The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-27 00:00:00

"The blessing of the Lord: it maketh rich,
And be addeth so sorrow thereto."

THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA.
RiPOBTID BLOOND DOW BY MB TUBOWIANS.

After their victory at Gook Tepe the Turcomans
did not pursue Lomakine's force with any degree of
ardour. The Russian general was permitted to with.
draw south of the Kureen Dagh without molestation,
and he stationed detachments of his troops at Chat 11011
Barg Mal, forts on the Attrek, while the main body
retired to Chikishlar, the port, or more correctly the
landing stage, in the south-eastern corner of the
Caspian. There have been rumours that the Turco-
mans had, after a short delay, followed in the rear of
their opponents ; and some of them certainly appeared
on the road between Juzil Arvat and Krasnovodsk.
In consequence of their approach a Russian outpost in
the desert, west of Chat, was called in, leaving a road
of track from Kiel Arvist to Chikishlar, west of the
line of Attrek, at the mercy of the Turcomans.
Of this blunder it may fairly be assumed
that their chief, Noor Verdi Khan, waa not
slow to avail himself, and advancing rapidly
with his well-mounted horsemen he wiled Chikishlar
'by a coup de mein. Although the place of second
importance on the eastern shore of the Caspian,
ChOrishlar was literally defenceless; and as vessels
cannot approach nearer than three miles from the
shore through the shallowness of the water, it is
impossible for the Russians to command it from their
ships of war. Their withdrawal from the place means
I beyond question that they have left everything in it in
the hands of the Turcomanx. h will be observed that
the scene of this second disaster is not a fortified village
in the heart of the Turcoman countiy, but a Russian
port on the Caspian littoral. Its effect cannot, there-
I fore, fail to be much greater than the defeat at Geok
Tepe. It shows that the Turcomans are not afraid to
, take the initiative ; and an offensive war is most suited
Ito their style of fighting. The Yomult and Goklan
! clans, inhabiting the valleys and plains round the
Atrek and Gurgall rlYersywffl see in the success of
their kinsmen, the Akhols • strong reason for depart-
ing from the benevolent neutrality towards Russia
they have hithert• observed In the contest, more
especially, as they have recently thought themselves
ill-treated in the matter of the camels which died or
were loot while hired out to the Russians.—Sksiodard.

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