, 1877-10-21


Sulciman Pasha has such very eccentric
method OF conducting campaign that no one
can tell what hc wants or means to accomplish.
The cncsnies of the first Bonaparte, in their de-
sire to dctract from the merit of his victories,
used to say, sneeringiy: at is true that he has
becn successful, but he has been 50 by the Viz
lation of every established rule Of tactics"
Sulriman Pasha has read this naive anecdote,
and has determined to show himself the worthy
imitator of the First Consul, by going back
three centuries, to the time Of his glorious
namesakc, Sulei.nan H., and fighting as people
did whcn firearms were only accessories,
and bows and arrows, lances and sabres
were the principal weapons Of Of
fcnse. For him tho Janssarics with
their impctuous rush arc the true models
to tc followed, and Ill no.lern innovations mere
makeshiits to conceal the absence OF that cour~
are by which alone the Osnanll should triumph
Sulcin,an pasha is little orcr ~ years OF aye,
Who lc was, no ono knows, before he put on
the turban. His nationality is supposed to be
Polish. and he is strongly protected by the
powerful influence Of the Old Turkish party4 by
whom he is held in great respect for bis seu-
u!ol1s observance Of the principles and p7ecepts
OF the Koran. In other words, he is fanatical
renegade with Puritan manners, who hates
Christians, and never drinks spirits in ptthlic.
Like most Of his class, he will probably one DAY
sell his army to the Russians, after tht; manner
OF Joussouf Pasha, at Farna, in ISIS; mean
While, he is doing it all the harm be can By use
less1y exposing it in assaults perfectly unneces-
sary amt by refusing to come to the assistance
OF his chief, by whom he is publicly denounced
,ls 4 miserable traitor" Tall aud muscular
as Circassian, his bronzed features pear an eS.
preston Of sternness aud decision almost
amounting to ferocty. His courage Is uu-
.jauutca; bis want Of education almost provcr-
bal. He speaks French fluently, but ungran-
1natically; boasts Of never having studied any
military author, and never writes Il letter or
takes note. Sober as Spartan, Simple a1ld
unaffected in his dress and manners, sulclman
Tasha is the very antipudes OF his Russian ad-
ycrsaries aud BY the mode Of organization of his
army and Of its various clements NAV
f,e called q military specialist, hTlng
anachronism. He despises red tape in
every .. form, and consequently has no
staff. With him aidcs-de-cam are useless e1'-
barrassmcnts; So hc retains about his person
simply one or two orderly officers foF the trans
mission .. orders on the field, as he reealns no
copies Of anything. ihe t!uarteFlnaslefI ' h ~
fnrc suppressed it entirely, just rs i'c has done
nth the ambulance service, maintaining that no
,1r,le i1Nicyer has any need o1 surgical a't. nut
that If It be his kissle to recover he will 10 So
whereas to call III foreign '.ak3n is to 1iy into
thc farl~ ~of tic dcrrte OF Allah. stu1. even
With all these radical reforms, suleiman
Pasha has Won not I few brilliant victories
by the rapidity and energy OF his move
ucnts and The impctuositS Of his atttcss;
The necessities Of strategy having oolised
the General to move nurrsedly IRON ,'1
Aarianoplc to karabunaT, he summoned Tie
different commanders Of his forces to his pres
ente and gaye tie order for each one to get luis
men oif in the course uE fourand-twcnty hours,
aiding that they might take whatever meas
urcs they chose, provided that every one WIS : a.
tic point Of rendezvous at thc proper LINE
f,nu,,i,tcy The movement OF the troops rom
ncuccd. The soldiers we're notified to provide
themselves with three days rations 81 b'seuil'
and to ret into the train If they could find seats,
or to 70 by road if they could not. 60 70
karabunar is fast as YOU cam, was tue o!oef -
as his legs or the railway carriages could take
hitu. SuIcinan Pasl1a possibly coumantss wen
but, let ME add, every Ottoman soldier IS at'-
other Sueimau who acts, aud in this indsf'oo~
ality lies the secret OF his success.