Battle of Rosen (4)

The Ottoman army, once a formidable force, descended into nightmarish chaos. The relentless shelling shattered their formation, ripping through the once disciplined ranks like a tempest. Commanders, their voices lost in the pandemonium, frantically searched for their units, but the soldiers, gripped by an uncontrollable terror, refused to regroup. The army, a sea of men, began to unravel rapidly.

The contagion of fear spread like wildfire. A single soldier's panic ignited a frenzied stampede, each man desperately fleeing for his life, their thoughts consumed only by survival. The disciplined warriors, who had once stood ready to face death, now found themselves helpless in the maelstrom of retreat.

And in this dire situation, the head of the Ottoman army, Abbas Pasha, is nowhere to be found.