Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-09-13


Tor the attack upon the redoubt. BY two
O'Clock the batteries were In new positions
and had opened tremendous nre upon
the redoubt. The commander OF THIS po-
sitiou retired his guns % the hills AT the
back OF his redoubS being an indication
that lie believed the capture Of the i"ruh-
cations ioreEnur conclusion, and thef'-
fore withdrew his guns topreVcut their De
ing captured. II is q question whether the /
Turkish officer djd wen ~ i'll BY his men /
III forcing them io defend the last position /
after the guns had been removed in safety.
II looked Ike simple butchery tor both .
sides.
The correspondent proceeds to describe I
the attack on the remaining Turkish re- !
doubts The attacking force were com /
PEELED To cross IA level plain half a mile /
wide under a musketry fire Of Turkish In |
fantry securely enscouced behind parapets.
Along the road. aud on the len bans Of
Oisma, were several low ridges Of earth
high enough to cover a man H. a creeping /
posture, and these places OF refuge we're
resting places 10 the deadly race for the
hluf. A cemetery, through which the
Russians also had to pass, had number OF
tall ilJc~tonrs standing upright, aud these
were taken advantage Of by the advancing
soldiers.
The attacking force coutaiued two regi-
meuts named after the German Emperor.
and some men Of the army corps which was
at Plevna. II was commanded by Major
General Razmindaef At2 30 an order to
attack was given. and the men rushed across
the valley amid perfect hailstoTm OF bull
lets. Ia few minutes the ground was
dotted with dead and wounded Rrs>ians,
and the survivors resting under little ridges
along the road aud the Osma. The men
advanced in open order at a rush and the
Turks Kept up a steady stream Of fire.
There was not the slightest break in the
| rain Of bullets; yet It was wonderful To see
how small proportion OF them took effect.
There were minutes when no Russian was
under tire, aud yet the Turks never stopped.
! II appears that they were were lying DOM
| 10 trenches firing over the parapcts with
| out looking. The Russians declare that
! they never saw even head above the
| bank.
By O'Clock a considerable force had
/ collected under the bluh and commenced
! working round TO the angles o! the redOubt
! looking up the fleyna road, while another
/ party, to distract attention from the first.
crept up the face Of the blum and opened
scathing fire on the face Of the redoubt
! towards Layatz. Away to uorthwarl Ofthc
/ Plrvna road the Russian force now makes
! It's appearance with a battery OF artillery 70
| cut OF the Turkish retreat towards Plcvua.
/
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tI't lutAs are damned between the trav-
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s,, ~ n'lu2 ceases. The day Is ours
-" uiAs arg IN iuII retreat TO the
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'''''neH'a'eIy AFTER the redoubt was tax
road and adinnc, rI,'in .a'.'eu y me
! with dead and wounded. In the So
/ where the Russians had charged th..rs
I were only IA few dead the Turki.b ALI
/ having principally gone too high
I Inside of the redoubt were corn.es -,
/ Turk and Russians thickiy strewing the
ground but AZ the western end. wher. I'LL
Turks had been jammed III their rr,r,. II
escape, space of 80 feet by ~ wa, COW
cred with Turkish dead aud wounded n ,
depth Of five feet The liyipy .r1 5,.S
were lying on each other IN a densa mas
steaming With heat and blood
Around this Moslem pile was fringe off
deAd russians, showing that there had
been a fearful struggle in this fatal space /
ne Russian soldiers were standing upon
me mass OF humanity, working manitllly |
y separate the living from the dead liz |
haIi an hour they made scarcely apv i'm
preston upon the fearful pile.
The road by which the Turks retreated
was strewn with Turks, with Mere I'M
there Russian. Some Turks had hren
The corresnondent as,faa,, oAl oueteu'
loss at 1000. The masses we're not expos-
ed as AZ pi.yna SIM ~. - f 80