New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-11

m eyewitness describing this episode. "was the nspcc
tion which the Prince made, he and his stan rode
firing; but at hafpast his resolution was formed, for
h. lley ed his men could strike with EFT 60. ThS CON
cuSon was arrived at in the face OF me fact that be had
under hn only three Drigi1eS an tod, on, OF "ulch
constituted the reserve. In other words, lie WAS
about TO launch twelve or htieen thousand men
aTainst entrenchod positions hed ~ an N,
meusjly superior force, and no whit crushed
once given was haiied win cheers, ana tne natltl,
ions with swift, swinging step, streamrd forward
through the glen and mp the steep slope behind, march
MGm company columns; me tiha IomFlh'5 u';ii
Tha crest ulW0uncd slope HAD 10 be d sccndrd anu
The valley crossed the battaouS having been depi9ed
into iurJust heI9re relclhg iGr pro" OF 'He mn iHS
Turkish shells Whetcd through them a. they advanced
and the men fell in numbers but on they Went until be-
tween iHltitIUc dHh ,i'e NV ''"1'u y w
guns. the ngHtng lne broke INTO ragged spray OF h
when thousands had fallen in pressing forward 10
tho shelter trenches which protected the Turks;
the as,aiants too weak u 20 further They would
not give up aud they could not succeed They charged
again and agun and when they could chafEe no more
slaughter Now was time the Turks, and whom
came schackoskoy had not left to cover the re-
treat Tue Turks struck without stint They had the
they knew how 10 make the most OF It, The Russians
Withdrew with a5 mucl order as ihey cOui, pay WIN
rades bee stabbed the feeds within an hour or two
by the Circassan, the ZsIoach, or the BashBazouk'
BOTH CoNBArANTs REINFORCED.
This disaster thrilled Europe and olaed the Turks. It
destroyed the moment the spell OF Russian proves,
which had caused the gloOmest forebodngs in Great
Britain. II was believed confidently, that the tide
OF victory was IN favor OF the Turks and II too late
tins year for Russia retrieve her o.scs For the mo-
meut the Russians seemed stunned by the blow but
within a week they had resumed the operations which
have ended in a great victory. In short time. their
lines extended from Tstenik the northeast to Bogot
on the southeast OF the Ottoman stronghold Reinforce
mens were sent forward from Russia, as wei as from
garrsons IN Bulgaria. Within month the army was IN
creased so as number 10000 infantry. including p,
600 Roumanians. The cavalry mustered 10000. With
the addition OF other arms or the service there
was compact, we'll quippcd force OF about
100000 men, with go guns, including siege ar
tiery. On MS part, Osman P3sha was NOT ld.e. ne
gathered troops from all available points and thus raised
his army TO nearly $4,000 men. Seeing nat cham OF
made one strong effort to break the Russian lines Early
i'm the morning august 81 he directed an attack
against the Russian left centre IN front OF P0redln
Ills cavalry first drove back the Russian picket line
between Pashat aud Zsalintze tscr map. Then, the
Ottoman infantry, estimated at 1900 men; were
brought INTO action. Stubborn lighting ensucd. rue
village of Zgalntze and another n,r IT, our ,i'es
chanoed hands but ultimately remained III posseTsloH o
the Russians. Finding they could not mako lrm
Judgment az any point tho Turks WithdreW, ana as
sumed the offensive no more.
THE CAPTURE OF LOvATz.
II was now the Russians turn to act week after
the repuse at Peyna, General Skobceh examined the
Turkish at Loyatz He found that the post on
was stronger than he had supposed The low hills sur
rounding the town were strongly intrencheed, and
Ioyatz itself was occupied by from $4,000 to 10000
Turks. whose tents were standing. There was strong
rcdoubt on low hill overlooking the Plcyna road, ana
high NIL on that leading TO Srlya was covered with
trenches skobeen prudenty deferred attacking these
defeucrs until september 3, when, returning with
arger force he carried two redOubts after nefce
engagement, and was soon in possession OF L0Hatz.
THE SECOND ASSAULT
Having LOyatz IN their hands, the Russians felt en-
couraged 90 make another assault on the Plevna deen
ces Cannonading began Friday, september Z. and
WAS maintained with great rigOr On the Monday
following General skobeleR began the attack and
secured position nearer the Turkish lines The can
nonade meanwhile kept up on both sides day and
night At O'Clock on Tuesday september lO), an At
tack was made by the Russo Roumanians. ON the
Griytza redoubts and those near the Loyaiz road
After terrific fighting, during which the loses OF
the Russiaus were enormous the conflict ended leay
ing them as the net result In possession OF GraVi re-
innbt The brunt OF the conflict mad fallen
ON General SkObelcf, who captured south
ru rdoub but was reed 10 abandon them for lack 81
rinforcenents TINS affair convinced the Russldns that
pryna could only be- reduced by regular siege opera
lions The Imperial Guard was hastened TO the scene
ulaced practically In full control Under hls
Guidance Russian troops were sent across the
Nd (see map) to the rear OF flcNna IN
rms auartpr. their operations were attended WIN
sJnal success. They completed the Investment
Of the town. and advanced westward TO EuopOl
When these movements were tuectel, O,lhtI
p,ll,a was completely isolated, aud deprived or
which has ended In his surrender, was Inc only one
which he could with the slightest chance oI sue
CO.'S AZ is probable that his garrison NUMBERS f0OOO
men. with several hundred guns.