, 1877-09-15

ed, and we stood on the battle held where,
but a few hours before, hundreds of dead
and dying men were lying mangled 10
every conceivable way. Not one was to
be seen, as the work of removal and burial
had been well and rapidly done by the
Russian fatigue parties. l found a group
of Russian officers seated on a bank Of turf,
and was glad to accept their invitation to
sit by them. One OF them gave me a par
tial narrative Of the battle, which l have
already telegraphed. It is impossible,
however, for any one officer, who has been
IN the fight, to give a connected account
of q battle, so that was compelled to con
fine myself to a view of the positions and
a general account OF the operations such
as already given by telegraph the day after
the surrender. This Russian told me that
he had searched everywhere during the
conflict with the Turks for an English Off
Ger, but could not fnd one. His gesture
as be fred an imaginary pistol told what
would have been the fate of any English
man found fighting on the side OF tho
Moslems. This idea appears to be a fixed
0le among the Russian troops that there
axe English officers in large numbers in the
Turkish armies. | have often been asked
about this, and have always replied that
your Correspondent with the Turkish Ar.
my had declared repeatedly that there was
only one Englishmon serving in a military
capacity among the Turks on the Danube.
lily statement was always listened TO no
llte.y ; but / could see they still remained
lnci edulOus.
After procuring all The information we
could, we started towards the river, passing
through the gateway of the Old stone bas-
ton, formerly part Of the wall around the
town. Going down this hill we passed a
train Of country wagons loaded with 300
wounded Turks. Their wounds had been
properly bandagcd by the Russian sur
gcous, who were attending to their removal
to imrroyised hospitals in the town. Not
d gtOan came from their lips, and | never
heard but two Of them speas, when they
asked Tor water, which was given them by
q Russian soldier. Their faces were set in
an expression Of mute suffering combined
with resignation to "Kismct." AS we
passed through this old bastion we saw
that the Russians were mounting some of
their own siege guns upon the Turkish
Notifications. The whole ASPECT of the
Turkish works was one of incidence and
want of preparation. Hundreds OF empty
gabi0ns lay around in huge piles, which
had been constructed to strengthen tho
works, but had never been used. No
traces of the Russo. Roumanian lombard
ment from the northern eide Of the river
could be seen in the Turkish batteries,
Which illustrates the fact that artilley
must be very heavy and very near to p"o'
duce any practical effect upon car:hen
p0rapcts. The road down TO The Danube
was lined with piles of Turkish rifles and
Gccoutrcments, with occasional boxes OF
shells, which had been opened by soldiers
searching for something valuable.
After a w~earisome tramp Of three hours
we reached the Danube again, t4iat with
hunger, and nearly broiled by the sun.
Crossing to the Roumanian side Of the
river, we FASTENED to our hotel aud began
to write, not even waiting fox q mouth(uI Of
food. At 8 o'clock pm. l had flushed my
telegram +; and upon taking 1t to General
S!otapini for bis use be coolly stated that
he could not give it, as no one but an eff
Ger connected with the headquarters Staff
of the Grand Duke could rise a newspaper
telegram. Perhaps som ingenious person