, 1873-07-25
THE FALL OF KK,VA.
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According to official accounts received from
tho columns which took kl,iya, tho-o WAS
little act,al fighting dono. BY The natiyos, who
Of tho Central Asian provorb that I" Tho arm OF
tho Nlito Czar can rench as fur M he wishes it
to-" Iii no case did they mako n 1irm stRnd ex-
cnpt whom sheltered behind their rudo but
possible 81 to dryo tLem @ in T y low u" ho,ira Th5o
tl,o slightest difficulty, and, after tho
flight Of tho Klaan,, lilo people who. remained
wero oyor. At ilrst tho natives beloved thut tic
males wore to be put to death, hut tlloir minds
were Hoon diBabuael Of tho notion md they nc-
copied tho Inevitable liko true alolamn1cdars.
On aiay %, the lending column OF tho Tnrkcstan
division reached tho Oasis Of Utach Tchutchah,
after truyorHing 4 hundred ycrstB "a worst is
about two-thiris OF d ,niIe) Of tho sandy and wn-
torlcas desert botwoon Khalant and ito Anon.
In tho doHcrt they suddenly encountered Il forco
crazy weapons, and thcn being roekotcd fled
away, howling 1ito SO many deryisl,es. Had
it not boon for tho terrible physical diilcul-
tics encountered in tho 1atior part Of this
march, the expedition would lnvo had ita full
share Of tho ludiozous. AZ tho n1sBin,la trulsca
along, after lending their horuoa and canols,
which woro reduced to tho Inst gtago Of OK
4austion,. tho cnomy was conRtantly huvering o1,
thoir fiapls, annoying them By pretending, osofy
haH-hour to DO about to nuke ap attack; anil
then, rs soon us thero WIZ tho s1ightoas show OF
an nttac!t upon them, every mothers son Of
them would take to hia hoels aud bo out Of sight
in all instant. Near the Lardaba kul the Qranl
Duto Nicholas Coustantinovtct anil Trfnoo l3l,-
gon A[nximlianoyitch Ro1nanoyiHki- Cnp-
tainH-Woro i'll the first ranks OF tho infantry
van, and When tho onomy 1lod the Prince conf
mallled . party Of yolunloors aud chased thon
about iiftoen miles to lilo river: The rcar at-
md f,nfre al
ordered tho Granl Duke Nichoins Constnntino-
vitcl to lend III tho attack, which lo did Oh
Bpleulidsy as If, as soon Us thoy snw him oon1-
ing, the hcnulpH Ind not turned tnil aud fled III
Wild men. Al Adam. Krigian It daybreak pair-
ty Of some 800 Kerghcso aud Tutconlans, uutor
tho famous Gadyk, who had for dayB boen gal-
1oping about Gen. BArlovski'B command mule
good cause for believing the Russians to DO III
dihtreEs for want Of Watcr. They cnlno clono
to tho camp aud opened fire. which was at
onco returned by tho ritenlon from the hills.
Tho enemy rotrcato,l short distance, but co1l-
away until II cornpauy with rocket battery turn-
cd ont, aud, after prolonged firing, dislodgcd
Sadsk. In this most tarriblo oucountor with tllo
fierce AHintie Chief, tho nusaiana lost no mol at
ali, and tho onemy but three. sadyk hiinsolf
When tho column left Khniant thero wcro yet
$500 camels in tho trim, Ito rost having suc-
cu1ns'cd to tho nrdBhira OF tho way aud tho whit
Ut food and wntor. Whom Con. Dardoysht re-
turned from AdnM Kriglan to .aItf Kudulf, tlloro
Woro but ,240 camels left. From Alti l{udul1 to
utBch Tcllatolal thu rcad was in many places
most difficult, and greatly taxed tic artillery.
During halt, md just ay tho troops had formed
III o hollow square for tho night, tie cnemy, who
bud boon hoyoriug about for hours, approached
from throo Btles 1T once; tho rilotnon ingtantly
turned out and qnicAy om]ticd tho galdlos Of
tho6o who car1o nonrcst. Tho firing continued
all night, tho camp being entirely surrounded by
tho euensy, who retirod at daybreak and allowed
the nuselntB to continuo their march for sAort
tiu,o n penco. Thon tlloy ca1no up again and
opened llro from ali sides at ouco but tic troops
went ahead with perfect regularity, returning
yolloy after yoley and lteepiu tho one1ny at bay.
UttorinG thoir peculiar ycll, tho nativos altor-
nntuly advanced and ratreatod mud, with al t1,oir
waate Of powder, hardly succeeded In killing q
man. Along tho w1loIo Journey through t,is
region this WAS tho sort OF warfare carried Oil,
being occasionally diversified by pursuit OF tLe
natiyoa Into their boats along tho rivera md
canals, ,--whon tho woll-watored districts were
reached ,--aul shooting at thom while struggling
IN tho streams. Tho Anon waa reached with no
loss worth speaking Of. Tho mob Mt Utach
Tchntchah consisted Of Atm Jsndar and Goknu
Turiomana, kisglloae, md klivsao Of tho caHte
OF Nuker. From tlleHo fIetg 1t nay readily he
Understood how mud Why 1t cnmo that Kliyn fell
dpfoncoloas when onco II had boon 1cneleJ.