The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09

captured the Russian cannons before the
batteries could be withdrawn. Turkish
shells began once more to whistle over
the ridgcabbve Radishova and fall into
the Village behind now crammed with
wounded The streams of wounded SOL
diers welling their painful way over the
ridge wee incessant. The badly wound
ed mostF lay where they fell. Later,
in the dakness, baleful sort of krauk-
entraegerswarmed over the battlefield in
the shapeof Bashi Bazouza, who spared
not. Lingering there on the ridge till
the moonrose, the staff could hear from
below, onthe still night air, cries of pain
and entreties for mercy, and the yells of
blood-thtsty fanatical triumph. 1t was,
indeed, q hour to wiring the strongest
heart. Te stayed there to learn, if pos
sible, whit troops were coming out of the
valley ofthe shadow of death below, if
there wei indeed any at all to come. 1t
did not sem to be the case. The Turks
had our tnge before dark, and we could
watch thi fash of flames over against us,
and thebisten to the scream of the she'll
as it toreby us. The sound of rifle bull
lets were incessant, and the escort and
retreatin,wounded were struck. A de-
tachmenht length began to come strag-
Cling upput it will give an idea of the
disorganiation to say that when a
conapanysyas told off to cover somewhat
the wouned in Radishova, it had to be
made upsf men of several regiments.
About 9o'clock the staff quilted the
ridge, leaing itlittered with the groaning
and dyin, moving gently, lest we should
tread on te prostrate wounded. We lost
our way 1--WE had lost our army. We
could fndlo rest for the soles of our feet
by reasonif alarms of the Bashi Bazou-
ka swarmig in among the scattered and
retiring Rssians. AT length, at 1 o'clock
in the moning, having been in the sad
die since O'Clock on the previous morn.
ing, we armed into a stubble field,
making bds of the reaped grain. Cor
responder and Cossack alike rested un-
der the SITS, but We were even then not
allowed forest, for before 4 o'clock an
alarm cam that the Bashi Bazouka were
upon us, ad we had to rouse and tramp
away. tt only protection of the chief
of what N the morning was fine
army was now a handful of wearied
Cossacks.i General Krudener sent word
in the moling that he had lost severely,
and couD make no headway, and had
resolved fall back on the line of the
river Osia. There had been talk This
troops belg fresh) of renewing the at
tack to-d with his cooperation, but it
is plaistatement of fact that we have
no troopto attack with. The most mod
crate estnate is that we have lost two
regimen (say 5000 men) out of our
three bEades-a CHASTITY number, beat
ing Eyla or Friendland. This takes no
accountof General Krudener's losses.
We, tooretire on the Osma River, about
Bulgaria and to the best of our weak
strengthover the bridge at Sistova. One
cannot ithis moment of hurried confu-
sion reake all the possible results of this
stroke, srashly courted. Not Russian
soldier ands between Ternova and the
victorioy Turkish army in Lovaca and
Plevnay md only weak division of the
11th Cobs stands between Tirnova and
the Sh1ala army. I looked on Prince
Schackekoy's force as wrecked, and no
longer, ir this campaign to be counted
as fig6ng integer. 1t is not ten days
since th30th Division crossed the Dan
ube injhe pride Of superb condition.
Now, wat of it is left is demoralized and
shatters. So, on this side of the Bal
kans, tire remains but the 9th Corps,
alreadyoughly handled once at Niko-
polls al once at Plevna, one division of
the III Corps and the Rustchuk army.
Now ilhe Rustchuk army is marched to
the Wit against Plevna, the Turkish
army 1 Rustchuk is let loose on the
Russia communications to Tirnova.-
One cinot avoid the conclusion that the
advant over the Balkans is seriously
comprnised. The Russian strait is so
bad TIL scattered detachments have been
calledp from out of Roumania, and the
Roumiian division, commanded by
Genen Mann, which crossed day or
two aaat Nikopolis has been called up
to the me of Osma River. An aide-de-
campi the Grand Duke Nicholas was
prese1at the battle, and at once started
for Tiova with evil tidings. We are
just qtting this bivouac, and are falling
on Baaria with all speed, leaving the
Bulgaan villages to the tender mercies
of theurks. As I close learn that on
our ID General Skobeloff was very Sc
verell handled, having lost 300 men out
of hiangle infantry battalion"