Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-08-08

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village behind, now crammed with
wounded. The streams OF wound
ed vending their painful way over
the ridge were incessant. The
badly wounded mostly lay where
they fell. Later in the darkness n
baleful sort of krankentraeger
swarmed over the battle field In
the shape of the Bashi-Bazouks,
who spared none. Lingering there
on the ridge till the moon rose, the
staff could hear from below on the
still night air cries Of pain and en-
treaties for mercy and the yells OF
bloodthirsty, fanatical triumph. 1t
was indeed an hour to wiring the
stoutest heart. We stayed there
to learn, if it might be, what troops
were coming out of the valley OF
the shadow of death below. Were
there, indeed, any at all to comet
The Turks had our range before
dark and we could watch the flash
of flame over against us and then
listen to the scream of the shell as
it tore by us. The sound of rifle
bullets was incessant, and the es-
cort and retreating wounded were
struck. A detachment at length
began to come struggling up, but
it will give an idea of the disor-
ganization to say that when a COM
pany was told off to cover some
what the wounded in Radishova it
had to be made up Of men OF sew
eral regiments. About nine o'clock
the staff Quilted the ridge, leaving
it Uttered with grooming men, and
moving gently, lest we should
tread on the PROSTATE wounded, we
lost our way and lost our army.
We could find no rest for the soles
of our feet, by reason of alarms OF
the Bashi- Bazouks swarming in
among the scattered and retiring
Russians. At length, at one in the
morning, having been in the saddle
since six on the previous morning,
we turned into stubble field, and
making beds Of reaped grain, cor
respondent and Cossack alike rest
ed under the stars. But we were
not even then allowed to rest long
before the alarm came that the Bas-
hi-Bazouks were upon US, and we
had to rouse and tramp away.
The only protection of the chief of
what in the morning was a fine
army was now a handful Of wearied
Cossacks. Gen. Krudener sent
word in the morning that he had
lost severely and could make no
Roadway, and bad resolved to fall
hack on the bed of the River Osma.
There had been talk of his troops
being fresh, aud of renewing the
attack to-day with his cooperation,
but it is plain statement of fact
that we have no troops to attack
with. The moderate estimate is
that we have lost two regiments,
say 5000 men, out of three brig
ades-a CHASTITY number, beating
Eyelau or Friedland. This takes
no account of Gen. Krudener's
losses. We, too, retire on Osma
River, above Bulgarini, and to the
best of our weak strength cover
the bridge at Sistova. One cannot
in this moment of hurried confus-
ion realize all the possible results
of this stroke, so rashly courted.
Not Russian soldier stands be-
tween Tirnova and the victorious
Turkish army in Loreca and Plevna
and only a weak division of the
Eleventh Corps stands between
Tirnova and the Schumia army. /
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as wrecked, as no longer this
campaign to be counted as fighting
in Leger. 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 and shattered. This
side of the Balkans there remains
but the ninth corps, already rough
ly handled, once at Nikopolis and
once at Plevna, one division Of the
Eleventh Corps and the Rustchuk
army. Now II the Rnstchuk army
is marched northward against
Plevna then the Turkish army OF
Rustchuk Is let loose on the Russian
communication to Tirnova. One
cannot avoid the conclusion that
the advance over the Balkans is
seriously compromised. The Rus
sian strength is so bad that scatter