The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-08
The War In the East.
cincinnati commcrciaI.l

/ L Ut hUScisttlS Nttt boNtN iUit III WV
battle of Plevna, but more scared than
hurt The Generalization that occurred
was something wonderful. II seems GER
tain that the Turks could have marched
straight to the great Russian bridge
over the Danube, doing infinite mischief
by the way, but their old sluggishness
mastered them. They did not attempt
to pursue the panic stricken Russians,
who began to busy themselves hurrying
up endorsements.
The Turkish opportunity did not last
long. The Russians who had been de-
feated soon recovered their composure,
but the Turks did not display any ca
pacity to spring forward and gather the
harvest that was ready for their reapng.
The correspondent of the London Times
says;
"General Schakoilski told me that
during the attack they could see moth
ing but the tops of the Turkish fezzes
over their intrenchmcnts, and that the
Moslems rested their rifles on the para
pets of the earthworks, and poured n
ceaseless rain of bullets from their
breech-loadcrs which no troops in the
world could withstand Several times
his men reached the intrenchments and
bayoneted some of the Turks inside, but
they could not hold their footing, and
had to fall back, cut to pieces by the in
fernal fire, as the General characterized
| it. The Turks were as foolish i'll not
following up their success as the Rus
slams we're in making the attack.
"Had Osman Pasha come out OF his
intrenchments and followed up the Rus
slams, he might have turned their re-
pulse into an utter route, which might
have endangered the pontoon bridges at
! Sstova."
The Russians who were not engaged
seem to have been as severely shaken
rs those who failed. Suddenly the
scene changed. The Bulgarian prone
made became a CHASTITY affair. The OPP
cratic and champagne part OF the war
was over Grim realities were con-
fronted.
A'Bucharest correspondent, describing
the condition of the Russian transpor-
taton after Plevna, says:
"There is some want of provisions
among the troops between Sistova and
Tirnova, on account of the difficulty Of
procuring wagons to transport the sup
plies beyond the depots along the Rou-
manian side of the river.
The comment of the London Times on
this is rs follows:
"Thus this, a mere section Of the Rus
sian army, is straitcned in it's first OPP
erations, though there have been more
than three months of preparation, even
reckoning from the actual declaration
of war. The Importance of this consid-
| "a, l,, IL. ~
of bringing men by hundreds of thou
sands to the seat of war. In few
weeks one hundred and fifty thousand
men are to come out of Russia, in adj
dition to the sixty thousand who are now
crossing the Danube viii not this ma
chine break with its own weight? We
may assume that the Russian Generals
see all this, and that unparalleled exer-
tons will be made for the service OF an
unparalleled camgaign."
How are the Russians to feed the
enormous masses that are thrown for
ward? Already the great want is not
more men, but better transportation and
more intelligent handling Of troops.
The army is encountered by nterminable
headquarter trains. See this description
from correspondent of the London
News.
, "Lord Albemarle tells us that in
! 1928, in the Russian column which
; crossed the Balkans under Genera
! Diebitsch, every General officer had hi
Z caleche. With the present Russian
r army, it is not alone that every Genera
t officer has his carriage--most have more
than one--but the larger proportion o
field officers have vehicles also. On thi
staff there is baggage wagon between
every two officers, and surprising mum
Der of miscellaneous vehicles besides
,, The Chief of the Artillery has travel
|, ing chariot drawn by four horses
: driven after the manner Of a four-in
hand with us. Servants swarm, an
every servant contrives to find plac
! in or on a vehicle of some kind 0
! other. The staff train is half mil
: long if it is yard, to say nothing O
. escort, market tenders, and the priest
= who rides in vehicle of his own.
J. train such as this mustalways be a grea
: embarrassment and impediment; in a
= advance with favorable means of con
: munication it is an incumbrance; in RI
: treat, along bad roads, it must be
. nuisance of the most abominable charat
= ter; and fancy it following the staff b.
: yond the foreposts One great want i
: the Russian army on the march is tina
;. of a skilled and efficient field gendal
= merle to regulate the trains, presery
6 the order Of march, see that Interval
n are properly maintained, that ground
. not lost, that struggling or irregula
= practices do not occur, and to clear til
y way of civilian traffic in front Of an az
. vancing column"