The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-22
COSSACkS FEAR NOTHING.
Greatest 81 rhrm ~ FilimonoT. Hero
Of Many Exploits.

IoNppS. Dec t.--Thc petrograd CORE.
spondcrt Of the Buiiv Grdghic has made
special study " 'hc activities ot cossa"hs
IN Tho war and sends some extraordinary
lstor'as Of their desperate bravery. their
Intelligence and their prani;s. IN" cos
sacks are 40 LANCER the 'os-acl,a of
'o'd II" finds. bun have gained rodouh'.d
effectiveness since the MauchuriTu WAY.
Trey have been s'iry drilled AMI they
have science. but they retain their iOrm"r
boldLoss. dash, reclncssncsS ana sporting
zest for battle. The correspondent adds
Greatest 81 all rossacks rs Michtil
FnimGnofr who is win go. iuvadsrs II
Galic!a. F'ilimonoff ~ striking iLrrc.
lie sits his horse like 20 p"irosrad bnuk
clerk; but his Leadership beats -. W"'7.
ON the day he was given nmIuG--"f
! little reconnotring fore" Of tw"'ty-iir"
men FlimunoT d.n .rs"d oy captured
| four Austrian outpuS;s or d';achm' It's
| All ou;numbo.ed his force For that he
! was promoted 70 'khoruuif aud given "a,
/ -. Georges cross.
"lIc has done Wild things since. N,.'
{ pr,emysl he he'd ~ nu Austrian .l'yoS
and captured two hundred wagons %
3 grain and coal When, 90 f.W days later.
ui. force WIS surrounded j." srv"t % 10,
himself diving into e strrar t.n racing
. for ucp. t''iron'fi. FUSES "rc .1I'. is-
nC. II. Disguised hiusc" and slW' %,
valuable info. nation. The CosSl,..s tt';,
tue war a. sport. Lately Ss.toi tho
: N,stnla south ~ Nd".iT and ." q;
Cora X lwltj4 Cs.s,'is 'a'!ag "j's'-
ipNha sports
zone Of thu players had 3d., l.t .n
lu q sling ! W." tod that ae Was
w",aoci WA'u. af;"" ,Ie tvrrii. lai'l,'
ou the p.it.i II month ago. Do. va. ,ln
ms luEi 81 ~iui'i" .''.i- Ur.'. ,ur
enemy "gc.
"rossac6s camo: ~ Hdur"i To- sUr-
render. rh-y ha.. mLt'ld sCp,l-tIi tons
about keeping ;hcir horses ana 'Huo's
have heard OF cases Of Cuss"'Es pre-
ferrius death 20 abandoning either. ii"-
fore he Grand Duke NIchOlHs's armies
,c4-hcl the ~,irthe "a, <oio the Cossack
Nikt1 Tchumtko0f with ten comrades
was captured through falling into au am
/. buscade. Three days later TchumukIn
,uracd M with two bullets through Nj.
clothes and one through hs tlirh. H.
was hursclcss. hut carried his long '.uoc
Tchumakofl. without horse or weapons
bed rr,p- during daisu-Ss From TN ;".'
80 which he s."ut.
Sic got safely p.st H.. German .ru
tries. Then he reflected THAI e. Was
shame for CoSs.ick TO lose his hpgs,
nj lance. 50 10 c'rpt hac'. faci'a In.
risk 81 being kill-d or r,cipturel. ~,
I recovered both horse rri lace anil gal
Iapod away The horse was Killed ly
shot 1m am outpost From his lane,
Tchumlkoft would uct he part 4.
The Duilp Gruphic'. col'">pog den SAY
|t.l, much Of thu success of tu- Uuss.ai.
. has hcsu due 20 the sCout,u. ~l''' Of 'n
Co- arHs, and that these aorS"uleH arr
pI-tirIiu-E valuable iI htrh'r. rp'rt
/, tons wh5nn mu~. 81. conducted boz ,air,
. cavalry Improvements. ~ us''g &c '.S
, sack IN an Ingenious lusn tie EUts.lr
deceived 'ipn ypu lI.nd,ulur- l'o4t &.
g l.ur 81 advance of Siberian REINFORCE
u,nt~ IN "a" ii $, German advance ,.fyar
, Warsaw. Tai was tine main '4ctp. ~ 3 81
2 cbmp'l-I IN. Germans 20 SD. rdun tapl
: lrst invasion