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tiaa militia, bat scarcely moro and Of Il
moro than 10000 could have been spared &, n.
defense o. the Tneour Thus. not only were the R..
sians evidently outaambt red BY the Turks, what
ever exaggerated dispatches may cay to the coasr&
ry,) but the quality Of the Russian troops we 10,
much to boast OF OF the troops OF the limo en-.
ployed south OF the Caucasus, oil bat ono brigade
of the l3 b division Of infantry and oae brigade
of the 2lst division were engaged at Ksrs. unless
indeed the 10Th and Goth divisions h.d been
brought across from their positions on the north.
ern slope of the Caucasus, which is not likely.
What other troops the Russians have south OF
that range consist Of Georgian militia bsttaloas,
troops Of no great valae and it was evidently q
body composed principally Of such which oppssei
the Turks on the Insour.
of the tactical merits of the battle we have a,
yet no means Of judging. Neither the sstuni
strength Of the position nor the extent and mnort
ance of the ntrencbments covering tina Ru..i.,
front are known. We cannot tell whether IN. M
si,ion could be easily turned, nor whether it aotx
ally was turned. All we know is that the river
IDgour was low enough to enable Omer Pashs tn
ford it in four places BY as many columns; that
these columns attacked the Russian position and
carried it after five hours combat Toe eocoup-
ter has this interesting feature, that it is the frat
battle in this war in which the Turks have attacked
intrenched nes, and to their credit, they carried
them. On the other hand, IL cannot be denied that
the pOsion. being just at the head of tbs DELTA Of
the IDQour, not more than ten miles fr.m the sss
from Rafn Kala h Il
pear liable enough to be turned on it's less; and
that the Russians, in case a serious hankiog man
euver bad been attempted, would have been psr
fectly justified in using the right of the weaker
party and re'reating. Any how, the details of this
action will be received with uncommon interest AZ
they will show US how the Turkish army acted nm
der circumstances completely new to ts previoa,
military traditions and habits; and as far a. nsr
Pasha is concerned, the operations entered upou
will have an equally great interest, inasmuch 90
they will, for the fret time give us an opportu.
nifty of Judging of him as q commander in the field.
That the battle Of the Ipgour will decide the con-
quest of Minerelia and Imeretis would be more
than can be expected. number of smaller noun
tain-torrenls run down, parallel to the Ingour,
from the Caucasian ridge; one or two are not ia
important, and every one offers position for rear
guard demonstrations 30 az to retsrd pursuit, and
to sllOw the beaten army chance of re-fornins
At Kutas, at least, the RiOn itself offers serious
barrier ard if Omer Pasha could briDg 10000
men to the IDgour, he can hardly appear with more
than Ia 900 here. unless fresh reenforcements are
landed Thus ct Kutais, the forces of both parties
with their present strength, would be about bal
anced and the ability Of bringing up reinforce
ments would decide the possession Of Upper
Imereta The battle Of the Ingour took place on
the 9th, (some dispatches say 5th,) of November;
BY the end of that month the season for active
operations in that country would cease; We shall.
therefore, coon learn what fruits the action has
born to the Turks.
There is another point of high Importance.
which has been noticed by some CORES pondsnts
of the British press. The inhabitants of Miasre-
LA and Imere6s are Christians In great part
those of Georgia almost exclusively 30. They had
TO carry on a continuous war against both Cir.
cassans and Turks up to the time the Russians
took possession of the country and the objeo. Of
this war was to prevent their Mohammsdan
neiebbors from carrying off the young men and
women Of the country to be sold into slavery at
Constsntnople. Nay, in the beginning of this
campaign, as soon as the Russian, had abandoned
the coast and many posts in the interior in order
to concentrate their troops, the Circassaus, and
even the Turks at Redout- Kaleh, recommended
their slave catching excursions, and thereby oil at
once exasperated the Christian populations To
secure therefore, at least the indifference Of tho
Georgians, division of French or English troops
should be added to Omer Pashs's army for, what
ever bis own We've of the Gaze may be, hs officers
and soldiers will be sure to relapse into traffic
Sd congenial to their habits and so lucrative to
themselves. This is an occurrence the Allies
should try, by all means, to prevent aud until
European forces are sent to Georgia to protect
the Christians of that country, every step 10 sd-
vance Of Turkish troops alone will but serve to
rivet their allegiance to Russia faster and faster.
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