The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-09 00:00:00

RUSSIAN ADVANCE INTO TURKEY IN

ASIA.'

( From the Invalide Busse.)
General Mouravieff, Commander-in-Chief of the
Caucasian corps, announces, under date of June 13
and 14, that our troops have crossed the Turkish
frontier, and occupied a part of of the Pachalic of
Kars. The following are the details he transmits :
"As soon as the whole of the active corps had
been concentrated in the neighbourhood in Alexan-
drapol and Akalkalski, we entered the Turkish ter-
ritory in three columns ; the left under the com-
mand of Major-General Count Nyrod, which left
Alexandrapol on the sth of June, marched through
Takhnis and Parvali on Agdja-Kala ; the central,
commanded by Lieut.-General Prince Gagarine,
which had commenced its movement on the 7th of
June, proceeded through Moulla-Moussa and Var-
tapy, towards Little Kamyly, where it put itself in
communication with the left column ; the right,
under the command of Lieutenant-General Ko-
valevsky, commenced its movement from Karaakh
on the Bth of June, and was to join the main body
of the army as soon as it had made an attempt to
take Ardaghan.
" The general rendezvous for all the troops was
the village of Zaim, situate on the river Kara-
Tchai, distant one station from Kars.
"On June 9, the two first columns united 'at
Agdja-Kala, and waited there for Lieutenant-
General Kovalevsky's detachment. Our vanguard
pushed on to Zaim, and the mobile detachment of
Major-General Baklanoff was sent in the direction
of Ardaghan. Some pickets of the enemy, con-
sisting of Bashi-Bazouks, supported by some regular
cavalry, occupied the village of Matsra (15 versts
from Kars).
"During the movement in advance on the part
of the principal forces, Lieutenant-General Kova-
levsky, who had in three marches reached the
hamlet of Oltchek, learned there that the Pacha
charged with the defence of the country was at
Ardaghan, where Aslan.Pacha, chief of the Sandjak
of Tchaldyr, was collecting his militia (9,ooostrong).
At 'the same time, Lieutenant-General Kovalevsky
was informed by his spies that the interior of the
fortress was quite unprotected, and rendered it
possible for him, by firing grape from batteries
planted on the right bank of the Koura, to compel
the garrison to evacuate it.

"-This information induced Lieutenant-General
Kovalevsky to go to Ardaghan. During the march
our troops met the elders of the town, who made
their submission, presented the keys_of the for-
tress, and announced that the pacha commandant
had retreated to Olta, and Asian Pacha. with the
remains of his militia, to the Great (Melia.
" On June 11, Lieut.-General Kovalevsky oc-
cupied the fortress, the walls and batteries of which
he blew up, and returned on the 12th to Oltchek,
where he joined the detachment of Major-General
Balanoff, who had arrived there. On the 13th the
right column was to proceed to Zaim, which the
main body of our troops had already passed
through.

" At the same time, in order to reconnoitre the
ground towards Kars, a small detachment had been
on the 2d of June, under Major-General Count
Nyrod, and consisting of four sotnias of the com-
bined regiment of Col. Kamkoff 'a Caucasian Cos-
sacks of the line, and of four squadrons of Lancers
from the combined brigade of Dragoons,' with four
pieces of Cossack artillery. This cavalry was sup-
ported by four battalions of infantry, with 4 guns.
" On approaching the village of Matsra, occu-
pied by 400 Bashi-bazouks, our Cossacks, charged
them impetuously, sabre in hand ; the enemy took
to flight, and although two squadrons of Turkish
Lancers came forward in support of their extreme
chain, they, too, fled from the charge of our men.
During the pursuit our Cossacks sabrod 11 of the
enemy's horsemen, one of whom was a Lancer. On
our side there were neither killed nor wounded."

Simultaneously with this report; A.D.O. Gen.
Mouravieff sends us an account of the reconnais-
sance made between May 29 and June 2 by the
Gouriel detachment Sandjak of Koboulet.
There our brave troops and militia, led on by Ma-
jor-General Prince Bagration Moukhransky, chief
of4he Gouriel detachment, after surmounting the
extraordinary difficulties of the ground, compelled
the Turks to evacuate an intrenched camp near
Legva and Otchkhomour, and to take refuge in a
strong position on the other side of the river Kin-
trish, under the guns of the inaccessible fortress of
Tsikhodziry.
On this occasion some 'side detachments, com-
posed of our militiamen, forced their way up to the
post of St. Nicholas, in front of which they burned
the enemy's camp. The village of Gouara, taken
by storm, was also given up to the flames. The
Turks retreated on all points. •
During the whole time between the 29th of May
and June 2 our loss consisted of 1 Cossack and 1
militiaman killed, 2 Cossacks, 6 soldiers, and 38
militiamen wounded.

• Having at the close of his account testified to
the promptitude with which the militia force in
the governments of Kutais and Mingrelia joined
him at his first summons, Aide-de-Camp General
Mouravieff adds :--" This ardent zeal, Which has
always prompted our populationS to march against
the common enemy, is a sure and precious guar-
antee for the defence of the country under all cir-
cumstances, and the more so'hecause our militiamen
are not content with merely exhibiting their cou-
rage and intrepidity, but they performed all the
duties in the most orderly manner; their excellent
conduct gives them all the imposing appearance of
regular disciplined troops."

The Welsh papers announce the death of Mr. Richard
Roberts, the celebrated Welsh harpist, who for upwards
of fifty years enjoyed the proud title of "prince of
Song," and the distinction of being the chaired monarch
of harpists.
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