. Battles of the nineteenth century . fantry went swinging pasttheir general, they cheered vigorously, andseemed ready for anything. After a two-hoursmarch the head of the column reached theupland in front of Pelischat, whence the wholePlevna region lay before it. The headquarterstood temporarily halted near the apex of a greathorse-shoe, closed in at the heel by a wooded a bank of earth with a ditch at its outer foot, afew guns here and there, and a good many Turksinside the work. To his left front, as Schahofskoylooked toward Plevna, he saw the long ridge ofRadischevo, forming the southern e
. Battles of the nineteenth century . fantry went swinging pasttheir general, they cheered vigorously, andseemed ready for anything. After a two-hoursmarch the head of the column reached theupland in front of Pelischat, whence the wholePlevna region lay before it. The headquarterstood temporarily halted near the apex of a greathorse-shoe, closed in at the heel by a wooded a bank of earth with a ditch at its outer foot, afew guns here and there, and a good many Turksinside the work. To his left front, as Schahofskoylooked toward Plevna, he saw the long ridge ofRadischevo, forming the southern edge of thehorse-shoe, and the valley behind it into whichhis advance troops were already moving. Some of the gay young officers of Schahof-skoys staff would have it that slow old Kriidenerhad not yet got out of bed. But the oldwarrior was wide awake and Avell to the 9 the Turkish guns opened fire onhim from the Grivitza redoubt. Answeringsmoke rose to the eastward, and the cannonthunder came booming down on the ^THEN THERE FOLLOWED A HEADLONG RUSH (A 107X I05 BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Kriideners guns were in action, playing fiercelyon the Grivitza redoubt. The artillery duel be-tween the Turks and Kriidener lasted until aftertwo Then the Russian, infantry were sentforward to the attack. The brave Penza regimentled the way. Its first battalion carried the firstline of trenches, a thousand yards north east ofthe redoubt ; the second line was carried by thesecond battalion, and the two battalions drove theTurks at the bayonet point across the interveningravine, when three companies made a rush forthe redoubt and actually reached the parapet,where, however, all perished. In a few minutes,so fierce was the Turkish fire, the three Penzabattalions lost thirty officers and i,oo6 men—half their officers and rnore than one-third of themen. Officers of the two regiments in reserve,looking through their telescopes, swore that theysaw the blood of the
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