Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1877 — The Brave Montenegrins. [ARTICLE]

The Brave Montenegrins.

Wliile the Russians and Turks alternately gain and lose ground, the adventurous Montenegrins profit by their engagements, and constantly add to their territory. They have Nicsics, and promise before long to seize every one of the positions they have coveted. Their success is the more remarkable from the fact that they are not, as has been reported, well armed. There are battalions armed with very large breechloaders. None have bayonets, a few have only revolvers, and only a small proportion have yataghans. The artillery with which Nicsics was bombarded is thus described by a correspondent of the London Times :

“ A battery of fpn-eontimAter bronco muzzle-loader, Napoleon mountain guns, a battery of Broadwell steel breechloading mountain guns, throwing shot of about six pounds, two same system, but slightly larger caliber, captured at Vucidol, and two ten-centimeter steel muzzle-loading rifled guns about 12 ewt., and already much deteriorated, captured at Medun. An old thirty-six smoothbore, also captured at Medun, is en route for Nicsics, and there are four more Turkish trophies like those of Vucidol in repair at Rieka. To keep up the supply of shot, the Rieka foundry turus out about 300 shot a week.”