 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva iyoyo, Plevna yaive pasi pekutonga kweTurkey sezvo Field Marshal Osman Pasha akange amisa masvingo ipapo zvichitevera kukundwa kwake paNikopolmusi wa16 July. Osman akabudirira pakudzivisa kurwisa kweRussia pavari muhondo mbiri dzokutanga. Muhondo yechitatu, iyo yakatanga musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu uye yakaguma musi wa11 Gunyana 1877, mauto eRussia achitungamirirwa naGeneral Mikhail Skobelev akatora zvigaro zviviri zveTurkey uye chikamu cheRomania chakatora chechitatu, iyo Grivitsa redoubt. Mauto aOsman akakwanisa kutora zvekare madziro maviri akatorwa nemaRussia, asi vakatadza kudzinga maRomania kubva kuGrivitsa. 