The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25

often. He struck at the Russlans III 'ue
Cerkoyna position with Zo.oD nien' ~
the conviction That OsInan ~. 49, much
hard pressed. The Russians were nlu."
weaker than were the Turks, Dut sdih-
ed a signal victory. the TURKS achnUm
Lodging to very heavy Iosses' q, ~
CerHovna. fought on septeiIiIDei ,-ai,S,,6tsst-
CZarowitch was comparatively ulIi'oi ~.
ed until near the end or NONein,peeit 49,
Suleiman. who had superseded nlen a,rio.
All, took the field. AFTER Ions 500
OF undecided combats, SuleitIlan a. 'U siSt~
made an attack in force Win soHe $40
battalons, on the left nank OF me aLry
OF the Czarowitch on the south JAIN AIN
Of the Danube. The nnal DATE s,aT
fought on December l2th, IVY uSS 49,
the fall OF Plevna. me lunh5 w.
utterly routed. with a loss or 3'VD men.
Thus for more than five months we
force OF the Czarowitch had gudrue,i tie
left flank OF the Russian ARM a anY at
cured its communications against any a.
tack coming from the direction OF the
Turkish fcrtresses. It's achieFgI!'- no'
were obscured by the more Dioody
gagements around PieNha aiiu w SD" 1aI
quent brilliant advance over the bdi.
kans: but throughout the campaign II
fulfilled to the letter, and without draw
ing achievements from me oIhsI 30
of the army. the task assigned ~ 10 ~ 81
assuring the safety OF the IelI Mann
the Russian army. . mi
Gus episode which strongly mus 80
The honorable and strdlShlloIMdld oti -
acter Of the late Car. II occur u 49,
ne was still the CZarWitch, in command
OF the army OF the LOm' the ptIlou Na9
near the end Of July, the pla-e tile si''| 70
Cf Obertenik, where was 9lCudieu ~
he3duua rters of the CZaroWltch. me
army was echelored along the road 10
Rustshuk, waiting for the "ord 70 Dg
siege that fortress when th@ Selse t aii
should arrive Meanwhile IL ull not Po9-
ScsS an entrenching tOOi Vi Sltsg 80
W. he To-. rsaT Al
allotted i'm the planned VlrlnuleHl
which, / was privliy told, was 10 pr
cede but by a day or t"V ny "a, ~
Of the place by a coup De hdIH' IooH -"
liberty 10 remark that TO atteinPJ a
coup IL main against fortress 80 1,, ,TS
as We knew Rustchuk TO De was sii.lLlS
TO court disastrous ana bIoouS ia ~
"All tire same signlHcdllIiy 49, IN,
STAFF officer with whom was III III
versation. you will see that We shdii
have Kustchuk within "ceh' w, ~
tell YOU q secret h" conliuHt'. u,
Pasha commanding i'm RustchuK mas ueJn
found 10 have his price tne t tU{u1 lis
will be simply decent Dllhh 10 M
trcachery, and after a make-DeHeSe d.
saIlt the place will bc suIfeLdeIcu an
we shall be in possession OF lht S1l olI5, ~
fortress Of the Turkish qudHIlIa't ~
The project never came OF, ana / sup9r,
quently learned the reason. Every deldll
of the arrangement had been settled ~
only remained to inform the 'HaFoN l'SH
Of the scheme which promised results 30
valuable. To the surprise ana dlSliidy
OF MS staff Alexander broke INTO a pas
sion of wrath and disgust. lie de-
nouuced the project as treacherouS. COW
ardly. and unsOdierke. Let US take
Rustchuk," he claimed, III We can, bul
by the sword and the siege gun, not by
tie base method Of a golden key, am
ashamed of you as Russian officers.
1t is not the case, as | nave recently
read that the CzarOWitch was present
at any Of the fighting before PleVrla. lie
remained throughout until after the iait
Of that place at his post on the eastern
flank. He had there his success, ana ne
sustained reverses. but he was equal 70
either fortune. always resolute in his
steadf4St. logged manner. ana never
whining for reinf0rcements when thln-s
went against him, but doing his best
with the means at his hand TSey used
to speak Of him IN the Grand DUKE
headquarters as the only commander
who never gave them any bother. 80
highly was he thought Of there that when,
after the unsuccessful attempt on Ple'na
i'm the September Of the war. the Guard
was the temporary intention 10 use 10
with other troops i'm an immediate move
ment across the Balkans. he was ga
Zetted 10 take the command of that
enterprise. But this intention having
been presently abandoned, and the rein
forCements being ordered. instead, 10 the
Pievna section OF the theatre Of war,
the appointment referred 10 was can
cled, and the CZarOwitch retained his COM
mand on the LON until. at the new year
the general move of the Russian armies
I'm Turkey was made across the Balkans.
Archibald Forbes in London Daily
News