The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-31
DEATH OF AZIZ PASlsA.
An Insane General Leading His Army TO
Death
IN. Y. Times. !

IN. Y. Tmee.]
A war correspondent. writing from
Varna. sends us the following transla-
ton Of q letter written him by an aide
de-camp present at the battle OF Esirdje,
It is dated Kasgrad, July 81, and runs
as follows: "You will no doubt be very
anxious to hear from me, and as have
some little time to spare to-day, / avail
myself Of the occasion to give you some
details of the last moments of Aziz
Pasha. THOUGH one Of the rarest gem
erals we possess, he had unfortunately
for the last few days shown symptoms
OF insanity, to such pitch had he ar
rived that his staff became alarmed:
usually so affable and tractable, he sud
denly, only four days previous to the
battle, soured in disposition, and threat
ened to blow out the brains of the
first man who had the hardihood
to speak to him. Two days before the.
battle three Bashi- Baz)uks who had
committed some crime were brought
before him. and he shot them with his
own revolver. The day of the battle he
arrived at the village Of Esirdie: the
officer OF the advance guard, q lieutep.
ant, who had observed the Russians
ambushed in the forest, approached his
general and announced his discovery.
The general replied by drawing his
sword, which he thrust through the
neck OF the lieutenant, saying. WHAT
you are afraid OF the Russians?' and he.
continued advancing toward the forest.
Suddenly he WAS assailed by q perfect
hail OF rifle bullets, which showered
upon him from the two extreme ends of
the forest-it is more little wood than
q fOrest-but still he advanced with
one battalion. The commander Of This
battalion, who was by his side, implored
him to retire, when the General replied.
Are you also afraid of the balls p Mo-
replied the commander, but we are GO
ing to sacrifice the battalion; it's exist
thing around them, and still the General
advanced with his single battalion.
another following him UP closely. A
Russian battalion at this moment
rushed from the forest, but completely
annihilated by the Turks. The Rus
slams then opened fire from six
field guns hidden in the forest,
and Aziz ordered forward three
only in reply, forbidding the second
battalion to advance. The whole of i
his division was very near, and lieu
mediately sounded the clarion for the
division to come up. but the general
shot at end missed him for giving or
ders without his permission all re-
NAMED therefore behind, fearing to risk
the fury of Aziz Pasha. Raising his
riding whip and cracking it wildly over
his head to whisk away the flying bull
let's as it were. he rode on to death, re-
ceiving bullet in the forehead which
killed him those behind him did not
perceive his fall, and went on bravely
fighting with the enemy. A brigadier
general fell mortally wounded, as !
well as two colonies. The generals own
aide-de- camp tried hard to save the
corpse, dragging it along by the leg he
was set upon by Russian, to whom he
gave his quietus with his revolver-the
Russian had previously fired on him |
and scorched the side OF his uniform 81
the aide-de- camp still kept on dragging |.
by the leg until he saw a squadron of !
cavalry bearing down on him, when he
fled and hid himself in ravine. If the
act of folly for which the genera! suf-
fered had not prevented The division
from taking part in the fray, / do not
think q single Russian would have been
left to tell the tale, and we should be-
sides have taken their artillery"