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Show FOREIGN. TIIE EASTERN WAR. Constantinople., Mukhtar Pasha telegraphs that the Russians have evacuated Ardaban aud retired to Fort Emivroglda. London, 14. A Russian official bulletin, dated Pored in, 13th, says: Yesterday (Wednesday) we made no further attacks but bombarded the Turkish fortification and town of Plevna at short range. Towards 4 p.m. the town began to burn, and two explosions were observed within the fortifications. The Turks made little reply, and directed all their efforts against our left wing, which threatened their rear. At this point Gen. Skobelttl repulsed five furious attacks, but was compelled in the evening, after the sixth attack, to evacuate the fortifications which he captured on Tuesday. During Wed ncs day night our troops entrenched themselves in their positions. From the beginning of the battle up to 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon G.00O wouuded have been brought to the field hospital. There have been no collisions at other points of the theatre of war. The Rustchuk col umn is concentiated in fresh positions half a day'a march b.hiud the Kara Lorn. Bucharest, 14. The czarowitch's army has withdrawn completely behind be-hind the line of Jantra. Unfavorable rumors are current concerning the Russian position in Schipka pass. The new bridge at Nikopolis was still unfinished on Wednesday, owing to the scarcity of boats. lioumauians report their loss before be-fore Plevna at ten officers aud 200 men killed, and thirty officers and 1,C00 men wounded. A correspondent at Vienna says Suleiman Pasha has received reinforcements rein-forcements which amply compensate his losses in Schipka pass. The 10th (?) is now mentioned as the date when the Servian proclamation of war will be issued, and Prince Milan will leave lor the frontier. An official telegram from Suleiman We opened a violent cannonade upon the Russian positions in Schinka pass on Thursday, which dismounted several of their guns and killed a great number of their aitillery men, principally by exploding their ammunition am-munition wagons. In the afterooou their artillery was silenced. Vienna, 14. The mobilization of ail Roumanian reserves has been ordered. A correspondent before Plevna telegraphs tele-graphs at the taking ot the Grivica rtdoubt that the Turks neither ran i away nor asked quarter. The first Russians who entered thought the ' rededbt was abandoned, but the garrison gar-rison had only retired to the casemates case-mates and gad tries, where they stood at bay. The fighting was all with bayonet. The Turks immediately tried to retake the redoubt, and pourtdalarge number of men into, the adjacent entrenchments. Ti e Russians bomb.rded them, but !-fi !-fi red si-vere'y from the ritie fire at only ifuO yards distance. Tnis at-' tempt t: retake the redoubt, and another doperate one no Wednesday, 1 were repulsed. This correspondent, , who is apparently unaware of the recapture re-capture ot the other redoubts from Gen. Skobelofl, ctinate3 that the j Russians up to Tnursday lost 7,000 j men in killed and wound .'d, and the Roumanians 2,000- A correspondent telegraphs from i Sistova: It is ascertained tiiat Plevna' is victualled for two months. It is said that Servia has postponed declaring war for another week, pending pend-ing the result uf operations at Plevna. Negotiations with Montocegro have1 been renewed on tho b;isis of the agreement made lust year, but with more precise stipulations about tho co operation of the two armies. It ia reported that the plan first mentioned, men-tioned, namely, that Servian forces should take the oflonsive in three direction., di-rection., has leen relinquished, anil that the whole active army is to operate oper-ate against Nish, while on all other points of the frontier the defensive will be maintained, Iu consequence of the drain on Turkish resources to confront the Russians, the Servians may expect to have tho numerical superiority in whatever direction they operate. |