The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-24
The Record of Montenegro.


the Sultan than to sacrifice his hardy
mountainccrs to the schemes Of Muscovitc
ambition. But be that as it may, there is
no doubt that in the sanguinary drama now
afoot, between the bosporus and the
Adriatic, the most striking and anomalous
role belongs to tho people of tho Black
Mountain.
IL will not be said hcnceforth that the |
name of Montenegro Is less known to the |
English speaking public than that of Monaco
or San Marine. This remarkable race has
found of late an interpreter in TENNY-
son, who celebrates their rough rock
throne of freedom" while \ score Of writer's
less eloquent. among whom Mr.. GLADSTONE
and Mr.. EDWARD FREEMAN may be cited,
have furnished commentaries to the poets
text. While these have blazoncd before the
eye of the world the astonishing achieve
ments OF this people during the year which
has just closed. they point out that the
salient feature OF that record, namely, the
splendid monotony of victory, was no anon
ally in the history Of what the Laureate calls
great Tscrnagora," but had marked the
whole course OF struggle maintained for
five hundred years.
Those who noted from day TO day the Incl
ttIllN III lHt ulltl NUN 'his w
October 1876, as they were chroniclcd in our
Geographic dispatches, must have been
equally impressed with the unbrokcn uni
formity of Turkish victories over the
Servian forces, and of Turkish defeats in
the conflict with Montenegro. CHANGING
back over the bulletins and citing only the
most remarkable, we find that on July Is
the men Of Tscrnagora encountered MURH-
TAR pasha and for once with superior
| force. What was the rcsulti OsMAN Pasha
was taken, SLIM was Slain, four thousand
! Turks were killed, but only seventy men Of
Montenegro. 1t follows, when we consider
the almost total want Of artillery on the
part of the victors, that for each slain
mountainccr more than fifty oi his foes must
have been sacrificed. Again, at MEDIUM, CA
the 18th OF August, 10000 Turks were de-
fcatcd and 400 cut to pieces by 5000 of these
stawart warriors. On the 9th Of September
/ five battalions from the Black mountain
/ foilcd DERvIsCH lasha In his movement
upon Pipcri, and slow 5000 Of his mon. On
til" 7th of October occurs slight reverse,
which Is almost Instantly transformed into
| victory. At that date We read that
| MrKHrAR paeha, with 1900 men, drove
three Montcnoaiiu hattIliuns back upon
| Mirutinsko polove. Here. however the L.
treating detachment was raised 10y a
junction with NuKoTIrCH to n strength
Of G,ooo, and being now one TO three
They swept down upon MUKurAE, and
after an action 81 sixteen hours hurled
him back To kluluk, leaving l,jlo dead be-
hind him. Three days later DflNlscH Pasha
Effected am advance from Che south until he
found himself attacked simultaneously at
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