, 1877-11-21

lass III fflt -ltt q! lime Mctknt IN Hue nitah'
time hal alsan"ed ftn Kars with the object II!
[ortin. the S,rlIanlu.Da4h. ciFeetiNg = June
tioll with Tercukas.ofT ut kuprtknE, and moving
straight III Erzerou.n: IN making THIS n.oyc-
fncnt he cnt,uIntcfed the ft'rcrs VI Fa!zI Pasha
At Xewi,t. mi Wa defeated, will, hcary loss.
NcK1trAn rAsHA HKrGNNs NnKrnwARn.
Having rallied thc sp!rEta Of fis dls'lcarlcned
right wing by Ills suectes at thc battle Of
Eslck.klmliats on the 21at. snd haTlng
tccn ah1c tn strengthen the tiytsinn, Mukhtar,
ieayng It under the command If kisr<l isrnaIt
Pasl,a, Returned to Ilfs own headquarters. T1y
late t" participate In tc cheering. success of the
Eth Of .lGH,, the credit bf which nInst he
ascr1te'1 tn Falzi Fasha ttlen. Koi1nann). sfnkh-
k"IH c1lctllttol!nry forre, already retiring uh
karH. The want of regular caralry, the Err,sa
tncluactty uf Muussa 1'as',a. tic CIrnsefnn
% IL s e s 's n;sSsnsa StnSsf kS. S!: ' rstl
from leinE 'ony"st"I tntn 4 r,ut. tihazf Mukl-
tar ra'.e,l the siegc Ds that fortress, p,sf,ti
after the s1siscnvitc troops to Within llve miles
OF The Czar'A frnntier, aud. taking up ktr,1g
lM'sIt ION IN the rAttgc running ftutH Erzinku1 tu
the A1at)Ja-Dagh, intrcncted himself With fU1t-
teen t.stta!iors drawn fTohl tue garrison Of the
fortress ut the former place. six more also
drawn ir,'n kArs TIL t'le 0lya.Tcte. halfway 10
mountain tirty-tlsec battaltuts, which strength
Ills nw.n fosec, With rctniorcctnents, had now
rcnclctl.
Tic facs will .eascely he credited that Tue
Fistcd q hut thlrty.threc battaltons, averaging
about 40 rifles ea:l,, three blttasaEs Ut atttl-
lcrv, at.d Ofrc.ular lloree. From tsIc 9TH of
Juty. the rclief Of kars, The two armies
IN cavalry encounters, in which thc I!usstan
leaders ',il not show to ans. advantage. Fur
six weeks the two ar,ilfch lay facing
eatsl ntlltf, the Ruesfans IN their dctnoraliHca
faulty Intelligence Department fcaring to MAKE
onr. When, on the 18th of AUGUST, NtlIkof
made vcncsal assault vi the Ottuinnn pusl-
tlon. ~ was rcpt'lsel VIII, heavy daughter ina
m"*t br|lilant tnai1ncr hT Mukhtar, who ful-
lowed up his sactcas on the skl of tilr sarno
month by carrying the Ktztt.Tepc Hill, which,
By SUNG ttrAnEe neglect, llat been lntrusted 10
u single battalion.
AcKnrAn's rArA1. xlsTAKE.
I1lh llnr Ut communication NUS now l,y q road
uyer Il difficult cautitry; ilis trunt, r1tcn1ing
tIun 1gtiyr To Pcn,ck, ct.-crcd a vast cxtent Of
Cruund: there was TO means whereby support
s,I Gc afforded byo e,lunn t. a'iot!ler, aud
,}natly hts own position was too exte,ltle-fur Ills
Rmuli iorcc, afnl presented In the Yagnt and
OIyu-rcpcs tconeal little knola rising ho,e slJ
to ,U1 lect nuuyu the urtgllborng l!ilIs) kcys
the lussessfon of which would eifcctnasly cut
uiE the trtlops oil the AladIa-Dartl. atu compel
nntl Getsct!cwatl. clrruitous route. In truycrs-
ing whict. they would bc cxposcti to the flank
ntincks of at, enemy marching down by hotanli,
sara.kalnysll asad Mczlngfrd. All these la,.@ers
trained Ii, tic fcllool Of wur, not In The
elsaubrrs u II palace, but they. .werv UNDECIDED.
as II still further to cnhnnce his danger, Muk-
Gxten4it.. hs front, so Us to tave, rs II were, a
detached work SIX iui1cs In ADVANCE of bis nluil
lnc.
Tie pusI.Iou, then, that sfukhtar occupied at
Alatl,a:uaGn to kars, passing through Fezin-
kui. the detached kt,olls ot KtzE1.Ttpc, MIX
1arJtTepc, Olya.repc, and Yngn[.Tcfc, all
lying In front Of tbs tla!tl line, werc well III
trs,sc a, str;cngIy o., Ear'tionea thc f1st
guns; I'll tnc Sakllarll Tcpc NILS a battalion
Will, two mountain guns. while on tue SLOPES
y! thc AlaJln'D DaEl were tnarty-titce baital:ts'a
%itl, hys natteFlcs, cavalry dlV'sIEl!
Olya Tcpe was held by four bata!lions with
battery, aud Hezsnkuf by fuurteen hut
tal1tot's with two batteries, a stEonK dctuell-
icnt ftll,g scnt forward W hul1 fuEnl For
thu purpose vi defending this lons lluu kars
had iec'f alInost slsnulcd Of TROOPS, oniy eight
latsaltuns with 1,sN artillery heInE Icft In tho
furtrcss. Opposcd t, the fftty-ctghs battaIons
Numbering barely 4o,oo mcn nut Iity-tonr
gnusl with which Muklltur WIS defending, thts
| rsusltion, It Is sud the uranl Duke brought 10
less that 70,000 Engn and ~ pieces Of artillery.
Sayccss to the leusssans was Insured.
TIIR BATTLE or Ai.AnIA-l,A6I.
Te critical attack on thu 18th was made Gy
ucu. nclliui,n Oh tnc Olya ur Aw!y llili. llc;.
l,n.tln's grcnalters ay fur ttsrre huurs waltiu!.
for the order to alya,leu, w1lte the s,rupnr DR..
lug "us concentrated oH the Turks, WHEN frutt.
tho Al"dla Mounta!n strnng linz Ut Turk
/ ra.ics; but brfUre they couIa eyc.,
cruss tho ravinc, their ldyance wus as-
rrstttl hy lsussian line, which cot,ipellc,! them
/ sun cnlllnns tu1l! Otf lur tue assault On tho
| Awiy-icr, lluyc.l onward no that hill. T.,e
| lsnsstn'ls crowded more mud more together ~
they gOt III the cotIcr toward tho enemy. Wilt
smells anI BArapncls. Then repeated l!.lrrats
ButmlGl through tho ar. aIld tile ErcnAtltcrs
jumped In crowds over tbs cneulys lltelies alu!
paraI. Is. T|u gal'aut Turks, then rrli1quslI-
bullets uild bayonrts, a,ll thu Formidable r.
sIauaht. Tho next iurtltlra plateau to the
southwest, s!tuate.! ]u*t betaFc TINT Vi vezEn.
kni. was alao stor.l'ud Within all hour.. After
O'Clock, the tEoups. un'lvr Raschd lasha, III t!.e
Aiatija- l!agh, Wcru engaged by tho Moscow
Grcunllcrs. THIS canEou anti ri1u 1r1ng
of the Turks was spasmodle, but they
| wcrr gradually driven from tcrtace to terrace
beyond t!rtr camp To tt'e summit of the tnoun
taill At'uut huif.pust ! they guyc up furthe,
| Resistance, antl retired to tito upgositu side,
having everything they 1la Il. the ttands Of tht
| Russians, with thb exception Ut an,nr Ut tlIct1
guns. They hoycrca t''uEc ~ tllc wilderness loI
1
| nnu then uesrmring surrendered At about half
| past liz same evening.
suon after tho crushing defeat ut Ala.lja.
Dngh, Muk"tar left part u Ills forccs at kara,
ud by thu lsusxlaus, under Gen. ueillanu, but
mo engagement ts,ok p'nco until til,
ar,,lies INIT Ut Dcve-l,oyu1l, near ErzcrouIu
OH tbs Itl inst. Mukhtur was routed, MI.
rctlEe,! 10 ErzeEoum, where tIa IL nov be4lcgcL
Thu Investment of kaFa lsEat soon after tlll
/ battlo vi A!alia-DaglI. Tue Tufks lnade
eostio fr.,n thu illtr.elc4 camp southeast o
tits c1ty, but wese repplseL. The ltuksians ral,
wcru III position To ulakc safely tlse general VI
saAlt which Las given them possession Ut tA'
| furtrcss.
KAIfS.
DESCRIPTION OF lTs roNT1FICATI0Ns.
| Stio FORK Ntsatd. 4St,p. ".
Kass has always been regarded By nilltar,
| orrtu,ors ~ a rnaffjnn ~ ,yrcat ,,ntrrn