The New York herald., 1877-07-11

place and wait there for satr irs,sS ~ Prince Sisxi
division s past and greet the regiments as they pass
| him.
vKrERAxs EVERY ONE
But IN front OF the Ninth division comes regiment
OF the brigade OF rinemen formed specially for This
war. and attached TO no army corps rhis brigade !.
armed with Berdan rifles, and comprises the npest
marksmen of the whole army. Prince Mrskrs d.
vision is made up Of four historic regiments
which suffered most heavily IN sebastopol dur
ing. the great siege. They are the ree'ments
OF Yelesk, - OF scisk, OF Orion aud a ,.s os
Brianski the Thirty-hrd Thirty fourth, Thirty nth
and Thirty sixth OF the Russian line Very EaiIanuy
they march down the steep slope and across inc
scarcely enlven ng spectacle the surgery OF the
ond line where the more serious cases wcro being
dealt with before forwarding them to tho house bosp
tails IN Slmnitza AS we passed about twenty shat.
tered creatures were lying there on blood-staned
sirc'chers waiting their turn at aa tho hands hands
required further treatment than 10 DO consigned to
a soldiers grave. Beyond the first swamp we met
line young officer of the Guards carried on str3tcher
with shattered leg But The pIucky youugstcr raised
himself jauntily on his elbow TO salute tho general.
quaint his friends that he was much
hurt little further on, as wo were passing The
rear OF tho guns, the Archduke Nicholas the
younger son OF the chief rode oil from
tho battery greet our general Tho members OF The
imperial family OF RUSSIA 40 mol spare themselves e
selves on the bato Held In Russia 1t Is not the FASH
ion that lofty station gives exemption from the more
dangerous tasks OF patriotism The young Grand Duke
had been the DauuDc aud was IN high spirits AZ
the success Of the enterprise
Gong still forward toward the willows We all but
stuck horses ana ALL in the deep holding mud IL was
admirable TO SEQ the energy with which tho heavily
laden soldiers OF tho Infantry column battIcd on
doggcdty through obstruction. l should have said
earlier that the troops were in complete marching
carded their cool, white clothing and were
crossing in heavy blue cloihng. Two reasons
assigned for this. One, the greater warmth 10
tho wounded In case OF lying exposed 10 the night
chilis. The other, hat white clothing was too con-
light ground OF the Danube sand IS more conspicuous
than white Everywhere British scarlet is more con-
spicuous than any other. The true lighting color Is
the dingy Kharki OF our Indian irreguars
wHEKE Is THE MoNiToRy
And what OF the Turkish monitor? She had been
hemmed in by GORDON OF iorpedoes within the
side channel TO the south OF the island OF
East vardn. Although she was putting and
blowing furiously in her circunscrbed area,
Russian battery moving down the river bank on
the Roumanan siae shellcd her into u melancholy
victim OF the kEowledged supremacy Of the
newest war machine. So the resistance terminated,
and what followed is mere routine work. Iron pom
ICONS began casually to mako thcr appearance both
IRON up stream and down stream, ana accumulated
about tho crossing places being used Tor the tno as
icrryboats. compete pon,oon IS In reserve at
SImnItza, and Will be the waters edgo tonight
and be lad to morrow. Probably there will he
two bridges for this is the crossing place Of the main
and from Turkey. simultaneously with the pontoon
boats appeared on the scene tho Emperor's brother,
tho Grand Duke Nicholas. with General Nep0koit-
schnzky, and spoiled my prospects of dinner by
requisitionng the whole hotel The Emperor did not
turn up.
AT THE COST THOUSAND
II Is useless TO waist more words The crossing has
been deced by coup de main with marvellous skill
and nnesse Until tho last moment no hint was
aven. Tho foreign attdchfs were all abroad The Em.
peror and suite were ostentatiousy at Turna Ma
gucrclle aud yet further to promote The deu-
sion, tho Ncopolis position was assiduousy
bombardcd the day before The successful effort bus
probably only 900 men killed and wounded. By
tonight or at furthest morning, the whole
o the Eighth corps will be- ucross and the brigade OF
rilemen as we'll. Tomorrow follows the Thirueth d.
VISION, and later comes the whole OF the Twelfth
Army CORPS; tho whole OF the cavalry divisions Of
Sko6elen the whole cavalry divisions OF the Eighth
and Twelfth corps and probably the Fourth corps to
stand reserve near the Danube while tho column
pushes on over Trn0va One hundred thousand men,
at the loves, computation. will march Ia this, column,
practtcally An Irresistible force.