The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-04
THE RUSSIAN RoUr.

SIaDIlC ACCoulk VI tnS 1akhA~ -
Pievna.
London, August IA correspon-
dent sends from Pareden, near Plevna,
q graphic account of Tuesdays battle,
which conveys a vivid idea of the eX-
tent of the Russian disaster. He says
all hope now of success anywhere is
dead. Prince Schackeskoys had not a
man left to cover his retreat. The
Turks struck without stint; they had
the upper hand for once, and were de-
termined to show that they knew how
to make the most of it. They advanced
in warns through the dusk, on their
original first position, and captured the
Russian cannon before the batteries
could be withdrawn. Turkish shells
began once more to whistle over the
ridge above Radishova and fall into the
village behind. now crammed with
wounded.
5 The streams Of wounded which were
vending their painful way over the
ridge were incessant. The badly
wounded mostly lay where they fell.
b. Later, in the darkness, the Bashi
Bazouks swarmed over the field and
spared not. Lingering there on the
ridge till the moon rose, the staff
could hear from below, on the still
night air, cries of pain and entreaties
for mercy, mingling with the yellS of
bloodthirsty fanatical triumph. 1t was
indeed an hour to wiring the sternest
heart.
We staid there to learn if possible
what troops were coming up the valley
of the shadow of death below, and
whether there were indeed any at all to
come.
The Turks had our range before
dark, and we could watch the flash of
flame over against u.s., and then listen
to the scream of a shell as it tore by
as. The sound of rifle bullets was in
cessant, and the escort and ~retreating
wounded were often struck. A detach-
ment at length began to come stray
Cling up, but it will give an idea of the
DISCRIMINATION to say that when a
company was tolled off to owe the
wounded in Radishova, it had to be
made up of men from several regi-
ments.
About o O'Clock the staff deserted
the ridge, leaving it Uttered with groan-
ing men, and, moving gently lest we
should tread on PROSTATE wounded, we
lost our way, as we had lost our
army. We could find no rest for the
soles of our feet, by reason of the
alarms of Bashi Bazouks swarming in
among the scattered and retiring Rus
SLAMS. At length, ut l O'Clock in
morning, having been in the saddle
since 6 O'Clock OF the previous morn
ing, we turned into a stubble field and,
making our beds of reaped grain, con-
respondent and Cossack alike rested
under the stars. But we were not even
&Io,. a11D-,aI En- racf hafnrn IN alarm
came that the Bashi Bazouks were
upon us, and we had to rouse and
tramp away as IL only protection. The
remains in the morning of what was n
fine army was now a handful of wearied
CossakS.
Gen. Krudener sent word in the
morning that he had lost severely and
could make no Roadway, and had re-
solved to fall back on the line of the
River Osma. There had been some
talk of his troops being fresh and of
renewing the attack to-day with his
cooperation; but it is a plain statement
of facts that we have no troops to at
tack with.
The most moderate estimate is that
we have lost two regiments, say 5000
men, out of three brigades. This takes
no account of Gen. K~rudener's losses.
Not a Russian soldier stands between
Ternova and the victorious Turkish
army in Lorlea and Plevna, and only a
weak division of the Eleventh corps
stands between the Ternova and Shum-
ia armies.
1 look upon Prince Schackoskoy's
force as wrecked-as no longer for this
campaign to be counted as available.
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.
On this side of the Balkans there re-
mains but the Ninth corps, already
roughly handled-once at Metropolis
and once at Plevna-one division of
the Eleventh corps and the Rustchuk
army. If the Rustchuk army is moved
to the west against Plevna, then the
Turkish army of Rustchuk is let loose
on the Russian communication to Ter
nova. Hence one cannot avoid the
conclusion that the advance over the
is SEVERELY cOmDrOmised.