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s,s. DEFENDING himself our mouths
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ra-v his enemies, wSs now struggling
,sr,uth The ms,ss, Be hSd SLOWED 90 be
.hr,wr s-r.rt him. srG MSS in his turn
attacking The ,rcc-,s and eSr,hWorSs
which he had .su.h! his enemies well to
defend. A.tsr.ls a-d sublime spectacle
p-ss MED itself 20 view. The country
behind P,lyua IS $ wide, open plain, into
which the gorge lesdlug up to PleyAa
opens GU. Ike - tunnel, The plain i,
bounded on the Peyua eide by steep,
ncky bluffs or cliffs, along whose fcot
flows the Nid. From these cliffs Tor q
distance OF two miles, burst here and
there iuOuick Irregular succession, angry
spur,s Of flame that dashed aud disap-
peared and flashed out again, 1t was
the artillery fire Of the Turks and Rus
slams, which from oar point of view
appeared ntermingled. The smoke, run
uing round in 3 circle toward lhe Nld,
rose against the heavy clouds that hung
right up on the horizon, while low on the
ground burst tur,h continuous balls OF
lame that rent the blacknes> OF the
clouds ike flashes OF lightning Through
the covering OF the smoke could he seen
angry spits OF fye thick as h~re-ties on q
tropical night. Now and then through
an irregular curyiug stream Of fire we
had iadistinct glimpses OF bodies OF men
hurrying to and fro, horses, cattle, car,
riagcs running across the plain, and
above all, the internal crashing roll OF
the infantry fire, and the 6eep booming
Of more than a hundred guns,
This is what had happened: OSman
Pasha had during the night abandoned
all his positions from GEiyiCa to the
Green hill, and concentrated the greater
part OF his army across tie Nld, over
which he passed on two bridges, one the
old and the other the new one latelycon-
structed. He took part ofhis artillery,
some three batteries, and q train Of about
FIVE or six hundred carriages drawn by
bullocks. He succeeded in getting his
army, the artillery and part OF the train
over by daybreak.
Indeed, the first thing the Russians
perceived when daylight broke was a line
of wagons Drawn by bullOcks advancing
upon them in close order across the
plain.
The Turks advanced as far as they
could under cover Of their wagons, while
the Russians poured in a terrible fire on
them from their Berdau breech.loadels,
scarcely leas destructive than the Pea,
body, and opened on the advancing line
with shell and ~ehrapnel. The Turk,
then did a splendid deed Of bravery, only
equalled by Skobeletf's capture Of the
two famous redoubts. Probably finding
their cover beginning to fail them, owing
to the cattle getting killed or frightened
and running away, they dashed forward
with a shout upon the line of trenche,
held by the Sibrersky or Siberian regi
ment, swept over them ike Il tornado
poured into the battery, ~bayoneted in,
artilerymen, officers and men, who witt
desperate hefolsm StGod TO thtlr piece
to nearly a man, and seized the Who'll,
battery, The Sibrersky regiment haC
been 0yerthroWn ana nearly STIMULATED
Inc TURKS hal broken the trsJ cllcl
mat heIdthem m tiadt they gone on the,
would nave found two more but the,
ana not nave time TO 90 on Inc Rus
SANS raiIled almost lmmedlateiy ana
desperate hahd to hand ilght ensied, MAJ
to man, oayonet to bayonet, which j.
salG to nave lasted seyera! minute
ending III a rout OF the Turks and tn
%reGaPIore Of the Russian guns
IL was about haIl'Past eight, and tn,
Iufflsh softie was virtually THPuisod
put inc oattle ragged ior Jour hour
longer Inc losses inflicted from TN
ume ,o,ward were not great on cithe
sue, lof both armies were under c0yel
me Iutks were evidently appfehonslI
that NE ltuSsians would charge an
Drive them bacKih a mass into the gorge
Inc Russians were resolved 70 pfeven
another soItle, ana 50 ooth sides Kept
e up. For Jour hours the storm OF lea
, swept on, as one hundred guns sent fort
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