The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19
TURKEYS LAST WAR.

49, &~NN~As-ts IL u RASSNA. &AANA ~
viewing his armies a, Kl<chrncs ana Tn
ssen!. on ;he plains Q. BcssArAhlA. pro
claimed war apca the TURK Il he: hecn
the desire q the emperor 10 make var
the previous autumn, Immediately after
The chstns OF the C-anstRniinop,e confer
enoe ;ha, met al the termination Of the
ScrviaR war; but the unccrtalaty a. eclne
able 10 kcep open the Danube daring the
winter caused ii 10 b deferred to the
spt1ns OF 1871. From the declaration Of
Was TO midsummer she preparations for
the Passage os the Danube wen, on unin.
~iorTuptediy, The neutrality q, Austria had
been secured by the eoasent OF Russia 10
her occupation o! eesRla and Herzegovina
after the war. and the promise that the
Russian movements in Roumauia. which
mas used as 4 base against the Turks,
should no, extend westward a. the Aluta.
by the tirst, Austria secured the timber
land OF nalmatia and the road toward
SAlenika, and in the second the supers,l-
iious among diplomats iisecrued the even
tuai boundary between Russia ana Austria
and Austria north Of the Danube.
The Turkish army in Bulgaria that was
assembled to meet The Russian invasion
vas at,'oed into two separate armies. the
western force under usman Nasha, Win
headquarters at Wl4din oh the Danube.
el1sc 20 The Seryisn frontier. and the
eastern under the personal command OF
Anaul herim Pssha. Slrtar ERrein. or gen
,faiissimo OF tho Whole Turkish army In
Europe, In the q%uadrlateral with shumla
as headquarters The principal fortrcsses
alone The Danube from Wliiin TO the
l.'&ek sea were strongly carri~opcd aud an
H-Hptlan contingent under Prince Has
sam held Narna on the Hla,k SEA. The
turhish plan OF defense md been drawn
mp by Won Moltke. subject to the con
unsencies OF the Russhian forcing the pas
sage OF the Danube en- a .jauk o. the center
q tAe line. The facilities afforded by the
railways through RoUmania decided the
RUSSIAN stan to make the passage of the
river In the center, The plan that had
been drawn up for the Turks was TO offer
chly a faint resistance TO the passage OF
me Danube, hut so soon as The Russian
army h&d taken ground on Turkish ter
rltoVy TO close it in from both TANKS. 4
lew days before the crossing took place
several Russian officers found their way
70 Flevna in the disguise Of bulgarian
peasants. made their Reconnaissance OF the
nttshborhood and found their way back
MIC Roumania At thal moment tho Turk
- 80 ~ iieNna was nut one conpahy
"NS1"H'IH OF 'efFiloila' mllilla' and
Was nor a symptom 70 snow that the
old SiTdar, Abdul Kerim. had destined the
quiet little town surrounded by a horse
shoe of hills opening on the Wld to take
ITS place among the battle grounds of his
tory.
the passage Of the Danube by the Rus
SLAMS toward the End Of june was ef-
Iected without resistance from the Turks.
ana almost Immediately the bllnders of
iho Russians began. Instead Of pushing
out at once for Plevna. thcy wasted prec-
ious days waiting for the rcduction Of
Nikopolis, which Vas commanded by Has
san PaSha, a nephew Of the Siriar Ekrcm. |
By the time that was effected and n Rus
sian brigade sent forward to pleyua. the
advance guard Of osnan phsha,s army
that was advancing form Wlddin had taken |
up It's position on the sites selected for
the defenses of The place and WIS engaged
In thrown I'm the ia,nporarv rodorhts
and breastworks that oftervard dave,oned
into Inc forfmIdahle Inns he,orc which IN,
Russians threw away much ,,Irnbic ,t,no |
ana sacrificed TONS Of ,bo,,sorSs ~ vo,,arn
Tho s,,er,n+ ~, ,ha pnss,ams -
drive of mo T,rLs nos ror,,tsnd .nJ mo
ronid .rr;vai Of rat, ~ H. ~
r,,rls 90 con, 49,
mo pnssi,n r' '. va sm ,,,n 49,, go
in hard ~ a. ~ ua's'," '"e'9
" bgt, n-,,., B.A vi. -...J.l -.
III. &c 80 "su"' Any seNu'ue4 ~
a. - o"' " NV y IN
~ a~ ~"''. = N'' va. = VI Nv fui"'s" 70"
80 49, ,. 'Gt iriI W ~ $50
,teod 49,, - ~ y" , "HN ~
ar.u u !" l.'Hsai VI tne SUI" ~ ae"u
a ~ ~ - al n's"' MnnI ""H -
~ " "'''t ng uiu uL.ulseu u9
VI eauii",Sn. Apuui herlh as u",'u ''ell
- = ~ "'t "mute a""t WV ~
- "N"'n H"'l, nv W ""'
81 m e",ir LA'oueu "Neh,s III 'ue /
aes. ne su't,n' IN a Hhonieh' Vi H"sS 'VA'
oiueieu tho on p"sna : "'ss'A'9' "ut ~
H"s scut " ptlSoneF 10 Lelnhos' WIZ uV
~ " ~" ''"'A "iieI' p"ilhh NV t'"
,uS,1l rhnt ensuea me lN"sH''h' iIo'll''
" ,Ae luIHlah iha'ilon'
IhPS HUFnea u strong hody AIRY
acfoSS 'he ha!hdhs, unaer Heheldi ,"'rh-
no u tAe nam hoshaI' u ptss 20 we
eastward o! the Shipka' s"mSlh+ rot M
10 'he rlEht aiter descending mo the AZ
leS oi the luhHln. Hourkho PASSED laPIlly
10 me westward through Esh' 'si''fa ana
through ke1lntiki from wh'ei ne turned
north up inc shipkn read ana estanilsh'a