, 1866-07-26
4 NEW BATTLE-GROUND.

The War in AAfa Account OF tbs
Great lSn1tle OF Irtijur-Fisht Nc.
| tween the leusAiRns mad Bokharjaps
! The Iaralm Russt Of the LIST of July, pub,
| fishes full account Of the great battle which
| the Russians fought In Central Asia on the
goth Of S1ay, of which telegraphic report
was received few weeks ago. Tho following
Is the Russian report:
THE EM1n's TROOPS ACTIVE AND MOVING
ROUND THE REAR.
ine frequent appearance Of the IS
p1rtfsaRs in greater or less number in our
rear, us we'll as on our lines Of communities
lion, and the presence Of the principal army
Oh the EMir ut the place named Irliar, abso-
]utely ncccssitated m offensive movement on
our part, 80 much the more SO TINT On the
nth and 18th OF May positive Information
from q TWO days excursion to the S1marcaul.
was disposed to attack rs. With that view
le had despatched o part of his troops to the
right bank Of the Syr-Daria, upon our terri
tory, situated beyond the Tcltrtchik {an
at1iuen: Of the Syr-Daria, which lows past
Taschkent and joins the syr at rchlnaz).
TIE NUMBER, ARTILLERY AND ARMS OF THE
The army OF the Esnir was eaid to be very
numerous, consisting OF sar1azes, mount I'd
r11cmen, artillery. contingents Of various local
Governors, and OF kirghEx roaming over Box
harlan Territory. The number Of the sar1ases
five thousand. Tic artillery numbered twen. en-
tyrone pieces, among which were some supe-
rior to ours. As for the Kirehfz, their ntim-
ber was not less than thirty-t1ve thousand.
TIE RUSSIANS TAKING POSITION.
IN the 18th of May, at daybreak, the force
at Tchinaz, consisting Of fourteen companies
twenty pieces Of artillery and rockets, Quilted
Its position to moro on Hdjaz. This detach-
ment consisted of Lieut.. Col. Pistohlkors.
with i've solniod Of Cossacka, q ro.k It delach.
ment and SIX pieces Of artillery Capt. Abra-
moi, with sig companies and eight pieces, and
Lieut.. Col. Foyitaky, with eight companies
and si1 pieces. The detachment carried pro-
visions for twelve days, and had, besides, ten
days provisions On board tie peroysky.
simultaneously with this detachment, ou-
other from Kirioutchi, On the right bank op-
2oslte Tchinaz, under the command of Col.
klslevsky, se! out on its march for Idjaz, on
the right bank Of the Syr.
MARCHING AND sK1RM1su1SG UNDER IN
TENSE HEAT.
The trst day the troops accomplished
Stage OF more than twenty miles. with the
thermometer ut forty degrees Reaumnr, the
cnemy's cavalry contenting themselves with
skGmishing, There remained only fourteen
miles from Woutza Rabnt, where The troops
biyouaeked for the first time, to the position
OF the ENlr nt Irdfar,
On the Goth of May, ut laybreak stray par
lies OF the Bokhariaus began to show them-
selves in view OF cur camp.
FIRST ASSAULT OF THE C0ssACEs.
AT nine o'clock our Cossacks had their first
encounter with the Boklarfan cavalry, which
had some men killed; on our side one Cos
sack was wounded. At midday II became In
dispensablc to advance the artillery md COM
mcnce firing, which lasted without 1nterrup-
uon TIL the eud Of the battle.
fnt e1srrt tr]t II.
the following order: The column Of Captain
Abramef IN advance, by the direct road lead
Ing TO 1rJtar; on the right aud on the same
level the column OF Lieutenant Colonel Pis-
tohlkors; behind these two columns came,
as general reserve, three companies Of !
battalion of 1i1emcn and section Of artil-
tory. under the command Of Major Pistche-
mouka the baggage was covered BY four
companies aud two pieces, under the COM
mand Of Lieutenant Colonel Foyitsky.
THE A51A11C CAVALRY AND REPORT OF 4
COMMANDER.
Hardly had our troops resumed their march
when masses Of the enemy's cavalry appeared
Of the baggage became especially very ardu-
Gus, aud could only be facilitated, thanks to
the extraordinary merit Of Lieut.. Col. Fo-
vitsky, who was obliged at the same time to !
watch the movements Of the train and re- |
pulse the incessant attacks to which 1t was
The following fact may give an idea Of the
difficulties our troops had 10 surmount before |
reaching the enemy. When, after the battle |
the tent OF the Emlr WIS seized, there was !
found among other things report Of the |
Governor OF Samnrcand, who comm anded the !
advanced position Of the Dokariaus, in which !
hc announced that the Russians had been sur
rounded Leiore attaining that position, and !
that be would not delay making them all
prisoners.
THE ES0AGKMgST.
Toward five O'Clock, about mile from the
enemy's position, our troops were received
by strong canonadc from his Entertainments,
and masses of cavalry surrounded them COM
pletely, with the exception OF their icft wing.