The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

women. their uniforms DeuaDDleu WIFI
blood, standing 10y their wounded. while
shells loosened tiles upon the roof of
their quarters. The Servians were re-
treating. But the nurses scorntd the
advice Of Nilliers that they go. One.
with topboots of Hessian cut, short
skirt and Cossack Jacket, with pistol
slung across her shoulders" touched her
little black silk Monten5 grin zap and
adv ised him as a nom combatant to seek
place of safety.
The nurses stayed. and Forbes and
Villers felt obliged also To stay. The
Turkish sharpshootcrs were close in.
When finally with their contingent ~
wounded they left one end of the bridge
the Turks entered the other. For about
an hour the Servians made stand.
Forbes, Vlliers, surgeon ana
wounded soldier got away in an ann
bulance wagon. As they looked back
they saw the Red Cross flag stlll lying,
but over the heads of the Turks. The
faded column of beaten Servians passed
over the bridge into AleNinatz. where
the horrors of the preceding night we're
repeated. The news men found Rus
sian correspondent dead in the town.
Two other correspondents were Killed
in that short campaign and one was
wounded out If twenty who followed the
war Nlllicrs records that "oUe met
death heroicaliy hghting the enemy, de-
Tending the redoubt of which he had
been made commandant for his per-
sonal bravery
| Luck befriendcd him. He met jolly
sea captain who had commanded yes
sci in the Black Sea in the Crimean
War. The Turks remembered him CRATE
fully. lie had conceived the notion OF
writing a book about Turkey. To write
/ IL he must travel. To travel he must
have a passport or firman. The author
, tiles provided him with one foot ana
a half long That was very precious
scroll. for the Turks would measure the
| importance of visitor 10y the length OK
the firman he might bear. Niliier', sure
he could not get a permit on ms own
/ account induced the captain to incIud
hin, In his firman as secretary without
mentioning his name.
They went hither and thither about
Turkey together. Such attentions rs
were bestowed upon them! AT ADRIAN
ople" says Nilliers, IAN aided camp oil
the Governmt mt met us, We were pIi-
leted on the first merchant Of the town
who. with usual Oriental po,iteness
would come in after the evening mea
and inquire after our hcalths, and VIII
a salaam assure us that his house ana
his servants and his animals were no
longer his but ours
For rest and II get Kit for the com
ing campaign Nilliers now returned tc
England Wtan a month came Rus
-sia's declaration of war upon Turkey, or
APRIL "a 1877. II was his birthday. and
he put in the diy travelling ip On" ff'"i
lie reached Buchar - barely I'm time i'
catch the train for lhria. and next morn
i'm. me- saw the frSt shot fred across
the Danube INTO the town from % turk
ism monitor In Tn. river NlllicrS more
over. was one OF four correspond ut
, who we're In hat terrific strugS." IRON
beginning to nd; he heard the last shot
, of the war and witnessed the proclaml
ton of peace by the Russians on tn
plains of San Stefduo within sight of tn
5 minarets Of Constantinop,e,
Those were the golden days Of IA
war reporters They were free lance'
} coming and going almos, at will, severa
I scores in number. very keen in com
. petition. clever in strategy for access {
! the wires over which their news spc
l to London and the other news centre
Y Of the world.
! Many adventures did Nilliers expert
ence while waiting for the Russian
t. take that place called Plevna." The
n took the place after l+2 days Of tremen
Y dous fighting. odd little incidents stuc
e in Nlliers's memory. Years after h
@ recalled the cast way kettledrum stuc
e In the mud, rim uppermost. \ Russian
n Partisan friend. eyeglass in eye, used t
/. begin: Mon cher Nillers." and go "
= with his stories about Paris grand opcr
n and pretty dancers. while shells show
g cred him with mud. After some tim
Y Villiers fell i'll and became very veal
o There was nothing he could better d
g than join the ambulance corps, and o
n he went to aid the wounded.
~