Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-23
The Eastern war.-Capture Of Bars.

The news of the downfall Of Kars. the great
Turkish stronghold in Armenia, was brought
by brief cable despatch on Sunday which
stated that the fortress was carried 10y storm
the battle preceding the capture having com
menced at O'Clock Saturday night and ter
minat d at on the following morning. Later
DESPATCH confirm this Intelligence. The at
lacking force Numbered $1,000. and they
climbed the steep rocks, ramparts and walls
and stormed an equal number of desperately
fighting Turks i'll u headlong flight over their
bitches and parapets, compelling them to die
or surrender Gen. Loris Aellikof directed
the battle and Grand Duke Michael was pres
ent The Turks lost 1000 men killed and
wounded and 1000 prisoners. while the Rus
sian loss was 200. The Russians captured
800 cannon, the stored ammunition and some
money The Russian soldiers did but little
plundering and spared the peaceful citizens,
the women and children.
In all the wars between the Muscovite and
Ottoman Empires. Kars with it, outlying
forts and Notifications has been one of the
principal objective points of the invading
| army. During the Crimeau war the Turks
made desperate defense of the place against
the Russians. second only to the one just con
| cuded At that time kars was taken by hun
| ger. and not by assault the garrison was
starved. not whipped, into submission. From
| late in April last when the Gar gave his
! troops the order to cross the frontier until
this final moment Of triumph Kars has been
more or less strongly invested by a portion of
| the Grand Duke Alichaels army. lu its i'm
mediate neighborhood have been fought more
! engagements than elsewhere in Armenia and
on numerous occasions its garrison has re-
| PEELED desperate foe i'll great disorder. BY
many military writers II was from the com
mencement of hostilties. looked upon the
! military key of Asia Minor 1t was one of Il
/ quadrilateral of which Erzeroum, 1rebizonde
and Batoum were the other three points.
! Their is nothing now but the roads and the
| w,at'. + to prevent the Grand Dukr Michael
| from pushing forward i'll overwhelming force
| and ovcrrunning Armenia. little more than
Il month ago. Mukhtar Pasha lay in front of
| kars. dreaming of an advance across the Rus
sian border. He actually talked Of making
an ate mpt upon the Muscovite stronghold of
Alexandropol and he sent orders to Ismail
Pasha who commanded the Bayazid detach-
ment, to march without delay upon the city
of Erwan. He had climbed so high that he
lost his head. but five weeks have brought
him very low. His central army has been de
stroyed. He has lost all the country TO the
south of Delibaba and TO the east of Dew
Boyan. His main fortress has been wrested
from him, and now the capital of Armenia
totters TO its fall The Turkish campaign in
Asia possessed splendid possibilities. but it has
resulted in total discontinue.
private cable despatch received by a New
York banking house says "kars has fallen,
| Erzeroum will follow. and Oslnan Pasha will
very soon he captured at Plevna with his en-
tire army. The Russians are putting forth
extraordinary efforts so TO finish up the
war before the close Of the year. They dare
not permit the campaign TO go over until
spring for Germany Austria and England
are in union as TO the necessity for stopping
the war before the Turks are entirely over
whelmed. Russia will have large slice OF
Armenia, and the Danuban principalities will
be relieved from Turkish authority, and their
future status left to "A conference of the great
powers. Inany event peace is certain Sell
wheat and provisions short, and get rid OF
| railroad stocks -