The Republican journal., 1877-08-23
NUMBER 8.

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The ammunition wagons gallop up to the cannon
with fresh fuel for the fire The guns redouble the
energy OF their firing, the guners working like de
mons. The erackle of the m,lsketrv fire rises into
a sharp peal. The clamor OF the hurrahs of the
fighting men comes back to us on the breeze max
ing the blood tlnge with the excitement of the
| tray. Away on the left a village is on fire.
The full fury of the battle has entered on its
maudest paroXysms The supports that had re
manned behind, lying Just under the crest of the
slope are pushed forward over the brow of the hill
The wounded begin to tricke back over the ridge
The gallant gunners to the right and to the left
of us stand to their work with will on the shell
swept ridge. The Turkish cannon fire begins to
'Waver Ill the earthwork over against us.
THE FORWARD DASH.
More supports stream down with founder cheer
| into the Russian lighting line Suddenly the dis
connected men of the advance close up, and are
| together again in S1rong line. We can discern
the officers signalling for the concentration by the
waving of their swords. The distance from the
| Turkish line is about one hundred wards fierce
hoarse shout reaches us, but already the rush has
| begun. With the speed that only comes in the last
| desperate moment of closing on bitter foe the
Russians spring forward The wild dash is headed
| by the colonel Of one of the regiments of the
| Thirty second division.
! The Turks in the shelter trench hold their
ground They fire steadily and with terrible effect
| into the advancing forces
| The horse of the gallant colonel who is leading
| feet in a second and, waving his sword leads his
| men forward on foot. 1t is only for few PAGES
| He staggcrs and falls. | heard afterward that he
| was killed. We can hear the sound of wrath-haf
| howl, half yell-with which his men, bavouets at
| THE charge, rush on to ayenge I'm
INTO THE TRENCH.
! They have not long to wait Ii il now but Il few
| wards to the Turkish works and these are soon
| traverSed In an instant they are over the para
| pet and n among the Turks like III avalanche
| 1t is hand to hand and breast to breast The rush
which carried the Russians in sweep. all before if
Not many Turks get chance to run away from
| the cleaning bayouets swayed by muscular Rus
sian arms. The onter edge Of the first position IS
| won.
In places the soldiers hung back a tile. for the
| muSketry fire from the Turks enSconced behind
! the main earthwork above was very deadly and
| the slope was etreWn with the fallen dead and
wounded. For the most part, however, the men
| advanced nlmbly enough vet it took them half an
hour from the time they left the shelter trench be
fore they again converged under the call of their
| officers and made their final rush at the main
| earthwork.
This time the Turks did not wait to meet the
Russians at the point of the bayonct, but with one
| final volley abandoned the work
1t was evident that krtdener i'll his attack on
the Turkish left was unable to progress. The roll
of artillery and musketry our right told how
turouSly the Turks were lighting there Their
force was certainly unexpectedly large at Crivica
and the strong points to the nOrhwar1.
| On that broad central ridge of theirs in front of
us, as we'll as against krudener their force was
very heavy The first position, now in the Rus
sian hands was in natural and artificial strength
mere childs play to the grim starkness Of the Sec
ond position on that isolated mamelon that raised
It's rounded breast before the far victorious Rus
slams. and with its well served batteries on the
swell behind it.
FoEW ARD, If no DEATH
Schachoskoy, however determined to go for it.
Iiotheaded as it may have been, his troops were
not the men to balk ambition or daring The
word to advance again given and again the
men moved forward
The first rush out Of the troops and many Of
them must have been blown They hung back It
good deal in the new advance, exposing them
selves reckesslv. They falling fast, but not
progressing with much speed
Srhackoskoy kept his finger well on the throh-
bing pulse of the battle just in tn" nick of time
half his reserve brigatcs We're thrown into the
fight while the other half took part in the attack
further over on our left flank
NEW BLOOD,
The reserves go forward at the double quick and
are soon III the thick OF it. The blood tells
at once on the lighting line. There is ii brisk
| movement forward, and no more standing and
craning over the fences The Turks in the flank
rarthWOrkS are reinforced.
can hardly say how it all happens, but sudden
ly the white smoke spurts forth and SwarmS Of
dark clothed men are serambliug on There is
sees a swarm of Turks ty,ino across thr rrern Of
thn virnvarl Inf thr, Jnn't INN f,r IN ,rnu.l
around the western and northern races of the work
rendering its occupation very prrcarious The
Turkish cannon from behind drop shells into the
Russian position with singular precision As a
matter of fact the Russians occupied this position
but never held it. 1t WAS al; but empt' for Il long
time, and continuous lighting took place about its
tlank>.
TIE TURKS TURN THE TIDE
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aronnd the cannon smoke snurtrd ONT and thr
vineyards in the rear of the town were alive with
| Turks. The two companies left after a Very short
visit.
ALL HOPE LOST.
And now all hone of success anywher. WAS dead
nor did a chance offer 10 make th, best of defeat
priuno Snbnnloyl-,,- bnl r,t , ,n,n lnf+ +y ,,.-,r
fine retreat The Turks strucE without stint
They advanced IN swnuns thrnuuh III, dnsk on
their ori@iunl first nnsitions md conturrI thre,
Enssion .,rnou b.f,r. thr hntt,.ri,,.s rnulI h,,
withdrawn
Tiirh;h sh,}l },,, ,i,, ,o,,,, fl, whistle aver
the rdre above Rndisoyo and fail into the village
behind now rrarmnd With ,rnunInd Thn strn,I,s
of wounded vending tIeir painful way over The
ridoe we're inrnssout Tbo ham, wounded mostly
Law whore they tnll
The rrlIs hnd our raute hrf,ro dark and we