The Foreign Quarterly Review Volume 28-29 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...for five long days before he could drive the Turks out of the above-named places. Even then the war was not yet ended, the Pasha of Bosnia, Kurshid, having advanced into the country with a considerable force. Milosh boldly went to meet him, and defeated him entirely at Dublie, and took him prisoner, though he subsequently dismissed him, after offering him some valuable presents. Thus used Milosh to complete his victories by acts of magnanimity, for which he was amply rewarded. The pasha, in return for his kindness, advised him not to mix with any foreign power, that so he might become prince and lord of the country. It was fortunate that the jealousy of the Pasha Maraschti Ali, who advanced from another quarter, deterred this latter from combining with Kurshid; their disunion saved Milosh, and they both separately proposed to him a treaty of peace. Milosh first visited the latter in his camp, but could not come to any agreement with him, the surrender of arms being insisted on. Kurshid felt himself strongly tempted to deliver Milosh prisoner, and thus to put an end at once to all difficulties, and would have done so, but that a venerable l urk, Ali AgaSerttchesma--the same into whose hands Milosh surrendered arms in 1813--having promised him on his honour a safe retreat, opposed Kurshid, and said to Milosh, " Fear nothing so long as thou seest me and my thousand delias. For the future, however, trust not any one, not even me. We have been friends, and we part now forever." The other pasha showed himself more tractable, and consented that the Servians should remain in possession of their arms, and a message to this purpose was sent to Constantinople. The firman sent in answer, at the request, it is said, of Russia, who demanded the execution of the...