The Republican journal., 1877-11-22
Esst Carried by the rsussisrs By stctrs yr
1urTer

Greatly to the surprise Of everybody,
Mars was taken by the Russians on Sun
DAY by storm, Russian official dispatches
state that the battle for the possession of
this renowned Turkish fortified town in
Armenia, commenced SATURDAY. evening
and continued till Sunday morning at 5
O'Clock, when the Russians succeeded in
el1ectlng Judgment in the town. The
despatch leads us to infer that the Turk
lsh garrison were all captured. As this
place held out six months in 1855, and
during the last summer successfully re-
sisted ali the Russian attempts to capture
1t, no one expected it to fall now for sey-
eral months
This important Russian success. there
fore, Is unexpected, and will lead to the
Immediate fall of Erzeroum. and the
complete Russian occupation of Armenia
| The Importance of this success TO the
Russians, and the corresponding blow to
the Turks, can hardly be overestimated.
| With no more success, the Russians can
20 INTO winter quarters feeling that the
| campaign has been a triumph Should
| they add to this triumph the capture of
| Pleyna and Of Osman Pashas Turks in
European Turkey, the Turks would be
obliged to sue for peace on Russias terms.
Indeed, before this disaster, the Turkish
authorities We're in consultation over their
sad condition, and were proposing to ask
England to lnterpose its good offices in
the interest of peace.
CAPTURE OF KARS CONFIRMED.
\ despatch dated Veran kalch, Sunday
evening says "lhe fortress and city Oi
kars with three hundred cannons, stored
ammunition, cash, etc, fell into Russians
hands. The Turks lost five thousand
killed and wounded, ten thousand prison
crs and many flags. The Russian loss
was about TWO thousand seven hundred
The Russians soldiers made but triting
booty and spared peaceful citizens, wo-
men and children. Gen. Loris MeHkott
directed the battle during the day. Grand
Duke Michael was present also. The
former entered the city at O'Clock sun
day morning
LONDON, Noy. 10 The DAILY News
eranckleh special says kars was cap
tured by about $1,000 Russians, who
climbed the steep rocks, ramparts and
walls and scattered an equal number Of
desperately fighting Turks in headlong
flight over their bitches and parapets,
compelling them to die or surrender The
escalade had been originally fixed for the
18TH but was postponed, owing to bad
weather. The principal attack was made
on the southern fort Gen. LaZeretf, who
commanded the right wing, consisting of
the tOrtieth division, assaulted Eloatiz
Pasha, a fort browning steep, rocky
height. Gen. Count Grabbe. with a regi-
ment of Moscow grenadiers and 4 regi-
ment OF the Both division, attacked Hoatiz
Pasha i'll the centre, the khanli, Tahea,
SuaVarre, Tabia, the three towers and
the citadel. The Abraham brigade and
another regiment of Moscow grenadiers,
under Gems. Rope and Kameroff forming
the left wing, assaulted Fort Inglis on the
north. The attack began in the centre
at $50 o'clock on Saturday evening, when
Count Grabbe led his brigade against the
khanli redoubt, and himself fell dead at
the first onslaught, pierced by bullet.
Captain kmadmickie OF the Both regi-
ment, was the first to enter the rcdoubt
at o'clock at night His sword was
cut clean out Of his hand and his clothes
pierced. The redoubt surrendered early
iii the morning, and the three towers al
most simultaneously with the capture Of
the khanli redoubt
The citadel, Fort Sauvarre and Fort
Hoatiz Pasha were carried by assault by
daylight on Sunday morning. General
Lazerol1''s troops had made progress as
far as the capture Of Fort karadh. The
other forts, especially the Arab Tabia on
the east and Takmeh Tabia on the west,
maintained a stubborn resistance until
o'clock when all the garrisons which could
escape fled toward Erzeroom, but these
were subsequently overtaken by dragons
and Cossacks and brought back prisoners