Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1877 — Piety and War. [ARTICLE]

Piety and War.

Tlie Turkish commanders mix piety and war in a confusing way. One Major General, wrote : “The battle was very fierce and lasted three hours, and, glory to God, five of the enemy were killed.” The loss of an iron-clad is thus reported by a Turkish Admiral: “The steam launches approached to within a short distance, and may God preserve the remaining ships of our fleet. At this time the imperial iron-clad called the Sword of the Lord received a blow from a torpedo of the fish kind, which proceeded from the steam launch, and it exercised such an influence on her stem that she sank ; and, thanks'to the Most High, all the officers and crew escaped. This sad occurrence was doubtless a necessity to the great God, as is well known. He always gives victory after such defeat.” A General in Asia thus chronicled his success: “We had ten martyrs killed and twelve wounded, and 300 of the enemy went to perdition, and as many more were wounded, which we cannot but ascribe to the spiritual aid of the Prophet, and to the favor shown by the Almighty God toward our glorious Sultan, the refuge of a universe.”