The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA.

We have received the St. Petersburg journals of
the 7th of July.
The Invalide .Russe publishes the following :
"Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff has sent the fol-
lowing details, dated sth (17th) June, from the camp,
near the village of Adja-Kala, on the river Karstchai.
" The result of the advance of General Kovalevsky on
Ardahan was, that the Turkish Militia, estimated at about
9,000 men, who were assembling in the neighbouring Sand-
jaks, dispersed and returned to their homes. Two regi-
ments of regular cavalry which were quartered in the
village of Deltan, near that fortress, left it shortly be-
fore the arrival of General Kovalevsky, and rejoined the
main body of the Turkish army at Kars. As regards
the irregular infantry which had remained at Ardahan,
it withdrew from the Pasha, and has proceeded, it is said,
Ito 0 lta.

"To enable them to carry away more easily the pro-
vision stores and other things from Ardaban, the Turks
had taken all the carts in the neighbouring villages be-
fore our arrival, so that during the march of General
Kovalevski from Ardahan to Zaim there were no beasts
of burden.

"oGrdeenresr,al I o va
v s s') with the detachment under
his
ofk the infantry regiment Riazan
consisting
and the \Vilna Chasseurs, with 12 pieces of artillery and
1 e
five sotnias of the Doa Cossacks, rejoined on the 3d
(15th) of June, at Zairs, the avant-garde of the corps of
operation, as also the detachment of Major-General 13ak-
lanoff.

" Yesterday, the 4th (16th) of June I made a recon-
naisance with a portion of ‘the troops in the direction of
Kara-Dagh, during which a sotnia of our mounted
militia opened a fusillade with the Turkish irregular
cavalry, behind which we could see two regiments of
Turkish Lancers drawn up in columns. The e-demy on
the flank was driven back by six sotnias of tf,,e 2d Regi-
ment of the Cossacks of the Caucasus under the
command of Colonel Kamkoff, whom i supported with
four squadrons of Dragoons and fv,ar
p
artillery. The remainder of the ',;coops wiceeree sof horse
artillery.
rawno
up
e
in order of battle at four verst'ds from Kara-Dagh. The
enemy had scarcely become `Aware of the movement di-
rected against them, wheya the Bashi•Baznuks dispersed,
and the regular Turkish, cavalry commenced retreating
slowly, pursued by t;:le Cossacks. They soon got into
a trot, the last rrAtik only returning our fire. Taking
advantage of the opportunity, Colonel Kamkoff
charged with his Cossacks and penetrated into the
centre of the enemy's column. The Grehenskaia sotnia,
and two from Stavropol, charged at a galop the
last close ranks of the enemy ; the sotnias of the Cau-
casus, of the Kuban, and of the mountains, pursued
the enemy and sabred them without mercy ; the Turkish
horsemen left,theirhorses by dozens to conceal themselves
in the high grass. Carried on by the rapdity of the pur-
suit, the Cossacks paid no attention to the fire opened
upon them by the batteries of Kara-Dagh, and they only
stopped in front of the battery of the retrenched camp,
situate near the town, behind which the Turkish Infantry
formed, and the fugitives found support. Emboldened by
the vicinity of their main body, the Turks attempted to
take the offensive, but two rounds of rockets from the
cavalry detachment, under Lieutenart Oussoff, stopped
them. I then ordered Count Nyrod to advance with
the cavalry reserve, and to call t',,gether the different de-
tachments in advance, who re4,,tirned in excellent order.
" Our loss consisted in 4 Cossacks killed, 1 Cossack
officer 10 Cossacks, and
militiamen wounded. Despite
the brisk cannonade f.roin the town only two of our men
were hit. The Co'dsacks brought back seven prisoners,
two of whom w ere Lancers, and they brought away all
their killed
.od wounded, with the exception of a subal-
tern, who, had gone too far, and was cut down in the
very ce,ntre of the column, close to the camp. A great
nurn!Jer of Turkish killed and wounded were left on the
fi':id of battle, but as they were under cover of. their
oatteries, it was impossible to count them. To judge,
however, from the Humber of horses, weapons, and
clothes carried off, and by the blood-stained swords
of the Cossacks and militiamen, the loss of Turks
may be estimated at 60 men, which estimation
was confirmed on the sth (17th) by spies, who informed
us that the Turks' loss was 55 killed and 67 wounded.
"During the combat a small detachment of the enemy
made its appearance on our right flank, bat wasimine-
diately repulsed. 'We afterwards learned that it was
commanded by an Engli,h officer.
" In this affair the Cossacks of the Line, whom the
Turks call Cir cassians (Tcherkesses), displayed great in-
trepidity. Six sotnias pursued, sword in hand, 103
Bashi-Bazouks and two regiments of regular cavalry
under the fire of the enemy's artillery, driving them back
almost into their camp.
" During this reconnaissance a special detachment had
been sent to the Mount Maly6 Ya,4ny, from which point
the officers of the Staff took without hindrance a tTo-
graphical plan of the localities. About 2 p.m. the troops
returned to camp."