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Show THE UATTLE OF THE MOAVA. Tint eorrtp. ndcut of Iho l.iud.'n I.u!y T'lryra i at Alexumli giv. the fuhtiwuig account of the re. ent ball.f bef,, rn the '1 urLi and Servini on Ihe M.trava: "Ihenopenid sieb a firajwcin never l denenUl. Il rts the luet ing o( di'Wpunile mrii d Serin urgetl forward hy re. k!e' Ku liii leadir. ! Turk- ii'tiKii'll I" "Ink- t ,eir en-iny. i ho ipUMiinii w-h whi. b could tie reiiilorcetl Ihn l ucl and tin' uu ki si. 1' renli S-i vian b iUaiun weie exmnnif "Ho action eveiy niiiinrnt, and extending Iho huu nt allack; Irenh Turht were roining d.iwn thy uliipe, and, Uitituiig Ihe "1 eilr Irenehea whuli. an I have h fore remarked, tho Turkj, wuh nd-mirablp nd-mirablp furetbougbt, bail eomtruelid. "Al tirt Iho men could not be persuaded to he down; llicy wanted lo go forward, and 1 eipecdd every 'moment to nrV tl.cui vh.Ugn with tbe baynnot. Hut lh-y wtie Kr.ulunllv jirevailcil upon lo avail theiiselve til cover, and hence the grent disparity 1 between their lnn and thai of the 1 erbd. Anion ent I heap latter we I we could ee Ih U great f.Uujjlilei wa taking phiee, for their hue, nlthounb 1 continually bd, did not appear to ' llicieae; while, In uddilimi lu tho ' nllen ufnnr Infantry, nor gunn were " ably to throw wliole vollevn of shell in " among the. hlne e.mled foldiern. 1 "With what u yell went (h,.jO ' terrible miMes On lieir way I I'lmv ueemiid In break, overv nno of thorn, exactly where wanted, and toslrew tho grounil with dead mid dying nvery moment. Tbn rilb'N. ipiickly fieconding them, add id lo Iho caning.) which hick pl.ieu in that valley. will not pretend to miy whether Uip Hervintm acluallv eroiimil thy biidgn over the Morava; dy snmn who were on the spot il is denied, by nlhern admitttd. I Ibouglit at (be t i in 0 that they did, Moieover, an the light progressed our lino wavered n tbe Hcrvlann in increiuing mini hern werohurled HgaiiiBtnur lelt Dank, Uut tine wuh only for a whlie; Ihe men wrro simply homo back, not disheartened, and lrenh IrnopH were huirylng up In Pimeor them, Hnli; 1'nnha himxeir boimr iiiiionuit the foremost in that gallant light. It wan a fear lul ulriigglo truly mid finenieil to evleiid nil along the fine al (bis moment; Indeed, il Ih believed that pity Servian haltaliona were ul that, moment engaged, "Jlitt all to no purpose; (hn pleaily courftge of tho Tuikspicvailcd agnimt tbe newly found bravery ol tbe Serba, and was making itself more and more apparent every moment. How admirably the Snider acted thin, aa always! The ground was covered with diaibled berbs, add elill that afitonUbing roll of musketry maintained main-tained itself along tbe Turkiah front, the men firing each five or eix shots a minute. At length the crioia came. The Servians made one more great eflbrt, there was a tremendous crash, a fearful roll, as if of thunder, and then the enemy began to give ground. With a wihl shout the Turks rie and pour volley after volley into their retreating ranks. Our guns fire shell, w hich buret over their head, iu front of and behind them, dealing death and destruction all around every moment. The Serbians turn and fly; iheir effjrl has be?u in vain; they must seek tho shelter of their gu ii9, or be killed to a man. "Without further delay they rush to their haven of comparative safety, leaving their dead and dying on the ground, and the Turkish forces alone in their weil-earned glory." |