The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-10-07
The Battle near Kars.
ERzERouM, Tuesday. Aug. s,

gave W Ille 1uIhlSl GuCdul plllCLb Oh thO
Turko-Persian frontiers, and to efface by a
bloody battle the shame with which his col
league, Selm Pasha, was then covered by
| his flight, which left the Russians masters of
Bayazid and its environs.
| The Turks quilted kars on the 4th of Au-
gust, leaving in all five battalions, and "a
| pieces of cannon as reserve, and followed
by all the rest of their forces, passed through
Tely Kuey, and did not stop till they came
| up with the advanced posts of the Russians
encamped at Kurukdere They divided their
army amounting to about $4,000 infantry,
4.5O0 irregular cavalry and 1000 artillery,
with 50 field pieces, into two bodies. The
first was commanded by Vely Pacha, the
second in command being Gen. Guyon, chief
of the staff; and the other by Tariff Musta-
pha Pasha, commander-in-c chief and general
issimo, and Kerim Pasha.
Hassan Pasha, at the head of the regular
troops of Arbistan, had his corps in reserve
! in rear of the enemy ready to support those
battalions whose losses might occasion them
to fall back. Ismail Pacha commanded the
advanced guard.
During the night Of the 4th, the Russians,
on the first movements of the Turks, came
out Of their intrenchments, and took posi-
ton on the plain about league distant
from the Turks, in the same place where
their advanced posts had been the previous
night. Gen. Prince Beboutoff, seconded by
Gen. Prince Dolgerouki Bariatinski, was at
their head. Next morning, toward o'clock,
the two armies were in the presence of each
other; the first signal was made by the
Turks and the action began. The battle
soon became general, and it was dreadful to
behold, and terrible to hear, more than $50
field-pieces laundering forth, scattering show
ers of balls, and carrying death into the
ranks upon both sides. The discharge Of the
battalions continued without interruption !;
and the Turks, commanded by Hassan Pa
sha, attacked with impetuosity the left wing
| of the enemy which evinced symptoms Of
disorder, and if it had not been for the sue
cor rendered to it by reinforcement, its
defeat would have been complete.
Toward l o'clock, the artillery suddenly
ceased the greater number of the pieces
having been dismounted The Turkish sol
diers paid no attention to the commands Of
their officers, but fixing their bayonets, they
threw themselves into the thickest ranks of
the enemy. A frightful carnage followed,
for both sides fought with an obstinacy and
courage of the most desperate nature. A
barrier of dead bodies soon separated them,
and weakened and terrified on both sides by
their losses, and the cries of the wounded,
the two armies began to slacken in their ef-
forts, and soon after retreated from each
other The battle had lasted for six hours.
The retreat of the Turks followed that Of
the Russians-one battalion after another,
in good order, and ready and able if it were
required to recommence the combat-leaving
5000 dead on the field of battle. In the
afternoon, all the Turkish troops, preceded
by ambulances conveying the wounded, went
| to kars, and the wounded were sent on after
ward to Erzeroum.
The Russians, in spite of their superior
numbers, composed of "a battalions of in
fantry, regiments of regular and of irreg-
ular cavalry, 60 pieces of cannon, with
1000 artillery, suffered heavier loss than the
Turks, their killed amounting to between
5000 and 1000, besides having $500 woun-
ded. Among the killed was a general,
whose name has not transpiled, and some
superior officers.
The Turks had to regret the loss of the
brave Hassan Pasha, who commanded the
reserve, and of Vely Pasha, who commanded
the first division. Mustapha Pasha received
q mortal wound, as did Cochiminsky, who
was shot through the neck.
The Russians in the evening sent detach-
ment of cavalry to bring away six pieces of