The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-22
Plevua,

The following account Of the fight be.
tween the Russians aud Turks, at Plevna,
Is vivid and Interesting: Before daybreab
on the last day Of July the whole force
was on the move to the trout. There was
long halt IN hollow, where was the VII.
lage OF Radlshovo, into which Turkish
| shells. flying over the ridge In front, came
banging and crashing. About midday
Schahoyskoy and his staff, which we &C.
! companied, rode on to the ridge between
the guns, already In position there, and
we surveyed the marvellous view below us
the little town Of Pleyna IN the center,
with the Turkish earthworks, glrdled by
cannon smoke, allsarouud 1t. After ar
artillery duel of three hours, the Prince
ordered his infantry on to tho attack. The
gallant fellows passed us full of ardor,
with bands playing and colors flying, and
went down into the fell valley below.
For three hours the demon of carnage
relgned supreme In tnat dire cockpit. The
wounded came limping and groanlng back,
and threw themselves heavily down on
the reverse slope In the village OF Raids
hovo, in our rear. The surgeons alreaoy
had set up their field hospitals, and were
ready for work.
Never shall forget the spectacle Of that
assault made by Bchahovskoy's infantry
men on the Turkish earth WORKS in the
valley. The long ranks on which looked
down tramped steadily on to the ASSAULT.
No sklgmshlng line was thrown out III ad-
vance. The fighting line remained the
formation, till, what with impatlcnce and
what with men falling, 1t broke into
ragged spray of humanity, and surged on
swiftly, loosely, and with no close cohe-
sion. The supports ran up into the fight.
ing array independently and eagerly.
Presently all along the bristlng line burst
forth flaming volleys of muslSetry fire.
The Jagged line sprang forward through
the maize aelis, gradually falling into
concave shnpe. The crackle of the musk.
etry fire rose into q sharp, continuous
peal. The clamor of the hurrahs Of the
fighting men came back to us on the
breeze, making the blood tlngle with the
excitement of battle. The wounded be-
gan To triCkle back down the gentle slope
We could see the dead and the more Sc
verelY wounded lying where they had fall
len, on the stubble and amidst the maze.
The living wave Of fighting men was
pouring over them, ever on and on. Sud
denly the disconnected men drew closer
together. We could see the officers sig-
mailing Tor the concentration by the wav-
Ing Of their swords. The distance yet to
be t1aversed was but hundred Yards.
There was a wild rush, headed by the COL
onel of one of the regiments. The Turks
IN the work stood their ground, a-a fred
with terrible effect into the whirlwind
IN ,n,,. St e0Ha nSun rnahnG irc"A .hep .rn ,,,,
was On his feet in moment, and, waving
Ills sword, led his men forward on foot.
But only for few PAGES. Hc staggered
and fell. We could hear tho tempest
gush of wrath-half howl, hatt yell-with
which his men, bayonets at the charge,
rushed on to avenge HIM They were over
the parapet and in among the Turks like
an overwhelming avalanche. Not many
followers of the Prophet got the chance to
run away from the cleaning Russian
bayonets.
But there we're not men enough for the
1t was cruel to watch the
brave Russian soldiers standing there
leaderless, sternly awaiting death for want
of officers 10 lead them forward or to march
them back. AS the SUN set in lurid crinl-
son, the Russian defeat became assured.
The attacking troops had been driven
back or stricken down. All around us the
air was heavy with the low moaning of
the wOu nded.