Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-04
The Eastern War.

loving account of the Russian defeat near that
place last Tuesday. He is with P'ince Schae'
koskoy's command, and does not purpors 10
give any account of The cond'l9a or i'sses Of
Gen. Krudener's corps:
"And now all hope of success anywhere vas
dead, nor did chance offer to make The b:s:
of defeat. Prince Schackoskoy had GOT maa
left to ever tho re,re:t. The TURKS sru' K
without stiot. They bad the upper haGd for
ouoe, and were determined TO show that they
knew how to make the most Of It. They ad-
vanced 10 swarms through the dusk Go their
original first position. aud captured the Russla5
cannon before the batteries could be wl'hdra"o'
Turkish shells began once more to Waistle over
the ridge ab,ve r ,dishova ADD fail iDo The
village behind, now cram ned With the w?uod
ed. The streams of wounded vending their
painful way over the ridge we're locsssaot. The
badly wounded mostly lay where they fell.
Later, 10 the darkness bs!ef1l srTt OF hrauk
entraeger swarm-d ever the bat'. lid lu :ht
shape of Bashi BE- ,uks who spared aof. L'n
s"ri1e there 90 the ridge Till the nloHH F:s' me
'aff e,ud hear from bsIow on the s'i uisn;
,r cries of pain aud fD'reatlrs Tor mercy Ii,'
he ye Is of I'll :thirsty. faoa'!cal t1uunN. /.
vas, iojeed 40 hoGI to II in9 III: steru"s
heart. We stayed there to |earo, II II o'ghs
ne, what troops we're coming gu; ct the Ia y
+ the shadow of death below, we're there. 10
deed, any at all 70 come; Ii OH GOT Sem !"
"a he case. The tn k had orr range b 'ore
lark, aud we caud va oh the e sh OF finn
ser against US and then js.c1 to he scream 81
he shell as it tore By Us. The son'd OF d
ullrts ~as incessaut, and The escort and refreo'.
ug wnuud. were struck. A deachm III al
sugth began tn coma s'racrlloq up, bu! it viii
give 40 idea Of the 6isorgsniz asion to say thar
when company was tnd IF, to GOV some
what the wounded 10 R4dlsh. ", it had 10 bc
made up OF men of several regsuien's. About
Q O'Clock the staff Quilted the ridge, leaving II
Uttered wi.h arosplag meo, and moving gen y
les; " should tread on the pr 'srate wouDhed,
We lost oar way as We bad lost cur army. We
could 6od no rest for the snles Of cur feet by
reason Of alarms Of Bsshi BaZnuks swarmlog 10
among the scattered ADD re'iiog Ru,>iAns. Al
length, at one o'clock in the mocnog, having
baen 10 the saddle siuce six o'clcck Oh the nre
vious morning, We ruroed into s'ubblc field
aud making beds of the reapcd graia, cares
puudeut and CosSack alike rested u'dar the
stars. But We we're not even then allowed to
rest. Brf,re four O'Clock an alarm came hat
the B 4shi Bsz uks were upon US, aud We bad
10 rou-o and tramp away. Tie only prorec'ion
of the chief of what 10 the morDlng Wa hne
army VAS DOW haodful Of woaried Co$SackI.
q D. krudener sans word in the morning that
he bad lost severely, aud couid make 40 head
way and bad resolved to fall back 90 the llac O.
the RIVER Osma. There had ben talk 4 his
troops being fresh, Of renewing The attack to
day with bis co operation, but ills plain s'ata
ment Of fact that we have DO troops to attack
With. The most moderate estimate IS thar we
have lot Two regiments. say 5 000 neu, OUT Of
E,rlan or Friedlaod. This takes 90 account of
Gu Krudener's losses We, too, retire on
the 0 ua river ahrur Balgareui. and to the
best Ut our weak strength cover the bridge al
Slstnva. O,e caonot 10 this Domrns OF hur
ried coofuslon, realize all the possible results Of
this srrnke, 50 rashly .urted. Mt Russian
colder stands between rrnova and the Gictoli
Gus Turkish army 10 LoVeca and P..vna, and
ouy Weak division Of the Eleventh corps
s,auds between Tlruova and the Shuma army
Look o. Prince Schackoskny's 'orcss as wreck
ed. 81 90 lupgrr for this campals to be Counted
80 figh'ng ioteger. 1t is DOT ten days slDca
the T.l1tle,h division crossed the D.nubs IL
the ride # superb condition; cow, what of IT
is lett is dem ora liz ii ADD shattered. So on this
side Of be 3 .lkans there renal but tn. n nth
corps, already roughly handled, one at n k J..
polls and oDe ct Plevns; one division OF hr
Eleven corps aud the Rustchul army. N ,w
It the Ru-cbuk aruy is N rched to the wes'
against PIevos, then the Tu k oh army OF Rust
cnuk - let Loose on the Ru5>iaa c'muusics
tioas to rirn,va. DC caunot avoid the con
G ,ion that the adv .nc, over the & Ak .0s i
seriously compromised. The Raa-ia, strait Is
50 bad that the scattered d2:actmeota nav
been Gail. up FROM out of RoumarN, and the
Ruumaniau q vision, com uauded bJ G"D. Msu r,
whicn crossed day or two ago Ut X knn ills.
has been called up to the llno Of the 0 na
river. 40 aide de camp Of the G7aod OAK"
Nicholas was present al the battle, and 1T C
started tor rlrnova with the evil tdings. "
are ju>. quitting this b'vouac and f4litog hak
on Bulg .reui with all speed, leaving the Bul
garian vIl.ges to the tender merces Of tie
,ulk.. A. close learn that 90 our Ief 30.
Sko"eloff was very severely handed, haVi' &
lost 10 men GU. Of his oiasls iufaotry batial
lon."
Tue L,udou Daily News correspondent with
Prince Schackosky's rec, teIegraphiog from
Slmu,lz, uader date Of August l. gives al &C
couot of tn retreat. Ii says To, r rad from
Porr dio to Bu gareDi Was Gu nbered With brnkru
and retres'iug sr'ops, wholly destitute OF ori"r
off ,rrs wuh,ut soldiers, soldiers wmh tut rfii
GERS, wlhuur cuhesoo aid mostly vii leu arms
At the barrow bridge pear Bulgareni there VA,
wild coofa-ion sod c,uplste block Tun
Drills. ambulance wagons. prnVi>i,n wagons
"titers' oaleches. led horses aud carts filled with
YOU dsd. all we're ja!nmed 10 iod ,scribabIe
chso. There had beeo wouu led all alnog the
road, but be bulk OF the Wounded begau 8
lir'le Way beyond Bu'g4rcoi and x eud~d 10
uubrrkeo line for sevcu miles a!aus The road to
o,-tova. They we're mostly carried 10 oxcnts.
9, veral cases 10 amtuisuces, aud large numbers
trsmped Oh foot.
linn use numbers of " un1ed had Trained
the whole way IRON the battlefield. AMI were
already entering S!Stova at O'Clock YESTERDAY
evening. They must have walked forty u,iIcs
in tweu'y four hours, wounded as they wre.
n stly all these WOUNDED. however, consisted
vi Uen who had somehow managed TO walk out
of the battle. The bad Gas q were mostly l-tt
where they fell. The staff fi,er, With whuse