Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-04
THE TERRIBLE FIGHTING Ar
PLENNA.
stirring De~erfPtton of rue-a.
Battle by AN I've W,tne~.
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senas rom fosodln, near Pleyna. n Kraphic
account Of Tuesdays battle The foPio1insS
closing scenes give a vivid idea OF Tie ext ~
OF the Russian disaster. 10 will De NOTICES
mat the correspondent is with Primes
Sciiac Soskoy's command aud does NOT pur-
pors 10 give any account OF the condition. or
losses OF Gen. krudener's corns. - And nox,
az nope OF success anywhere was dead nor
ieat Prince Schsckoskoy had NOT a ma,
left TO cover the retreat. The Turks stracs
Sltnout TINT They had the upper hand for
JIG ahu Nere determined 10 show that thew
knew how TO make the most OF it They ~
Nanced In swarms through the dusk ON their
oIIsihsi nrst position, and captured the Rus
Withdrawn. Turkish shells began once mora
10 whistle over the ridge above Rahtshova
ana fali INTO The village behind, now
crsmmed with wounded. The streams or
wounded vending their painful way over
The ridge were inceSSant The badly wounded
mostly lay where they fen, Later. Ia the
darkness, a baleful sort of krankentraeger
sNarmed over the battlefield. IA the shane OF
bashl- BazOuks. who spared not.
AN HOUR TO WIRING THE srERNESr HEART
lingering There on the ridge till the moon
rose ne stan could hear from below on tho
sun night air cries az pain and entreaties for
mercy ana the {ells OF blooithirsiy, fanati-
wiring the s;ernest heart WSsia,-sa fho,a ~,
learn. II u might be, what troops were com.
ing Out OF the valley OF the shadow OF death
below; were there, Indeed any al n IN TO come
II did not seem To be the case. The Turks
had our range before dark, aud We could
watch me lash OF flame over against as. and
Then listen 10 The screams Of the shell as m
tore by Us. The sound of ri ne bu LETS was in
cessant, and the escort aud rp'reatinO
wounded were struck. 4 detachment al
length began 70 come Struggling up, hut a.
viii give an Idea OF the disOrganization 70
say that when a company was told of To
cover somewhat the wounded IN RadiShova
IL had 10 be made up OF men OF several regf-
ments About o'clocE The start ouiiisst
the ridge, leaving n Uttered with groan-
ing men, and moving gently lest we
We lost our way as we had Ios, on..
army. We could ind no rest for The soleS OF
our leet by reason OF alarms OF Bashi-
Bazouks swarming I'm among the Scattered
and retiring Russians. At leng N, al O'clock
In the morning. having been In Ire Saddle
since o'clock on The previous morning, wa
turned lnto a stubble-ueld, and ma ki ng beds
OF the reaped grain, correspondent ani Co.'S
sack alike rested under the stars Ruf we
were not even then allowed 10 rest. Before
O'Clock an alarm came that the BaShi-
Bazouks were upon Us. and We had 10 rouse
aud tramp away. The ouly profactioD or
The chief of what an the morning was a fine
army was now a handful of wearipa Cos-
sacks. General krudener sent word in the
morning that he had lost severely and could
make no Roadway, ana had resolved TO fall
had been talk, his troops being fresh. OF re-
newlpg the attack to-day, with his co-opera-
tom but IL Is plain statement OF fact that
We nave no troops TO attack with.
THK LOSSES.
The most moderate estimates il that wa
have lost two regiments, say 0tD men, on
Oh our Inree orlgades, a ghastly number,
account or General krudener's losses. We,
too, retire on the Osms river about Bulea.
rem, ana 20 the best OF our weak strength
cover The bridge at Sistova. One cannot i'm
This moment OF hurried confusion realize all
the possible results of ihis stroke 40 rashly
courted. No Russign soldier stands bef vUa..s,
Tirnova and the victorious TURKISH army in
Loveca and Plevna. and only a weak diyi-
Ion OF me eleventh corps stands between
n bL, ana the shu.nla army. look ON
Prince Schackoskoy's forces as wrec ked, as
no longer Tor this campaign TO be counted as
a nghting integer. IL Is not ten DAYS since
the 30th division crossed the DANUBE i'm tina
pride OF superb condition. Now, what is lefI
OF IL Is demoralized and shattered so on This
side OF the Balkans there remains but the
sth corps, already roughly handled-once at
Nicopolis and once at Plevna one division
OF the nth corps and the Rustchuk army
Now, II the Rustchuk army is marched 70
the west against Plevna, then the Turkish
army OF Rustchuk is let loose on the Russian
com municatlon 10 Tirnova.
THE RUSSIANS IN A BAD STRAIT.
one cannot avoid the conclusion that the
advance over the Balkans il seriously COM
promised. The Russian strait is so bad that
the scattered detachments have been called
up nom Out OF Roumania, and the Roums-
man division, commanded by Gen. Manner.
which crossed day or two ago AT Niccopol-
Is, has been called mp 10 the line of The Osma
river. An aide de-camp OF the Grand Duke
Nicholas was present at the battle, and at
once started for Tirnova with the evil tidings.
We are just quitting this bivouac and fall
ing back on Bulgareni with all speed, lesv-
irg the bulgarian villages TO the tender mer-
cles or the Turks. As close learn that on
our left, Gen. Skobeleff was very severely
handed, nay ing lost 800 men out OF his sim
gle Infantry battalion.
THE RETREAT.
The Ddny Ae1cS correspondent with Prince
schackosko y's force telegraphing from Sim
nitza, under date Of August 1, gives an ao-
count OF the retreat lie says the road from
Posedin TO Bulgareni was numbered with
broken ,i's and rstreating troops, wholly desti-
without officers, without cohesion aud most
ly Without arms. At the narrow bridge near
buIgsrenl' mere was wild confusion aud .
wagons, provision wagons, officers caleches
led horses and carts filled with wounded
all were damned in an iniescribable chaos.
There had been wounded all along the road,
but the bulk Of the wounded began little
way hey nd Bulgareni and extended In an
unbroken line for seven miles along the
road 10 Sisiova. They were mostly carried
In oN-carts, Severer cases In ambulances
and larger numbers tramped on foot. TIE
SIAN officer. With whose estimate am in
clined 10 agree, thinks the whole force lost
between SIX and seven Thousand men I'm
killed and wounded.
TRYING TO RECOVER THE LOST GROUND.
Besides tie reserves which have been OF
late continually sent southwark, a. il now
stated that the entire Imperial Guard has
oeen cfeered 70 prepare 10 proceed 20 Bull
gaIla, the FIRST detachment 70 start al once.
Active operations south OF the Balkans win
be Tor The present suspended, aud General
Gourko has been recalled. A dispatch from
ErZeroum reports that the Russian center,
after being heavily reinforced, has resumed
the offensive. Fighting on the advanced
lines before kars has been maintained con-
tnuously, with what result Is not stated.
Besides the movement IN force of the ceuter
The Russian right is advancing upon Penek
Late dispatches from Athens report Greece
as industriously armlng, and war appears
10 De regarded as highly probable. The Po-
s.lcd CuTeSf,Clnde,sce OF Vienna learns that
sweden, TOO, "a view OF the general situa-