Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-08-10

sernest heart. We stared thereto lsarn, il it
might be, what troops were coming out Of the
valley OF the shadow Of t,eath beow, W ere
there, indeed, any at all to come. 1t did not
seem to be the case. The Turks bad our range
before dark, and we could watch the fash Of
flame over against us and then listen TO the
scream of the shell as it tore past us. The
SCUM OF rifle bullets was inccssant, and the
escort and relreating wounded were struck -
detachment al last began 10 come struggling
up, but it will give an idea OF the disorgani-
zation TO say that when accompany WAS told off,
to cover somewhat the wounded in RadisEoya,
1t had to be men made up OF several regiments.
About O'Clock the staff quilted the ridge,
leaving il Uttered with groaning men, and
moving gently lest we should tread on the
PROSTATE wounded we lost our way as we lost
our army. We could find no rest for the
soles of our feet by reason Of alarms Of Bashi
Bazouks swarnng in among the scattered and
retiring Russians. At length, at o clock in
the morning, having been in the saddle since
6 O'Clock of the previous morning, we turned
into stubble-feld and making beds of the
reaped grain, correspondent and Cossack alike
rested under the stars. But we were not even
thea allowed to rest. Before O'Clock an
alarm came that the Basin Bazouks were upon
us, and we had to rouse and tramp away
The only protection of the chief of what
in the morning fne army was now hand
full of weared Cossacks. Gen Krudener sent
word in the morning that he had lost severely
and could makeno Roadway, and had resolved
to fall back on the River Osna There had
been talk Of his troops being fresh, Of renew
ing tbs attack to-day with his cooperation,
but is plain statement Of fact that we have
no troops 10 attack with. The most moderate
estimate is that we have lost two regiments
say 5000 men, out of our three brigades--a
CHASTITY number, beating Byelau or Friedland
This takes no account Of krudeners losses.
We, too, retire on the C'sma river about Bull
gareni, and to the best Of our weak strength
cover the bridge al Sistova. One cannet, in
this moment of hurried confnsion realize sl
The possible results of this stroke, SO rashly
courted. Not q Russian soldier stands between
Tirnova and the victorious Turkish army 10
Loveca and Pevna, and only weak division
OF the Eleventh Corps stands between Trnoya
and the Shuma army. look on Prince
Schackoskoy's forces as wrecked, as no longer
tor this campaign TO be counted as fighting
integer. 1t is not ten days since the Thirtieth
division crossed the Danube in the pride of
superb condition now, what Of it is left is
demoralized aud shattered. So on this side Of
the Balkans there remains but the Ninth Cons
already roughly handled once Mt Nike polls
and once at Pleyna one division of the
Eleventh Corps and Rustchuk army. Now if
the Rustchuk army is marched to the west
against Plevna, then the Turkish army Of
Rustchuck is let loose on the Russian commu-
nieations TO Trnova.
One cannot avoid the conclusion that the
advance over the Balkans is seriously compro-
missed. The Russian strait is so bad that the
scattered attachments have been called up from
out OF toumania, and the RoumAniau division
commanded by General Manner, which crossed
day or two ago al Nikop0ls has been called
up to the line of the Osma river. A II ad-de-
camp Of the Grand Duke Nicholas was prrseut
at the battle aud at once started for Tirnoya
with the evil tidngs. We are just quitting
this bivouac and falling back on Bugareui
with all speed, leaving the Bulgarian villages
TO the tender mercies of The Turks. AS close
learn that on our left Gen. Skobelof was
very severely handled, having lost three hun
dred men out of his single infantry battalion"
The Daily News' correspondent with Prince
Schackosky's force, teIegraphing from Sim
nilza under date Of August !, gives an ac-
count OF the retreat. He says the road from
Poredin TO Bulgarehi was covered with broken
and retreatlng troops, wholly destitute Of
order-otcers without soldiers, soldiers With
out officers without cohesion and mosilr
without arms. At the narrow bridge near
Bugareui there was wild confusion add
complete block Tumbrils, ambulance wag-
ons, provision wagons officers caleches, lea
horses and carts filled with wounded, all were
jammed in lndescribabe chaos There had been
wounded all along the road, but the bulk Of
the wounded began little way beyond Bal.
gareni and extended in unbroken line for t-
miles along the road to Sistova. They ~,se
mostly carried IN ox-carts several cases ia
amed'ances, aud large numbers tramped on
foot