The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

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The Invalide _Busse publishes the subjoined re-
port from Prince Mouravieff. The Invalide says :
_"The Commandep-in-Chief of the Caucasus division
announces a successful affair which our troops have had
before Kars on the night betweel the 22d and 23d of
August (3d and 4th of September). Awaiting the full
reports of the different Commanders, Aide-de-Camp
General Mcuravisff confines himself to a rapid summary
of this success.

"The English General Williams. who commands at
Kars, experiencing daily greater difficulty in feeding the
garrison, especially the horses, resolved to send away
y from the fortress.
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the Bashi-Bazouks, with three Pashas and a great quan-
tity of beasts of burden, left Kars, and advanced in re-
gular order from the heights of Tchakmak, towards the
village of Djavri. There it was peceived by the ad-
vanced guard of Colonel Baron. Ungern Sternberg.
Lieut.-Colonel Loschakoff, who commands the 3d Regi-
ment of Mussulman Cavalry, charged from the flank the
centre of this column, and rode into its dense
masses. The rear of the column turned imme-
diately towards the right, where it was surrounded
and routed. As regards the head of the column
it made for the mountains as hard as it could,
hut Lieutenant-Colonel Loschakoff gave hot pursuit.
He was reinforced by Colonel Ungern-Sternberg him-
self, and Lieut.-Colonel Kiscbinsky soon joined them
with two squadrons of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg
Dragoons. The pursuit lasted till daybreak ;at dif-
ferent times the Turks endeavoured to defend them-
selves in houses and is narrow passes. The head of the
column, which had crossed the brow 'of the hills at a
gallop, was met near the village of Akhkom by Colonel
de Schultz's militia and a company of Beleff chasseurs,
which hastened up in support ; this portion of the Turkish
cavalry was surrounded, and finally surrendered.
" The whale affair, which took place during a dark
night and on hilly ground, was conduoted with admira-
ble-skill and sagacity by the Commanders of the differ-
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arms, remained in our hands. This signal defeat in-
flicted upon the enemy cost us very little loss. We had
one soldier and two militiamen killed ; one offioer, five
soldiers, and seven militiamen wounded.
" On the following day, 233 of August (Sept. 4), in
the evening, the remainder of the Turkish cavalry made
a show of attempting to force a passage by the plain
of Karts towards a pass over the Araxes ; but seeing
the precautions we had taken, it returned to the for-
tress."