, 1877-10-17


for mnny rnnutc*. There never wa4 chance IT
tile undertaking succeeding; y wns a wllltul,
cruel, ig1,ornnt uatto Ut the Russian tofttfers'
lives.
othrr and, a. It tttrnefl ont, tcnnorarkly su,:-
cessfni attack was bc!rg Developed IN t5Ie Iptt-
cha side, where but mn hour or twn ago the Rus
aIans had M been rcpnlsed, "a have before DE-
morc method and skill, Expcrtence la,i
evidently taught. tho Russians that so,no
n,ysEsG nts n a't M eo ,ss. seste nslr 9na thy Ind
cs'nststlng of apparently twn whole divisions OF
infantry, powerfully supported hy nrt'tlcrv, was
now ordered from twp different directions at ono
AMI The sGme 11n tnc Whie Gns ivI.lo1 eag's
western side Of the hill, In reality the weakest
point Of our position, as II once gained It would
give shelter to tho enemy by ncnns Of largu
wood, when extended over pnrt Of lts anm,nt,
and wonld thus enablc The 'HnssiAns to attack
tho topinost Of the three rclonbts with cotnpar-
alive cnsc. For the first time VIC now haw sumo.
thing like gencral.hip exhibited by The Russian
amazing rnpttlIty, sending them up The slopes
on ttie t.Yo sides as fast as tho men could
double. The wood was nlied with. bashl-
front nlyat,cc, pushed hack the enemy with As
tnuct ease IA before. Battalion after battalion
came Or, but all to no p,I,s parpose-tlo I9rks
h"tus tncn n"Ay WIN whitening hfe Which
when to our horror the NaslFf}ozouks In tic
wntM were filled with auddcn pahc on seeing
tho RueAfan flank advance mud. throwing awaY
greatest disorder, chased by the enemy, who,
firing soIicy after ro!lcy 1nin Them o. trey He'd,
completed the disorder; fcw brave men , t.icd
peir beat to stem the tide, atld sacrificed their
lives IN 80 doing; lew fell hnek to the shelter
Of d line Of trees Just above the town, and arcd
obsttnately frun thence; but d terror had been
cstablishcsi which partly spread TO the regular
troops, ana, despite az that coii'd be dune, 1t
~ Hoy nea1! describe the scene which cnsuedf
The l'asit' ba1oMka were hceing down the silc
OK the hill thc Iuss1auA running IN among the
trees aud ilrtng upon their rctrcat!tt1 foes,
o!t ol preserve. Ihe road nf ING foot or the
bill, crowded. with hundreds Of these terrified
irregn!ars. wns also thronscd with women and
chliaren nyinf IRON tne ontrseo at,l death
which they believed awaited them II once cnl1Eh&
by the Russians huharcAs OF men were trying
to rcmore their household goods and thcis fat-
illcs, al1. htragennE, ehoat!he, crs'ng, funnng
T. escase ssi a1e ioe who 10 ra . now , on Tue shie,
endemic Of hlght; even sohe ~ :ho regular
, troulm "lin hau Dy thls time Ioraaken the rc.
doubts Got hllhRlea Win thc tcErgr-etr1ckGh
Ss % md %erc cunning to- F. bend down, rue
noments hotisv,-anythlns 70 sure aeas li!e.
tried 10 get to tho 'front.' tu SEQ whether tho
K!sstans meant coming on into town; but was
utterly nnabte, and, ny h9rse having been
.taer wlint va best TO 10 uonc' on tho whole
Thought IT time 10 lalI back upon the main
Hue VI tue Turks ard sec what would happen.
u was well tGi 30, for u moment later tho
El'oia ny! was In th9 possession Of tue Rus
sta1ls with tho exception VI tho two lower IT.
tionbts as,d tho intrct'ehment which connected
t!iem' lhe nprer one llau oeen occupied by
1nsaeca ulpn INC othcr two ald d9tnI their Ut
most to tuko them. From where now stnud
eo0'1 acc every more as III panorama. tuslI,
Ing forward TWO battnliuns near tf!c lowest and
smallest lort of aa they gothchnd two !ntrenctl'
menus which leu bcen previously hnade by the
nashs s,' ~ s'ntes aos tnu sesgsfe, w ".ell
s, Me.s ~" s, u hS % nsa"a.o ~ enu hMs. ~
.,''' nm,s1' H. nr Tst f' ~, Ga ,.t % ~ I!u
trenc,,nents. @ inc rhejr att.res asu fr a tis ' top
.,'nr. .nI ~. t'r rhua @ ~ ~ t pas VIII IT.
t .s9 ta "M ,,,' III, ts ,tu, ~ ~
ns 1Jn.I ~ f,m.ssa, h.ia ,'.n, ~ III, ~ Entm
;nR Roou w tinssIn u, no.a Upon tno VI. Notl'
ELst ssn. :" cs 1T ~ th,. ,,,,, n',ts,osa m
"as -. eoH ~ .13 "uuta a. uv.antess .' o
~ e.. tun.a uaet " ~.
a,,,,s ns S .iS 1t m ts s,. ~ ,sH!e. .a. nrin
Hsu ,,f'at ~ ~ .,os = H., st. ,... - ss.y
".. ~ ~, Hi I'm, ,,,,s, ~. Wiz ~
.n ~ ~ .oir " % aS 'He5 n'ase IT. ~
taents M n.'na .he e,. foet: ,a II tIsy ,,es'tascd
ior naonsnt, tnelr enemies. %ao now out.
nMil'.cseM M tnens ic'a u o1c, wuu'u Iuinp tnto
..s NV ~ ~ vft1 hr'or ~ ,,ih
son w. ~ ssu u, ~ " Hr Gss r'i o ns"nGFs m!sm
w.. H. " ~ IT,, % ' aar"o' tot ".
1.1s ''nt t,,;nr III trn,,si e H. ,,t1,,,
Eir .tt'.s hnr NJ ,rnt,'oas IN ~ sh"s ~;
uoGr la htsf hout, ~ Ta.eaea i,l, nne naahcs o.
.sit ,ess 1 f attox ,s, ~" . a,s. W. ;sS,f
pos..u' mu ,,'',,. s.. wv hoss III tnanh!a
aS 1aGI wm!g wnea dn,,ft.s Gr1se n.i.. psougMt
% Mm :. resa. s ~ G,st !nsn =. & ~: snu"gu. i
IumIsut' LII. 'me N"ssa1'e ~! 1"' ns3. oesI. "sv
!n many otncf Tays' any 1tiAt, unucT cover nt
.ne uaLSncss, saey Han thIown M up lnelench
men.s ali nsGs 'lf ma', MN VIZ" W mak!s
~ unasss,an!c' " . HOW let IL was so' events "ofe
sooh 10 SHOW, ....-,..-.
0smnn Pasba, looking very grim and very dca-
pGrate, was quickly out studying the positton.
His prospects weFo not cheering: 4 part of tlls
achene Of !cfenso had bccn broken down. anl
2o,ooo Russians wcro within llls lEnca. pleyna
might fall Into their hands at any nloncnt. ana
tho two little forts might hc storme,l. Amongst
tlln wounded. too, WAS ilnssan !asl,a the cont
man!!er Ut the previous tiaY n THIS polnt. 1t