The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-26
WITHIN PLEVNA.
Record of the Last Relief
Party's Journey.
0SMAN SNUBS THE SURGEONS.
Horrors Upon Horrors in the
Hospitals.
THE GRIVITZA REDOUBT.
"A Dead Nation in a Dying
Land"
OSMAN SNUBS THE SURGEONS.
THE GRIVITZA REDOUBT.
from the London Times.l

travel 1t essential that the expedition which
carried food ammunition to 0sman Pacna's troops
should with all possible speed. The rain which
accompanied It Tor the last I've six days OF tho
march converted the country into a vast swamp and
made The roads almost impossible. Tho cold
during the night time severe ana the mis-
cries OF travel, even to those who were we'll
provided for It, very considerable The Bulga-
rian arabajees, who were urged on night and day
ward the bcleaguered town, were supplied with
tons. Such food as they had they owed to their
ingenuity and dishonesty Whom ingenuity failed or
dishonesty was detected the supplies broke down aud
men died Of famine by the way. Day aitor day and
night after night tho miserable procession toilcd
along, through mud aud cold aud rain. until every
hating place the bulocks d,od OF exhaus-
tion by hundreds. Those hating place were
far apart and tho halts brief. The WORKOUT
beasts, released for little while from the collar,
strayed INTO the swampy aeids ana lay down there In
huddled groups aLd died. Tho whole road looked
ike an extended slaughter house, Tor the Bulgarans
always found time TO skin the dead beasts aud to
open the bodies for the sake Of the entrais 1t is
not easy for Imagination 10 do justice 10 the details
oil tho marcia leaden sky, monotonous and
hcavy rain, fiat and drcary country wrapped in
mist, road Ike the bed Of dirty river. and on
tho miserable banks OF 1t the bodies OF I'M
buried men and the stripped OF innumerabe
beasts. As we neared the close OF our journey we
found evidences OF engagement, with the enemy.
Scattered at intervals along the roadside wcrc score
or Two OF dead Turkish Enthusiastically objects
like the rest 1t natural that Plevna itself should
DO tho OF the greatest number deaths OF men
and beasts from this dismal procession OF Bulgarian
arabas. Neither men nor beasts buried. They
lay the cnvrons Of tho town Just as they had
stdened into death.
OF THE TURK
The party to which had attached myself came into
Plcvna In Of tho first and larger detach ent OF
arabas. First stopped while DR.. MacKelar looked
at the body Of Bulgarian driver, whose throat was
clean cut from ear, and who lay there face
upward In the dreary rain. Next stayed while
Captain Morisot pointed out the evidences
which surrounded tho stark naked body
OF another Bulgarian. Broken sticks lay near
the body aud one stick lay 1t, aud the whole
PROSTATE figure was thcKiy marked with bruises.
Wo paused again to look at another stark max cd
corpe, also that of Bulgarian. This man had been
stripped and stoned TO death. The missiles lay
thicky about him. and one stone rested where IL fell
! in the open aud passive lett hand. There no
easy possibility OF mistake about tho nationality
| TO winch these murdered men had belonged,
Though they were stripped and all signs costume
| were carried away they wcro 10 DO identified
at by tho long plats OF hair they fashion
utterly rcpulsvo to tho Turk, and adopted by
| him. These three men lay in a space OF about two
miles, and about tarce hours distance from the Town.
We passed many bodies, but found others on which
our casual aud hurried examination could detect any
| trace Of violence. Outside the town. In a somewhat
sheltered nook south ward OF the BRIDGE Of
arabas huddled together The drivers had
tires among them. and the bufaloes buocks wcre
sraying IN the swamp on the other Of the way.
This was their lna hating place, and when caino
| two naked bulgarian bodies and more than q hun
drod carcases Of boasts. IL IS. perhaps too Wild
fancy; but II any one Of those urorn arabnjecs could
set tho story OF that dark march on record It would
make such chapter as no romanclst OF war has yet
written or Is likoly to fancy Tor himself
NOT SEVERELY sHELLED.
/ Relying upon the statements OF ono English jour.
nalist who had preceded me TO Povna / expected to
! lind evidences OF a severe bombardmont within tho
| town. had read that enormous numbers OF shells
had been thrown into the place. and considerably
surprised at my inability TO discover anything
than casual sign oil damage IL turncu out upon
| curry that tho town had never undergone any
tning which could fairly be described u lombard
| ment. During the i've days spent Plevua the
enemy fired IN u sulky and monotonous fashion at an
average ratio OF perhaps 800 shells day; but all those
smells directed al the redoubts and not at the
town. The carnw, rk at the northern side oil Plcvna
very the itseif, and as II happens 10 be
| II draws the greater part OF the Russian FIRE in IFS
direction, ana brings a good many stray shots into
that quarter OF tho town upon whch II fronts. Tho
knowledge or these facts came later OF course, but
| when we entered tho town 1t was evident that the
siege being carried on sackiy. For mics W. had
heard the noise OF firing but the shots were few ana
tar between, and The opinion WAS lhai tho
enemy was giving himself a sort OF ION day. ANY
estimate oil the Russian position from this side Is OK
| tremely difficult and doubtful
/ HORRORS or THE HOSPITALS.
| The FIRST day OF my residence ia pievna was spcn
! itself under the guidance OF Dr. Ryan, a young Eng
lish surgeon IN the Turkish service, ana set out or
slowed Whom We reached the main hospital We
encountered scene oil horror which went
quito unspeakably beyond all our prcviou,
| experiences. ! am authorized by the gentle
man accompanied to say that 1t is quite beyond the
power OF language TO cxaggcrate the opinion OF the
depIorabe and hdcous condition OF tho wouuded II
could present you with an adequate picture TN.
dreadful place should produce record " h oh would
dwarf Do Foes description oil the lazar houses
picture would be to shock deconcy by
every line. venture to believe the
horrors OF this homo OF nth and agony unique aud
singular The Chambers were large and loty, and
there we're reasonable facilnes Tor ventilation, but
the o Or which Oiled every one OF them sickcn-
ing past all words. Wounded men IN every stage OF
disease and hltn and pam Uttered the floors The
doris aud on TO the very stars, and men with frac-
lures iorty days OLD lay INTENDED and help.
lcss side by side with cases of raving fever and con-
fluent smallpox II tue reader viii pain himself Dy
| thinking INTO what foul Abandonment OF nastiness
QUO wounded man might faii II icn absolutely unat-
tended Tor week, and will then multiply that lmagi-
nation by a thousand he may begin TO conceive tho
state OF things winch so HORNED men accustomed to
| tho sights oil war and the rayagcs OF disease.
/ ossAS PAcHA INTERVIEWED.
i on tho morning following that OF winch have just
written, DR.. Bond Moore aud Captain Morisot, who
hsd formed part OF our caravan from sofia, waited
i upon 0sman Pacha AT tho camp, aud made formal
tender OF OF the stafford House Society Is
volunteers aud stores, similar pronor was
made by DR.. Mcclellan In behalf OF the
Red Crescent Society. To tho utter amaze
ment OF everybody concerned the doctors
were told that they not wanted and ordered
TO return. Dr. Moore informed the Paeha that al
inspected the hospitals, and gave him description
the condition Of the wounded The answer 10 hrs APP
piication repeated and the Pacna stated That e
intended Immediately to transfer his men to SOD a.
| Dr. Moore responded thai six days. Journey
4 for men IN the condition OF those no
had In HIS ExceIlency's hospital
! would inevitably result fatally in hun.
dreds OF cases. The Pacna's manner had from
| the nrst been discouraging Ito became angry
AZ this persistence aud again repeated that the ser.
vices OF the English surgeons were not needed al
Picvca, and that II they wished do anything they
must 60 10 sofia 90 not think that many English
mon Will be disposed TO quarrel with Dr. Moore be-
cause he answered thai the immediate transport
OF the wounded would be q b1rDarlty shock
ing TO Europe osman Pacha returned
answer 10 that statement and the dcputation
rcurcd. Dr. Moore was 50 eager 10 DO OF service and
80 ANXIOUS not TO retire from duty he made
other appeal 10 the Com on the follow
ing day. The Generals answer wss httic mod1oa
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