, 1877-09-29

4
Berlin correspondent states that party OF
military surgeons on special leave departed ycs-
Lcrday for the Russian headquarters. They
belong to some Of tic best regiments In the
oetu4u 4'"}'
pr1.v<.
iLE ' N<A.
4 RusstAH RaPuLsE AND RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
corr<.poadrnce kondon xta.
UKroRE PtEvNA. Sent. 1O-I lad climbed up
Into a trec to oet better v,cwa,f thc sitnation.
,~h.n . rcs..n- ,s,nn ,o'' t,fox,ao.l -. ,tst
there waa something moro Interesting going Oh
on our left; that the Russians were advancing
there wtth " h,lrrn,,s., We veut back across
1ns r '1aes soo'. % %'auee a! "a" "nss s, va
ne l,uas4es' unue1 ''e','sA' a"o eAo"elen'
the same who took Iovtclla the ntl1er day, wcro
rapidly along the ridge bordering oil
road. bcfnrc cu,cr,u, pIcyna. na,.c, ovrr ,ho
,o@a' oeio,e e"'s."s i!e'na' PHASES o'eF tno
"'s" 'oo1u u "'' e"'e'eu VIII t'ces' "neo
arc not 80 thlek, however, ~ to lie eallc1
md n hslf dIttant frou. the Turktsh
...,a,,h.. T., In hon1 ~ ,,,o tx.
nuouon " luz pe"u u tuc ooha
o.o III, u .sS'1s 1s. o"ae "tse t.
ahead, for VIC saw 4 humber OF lotscmen max
ipg their way through tf,c tires, and few min
utes later perceived couple or sq,la,lsons Of
dracoou. alyuncinx aIoug tic Luvtcha road,
cautiously t,endiuE tlleir way rs they went.
They wcre o}really urer th; ion o{ the htll,
probably half a mile, when VIC saw tho tlra-
Coous In sKir.1,isl-tttic, turn their or1rs hcads
back, and IN bcgiu firing Us thev slowly retired.
Then there was considerable firing from tho
skir,utst.)inc on boti, sljck, although could
not JIatjnc,,tstl The Turks frnm thu Itus.tans
among Inc trees. The1, the Turks began thrUw-
ing shells toward wlIcra the Dragons wcre
maeseI under The trees. Tlcv must have been
ablc to zee those drAroone, for tho st,clls fit!
directly in tho line, Ea:i, successive shell fell
closer and elmer No TINT the trarouus bcpnu tn
fill Intel twenty minutes. Then frrm tho
whole side Of thu mountain began to hr hear!
tl,t rattle of small arms. which grew heavier and
covered With clouds Of thin blue smoke. It was
liz Infantry arriving II, linc au bcginnint. tho
at,ack, Tiic Turks we're posted In The trves at
mile mi hi Ia front Of tic rrioubt. and rcpci 10 tho
Kusslan fire with yigof. Tie Russians Era,ll1-
all7 adyance,l down Tie ti.lc Of Tic mol,1Itajn
thtuurh The trees, driving back tie Turks, part
preatcr uart upon tic rci,,,lnt. Tue Russaus
nushcu sinwn to almost thr bottom nf liz hI!f,
autl we saw thc Turks rctrea.Eng up the smooth
slope leading toward t.e 5s1oa1t By han45sdsl ,..l
forth hcavy fire upon the Kusslarss on the OPP
postc slope. Tic Hussiaus pushed down stead
iiy nryrrthcless In joose vrslcr, firing rs they
tbs Turki.h fIre became terrible. Frofn tho
narnpeis uf the rcdoubt poured {orth u steady
wayo Of 6ame. mud tle rrloubt Itself vas soou
hidden In tbs Thick for OF wlifto smoke that
Wa fcarfti. Iio not rctucnbcr to have heard
anythinn like It. or to have ever seen In apv Bat
III anytli.,C likc 20 we'll sustained lire. Th1
lasted about twenty minutes. Then tile Kus-
alan ektr,nish line. which had n]reasly reached
tic foot vi tic snpe, began to withdraw, and
In lew minutes thrY ilatl retired to q insltion
laif way up the slope wheru they halted, and
the siaCken,rr OF tic t}re told Tint for ths mo-
ment me- I'll lie attack upou Tue rSdpIut, It attack it
was 4a1 failed.
The nivht passed of quietly enough. About
10 o'clock there was sudden out6urst of mus
ketry aret which lasted u few minutes, uuI
Which was probably false ntarn. On tho part Of
| the Kussaus or Turk. Then, agan, wu wcro
awakened about IL o'cIock by loud cheering
away somewhere on our left. ], jumped up aud
aud there in the illstancr snlouldcfing canp-
| trc buruing dt1u1y. Thcr. was no light but
Tint Of tlir stars, und Intermittent flashes now
| and then on thu horizon that seemed like sheet
| llghtnlag> followed by heavy boom that In the
| stiffness OF thu nfEat ma<le the alr yibrato
siecp' L. tho monnE tbs artillery arc began
| 't}csultory manner. Just before sunrise
| thcre was 4 eharp musketry are Sung
sIirrc down beiurr nalllsoyo, which laasci
perhaps twenty minutes, then ceased. Shortly
litter sunrsa tie fusliades began acaln with
violence toward the Loytcta road, but It seemed
10 cotnu from considerably behind where It
shou1 hare been, It 1t wvro a renewal vi thu
| attacE of yester1|YY, Tho Turks wrse sncllln,
tt,is placc 10 hot]y, probably unIet the supposl.
tion that tbs trees and 1ndlau corn conreate1
| itussfan troops, TINT hal t. decautlh retired
10 4 point next thc ridge, wlcrc still tad III
| excc{lent view Ut tj,e two Turkish re,loubts IN
the Leud u tho SOFIA ruai, thu positions whcfe
tho nttack occurred Yesterday, aud tho whole
length Vi tbs ridge, betind which lies tho Lovt.
rsnawins tbs attack lii morning, tho Russians
haJ witIu1ruwpb in thn niyht frnfn tfn fok If tho