, 1877-08-22

rrrtinr HtAa fu1ff uft hr.t,
die, Of wheat from the adjacent fields. Tho
Ku.,tans have been compc1led In manr H.
st.ncrt 10 u.e this new,y-xat]Ierrt, WHEAT for
forging their horses. saw no veil. on nv
ruute. and The on]y water was found vhcro
natural springs had been walled up with stone.
and a xlab with 4 p,ous Turkish tnscriutIon
ulaeed over the stream.
Al In the afternoon, after leaving ststoya,
when 'on9 une ol aHoulauce.nagons' et-
soFouaea II dense c'ouds Oh aust, appeared over
: hill in the distance A the head Of the line
Gi'sbsd che Us and @ mtsa s b tbs tSao1 e,t1
s.o,. ~ ,na r,,S,s,, ta.t,caa.,nn. .-n,, 1,,.r 49,
A'o". ~ ~ '"e ~'su iott'neale'ons a9outu f'es-
na. INC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gradually gathered,
water wa covered with these eouycyances, talied
.;th hr,,r,, ho,ns. ,,,.nnto,, T., s-or,,
T., ~A +ua'A'' osA1.' n',Aso s's'1 sonee'n-
ole tosm' "ao Rasped lot dlop ot water.
Some could not drink, as the attempts to
tnv wound. In thu throat and r,,r.t
:,xos "o.1ae ...a .,. ..',..,'. ..ea,. a s".st;
which prevented them cooling their pafchc!l
tongues covered with the horrible dust which
rosc at tho slightest movement upon the roads.
Weary with tf,ts sorrovful scenn. / mounted nv
80. ."s ~" n,.hs,a ~ shoa. dta.ona" 49,, s
no'ee ~. A"u pu1"su w. a e"o.t us'4uIe tsom
tho lountah encountered secood ambulance
train, loaded like it, predecessor. For two
hours thcv continued to mss tne. and then camc
ny, 49,. s0". .",s ~ 800 , @a0 eou's
SUI! 'o"ee! ttuns o. country transport carts,
loaaea Win tne !ehs sesete caAes' lnterml3ca
tlop vaeons. surplus bacrace carts, md camn
ss,.,.Ts. ,'..1. n,,a,ls ~. xo.1 ,,a.ss.e 1912 sS1!
equtpasss' uut" A"u'' .ns to4u peeAno gun.
rleael1 ploeSeu " she ino'set'ninase mass OF
~, streaming towards shtoya. va,
fi1,SI hi,1pSck BY + the '1 roaasas and 'Sv wall for
au opportunity to pass oil, a. we'll as to allow
y xaT2n to %p For more thap hour
ley carayau, md beheld the hundreds OF gallant
fellows roll bY Ip open spriuglcss carts, with d
blazing sun pouring down upon thpir blood
stained forms, with choking clouds ot dust
masses upon tteiT agonizcti counteuanccs, until
WaitluE Wiz for i lie ' road to be coa4ed We were @
often aaked II there were nc troops coming to
matte on the folly Of dashing thosc bravo
fellows against tho vastly superior Mos
lem foree, strongly tn{renched on the
height before PlcYna One officer wllo
qiyaucc III the assault on tie Turkish tn,reuci,-
,uents. lie had penetrated far into the sfoslem
lines, and said ii he bud been properly support
e1 they could have carried tlic POSITIONS; but
TIC column was not etroIlg enough from want
Of troope or generulship, and The Turks, finding
thia ort. auE1lcd upon them and drove tboti,
hack viii, fearful loss "Not more than hall Ut
That cnlumn came back,'' was tho tnousnful
cjoae Of tho wounded oflIccr's statement. |
learnt iest tilat Tic battle OF ulo previous day
hui jasted from n,0rLiuY until night, tho Kus-
s[at, attack being made on both wings Ut The
tTt,rkIsh line l1utlcr tho command OF Acn kf,l-
dcucr. who led tie right in person, while tha
Rnssjan lttt wns commanded by Gcu. Prince
achaEofYski. u We could not do ANYTHING With
thefs they were tou strong for III, wus liz unf.
vc5sai remark Of officers md sofders. and tl,er
sIeavnrcd In rarry ont tic senscless orders To
snrrv risvn, Nv sior1n.
RE sf,nye o,,,tation really tells The story
of the inttic. Tht ifu,nensu ntuncrs of uni.
,,,omentartlv 1ussiat, rstr reat: hmt ,hc Hlssnrs
of artillery rtiutxi ths Idea. and saw tlsl lis