Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09
The Battle OF Pscyna.
GRAPHIC ACC ,UNr OF TUE RUSSIAN DIsAsTE

LoSp,S. August g. The Daily Nsws'
correspondent sends from P,rcd,n, near
Ployna. Il graphic account Of Tuesdays bat
tie, tho substantial facts of which are as tcle-
graphed to the United States yesterday. Tho
following closing scenes give q vivid idea Of
| the extent of the Russian disaster. 1t will be
noticed that the correspondent is with Prince
ShnckoskoY's command, aud does not purport
| to give any account Of the condition or losses
of Gen. Krudener's corps: "And now all hope
of success anywhere was dead, nor did
chance offer to make tho best of defeat
Prince Shakoskoy had not man left to cover
| tho retreat. The Turks struck without stint
| They had the upper hand for once, and were
determined to show that they knew how to
mako tho most Of it. They advanced in
swarms through the dusk on their original
first position. and captured the Russian can.
| mons before tho batteries could be withdrawn.
Turkish shells began once more to whistle
over the ridge abovo Radshova and fnll into
tho village behind, now crammed with wound
ed. The streams Of wounded soldiers vending
their paiaful way over the ridge were inces-
SAINT. The badly wounded mostly lay where
| they fell. Later, in the darkness q baleful
| sort OF kraukeDtrpger swarmed over the bat.
tleicld in the shape Of Bashi Bazouks, who
spared not. Lingering there on the ridge till
the moon rose, the staff could hear from below.
on the still night Dir, cries Of pnin and en-
treaties for mercy, and the yells of blood~
thirsty ianalical triumph. 1t was, indocd, an
hour to wiring the strongest hoar We stayed
coming out OF the valloy Of tho shad,w Of
death below, if there wero indeed any ut all to
como. 1t did not seem to be tho case. The
Turks had our range before dark, and we
could watch the fash Of flames oyor against
| rs, and thon listen to tho scream of the shell
as it tore by US. Tho sound Of rife bullets
was incessant, and the escort and rctrea,ing
| wounded were struck. A detachment at
Length. began to como struggling up. but it
wlli give 40 idea Of tho disorganization to say
that when company was told off to cover
| somewhat tho wounded in Radishova, it had
to be made up of mon of severa! regiments.
| About O'Clock the staff quittod tho ridge,
leaving it Uttered With tho groaning. wounded
and dying, moving gently, lest we should
tread on the prostrato wounded. We lost our
woy as we had lost our army. We could and
no rest for the solos Of our feet by reason of
alarms Of the Bashi Bazouks swarmpg in
among the scattered and retiring Russians
At longth, at | O'Clock in tho morning, having
been in the saddle since o'clock on the
previous morning we turned into stubble
field, making beds Of the reaped grain. Cor
respondent and Cossack alike rested undor
tho stars, but we were oven thon not allowed
| to rest, for bof3re O'clock an alarm came
that the Bashi Dazouks were upon us, and
we had to rouse and tramp away. Tho only
protection Of tho chief of what in the morning
| was o fine army was now q handful of worried
Cossacks. General Krudonor sent word in
tho morning that ho had lost severely and
could mako no Roadway, and had resolved
to fall bnok on tho line of tho river Osma
There had been talk (his troops being fresh
OF removing tho attack to-day with his CO. op-
GRAFTON. but tits q plain statement Of fact tha,
wo have no troops to attack with. The most
moderate estimate is that we have lost two
regiments (say 5000 men) out of our three
brigades-a ghasty number, beating Eylan
or Friendland This takes no account Of
Gen. Krudener's losses. We, too, retre on
the Osma Riverpabout Bulgaria, and to tI,t
best OF our weak strength cover the bridge ai
Sistova. Ono cannot in this moment of h,ir-
ried confusion realize oil tho possible results
OF this stroke so rashly oourted. Not Rus,
sian soldier Stands between Tirnova and the
victorious Turkisti drmy In Lovaca and Pleyna
anu only weak division Of tho lltt' Corps
stands between9G 9Girnoya'and tho Shumla apn,y
L Look on Prince Sohnakosk0y's force rs
wrecked, and no E1ohger,, for this campaign
to- be counted as q, fighting integer. t. is
/ not ton days sinco tho g30thy Di vision crossed
the Danube III. tiig ptida ofs superb condition
Now, what Of .tiisioft ise edSmoraiizod ard
shattered. So, or,1this; ;lsjds of tho aBnlkuns;
there romains' but ttSp8th Corps, already
roughly handled ohce' 'aEft fsikopeiis and onoe
at plovnh, one division, S9f tho fItT gorps and
the Rustohuk army. Now if tho Rustchuk
is marched to tho west against ploYna, then