, 1877-12-10


u,,u .,,.aa ELIAS
TIE RUSSIAN AErCfsE AND TaH NcssfAN VIC
FoRf-7phRtsH ATROCITIES.
G.r.."""at"e' :, I'm. L.na'" h";*.
lcttcrl Indicated briefly the nature Of tho posl-
t5r,, oecv,lrA hy III, Turke ~ Tc,;.. .,,,, ,ha
a,,".,,or ~ ~ ,v,a,.,~, .a,t,,,n,,s.sn,s
BY tho enemy nlone tue Whole line o! defense
established ny ehcfkct pasha and Kiastm rasha
III lne;r return from, pcynu. That reconnois
n.urr rc.,,l,rJ aa .ccmo,1 nrobabc M ,h., tinr.
sAes ..aa..u ~ sssI.uu ooAuu ,'" ~ 'ue s.s'
a slight attack, easily 'repulscd, was mado OIL
the a3i'nf Otubcr; but tho first atton,pt in
fofcs WAS lnaio On the following day, wl,cn, &c.
.s,s ,,,'', ~ ~ rn-S,.h s...,e.ta " ss".~,
eoflIls TO 'ho iatksn estnoate' q iotce OF
lU,uO0 EAcn was THROWN against tho In
trcrchsncnt, and bloo1lly rcpulscd. Tho
estimate pf tho numbers engaged appcars TO bo
W." .1's,s ~, sas w w aouot " .ao
desperate nature Of Tue engagement, or Of tha.
hery aud stuhboFn ya!o! displayed by the troops
Oh either si'lc. The lsuseIana were a'l picked
men, and tne courage and steadiness Of thG1r
4tyanec {Msuiled to The full the reputation ths
Imperial tsuartl enl"ys in tho MuscoYite army.
Inc Turkail regular line fought, as tioy always
iHtrs6lc con'feHs ntld sclfcontrol. The RUSSIANS
advanced to within forty or t'ttv PAGES u the
brcmsworks. pouring In stcnly fire oil the
,;:y wax: & nut thc Turkish 1cs%p1Gso % va % 20
"AuG1lAE kEAt ~ sAsk euGf HAthV 4uA uFAt
Al Tits critical moment some seors4 Of THO
Turkish regulars dashed over the breastwotk
ind engagcd tlcreely ~ . hand.to-afand light
With tl'e astny; but shia WA oser IN few VA ~. r
eo'nsttlug very llkc can!c, leaving nearly LOO
dead and wounded behind ttcm. witness 70
resistause n.
Cn,b !hls timeit waa ali fair hghttng but
DOW thotc 'e1ecsahlc ,savnges whose deeds have
thrown so daak slur OH Turkish arIns-thc
Clr,:setans and the Dashi-l}aznuks-Wrr0 let
loose un tha ueld, and acted there after their
own ihstincsa. have had q description
OF ths scena from an eye.wltncss whose
atatelucnts ars admitted by tho Turks them
selvea to ba perfectly accurnte. Nobody, oven
among tho regulars, scents u think It worth
Whi's 70 '1eny the fnctt. Every wounded Rus.
eian lying on tho tteil was butchercl aftor the
c!oso of thu battle by .lc Turkish lrregulars.
Every dead body was Stripped stark. k.uakcd and
lett on the field unbu1lrd, and great majority
Of tho bodies weru nuliated. Many NGre abb
solutely tehcaded; others lay with their tlsroats
cut. clean to the yertebrm; others had been
lnahe targets OF, nnd were literally Hddlel with
bullets That they were hrcd upon alter tho
action, was easily proved by ths nature Rna
usLect Of their wounds. sThG reyulscra or
s,uall.bo1o rifles from which tl,e bullets hal
been discharged had been placed 10 cluse to tue
bodies as to scorch them, and, IRON tho t!ose-
ncsA Of thu discharge. certain places were
left BRENT being tbs most eotntuu,,. Tho
wounds which had disabled thesu Wounded
men were dtsttnguishable from thoso Which had
been Inflicted after tho battle.
sy informant Ii . wcJl.known and able En-
elisl surgeon. and learn frum him tiiat cou,.
plratiycly few Of thu N1) Of 5OO dead wtose
Eo'iirs liz examined Loru traces of wounds
received tn BATHS which could pos
rurss saEs tss 1essS would u seeuas dsass sat
nun iron, cscupinR from tho butchers who
a.s4ilrd thu wounIcd, but It would not be Im-