The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-12
The Wmr Ga Asfu

The following Is an extract from a private note from
the frsh Consul Brant, II krzefonm dated tho oh az
'tSnco thc "a We have been the croatia, state Of
confusion, principally tor want Of judgment ~ The
Pachas, military and civil. That evening news
brought that the Russians at Kerpl kcni, the
Turks having reiterated. Oar guns in the rcdoubts
ms nned and BASH Pazon placed the artillery.
The pacha camp hirascf lie sad II he ala
not his all would desert they
retea 70 euinsng sun an day and chilling wind ~
returned 70 town this morniug-ths Russians had
tired. II is sad order rc1hoa Vel, rscha to retire
tfom kePti keui as 10 0h Russians would adv nee
him there aud 20 900 more, detached from the karH
army, woald joiu | am this moment informed thA' he
poet from kars has arrived. General William writes
that half the Russian army had marched towards the
Soanlee Isg in the direction 81 Lrzeroum 20 OO5
that 10 yet the force ren.ning behind
pieces end too numerous a. ts safciy attacked pee
shy may have 900 men down upon rs and IL were
test 10 be prepared shall not quit until the last
trcuity.'
20 very little = known the pubic Of The 81 ~a-
IN AsiI That the suboined IN formation which Il
81 from three long articles ~ tho Augsburg Gds,
hardly fail TO be scccptablcs--
The last movements OF the Russians In Aslatic Turkey
are 81 ex,rern" importance weiI in political a. 10
staegc point II view. II seems II the Russians ~
are resolved 70 alarm the alies for The safety u Tho fus
ish pos essons in Ada. The Russians ~ po.
session q hoa suieiman, Iopra kaleh, aud The table
lnnd ~ AAschgctt Prom hoila Suleiman. IRE oun,
the capital u AnaolIa i directly threatened. Nolt
sulemsn y village lying 1T the loot of the
nous conical mountain 81 kussa ngh and l. elnsc
the caravan road between frzeroum and Bayadi.
All tbeso places are marked IN god Engsh maps ~
Turkey In AHA. II tho Russian vanguard has really
reached kcrld heui II 8 but march from Ut..sn
halsh which L the last einrT- from The eliza
del fiiassan ksIeh Ia 1874 In ruins. The approach
= ~ fFDfnum are ~ such nature that good troops
could fnccssinlly defend them against far superior
ofcc, hut u 4 very doubtful whether nrdi ,cipl.ned
hofdca u Bashi Iaxouk. and knrds will be able orr
sneeual rsssisnae 70 the Russians Ms supposed that
The Rus slams adj anced from Axandropo anil kayazd Al
one and the time and that the corps from the
mentioned place T. rncnmped the plateau a Asc
get, which Il not far from t,sch-kihissa Or Tire.
Churches, place a rilgfsgc for Armenians from an
parts 81 EUROPE and Asia ttsch hiissa a. three days
march from The Russo rmcnnn frontiers bot sl it, IN
habtaDts are phiio- russians to n
The town Of Topfa aleh which Ia about haf way ~.
tween faynjd and frzsrUun l. also occupied w tbs
sarsi snd they can get possession u pas that i
t.mowhnt tTond II, they can Without dscuify march
Basssn- Kaieh.
On the 2sth ~ june 1870 the Rasslans oesnrtoi III.
laft mentioned place without me- ing with any apros
tion an amy can easily march from Hasaafi-xalsh 10
EztToum In a day and half should uournyien take
th. capital " Anaiolia Is would alarm AMI discourage
fhe Whole population Of Asia'ic Turkey
When The Emperor Nicholas 80 1887 ssliel tho pro
vines taken from TeftiA and Turkey he ordered Two
great fOff,ses 10 be built the al Ersna tho other
o. Aa1nriropoL The former 10 protect Hasslan Ar
enla agatnkt tho Shah and the Sultan the latter Iva
10 staining menace FIR AnatoIa An army can reach
hais frtm AerandfoJnl In hyc 81 days AnA 4 "a.
IRON tho last menti0ned fortress tia, laaklc-irh IL
1873 began hta operations hgainyt Efrsf0um in 1888
lie ioTresH 81 Gumfi (or Alerandr0poD eonsiSsra
lily advanced, and haa inifenrhea camp With bAs.
fhcks magazines and stabng Dor army "a urn
FnItonA Who accompanied the lass Car la 1891 relate
ttrable mpression On hin No ons vtn,af.a 70 initiate
Poteuln, - ina, he Emperor Ana'olla In all ~
DaksdbeSs ard misery The distance between kars AD1
ExerouIS IL 1t0 Pussisn vcryt1