A TURLISH LADY FIGHTING DESPERATELY.
The last steamer from Trebizond brought among her' passengers Adile Hanum. She is one of the notable characters of the recent war. She' is a native of Bagdad, and a Mohammedan by religion. She is rich and enthusiastically devoted to her country, wears the rail and is as brave as she is fair. At the beginning of the war she rode into the camp of Ghazi Moukhtar Pasha at the head of fiftysix mounted troopers. At.first, the Turkish •' General declined to accept her services, but as she persisted, he gave her the command of the forces she- had brought with her, and of the recruits she 'could induce'to join her ranks. '" ■At this time Moukhfar Pasha was awaiting the Russians on the Armenian frontier. The weather grew cold, and great,were the privations and sufferings of his army in that mountainous region. Most of the battles were fought on frozen ground, and ;among the snow covered crests of the Ararat range. The patience she exhibited under severe suffering, and her hardihood; seemed to nerve the Turkish soldiers. : Her. greatest fault was her reckless courage. ". When the- word to charge was given, she was off like a streak of lightning. She tdok part in the battles and sieges, of Bayazid, Ears, Ardahan, .and Horum, and on'two occasions was severely wounded. Of.her fifty-six men twenty were taken prisoners, sixteen killed and twenty lost and unaccounted for. She won the rank of Lieutenant, and was decorated with, the order of the Medjidie for her exploits. The Minister of War has receivedher as a guest. The Sultan has sent word that he desired to make her acquaintance, and to present her to the Sultana, and the ladies oF the' imperial harem.
She is a handsome women, well proportioned, erect in stature,'and decidedly martial in her bearing.' She is a Mohammedanl of the'old school, and as zealous for the propagation of the faith of Fatima, as the wile of the prophet herself.—The :.P.ress. ,: .• • -- .
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3029, 30 October 1878, Page 1
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332A TURLISH LADY FIGHTING DESPERATELY. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3029, 30 October 1878, Page 1
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