The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-04
TUE SLAUGHTER AT PLEVNA
prs,rty DIrISION cut TO PIECES
yn .ruo,T .iNNfIfTL1TED.
rso,.sra Men Knicd md wounded
Nv handful of tossacks to Cover the
v v,..,,- The Terrible n"'hi- -b",o"hs-
He're" ,,,.,,,o, of the Russian Army.

Ahf""s
,,.,,ox ,uc. s-Thc Dady Ncirs' corrc-
mia from purcdin. near Plcvna.
p,',, o,,,,int Of Tucsday's baitle the sub
s'"p"'t ,o.,s II which are n tclcgraphcd TO the
,,-i,,J states Yesterday. The following closing
s.nncs Give a vivid idea OF the extent OF the Kus-
.,on disnster. twill be noticed that the corrc-
nndent il with Prince Srhackoskoys COM
nand and docs not purport to give any account
:, ~. condition or Losses Of Gen. hrudcncrs
corps
"And now all hope Of success anywhere was
dead nor did chance orcr to make tho best
ot tdefea, Prince Schackoskoy had not man
ior 10 cover the retreat The Turks struck
,vi,bout stint They had the upper hand for
o,ce and were determined to show that they |
Snew how to mike the most VI it. They ad-
yanceI in swarms through the dusk on |
,hoir original first position. and captured |
Tho Russian cannons before tho bat |
leres could be withdrawn. Turkish shells
began once more TO whistle over tho !
,,dge above Radishova and fall into the village |
behind. now crammed with wounded. The
streams II wounded vending their painful way
over the ridge were inrossant. The badly
wounded mostly lay whore they fell. Later
In the darkness u hal"ful sort of hrdn-
Len'rrg1' swarmcd over the battlefield. in
the shape W Bashi- -Bazouks. who spared not.
Lingering there on the ridge till the moon rose
ra .,or r.ull hear from h,low. on the still
ri,.h,oir ..ri..s Of main and .nir,atv for mercy.
onI,b,v.u-n of blood thirsty fnuatical triumph
I,yo. inl.,d an hour to wrin.. the .trrnest
boor, W.-tuv,l ther. to l.nrn. if it might be.
what troop. were coming out Of the Valley of
the shadow Of Death hrlnw, wcrr there. indeed.
any at alto come. 1t did not s'rm to b" the
case The Turks had our range before dark. and
W. could watchtho flash oi Numro'or asainstus
and ,hcn listen 10 IN. -.r,..i, af th, she'll as it
torohy.us Th. sound Of r.n.,h bullets wa- in
ces-nn, and the escort and roir,tins w,uullcd
vcr. .,r,ick Ad,tnahn.u.n length began To-
come .,rt..a,line up. hut iiwll. give an iiea II
the aisor,,uization t. say that whom 20 compa-
nv was toll otrto cover somewhat tl, wouni.d
I'm Rndishoyn il Ind To- h, made. un of memo
several regiments. About o'clock On. tail
Quilted the ridge. leaving 10 Uttered with ~ an-
ing men. and moving e,ntlv lr-; W. should
tread on the PROSTATE wonulrl W. Il our
way as We had lost our army. Wccoull nud no
r,stf,rthe sol,S If cur feet hy reason of alarm.
Of Bashi- Bazuuk- swarnns ia among the
s.atterod and retiring KusSlan-. At length. at
lo'clo.k in the morning. huy.n.. lnrn in the
SADDLE since 6 oclo * ou the previous morning.
weturncd into a stuhh. nelI. ami making lol~
Of the reapcd grain. corr .s pendent ami Cos
sack alike rested under tl.~,lrs Bot w. wrre
10, even then allowed To- rcst. B,iorrl o'eock
an alarm came that the B.~Ai- B.zuuk-
were upon us. and We had to rouse and
tramp away. The only protection Of the
chief Of what in the morning WIS fine
army was now "a handful Of wraricd Cossarks.
Gen. krudcner sent word in the morning that
he had lost severely ana could MAKE no head
way. and had resolved 10 fall back Oh th" l.nc OF
the rivcrOsma. There mad boon talk hi- troops
being fresh. Of renewing the n'ti X to-day with