The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-04
The European War.

The European War. .-
THE GREAT BATTLE AT PLEvNA-GRAPHIC AC-
COUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT, &C. ~
. LONDON, August 3.-The Daily Ne,cS's
correspondent sends from Poreden, near
Plevna, graphic account OF Tuesdays bat
tie, the substantial facts of which are rs tel
cgraphed to the United States yesterday.
The following closing scenes give vivid
idea OF the extent of the Russian disaster.
It will be noticed that the correspondent
is with Prince Schackoskoy's command,
and does not purport to give any account
of the condition and losses OF General kru-
edner's corps :: r..,
And now all hopes OF success anywhere
were dead, nor did chance offer to make
the best Of defeat. Prince Schackoskoy
had not man left to cover the retreat. The
Turks struck without stint. They had the
upper hand for once, and were determined
to show that they knew how to make the
most of it. They -. - $780,.
..- s s- ADyAE CED IN .SWARMS -
through the dusk on their original p2-
sition, 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before the batteries could be Withdrawn.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, now crowded with the
wounded. The streams OF wounded wend-
ing their painful way over, the ridge were
incessant. The badly wounded mostly lay
where They felL Later in the darkness a
baneful. sort of KraukonberSer swarmed
over the battlefield in the shape OF Bashi-
Bazouks, who spared not.I Lingering there
on the: ridge till, the! moon rose, the
staff could hear from below on, the
still night mir cries OF pain; and entreaties
for mercy, and the yells Of the bloodTthrsty
in their fanatical triumph It. was indeed
an hour to wiring the stoutest heart. We
stayed there to learn, it. IT might be, what
troops were coming out OF the valley OF the
shadow OF death below-were there, indeed,
any ct all TO come. It did not seem to- be
the case The Turks had our range before
dark, and we could watch the flash OF the
flames over against us, and then listen to
b.. = ~, THE SCREAM OF THE SHE'LL .:
as it tore by US. The sound OF ritle-bullets
was incessant, and the escort and retreatins
wounded were struck. a detachment at
length came struggling up, but it will give
an idea OF the Reorganization to say when
q company was toleG Off to cover some
what the wounded at Rodisnova it had to
be made up OF meu OF several regiments.
About O'Clock the staff quilted the ridge.
leaving it Uttered with grooming men, and
moving gently lest We should tread on the
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 alarms Of Bash i-Bazouks swarm
ing in among the scattered and re-
firing Russians. AT length at l O'Clock
in the morning, having been in the saddle
since 6 O'Clock on the previous morning,
we turned into stubble-feld, and making
beds of the reaped grain, correspondent
and Cossacks alike rested under the stars.
But we were not even then allowed to rest.
Before 4lto'cloek an alarm came that the
Bashi-Bazouks were upon us, and we had
to rouse and tramp away. The only pro-
lection OF the chief OF what in the morn
ing was a fine army was now
HANDFUL OF wRETCHED COssACKs.
General Krudener sent word in the morn
ing that he had lost severely, and could
make no Roadway, and had resolved to fall
back on the line of the river Osma. There
had been talk, his troops being so fresh,
OF renewing the attack to-day with his CO.
operation but 1t is plain statement OF fact
that we have no troops, to attack with. The
most moderate estimate Is that we have lost
two regiments, say 5000 men, out of oyer
three brigades-a CHASTITY number, beating
Eylan or Friedland, This takes no account
OF General Krudener's losses. We, too, re-
tire ol the 0snla river, about Bulgareni,
and,i.fo the best Of our weak strength,
cover the bridge at Sistova. One scannot
in this moment of hurried conf sion realize
all the possibl results OF this stroke, 80
rashly courted. Not Russian soldier
stands between Tirnova and the victorious
Turkish army in Joveca and Pleyna, and
| only weak division OF the Eleventh corps