New-York tribune., 1877-09-29

glacs the scarp and the ditchonefourth OF his whole
force Ibeieve that skobee looks upon such attacks
upon such positions almost criminal and disapprovcd
highly the whole plan OF attack on Pevna; put
ho believes that II an ATTACK Is 10 DC mane' ine'
although tue loss OF men may be great II better nnat
the loss should be incurred and the victory won, than
half tle loss with certainty OF defeat skobelen seems
TO be the only one among the Russian generals VINO las S
heart and IL will be seen by those who studied the
great civil war that In this assault Skobele iooweu .e
tempting to carry such pOsonsto follow up the assault
ing column with fresh troops, without waiting Tor .e
first column TO be repulsed II t1e position proves 700
strong for the first column, reniorcements are at
hand before they have tine 10 break and run
HOLDING THE FORT
skobeleh had the redoubt. The question now was how
to hold it, 1t dominated by the redoubt of Krishna
on the left already spoken Of 1t was exposed ut the
Pevna side to the fire Of the sharpshooters and to the
Turkish forces In the wood bordering the Sophia road and
open to the fire OF the entrenched camp There was
fire coming from three different points. At daylight
next morning the Turks opened fire from all sides The
distance from the redoubt at Krna had OF course been
accurately measured and the guns dropped shells into the
redOubt with the utmost precision on the exposed sides
The back of the redoubt was solid rock on which
been used for the construction OF the parapes the
other side. II evident tnat the position was untena
BILE unless the entrenched eaml on the other side OF
Plevna and the Krshna redoubt could be taken Sko-
belief renewed his demand for renf0rceents mace tae
evening before Although his losses had been great the
spirit Of his troops good that with another regi-
ment he was willing undertake TO capture the re-
to- hold hha the positions until something could be
attempted in some otner quarter; pan,c Ino 1Iivios
and Russians under General bhnitnikun. C0ud
positions be carried during Wednesday,
the krshiDa redUubt, aud one enfcnchod camp on
the ridge the Grvca redoub he fail OF Pevna
might be considered certain AZ sunrise the turks % De
gan attack the captured redoub and tue storm
OF battle again RACED with fury here wnile AL was qet
everywhere The desperate attack OF the Turks was
repulsed. Another attack was made ana anotner ,e
pulse, and This continued all day long untl tne TURKS
had attacked and been beaten five successive times
sKOBELKFF ENCOURAGES TIE TROOPS.
The Russian losses were coming fearful. General
skObec had lost he thinks 1000 men IN attacking the
redoubt. BY the afternoon he had lost 5000 more In
holding It, while mis- battallons shrveed up aud shra
away II by magic OHe battalion OF sharpsbooters had
been reduced TO 100 men. company which had been
$50 was now 40. An immense proportion OF ofi-
GERS were killed, or wounded only. Only one
commander Of a regiment is aliye scarcely
head OF a battalion is left. Two officers OF
the staff are killed, one OF whom was NefistcHagin,
brother of the great artist Another brother was
wounded General DU0rovo.sKy. commander OF sharp
shooters, killed one officer was blown to pieces b.
thc explosion cais,On Captain kurapatkn, cnie VI
the san standing beside this Ollie lad nis mar singe1
aud suffer, sever6 confusion Only General skoDel
td himself remained uuouched lie seems 10 bcdr
charmed life. lie visited The redOubi three or four times
during the day. encouracng the soideis, teihg then
help would sOOn arrive; PeYna would soon De taken
victory would crown their efqrts ielny them II
the 1lal decisive bow struck Tor thelr country
for tue hOnOr ana Glory OF the RUSSIAN h, 1i'na
and they always replied with the same emery
shouts, While their numbers were dWlndllns away ny
hundreds He again an gam sent oI ieui9lcclii
aud again aud again Informed the eonilandei-iu-
that tde position was untenabe Ihe AFTERNOON wore
away and no renorcame came. General Levit'ky as
nave been informed, lOrnt tlly reused renlorcenehts
either because he Thought the position, III spite OF Cen
era SzoDelcs representations, wa tenabe or because
h6 uad re4nfUrcemenls 10 give General krlch on ms
own responsiDIh,y sent the remnant Of a regiment
w-icl nad attacked the redouOt, winch sa" rush
forward and back through That indian corn
field OF the $500 tleIe were barely 1000 LETT, SO
ii was utterly incapable II gong mo acton tnai Day
ana eve. tiis REGIMENT arrived too late. General skO
ID Il rtst 1T A Dif
oV !, ,yooiy hi oppOsl.e lie ad been c4rcey
an nour when he informed that the Turks were
agaIn attaching tue fghJ HANK ON he lOllcha iodu lH-
meuIateiY auOve Pcvua. lie suioped lorward 10 see,
aud WAS orderly with the news mat the lufhs
were also aCdc ng the redOuDta sNtn ume. He dashed
forwards towards tue redOubt IN hopes OF reaching IL
avn mon 1yng back. They exhausted
by forts eight hours nccsslnt hgnting, and were worn
oI huu- y, and dying OF .hist ana fatigue; owing 70
the inactivity vi thc Rus.iaIs duilhE tle udy, tne
Turks mad enabled 10 collect an Inning iorce
winch mad made one last desperate ehUri, ana td sue
ceeded IN driving ue hussiens out. one D'stioh was
ncld iii the Young officer whose name regret
have for O,ten, with nanddi OF men. 4hey refused
10 Il y, ana siaus usutered 10 the last man.
sKOBtLEFF AFTER THE COMBAT.
II was lust after this that L met General sho-
belen the first time that day. He was in fearful
state OF excitement and fury. Ills uniform covered
with mu1 and th, his sword broken, bis Cross OF IT.
George twisted round his shoulder his face black
with powder and smoke his eyes hagsdrd and boodshot
and his voice quite gone He spoke hoarse whisper.
never before such picture or battle as he pre-
scented. SOW MN again IN ms trnt at nlgnt he was
quite calm and collected He said - nave zone my
best / could My detachment Is half des-
toyrd; Iny regiments do not exist ave no officers
left they sent nc TciuiOrccmcnt~ ana nave lost
three guns" There thr OF the four guns which
he placed the redoubt upon taking 1t, only one Of
which his retreatng troops had been able TO carry on
" y no TO blame " blame NOBODY" nc replied.
" IL i, tGO viii Oh Cod"