, 1877-08-07

DREADFUL st.AuGMTEn-THE KcssiAv AnMYsAc-
n1FiCED AND HOuTEp-TunKa COMMANDED nr
4 AuNGAHIAN.

DREADFUL st.AuGuTEn-rMK RUSSIAN AnMYsAc-
nlricEp AND nouTEp--TunKs COMMANDED nx
4 HuS1ANIAN.
8p<ctai turrt.poadtncs LnHdon T7mts
CAMr xxwix Dooz, Jnnu 3s.-Ycstrraay
morning, carly, str Arnold Kcnball waA In
formed that the Russians wcrc advancing III two
columns, and that severe fighting might b. cx-
pcetcd at hot!l Xewin aud Dcl,I'aba. va accor.t-
inEty mnycl OIL to khorasau, It being very
central Position Oh the road.
Leaving kuulatlsoY at y q. IN. VIC fortlcl tho
Arnxcs. Fearing Cossack patrols, wllrll hal
hecn reported Us securing thn country, we puss-
el over the hills ria AroAt In roar Ut the Zewin
Hills, reaching thu camp at III a. III. We pro-
eccslcl at once to Mushlr Ahmed Mukhtar
pass,a'a tcnt, where we found him asd
his gallant old Chief Of Stall, Faizi
l'Aslla, IN a great stats OF cxuItatlon. It ~,
pears tl!at tho light M the .5th icto was COM
plcto sue4yss. Tho Russtans attacked tho po-
sition very heavily Oh the right front. Tho hat
tic lasted us.{l 4 .. ILL.,, when the !swsslaMs drew
otl, leaving 3.00o dead bodies OIL tho ground. At
II q. III. tho Russian column, consisting fas now
could b. distinctly sccn1 of fifteen battallons,
three batteries, aNa from 800 10 ,0o0 cavalry,
was visible, moving over thu bills from MllIdooz
to Zcwin. Without waiting cycn to nalt ana
resk hls men, the Russian General {Ly some eall
to be Lorls sfelikoH himself, by others Gen.
0cy1nan} pushed O" heavy columns to the right
front OF the TurkIsh position, where the grounl
Is split up lnto numerous rucky rayiues. teIlui-
na,t,g uder ttlc Turkish i,Itrecll.llciIts III al
most preciuttosis walls entltaAel fur = dtstunre
of ubout HOO yaEls, and t., lnany places cx-
held bY infaptry, ~ well as y s"ccl'lng t>ru
1rum thc sit krupp Euns. The lsussAlI guns,
ow'l'g to tic naturc Ut the ground. cuull nut
como into action at j neartr range than 3,Ouu
Il fftttt tkt.tr nf fh~f
alx'se ttcF batteries, shots iii. actually striking
thu lutrcnchMonts rlttlcr buried themselves iu
tile ground. o, tho face Ut thr slope, or tlss1ns
over Tell !lartnleaA lol!E lista'~e i rcar Ut the
l1w posit'on, was to great extcnt n9lliars!.
Whilu the Uttomau trull,s, saic behind their
shclter.trenshes, ranel III u fire frutn their
xs nnsny rae' tt u. .oo H. s"a vs
drtyrh tack. aud ten separate times dtd they,
with the gallant ooatinaey characteristic vi the
hasoh, ,assa'l ostimpregs.atlep postt1oi -
certainly !rolH the luce they 4ttaskr'
Will Tue lest Ahuattux wsApu1 ~ tue world,
poured down an almost tnccxsant hrr IN tue
Masslan M so4nnn; .4Ia; md *hen they, shaken apd
iaove on to their right up tie wiley, auI a.
Tack the more Uren ground iu t4ut direction,
They wtre met by two tresl. bas.alluus, ACCOM-
paaisd " txo fsld gun. vsry fortunately .es
fcre1 yesy heartily tone having Ilo lcsa than l3U
ulen put hufs d. eu.alatl they vflsyiua,iy
checked the encFDy. Again and again did lie
Russians press sI!stF attack soalctlu.r. tu with.
in w yaf.1s OF The Turklsh trenches. Again
au4 agai1i werc they forrcu back, unable to lac
the luriuuk aturua hurled RguIuxt them. Tt.u
sun went 4owu vi this seene of v4ruaxe aud VT
the axht went Oh, thr midsummer .uoou lend
lug hvF bright light 10 enable axgresaur
aud oppFessur to carry VI their arrad slaughter
1n spite of their enormous lusses, III spts Of the
| death Ut two VI sbsss nost ga!lant aud Aete,-
mined leaders, In spite Ut their being unable "
| lnat@t auy loss IN their oppoueuts. the Aukeo-
yise& pressed w thels attark; but Al half.past !
lu tls evening, hayInG lost yearly oue-fourtA OF
Ills fuEve, Gcyll.an drew ou tu Zcwin. llaa the
I Turkish commander posscs.Ca any connaener
| tlat his mcu would facr lhcir foe tu the opeu.
/ tbs KuAs!ana would hare BEEN followed up. and
| probably uul uau would have escaped t1 tell
the talo IT, the uraud Duke Atcllael At ksrs;
| but, knowing that thr strung pulnt VI lii ule0
vas iu lighting tehiud aut1eneh.nenss, and be,
lug destitute Of cavalry tor Aon.sa tasla ~!
besu Idly lytug At kho!x4an all day. fnstead Of
moving up " support hi. bfaseIy'lxhs!u9 eott'-
pa.r.otab FUN t4aha wisely detetmlued to
! abandon nj lope VI pursuit, aud allowed the
kussiaus u dEaw oil unmol<sted to position
| near Zewiu.
Tue real name Of the TutkLh commander Il