The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-12

i Q noise, which was succeeded by shouts of. Allah, and in a minute ali the horses thrownto the ground, either by the fire or by the shock of 700 or 500 800 Turks. Unequal number fell on their side, from l the impetuesity of their charge, and tue i fire of our carbines. In the confusion that had succeeded, ! received eight sa- bre wounds, as we'll from friends as en- eTnies; my horse was mortally wounded he fell on mysright leg, and pinned me to the ground. The flashes of pistols threw q light on the scene of carnage. raised my eyes, and saw our men de- fending themselves with the courage of despair. But the Turks, intoxicated with opium, made horrible massacre of them; very soon not Q single Austrian was left standing. The yictors seized the horses that were still fit for service l; first pillaged the dead and wounded, and then began to eut off their heads. and put them into sacks which they had expressly brought for the purpose. My situation was not very enyiable. In the regiment of Seeker we in general un= derstood the Turkish language. l heard them encourage each other to finish the business hefore any succors should arrive, and not to leave dueat be- hind: adding, that there ought to be 20e. Hence u Ppears tseigi't toynsation must hape been Dery accawate. Whilst they were passing over me, while legs arms and balls were flying over my head, my horse received one, which caused him to make a convulsive motion. Ny leg was disengaged, and l conceived theidea ofthrowing myself, ifpossible, among the reeds of themorass. i had observed that several of our men, who had attempted 1t, were taken, but the firing had slack ened and the darkness inspired me with hope. ] had seventy yards to go, hut had reason to apprehend that l should slnkln the morass. Ineyertheless leaped over men and horses; knocked down more than one of the Turks, who exten- ded their arms to catch me, and made several blows at me with their sabres but my good fortune, and my agility, en- abled me to reach the marsh. l sunk at first no higher thanmyknees; in this man. nerI Iproceededabout2 20paees among the reeds, and then stopped, exhausted with fatigue. l heard Turk exclaim, sAn infdel has escaped; let us look for him! 7 slt IS impossible that he can be in the morass, replied the other. know not whether they continued their conversa- ton, but heard nothing mere; l faiated away with the loss of blood, and in this state l remained several hours, for when l came to myself the sun was already high.
 !" I had sunk into the morass up to the waist; my hair stood erect when ] col lected the image of the night; and the 20th of August was one of my first ideas. ] counted my wounds, which were eight in number, but none of them dangerous; they were given with sabres, on thearms. the breast, and the back. As the nights are very cold in that country, l wore a very thick pelisse, which had deadened the blows. ] was however extremely weak. ! listened; the Turks had been long gone. From time to time l heard the groans of wounded horses on the field of battle; as to the men, the Turks had taken care of them.
 "l attempted to extricate myself from the place in which was; and this ! ac- eomplished in aboutanhour. I'hle foot- steps had left behind me on entering. guided me out again. Though q war with the Turks blunts the edge of sen sibilty, felt an emotion of fear, lonely as was, when cast my eyes beyond the reeds. l advanced-my eyes were directed towards the scene of massacre; but words are inadequate to express my terror on feeling myself suddenly seized l by the arm. l Turned my head, and be- held an tArhaut six feet high, who had come back to see fine could pick up any thing else. Never was hope more cru ely disappointed. laddressed himin the
 Turkish language. sFake my watch. mymoney, y,my uniform, said l, utspare my liie.' All those belong to me, said he, and your head into the bargain.
 He immediately united the string of my hussssi cap and then my cravat. ] was unarmed, and incapable of defending myself; ct the slightest movement he would nave plunged his cutiass into nly i bosom lthrew my arms round his body supplicating his compassion, whilst he endeayored to uncover my neck. "Haye compassion on me- said I;smv family i.