, 1877-11-05
dicr, with the number "l40H on the front
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Nt!t N'Ln WIZ IhsnoS$ I'm va VS." A'et's
Whe,, nj it IL c,'nsiicrcl that in at the enqacc-
men,s Inncht in Bulgaria In which the Turks
have been victorious there haze s,ecn no Rust!nn
wnuntic,l brought MtJ the Turkish hospitals
The inference Is nt,yous: either thc Russians tn-
varlabty s1terecled, even In the haste AMI confn-
ston Ut retreat, IN carrying Of all their wound,
~ s seor sss tho Ass Ssa'ss sse1y Tsts as ks ss
1anirn, ns least, the uashl-i'azouks who
swarm around the TnrkEsh regular army have
vsrrn c cI1 im"s1a's,y af'c5 tns b, rose ~
witness that on ono occnsIon he saw The tsnslt-
Haznks 60 np tn three wounded Knsstans ln
wool and mcrcllcssly cut their throts During
the l,attic OF knra.lassan Is1lsaian officer was
taken 1,ri.orcr IL lie y!ayc by tho Nizn,ns. Or
regular tronIs, who rcli.vctl him Of Ills sword,
revolver, nt,d wRth hut offered him nonpcr-
s0nnl injury; soun niterwarl some rcttllk, the
soers Of tho second Ian. OF reserve, came
rnahIng ttp the street. rnat With fury. and in
ktAntly killed tho unfortunate officer. 10 far AZ
] tut, ascertain there haVo hcen no Instances IN
which tho hol'iiers Of the regular army t'avc
broken lnnsc fruul tu cuntrnl nf their nt!itcrs,
even in the heat OF l,att1c, tigt probably even
they have occasionally wrcnketl their vengeance
m tho deal ihxtes of their cneiltes. IT seems
10 be Atnssulnan faitng To cut off the heads Of
their loes after death.
/ wa. told that during tho tattle of Knrahas-
San. while Sc,ljib pasIn, the General conrnanl-
Ing tho u,an attack OH the village, was stanl.
ipg beneath trcc, looking Ut t!le progress Of
thu light, Turkish soldier passed. III cnErying,
As he passed the t;encrnl llc lall the head
trtnmphantty at hts feet. NcIijtt Is MI exceed
inEly humane u,nl enlightened tnan, and turned
awny with an angry exclamation Of disgust,
thfou0ll tho hca'! again. s'u'lldeycs1 Ills Ehn.tly
trophy, md Harcllcl OH 4 similar incident tr-
cured at the battle of kuzeljcvo a. which Mc-
betHct Ali cotllnlantlcd In pyrson. Tho (}encrnl
was standing With his stall looking on Mt
the development III The attack IN the Russian
position. when Turkish trooper galfoped
iurlousiy past, holding out at nrm's length
Thss tnan was tnad With .hc fury Of battle, nnd
actually shu1k tho dripping lcad--to they ray
III tlle iaee Of the Eonniandcrin.Chtcl, who isn-
mcliatcly ordered him under arrest.
There IA attotter and more fearful story which
wns current in kaEafsaasAll after the battle, aud
which was told the by cretlitahlc cyc.wltnesses,
On the day after tho battle there were gathered
tn karal1asBan four doctors Of the Stafford
House Society and several correspondence; and,
Ing t3lc slghta of the placc and going oyer the
battlefield, with vtcw If getting q good idea
of the positions Of tile armies. ] hnvc already
mentioned ths heads, hut there was another
| not sec, but which some Of the others
saw. Dy the side Of tho main road lending
| through the villages Of kctchitcr md Kara
| l,assau, which was tic line of advance of the
| body Of q Russian soldier Nth ataka driych
into luis body ID shameful md disgusting
manner. Frttn what coull gather the man
! had been killed by the foremost troops slurtna!
tho main body am! supports passcd along tho
ruatl tho dreadful object was tburc, atsl was
greeted by so,ne Of tic triumphant to1t1iery
will. brutal tests and laughter. They rccos.
children OF thcir filth mnssasrcd by the "Lc-
EIo, Ut ycngcanec u south Uf tho Balkans, and
thought, perhaps, Of the hcnna-stalncd fingers
| hacked from the hands Of The women. Of the
| fifteen women lockell into house. abandoned
Tor q while to the lust Of the Bufgarians, ant1
| then burned nlivc.