Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-08

The Creat War IL she East.
LONDON, sept. S.-The correspondent
who was present at the battle Of Loftscha
proceeds to describe the attack on the re-
naming Turkish redoubt. which he wit.
messed from the top Of Mount Rous. He
says: Mount Rous was within easy can
non shot Of Imposition attacked. Tho At
lacking forcc was compelled 10 cross .
plain half . milo wide before reaching the
base Of tho hill on which the redoubt was
constructed. under . musketry fire Of
Turkish infantry securely ensconsod 10.
hind their parapets. Along tho road and
on tho left bank Of the 0sma wero several
low ridges Of earth high enough 10 cover
0 man In O creeping posture, and these
places OF refuge were resting places In tho
deadly race for tho bluff; . cemetery.
through which the Russians also had 70
pass, had q number OF tall fagstones
standing upright. and these were also
taken advantage OF by the advancing SOL
diers. Tho attacking force contained tho
two regiments named after tho German
Emperor and somo OF the army corps
which was at Plevna. IL was commanded
by Major General Razimdaiff. Al ESQ
o'clock the order 10 attack was given
and tho men rushed across the valley
amid q perfect hail storm Of bullets. In
q few minutes the ground WA dotted with
dead and wounded Russians and the sur
yiyors were resting under the little ridges
Of the road and tho 0sma. and then I'd.
vAnced In open order ct . rush. and tho
Turks kept MP.
AsrEApy srRgAM or YIRE.
There was not the slightest break In the
rain Of bullets. yet II was wonderful TO see
how small . proportion OF them took Ell.
feet. Sometimes = single soldier would
run across the whole space between the
river aud bluff. and ! could see whore ev.
cry bullet hit around him by the dust
which II threw up. And yet he generally
got across unhurt. There were minutes
when no Russian was under fire. and yet
the Turks never stopped. II appears that
they were lying down In trenches. firing
over the parapets without looking. The
Russians declare they never even saw .
head above the banks. by 8 O'Clock . con-
siderable force had collected under tho
blum and commenced working round to an
angle 81 the redoubt looking mp the plev.
na road. while another party, To distract
attention from tho first. crept up the face
Of the blum and opened o scathlng fire on
the face Of tho rodoubt towards Loftscha,
away 10 the northward Of tho Plevna road.
A Russian force now makes its appearance
with . battery of artillery. to cut OF the
Turkish retreat toward Plevna, and n
other attacking column Ia o seen adj
vancing up the river Osma from our ex.
treme right. They arc scattered In open
orler. anil
STEAL. ALONG u%SoRsrRvKp
BY the Turks tn reinforce the party under
tho northern end Of the blum. AL this
time the Turks kept up an incessant ride
DIRE, but the guns on tho hills at thej back
Of the rcdoubt only fire occasionally. a.
our troops cannot be seen from that posi-
ton. The Russian artillery thunders away
very rapidly. and the batteries are now ad.
ysnced down the road nearly 10 the edge
Of tho city. Tho Russians gathered under
the bluff now mako q rush forward and
secure possession Of some Turkish trenches
IN front Of the eastern face OF the redoubt.
within 100 yards OF the ditch. Now
"a p. NJ the decisive moment approaches.
The forces along tho Loftscha front OF
works open fire, and draw the bulk OF the
Turkish fire In their direction, when sud.
denly about fifty Russians made . rush
upon the eastern face Of the redoubt, and
approached within fifty yards Of the ditch.
They are compelled TO retire by the tre-
mcndous Turkish nre. After twenty min.
utes Of desultory fire the real attack Ia
made. Up tho slope OF the reloubt the
Russians rush In open order, . stream OF
rcinforcements following the advance.
A PsAYEcr pELuoI OF SHELLS
IL poured upon tho redoubt from our bat.
terics as the men run up the slope. whilo
the Turkish infantry fire IL incessant. and
II II were directed every Russian would be
shot down. but a. u is many fall. Our ar
tillery ceases firing ~ our mon leap Into
the bitches and Chamber mp the parapct,
while another column rushes along the
Loftscha face Of the redoubt 10 clear the
advance trenches. The Turks In trenches
lice to the westward. firing a. they go and
falling under the Russian fre. In the re-
doubt the garrison rush to the gorge In tho
western face Of the work. A traverse Gov.
ers this gorge, and tho Turks ART Ismmed
between The traverse and the western para
pets. In o few seconds the firing ceases-
the day Is ours and the Turks are In full
retreat 70 tho westward, where no force has
bcen senrto cut OF their flight.
Immediately after the rcdonbt was taken
the correspondent entered H.. The roads
adjacent TO the place were thickly dotted
with dead aud wounded. Up tho slope.
where tho Russians had charged the re-
doubt, I was surprised 70 find 20 few dead.
the Turkish fre having principally gone
to high. Insido the redoubt were the
corpses OF Turks and Russians thiokly
strewing the ground. but Of the western
end, where the Turks had been Jammed In
their efforts 10 escape, Q space hfty by
twenty feet was covered with Turkish
lead and wounded 10 the depth Of i've
feet. Tho living and dead were lying on
eacb other In q dense mass. steaming with
heat and blood. Around this Moslem pile
w,s A fringe OF dead Russians, showing
that there had been q fearful struggle on
thls fatal snAoe, Upon this mass OF hui
manity / watched the Russians working
m%anfrlly 10 separate the living from the
dead, bl, In half an hour they had made
scarcely any impression upon that fearful
nile. The road was strewn with Turks,
with hero and there . Russisn. Some OF
the Turks had been shot first and then 70
peatedly b~ayoneted.
The correspondent estimates the Rua.
sian loss at 1000. Tho masses were not
EXPOSED a Of Plevna. and skill was sub
stitu,cd for brute foroe. General
RAzminaaoff, who commanded tho a.
ssult on the rcdoubt. was wounded in the
leg.