The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-08

LONDON, Aug. "a correspondent
sends from Poredin, near Plcvna, a
graphic account OF Tuesdays battle,
which conveys vivid idea OF the extent
of the Russian disaster. The cores
pendent is with Prince Schkoskoyski's
command. He says: And now all
hope OF success anywhere was dead nor
did chance offer to make the best OF
the defeat. Prince SchkoskOyski had
not man to cover Lis retreat. The
Turks struck without stint, They had
| the upper hand tor once, and
were determined to show that
they knew how to make the
most OF it. They advanced in swarms
thrugh the dusk on their original first
position, and captured the Russian can
non before the batteries could be with
drawn. Turkish shells began once more
to whistle over the ridge above Radsko-
va and fall iutO the village behind,
now crammed with wounded. The
streams OF wounded men, who, vending
their way over the bridge, were incessant.
The badly wounded mostly lay where
they tell. Later in the darkness a blaze
iul sort OF kran kentraeger swarmed
over the battle field in the shape of Bashi
Bazouks, who spared not. Linger-
ing there on the ridge till the moon
rose, the staff could hear from
below on the still night air. the cries of
pain and the entreaties for mercy, and
yells of bloodthirsty, fanatic triumph. Ii
was indeed an hour to wiring the sternest
heart We stad there to learn, il might
be, what troops were coming out of the
valley of death below, were there indeed
any at all to come, The Turks had our
range before dark, and we could watch
the flash Of flame over against us and
then listen to the scream OF the shell as
it tore by us. The sound of the rife
bullets was incessant, and the escort of
the rctreatng wounded were often
struck. Detachments at length began to
come struggling up, but it will give an
idea of their DISCRIMINATION to say
that when company was tolled
oil to recover somewhat of the
wounded in RadiskOva, it had to
be made up OF men OF several
regiments. About o'clock the staff
left the ridge, leaving it littnred with
grooming men, and moving gently, lest
we should tread on the PROSTATE wound
ed. We loS our way as we had Lost our
, army. We could find no rest for the
soles of our feet by reason OF the alarms
OF Bashi Bazouks swarming in
among the scattered and retired Rus.
slams.
AT length, at o'clock in the morning.
Z, ha' ing been in the saddle since @ ON the
| previous morning, we turned into n
stuDDle heli, ana, making beds of reaped
grain, correspondent and Cossack alike
rested under the stars, but we were not
even then allowed to rest long. Before
: O'Clock the alarm came that the Bashi.
Bazouks were upon us, and we had
to rouse and tramp away. Our
only protection, Of what in
the morning was five army corps, was
3 now a handful of weary Cossacks.
Gen. krudener sent word In the morn.
Ing that he had lost severely and could
make no Roadway, and had resolved to
TALL back on the line Of the river Osma.
= There had been some talk OF his troops
: being fresh and OF renewing the attack.
I to-day, with his cooperation. but II is a
a PLAIN statement OF fact that we have no
troops to attack with. The most moder.
ate estimate Is that we have lost two
n regiments, say 5000 men, out of our
- three brigades. q CHASTITY number. beat.
i ing Eylau or Frledland. This takes'nO
8 account OF Gen. Krudeners losses. We.
q 100 retire at the Osma River, above
Bulgareni, and to the best of our weak
! strehgth 10 cover The bridge at Sistova