The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-28
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.
The Fall of Kars---LOss OF 300
Cannon and 10000 Pri-
SOnerS.

SOnerS.
~ LONDON, Nov. 18.-An o61cis
Russian dispatch, dated Verol
Kaleh. Sunday. Nov. 18th. says
The Russians carried Kars to.da,
q by storm The battle proceeding
the capture commenced a. 8 O'Clock
last night and eliminated at thit
morning. Our trophies and losses
are unknown.
LONDON. New. 19.-It is believed
OsmaA Pasha can hold out till the
beginning of December. Russia is
urging Ssrvia to action to check the
movement Of Mehemet Ali for the
relief of Plevna.
The Times correspondent at Bel
grade telegraPhs as follows: Gen.
HorvatoVicse has informed the Ser
Wan Government if it wishes toj0in
In the war it should do so immedi-
ately, as the Turks are throwing up
strong entertainments. mounted with
heavy Krupp guns all along the cas-
tern frontier and are concentrating
troops near Clessoura aud Tirnova,
and may any day determine on in
vaslon. ...-.. .--...
A special dispatch to the Daily
Neo0s. dated Veran Kaleh Sunday
evening. says: "Ths fortress and
city of Kars with three hundred can.
non, stores, ammunition, cash. etc.,
fell into Russian hands. The; Turks
lost Eve thousand killed and wound
ed, ten thousand prisoners and many
ri dags. The Russian loss is about
twenty-seven hundred. The Russian
soldiers made bat trifiiug booty and
spared the peacsful women and chill
dren. General Louis Melikoff direc-
ted the battle during the day. Grand
Duke Michae was present also. The
former entered the city a eleven
O'Clock Sunday morning.
The Duly Neaos' Veran Kaleh spe-
cIal says: ''Kars was captured by |
about 1000 Russians, who climbed |
steep rocks, ramparts and walls. and
stormed an equal number of desper-
ately fighting Turks in hsadleng
fight over their bitches and parapets,
compelling them to surrender. The /
escallade had been originally fixed
for the 18th. but was postponed ow-
ing to bad weather. The principal
attack was made on the southern
forts, General Lazereff commanding
the right wing consisting of the for.
tieth division and attacked Hafis
Pasha, a fort crowning a steep rocky
height General Count Grabbe with
q regiment OF Moscow Grenadiers
and regiment of the thirty-ninth
division assaulted in the centre
Kahnli Tabia, Survarn Tabia, the
three towers and the citadel. The
Ardahan brigade and other regiments
of Moscow Grenadiers under Gener.
ais Ross and Kamaroff forming the
left wing assaulted Fort Ingles, on
Che north. The attack began in the
centre at 8: so o'clock on Saturday
evening when Count Grabbe led his
brigade against the Khanli redoubt
and himself fell dead in the first on
set pierced by a bullet. Captain
Keadmeck. of the thirty.ninth regi-
ment was the first to enter the re-
doubt at IL o'clock st night. His
sword was cut clean cut Of his hand
and his clothes pierced. The re-
doubt surrendered early in the morn
ing and then three towers almost
simultaneously with the capture of
the Khanli redoubt. The citidal,
Fort Suivarri, Fort Halls Pasha were
carried by assault. BY daylight on
Sunday morning Gen. Lazereff's
troops had made progress as far as
the capture Of Fort Karadat. The
other forts, especially the Arab Ia
bia on the east and Takmeet Tabia
on the west, maintained q stubborn
till o'clock, when all the
garrisons which could escape fed to-
wards Erezroum. But these were
subsequently oyertaken by dragons,
and brought back prison
ers.