The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-10
ABATTIE or BAYONETs.
The Terrible Comba, NJ Saitscharv-nussinn
and Turk Hand TO Hand.

Prom ne DIiy Ne,os
DrI1aRAD oct. A-Thc narrative Of the
recent four days heavy 0ghtIng must be told In
on the morning Of the 10Th the servian line on
the left side " the NOrava siretched east and
west from Djorni ID ICES to Djinis, and then
north and south on the right bank to ID intsN
brook, across plateau known as TIE Gre w,
I'm front OF the villages Neliki Siiegovac, Grevci,
and Rlncrski Diuja, with Gredetln as outpost.
On the 10Th the Turks, after hard 0ghtinR, sue
cecded in c1rrying Gredetln AID IN breaking
the Se-viIn line Dctwcrn that place and KaOnik.
Tnis Isolated Horvatoyich, whose force consti-
tuted the flghi Hank.
Encnurig ed by this success the Turks next day
att icked with desperate fury. II was with ter
rible difficulty that llo vatovich, Isolated as he
was. was able 10 hold his ground, and the task
was equally hard Tor the defenders Of the n c.
tured line next kaonik, deprived ns they
were OF the cohesion of Horyatovlch. Tho
losses were very heavy, and to continue holding
on To the old broken alignment seemed both
Quixotic and dangerous. On the night between
tue 2Oth ana the 2fst the Servian front was ac-
cordingly somewhat changed, 50 "a to regain the
interrupted cohesion while sacrificing nothing
Ijuhos To kaOnik u II tie In front Of the previ-
Gus line on this east and west section. while
Huivaovicl stood on the line north nd south
LETT touching ktusevatz, and his right stretching
south 70 ljrevlc The sharp angle In the valley
behind kaunik WIS specially strengthened with
artillery and cavalry. The Turks gave the Ser
Nidns no time to entrench themselves IN their
new positions. Fortunately the infantry were
to some extent covered aud strengthened by
redoubts and battery emrlacements previously
! constructed.
The Turks on the morning Of the 2lst attacked
! again with excessive fury. their lercest assaults
benz on the ID ices kaouik section Of the SER
| Wan front. over and over again they advanced
to close quarters nR inst the Russian blttdliOns
! stai ioned there, tempted to the attack 10y the
! slackeniug OF the defenders fire, from the tenn
porary exhau -tOn Of ammunition. When
| within thirty yards the Russians would charge
with the hayunet, and pitchfork them back.
! Thus numbers II the Turkish dead were found
within the Seryi position The Turks could
! make no Impression In spi Of the valiant con
stancy Of their repeated attacks, and were 81
/ heavily mauled that they remained quiet on
the 2st.
| Yesterday with no less vehemence they re-
newed the att eek, and continued during the
WI, le day % hurl themselves asainst the Ser
! on the east ami west section OF the line. They
! the Jury OF their repeated infantry assaults,
supported 10y ,nnon nre. When night fell the
result of all the fgntinz to the Servians was the
loss of two will yes, NeK SiijegOvac nd Riber-
ski Banji, IA Gredetn had been burned long
before. 1hey hold an envr ming pc III N not less
| enectual to prevent the Turkish advance in ATTY
| direction. and that position has now withstOOd
! for two days The nercest assaults the Turks have
| made In all the war. As Tor the Turks, all they
| have effected IN TINS desperate light. before hun
ger and cold force them back across their IRON
tier, Is to widen somewhat one siie OF The slant
| headed triangle within which they are pinned.
line Losses ON the Servian side especially of
| Russians, have been very heavy, but as the
| TURKS were the assaildnts, they must have LOST
| spyertlV.