Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-03-23

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= yS,siilon sn the rad thence 10 widiin.
over Which osm&n wSs expected to at
tempt = retreat. The capture Of Raovit-
IA and Ostrove soon followed, as they
outnumlered the Turkish forces Of these
places. Encouraged by success and ami
mated by AN intense hatred of their
foes they assaulted Rahova. This place
was we'll fortified and defended bya
strong garrison, but after three days of
continual fighting, a heavy column
stormed the Notifications on the 18th
of November. At this time reinforce
ments crossed from the northern bank,
and the united forces pressed on toward
Widdin. Libra Palanks and LON Palan-
ka soon fell into their hands, when they
we're checked by orders from hesdquar-
tiers, after having occupied our eighty
miles of the Widdin road. Prince
Charles of. Roumania, commanding the
allied beseiging army, having learned
from deserters that the provisions of
Plcvna were exhausted, wished all
available men to be in readiness for
emergencies.
When the Turks of Plevna made their
last desperate struggle to burst through
the double line of intrenchments stretch
ed about that doomed city, and bristling
with Russia's famed artillery, they chose
the direction of Widdin and Roumania
earthworks there, held by Russian gren-
adcrs. The sortie failed, the Russian
lines closed in on the flank and rear of
the Turkish army, and Plevna surren-
dered to Prince Charles.
Throughout the struggle the Rouman-
ians have shown themselves brave and
enduring soldiers, and have won the
highest praise from the Russian generals.
With u population of only 100000,
they have kept in the field not far from
10000 men, including those bodies pro-
tecting the frontier Of the Danube.
BY assigning the work Of clearing the
Widdin road, the Gar bound them still
more closely to himself, because it gave
them an opportunity to encounter the
hated Moslem with the numerical ad-
vantage in their own favor instead of
being overpowed by myriads Of Turks
as in their previous struggles. The in
tensity of their enmity has never led
them into committing such atrocities as
have disgraced the record of the Bull
garians and Cossacks, but they have
uniformly conducted their operations in
strict accordance with military usage.
Industrious and frugal in peace, they
have proved themselves brave and patient
in war, and furnished valuable aid in
the work of forcing the Turk back to
his native Asis.-C. A. B., in Portland
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