The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

THE FALL OF KARS.

The Paris papers of yesterday publish the fol,
lowing telegraphic despatches :
" ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 21.

" Under date of the 28th Nor., Gen. Moura-
vieff announces that the Russians made at Kars
16,000 prisoners, among whem were 8,000 nizams
(Turkish regulars) and 8,000 rsdifs (irregulars),
12 standards, 130 cannon, •nd 16,000 muskets.
General Monravieff dispensed with making the
English who formed part of the garrison march
past him."

The Invalids Russe announces the capitulation
of Kars in the following terms:—

" The indomitable courage of the brave troops
of the Caucasus has been crowned with complete
success.

" On the 16th (28th) of November, the fortress
of Kars surrendered to Aide-de-Camp-General
Mouravieff, Commander-in-Chief of the detached
corps of the Caucasus.

" The Mushir Vassif Pacha and the whole gar-
rison are prisoners of war in our hands, with eight
Pachas and a great number of superior and sub-
altern officers, and the English General,
with all his staff.

" We have taken 130 cannon and a large stock
of arms in the fortress."

The Invalicle Russe also publishes the official
report of General Mouravieff of the capitulation of
Kars. The report is dated Quarters of Vladi*
Kars (17th) 29th of November :
" After the assault on Kars of the 17th (29th),
September, the Turks, momentarily encouraged,
expected to see our troops retreat, and were
astonished to see, on the contrary, that the
blockade became stricter than ever, and that our
camp was turned into regular organised quarters,
receiving daily provisions of every description.
" The besieged still founded their hopes on the
arrival of aid from Erzeroum. In fact Voly
Pasha, coming from Trebizond, bad attempted to
advance on Kars, but at each attempt he was met
by General S3usloff's detachment, which threatened
his rear. Our patrols skirmished with those
troops, keeping them in a state of alarm as far as
the vicinity of Erzeroum. Meantime the pro-
visions at Kars were diminishing ; the cold wea-
ther was coming on ; snow had fallen on the
Saganloug ; cases of death from weakness for
want of nourishment occurred in the garrison, de-
sertion increased, and despondency became gene-
ral.

" All these circumstances decided General
Williams, who directed the defence of Kars, to
surrender the fortress.

" On the 12th (24th) of November Major
Teesdale, General Williams' Aide-de-Camp, waited
upon General Mouravieff and handed to him a
letter, in which General Williams asked leave
to proceed on the following day to the camp
to enter into conference, to which GenenlMoura-
vieff gave a verbal reply to Major Teesdale,
telling him that he would be happy to see Gene-
ral Williams the following day, the 13th (25th)
of November, at noon.

"On the 13th (25th) of November, at the ap-
pointed hour, General Williams presented himself
to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the
Caucasus, as Plenipotentiary to negotiate in the
name of the Mushir Vassif Pasha, Commander-in-
Chief of the Army:in Anatolia. Having settled
the conditions for the surrender of the place,
those conditions were signed by General Williams,
and approved by General Mouravieff.

" General Williams was to return next morning
to our camp to bring the definitive reply of the
Mushir ; the regulation, however, of affairs in-
side, and tho announcement to the garrison of the
surrender of the fortress, which the leaders re-
ceived with agitation, rendered his presence
necessary in the fortress. He sent his aid-de-
camp to explain these circumstances.

" On the evening of the same day Major Tees-
dale brought the full powers given by the Mushir
to General Williams to draw up the final conditions
of the capitulation of Kars, with the list of the
Pashas of the army of Anatolia shut up in the
fortress.

" On the 15th (27th) of November, in the after-
noon, Gen. Williams arrived at our camp with
his staff and three Pashas, and signed the final
condition of the surrender of Kars.

"On the 16th (28th) of November, confor-
mably to the stipulations agreed upon, the remain-
der of tho army of Anatolia, which had formed
the garrison of Kars, were to leivo tho fortress,
carrying their muskets, with flags flying and
drums beating ; but at the request of the Turkish
commanders themselves, the whole army left their
arms piled, and placed their ammunition in their
camps, leaving only a small Turkish guard until
it should be relieved by our men.
"Although it had been arranged that the Turks
should be assembled at 10 o'clock in the morning,
near the ruins of the village of Gumbel, it was not
till 2 o'clock in the afternoon that the Mushir of
the army of Anatolia presented himself to General
Mouravieff,
accompanied
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up
in line of battle on
the English officers.
both sides of the Kars-tchai.
The colours of the Turkish regiments were then
brought to the front of our linos by a detachment
of Toula Chasseurs, and •
received with the bands
playing and repeated cheers from our troops.
"A portion of the Turkish army, consisting of
the older and most feeble of the men, soldiers on
unlimited leave (Redifs), and militiamen (Bashi-
Bazouks and Lazes), altogether about 6,000 men,
were sent back to their homes after the capitu-
lation, with the obligation not to take up arms
against his Imperial Majesty during the whole
course of the present war, and were accompanied
the first stage by a military escort. After the
defile of the Redifs, the Commander-in-Chief re-
ceived a deputation, cconsitsti no' of the most
notables inhabitants of the town. _ _

"Having passed along the front of the line of
the Turkish regular troops who surrendered pri-
soners, to the number of from 7,000 to 8,000
men, General Mouravieff ordered the repast to be
given to them which he had previously prepared