipka pass Bince the '' Turks withdrew from Fort St. Nicbu-. Nicbu-. las. , Tbe Press says no formal engagements engage-ments were entered into at Salzburg, , but the conference resulted in com-j com-j plete accord between Bismarck and 1 Andrasay on the eastern policy. |