- On the other hand, it must be remembered that we
have heard nothing except from Turks about Turkish losses, that the foreign soldiers now commanding the Turkish armies seem unable to improve successbs—a failure that must arise from distrust of their meri in the field—and that Russian military tenacity and patience are at least equal to Russian clumsiness, it is quite possible that the Grand Duke Nicholas, who, of course, would like nothing better than an attack on him in position, may have decided to await the arrival of the steel head to his lance, the Imperial Guard—which is essentially, we believe, a German army—before delivering his great attack. It is also possible that he may be arranging for the passage of an army at Rahova, thus taking Osman Pasha in rear, and quite certain that defeat has not been followed by demoralisa- tion. The Russians are like the English in that, and remain after defeat as obedient as they were before. Moreover, though time is flying, winter will bit the Turkish forces quite as heavily as the Russian, and probably impair their communications pore. it is through the mud, not over a frozen plain, that Russians cannot advance.
