, 1877-09-26

1enteat n ,all BE- to1l tho same old story.
Ia mi tbe,r ~ ss! = "a. moss deeply concerned
nas oFde s ually fifty bu1lock-carts ~ carry
them 70 q & TX, wicre he In. "ordcrct1 r
hospftsl % made, and where, / SUPPOSE. he
Was "1s o5 nn e. Iatkft q. ,odct. 70 hsa' ter
upwards Of 20oo woun1ed In altr caJt.. carI,
saIt cnsrIing at ihc .nost three nicn. No, tho
unfortunate y; .li Turkth soldier !mnst takc cars
q ten. # be can hobb1e away 10 some mo
nlaer OF shelter, he may; but as to NM
o1ganizatEon, ambulance transport. ,neellral
ett,tninfts Or whnt i'nt. he must not expert anv,
btfnf Lei him 20 10 the English ambs,lanco
anu have chtorDf0rm when his noor tottcrri
iIfnne arc AtnpHtates1. or bcct.tea when he IA "a
,eeo!e nc c"1 swallow nothing else; but he munt
tr*11nC him in this kinu of war, Or, Indeed, to
care much what becomes OF him.
Au". :S.-t lnd I tla,i c,nfhicrab,y uotle1-
estimated The number of Rusatan dcAl WHO
d"ynight- am ufortncd by Shaktr l'a.hn, tho
stes'n i, ca.ntniand of tho Army OF The Balkans.
that ,An dead FluKsInhs were csnlntcd nu tho
t'! s,de Wcre ttc tevcress strnggn oceurrc'l.
tr'orl'nary way In which thc trrcs and iusfe:.
sre '.1.u, cut to ntcees hy hnillet*, Tho onI,
~olh'r Is that any man could 1,ayu
as"nc 1, cut afIVe 'rom such. terrific trr.
t"G NIL VI Lie EFD1lt1fl VIM broken nv
hundreds ct small tnounr. w''erc tho dead wer'
buTlezit and y, insnfietcntty lad thx been pcr-
turned, that bese and there i tIartl or d knee
i'rotrtlding aforc tic t1lftl,-hcaps lse ghaat-
Y S,,h p1st an t. shs ,hS G gloomy wslt Many dca,
w1tl cloth o.er their f:prs and Their bodies
l!alt,stHr.r.l. In etusc proximity Erons ri
lnrktth soldiers sat and srnokert or made col1ce,
m1tt M tts f'"st astonishing Indifference 10 tho
1htc Of their eon'rudca who latt fa1lct, by thctr
s'dc = lev so,,rs l'cfure- {hcanonatly .omo
nav cotl,er n"ulh Tilt cloth Il, sea il tie dead
msn "ss hus1iAn Or Turk. There wns not
sltx!s Kuss'aa prtsnner inside nor ltnr+tnn'
l.ne<. There IL 10 quarter .rtyen by either
side. IL the capture of arms forms anv criterion
u! the da'Hago in1ictt1l on an encfnY, the ftwa
OF the tussIans 'nltst hnve t'enn very Grras,
Iectct1 on ts till' n1one aud brought Into snnr.
There we're also Great nuu,t,err OF Russian rups
atH1 0st1Nttrrtncntf, bearing the numbers RI 81,
~ ard IT, mention thts l'esa,Hc tfhi tlat nus
stan aessunta eteadi1y an! syssenla.iraI y.falsFy
the nufniets u the Russian loskcs IL killed anil
woutnle, ami 1syc. moreover, Invariably cIaes-
ea tue dead a. Bulgarian rextllars tn caeh tzuo
q Kus.i*0 failure, seeking thereby 10 detrnct
from tie credit dua to the Turkish tr.nf~ f,,r
har'nE bcatst the re2ulaEH Of thc KutsiAn ar,ny.
But 10 ever! casc nf Russian SUCCESS thr dead
cFance their nationality. BY .ome unknown
tnetet1t*ycl'os[t, afhl bf1pn1c Ru*sian regulars,
THIS Is unfair to tho po,r Turk, wlo With iii
h!s stnt' .u 'ntst gallant soldtc1, ior on Ills
stdr the irrcgulArt. CiEcasa.ans, and tlxsbi-
Bazonkk belong nut to thu fighting r!ax*.
sEif: el.--At sthy bF day passca IN enforced
siestng tho Shpka paa*. the rrckfcss wuste OF
]Ic OF the arFt four tfays' constant assaults On
such u position hocomes inorr c1tdcnt.
Another weeks interpolation III thr grim
gray Iaini'afe oi nock which .pIn'na.ds the pass
on ttls side. ard frnui which the Russian E,ns
lEer oH''nonsiy uEcr road antl yaltey. tho stcsts
VI almost Inaccessible tlllA lytpy in a ,iuc ii
cndladc, and cr"wneh with strong raril,w Of kt,
With trenches and rtHe-p -pits bcfurc thctu, and
artiller, behind, fonrs honc the conviction, of
tl'.t 6@N Of runtey's i'" bc". soIdit@,, JsI,
have bees saer1tcru iool1sl,ly, Il nut
vantonfy. When fnsty battaliotts lto day a,ul
night for week before pontttou t4,o slros,a IL
tlas frat fonr aya' fighting, when, ri, ut,u ,xz-
sion eeren battaliohs and on another tf.rs,I,
atti subsequently, thtrty-twu wc,c hurlcl it.
sfccr obstaey against this position, It eert.Iuly
becomes fair 10 ask why nc should still bc cx-
Eected to accept aucitnan paslla NJ great
t}GncrIl.
and have hitherto becu ycrY considerably
below mark In my catlsnats OF tic klIlei a.Hl
wounded In these few days' fighting. as tur
shS k',tra 1"peHies; e!9' to c*rsst 10 H. an
are not 70 easily m1srepEcscntcd. hare now
tscerasned that there were between 4.QUO unA
5, ,oo0 wounded at one ttInu In Kezaulik on or
ast'lt the @'th or 5oth Of August. At the samo
md already 1,a3o Ead passed through Ardran-
Dp!c. This tnakes total of b,:EO wounded
sloac. It IL impossible to form more ttlan q
rough estfoata Of the dead. On the battle
Ielt |; saw snnumesahle graves, and frum tia
la'ons having hcen alln!htlatcd. should think
hat the dead cannot be taken nt . lower aRur.
'hao 8, 8,o0o to 4,ool