, 1877-07-19
content myself with biyouackIng tfke anv soi-
dfcr u the lice. DRLANocx.

3 s2nte1s ny my;e1f ; with o'vouaekpg !Ike any, so-
ACTUAL WAR.
sfM*trzA. June 2s.-.tt last has cs1sne actual
war. l tla,l scarcely arrived nj Alexandria,
thoroughly exhausted With lngshar1 Iourney. hc-
n attempt a crosfng of the Danube at tht4
Thnt. rcel not fctnasl: that the news excited
III mr. Il natural sentiment " INDIGNATION that
tt!e Rustfan1 could not allow man t. eat his
.lfIner, hut fnuum!ci to thr inevitable, and,
hastily tity0uring sonG nsnrscls of the frM H.
lore Ine. mounted lurac atul started for the
fFint. III" Imperial l:a.iquarter. In the town
was h:r IT," lime hcinc deserted, if,e Gar .av.
l'4 V",Ic ~ furna. snd the t3raMd DItke, no
wae told, {" sttn!,lsza. II ] had known what
c'i'ie I" know later might hare tlnt..ictl my
dinner at Alexandria an.r takcn s;csta after
wards, atl stli sFalti llare Gccn In time u,
witness the great e:rnt. 1t was not until c7cn-
my that operations Lrsan.
The FnHtteeH..i UiSt..pp, under Mai,.{itn.
l1ragoMiroN. nas rJnorc.! with tho !rst place
IN The tr"ss!He Early III lin: evening the troops
were inarrhe'l tbwn frnu the Heights nj
s!rnnf.xa upon the fr''aul i.s* tDscrve.,in. h.
tween the town AMI t!tr rivrr Si:nnitza Itself
cEnwSs HA*uE OF BLrrFs
tl!at once f'rnle'l The ban; of l: river. Int
which nt'w are Removed t,car3y ht:i !n|te from
tue waters .s!ge., Tlc fats haze t.cu untll re-
ccntly o:eraoWet. n.Id even ilnw arr. muddy
and abnnndnR in little p'x'Is atnl incts. render.
!Hg travelling, either oil f'tu. ur Auesc extremely
LrrraFfo.s. Il series .! palltouLs was brought
.lown Ai''l laid from the torn to tho hat,k III
thirty field guys we're first ilauI.l anI disposed
alng the bunk 70 as to c',yer the enemy III rasc
th:Y sA!nd nsstn''ic In l"rse Vi. tn: oppo.:se
.'''fe. Thy rontoons wctc partially hisltlvn
ei a' r'''er. 'F*i tat ns' ssT the y nsan S's,ss,
banks. From The height. Of si.nnttza these
preliminary operations ecrc watched With an1!
cty BY er"md Of Officers and cstfzcns, iur twas
still lighs cn"'l9i. to distinguish, the leading
onlcets IL Tue valley. stood with grour u
officers belonging IL thu firm>i Dukes .tnlt OH
Il 1lftltsk southeast Q! the town. From our
out'uok VIC cou!'l f"c the li2tsa Of sIstoya te-
ginning IT, Etfn'ner III tne distance. Every
thing seemed 10 indicate
ESTlEE CS'OSsc1orsNrss
On the part o. tho Turk. Il: tu the important
movement pendhE agnsnst tAcm. We were
c1lnEratulatng oursc1ycs I'm nresnltnrely, how-
ever. fnr suddenly t!e stiffness of the twilight
nEr was broken By the tnns, 1T ranuuu. There
wAs fash from t11r cnhsasltr:s uf the ene,trFs
works. anu u bail fell Ia'o The Danube
not thirty feet from the point where trnous
Msrc a'fIaIy e,lnrk!ng III ln,ats for tin psssa,c.
were at least guessed at With considerable skill
by the Turkish tr,i,tnant1tr. Hut there was not
the slightest hesitation III the part Vi tho 1tus.
sta1!s. One noat.tbad alter an'si!cr was showed
of from the bank. cac!l bearsng liz quota Of
brarc men, cnsrr ami enthusiastic to
GET THE FIRST *Itor
at the Tntks. AZ tic gathering darkness lid
from uur fight the operations, several Of oar
i,olut Vi cu,AaskatIo,,. t;e,I. Dragomtrofr bin
self was at The lantfn7-ptaec. personally suprr.
nteiulfnT the disi''t!ett,u Ut men Ar.l guns. Tie
boata. were mostly fiat riycr.v1att such
as arc t.sc't f"r !!:htcrs. mud ,wcrnss capable
u! tarryfn. about thirty mcr earll+ The work
of lnadlng the boats va. conducted sy:temal!-
rally, each company of battalion being drawn
NJ bciure the anIlnc-placc IN urlcr, nnt t4,asch-
I'd tnt" tue Ioat .. REGULARLY AS II making All
Meanwhile the Turkish guns we're bt,sy. Roar
after roar anuouncc'1 the departure Of o missile
uf destruction towas.!s ns but thu darkness
PROVED our taicHatarsl, as all Of the balls fell
shurt. Nuw and then j shell wnul.l cnsne HIS
Thu 1ntf1or rattlr of incskctry, tto. began to it
heaE.t. aunnou.ietns that tho hussians OIL tho
other *sje were
EHcorSrrRlSo eoME OPPOSITION.
The Fittv-th4fd auh Fifty-fonr,., Uatta!tons
unler Gen. folcaInc. ann sknbclofra dlylt.un
Oi Gus sucks, were alsraay atrtss nr tho way.
The K'.t<iaI, hcid-:,teer< ulnng tile willuw bank
wcrt wide awake mud sp3ottng Iorth their nlcs-
setl.grs Of icath t an almost continuous t!un.
der. IN tho nar1IH>s It Wu. nfiuost linpus.he
to dltti1lgutsl any movement at tfstancc, In.
tie :.c!!cgul c;lttt VI tic rannUuattin3 uiil tie
rflG.tlE1ng MIA something niosr tisA wonderful.
To N> ttl'n this bank 1t was doubtless tar more
entertaining than tu The rHn,r TURKS wll0
HEARD THEIR Doom PRONOUNCED
in cacE rut'ry.
II was Ai!litu!t to ebtaln my authentic: rar-
the river. Zen. Dra,a.rotr l,atisv,I III his
aburs long enough t. TIL lc that after eilprt
resistance tEc itrs-. " h, }a1 vu!t,c t1twp to
thu wntrr't edge h ~ ',.c the lnntlIu.. hal
bern .o'rc'i II ,rlt:r. t+yidcncrs of tho zrri.
s,tHrc Of the tu',t.. began II ac appasr.. Will,
the return nj i!it boats. each ri wiiy'l ~rs its
complement o! woanie.t. AmbulaHccs wgru IN
rerliucss irenn'ey the pour teltnws tu tue h'.