The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-06-10

full malady carried OF in one month per
cent. of Russian army of 10000
The day before Yesterday mention was
made of letter Of the 3Oth of April. which
had been received by the Nicrna Medical
journal, and i contains matter Of such in
tcrcSt that il must bc laid before the public in
s't,Hso:
"Ihc enormous train Of kkik0s "a small
ca,rngc without springs and heavy wagons
which accompanied our corps into the Dob.
rodla, whore literally nothing i 20 ID proCll-
red, is now on itsway back To fitch fresh
supply Of prov sionS The return load Of
these vehicles is some hundred of wounded
mon and some thousands of spoiled wcap-
onS, uniforms, and other ucccssar,s of war.
We are even now expecting the woun led
men from kara-su, who are said to amount
To 300. In Braow, Galatrh and R,ni as
good accommodation rs crn hc expected I'M
der such circumstances has been provided
for > 900 men, in addition to the old hospi.
tails, which are seven n nImb,r. The bed
furniture, which had been brought in vrry
large quantities from MoIdaya and Bcssara-
bia, must prove insufficient if the number OF
sick and wounded should continue to increase
IN the same prOpo ton rs it has done since
the late unfortunate passage Of the Danube
The ambunnccs in the Dodrodja fill viii,
such rapdity that consgnmcnts of sick and
wounded must be made twice n day to llirso.
va and Mat-hin, and from those places to the
lcil bank of the river. II is utterly impossi
BILE to form an idea Of the difficulties, III.
hundreds and thousands Of great and petty
miscrlcs, which the men have to bear with
both night and day but in spite OF the pri-
vations TO which they are subjected, the self
denial, power of endurance and perseverance
displayed are perfectly wonderful, and thcs,
qualities are maintained against a ncycr-rcst
ing, uninching and fearless enemy, whost
resistance il rs hard ~ the steel they yield
II the loss of life il 50 tremcndous--thC
number Of our wounded is at present 1000
which, according 10 the usual proportion
must give about =, 900 dead and missng-thC
loss in horses, baggage and munition must
toJndgc from the fresh supplies demanded
have been quite ns great. Terrible though
the foregoing numbers nay appear, they arC
but too correct. Not ar from hO,tcndjc, ol
, a piece Of boggy meadow land, with AN arei
OF hardly 6,uuu feet, We lost 2lj men ant
Il horses, although this engagement, II
comparison with some others, was unimgor
tant, and ended los the retreat Oi the Rus
>Iau~. The IuiAs aIriir better arIuaIntc,
with the terrain aud the way Of taking al
vantage oi 1t than We nrc, and then thrJ
have the habit OF bringing their heavy artIi
! icry into play only after the battle i, well en-
I gagged, when their guns being murdcrou,ls
well pointed, they floor Whole tiles Of then
/ opponents.
Their artillery department IL EVIDENT,
better managed than our, for they hay,
many small guns which can be- carried %
( pacn horses In consequence ci this they OF
I ten fight with superior weapons, and hov
they night l. best seen by the number ct klilu,
and tin extremely severe wounds inflicted "
our troops. \ single gun-,hot wound IL
something rare. the men nave generally tN,
OF three, and the consequence Is that marl
die OF sheer pain and loss of blood bcior,
they reach the iniirmary We hayer,ccnlly
had numcrou, cases Of fractured legs iron
Silistrla and other places ~ the river. Tia,
mortality among the wounded has been o.
per cent dufln. the month Of April