Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-11-22
The War.
THE BATTLE OF KARs.

London dispatches of the Goth inst
state that the fortress and Kars City with
three hundred cannon, stores, ammu-
milton, cash, ETC., fell into Russian hands
The Turks lost five thousand killed and
wounded, ten thousand prisoners and
many flags The Russian loss Is about
| two thousand seven hundred. The Rus
sian soldiers made but trifing booty,
and spared the peaceful citizens, women
and children. Gen Lorriz Melikoff di-
rected the battle during the day. The
Grand Duke Michael was present also
The former entered the city at :1sSun-
day morning.
THEY CLIMBED THE ROCKS.
A Veran Kalch special says Kars was
captured by about $4,000 who climbed
the steep rocks, ramparts and walls and
stOrmed an equal number of desperately
fighting Turks in headlong fight over
their bitches and parapets compelling
them to die or surrender. The escalade
had been originally fixed for the 18th
but it was postponed owing to the bad
weather.
THE PRINCIPAL ATTACK WAS MADE
on the southern forts. Gen. Lazareh,
who commanded the right wing, CON
sisting of the fourth division, assaulted
Hafiz Pasha fort crowning the steep,
rocky height General Count Grabbe,
with a regiment of Moscow grenadiers
and a regiment of the 39th division,
attacked Hafiz Pasha in the center;
the ..Khaulie Tabia, the CITADEL fort
Sanfarrie, Sanvarri Tabia, the three
towers and the citadel The Ardahan
brigade and another regiment of Mos
COW grenadiers, under Generals Roop
and Kemaraff, forming the left wing,
assaulted fort English on the north.
THE ATTACK BEGAN
in the center at $50 Saturday, when
Count Grabbe led his brigade against
the Khaulie redoubt, and himself fell
dead at the first onset, pierced by bull
let. Capt Kwadmieke, Of the 39th
regiment, was the first to enter the re-
doubt at II o'clock at night His sword
was cut clean out Of his hand, and his
clothes pierced. The redoubt sumen-
dered early this morning, and then the
three towers. almost simultaneously
with the capture of the Khaulie re-
doubt.
hUSSlAN EOHES.
A London dispatch of the 18th says
Russian sympathizers here, though dis
appointed to find that the news of Rus
sian occupation of Erzeroum was pre-
mature, still feel confident that their
friends control the Armenian situation
sufficiently to insure Russian acquis-
ton of valuable seacoast, if the revived
rumOrs of peace negotiations shall be
realized They assert with confidence
that the Sultan is anxious to end the
war by negotiations, and has again sug
gested through Minister Layard, British
intervention to that end.
The ROumanian successes in Albania
seem likely to result soon in the cap
ture of Antivari, its most northern port
on the Adriatic, the possession of which
will be of great advantage in the nego-
tiatiOns for the rectification Of the Mon
tenegrln boundaries
THE FALL OF KARS.
An official Russian dispatch, dated
Veran-Kaleh, Sunday, Nov. IS, says:
/" The Russians carried Kars to-day by
storm. The battle preceding the cap
ture commenced at s o'clock last night
and terminated at s this morning.
Our trophies and losses are at present
unknown"
THE SERVIAN FRONTIER.
A Belgrade dispatch, dated Nov. 10Th,
says: General Horvatovich has in
formed the Servian government that if
it wishes to join in the war it should do
SO Immediately, as the Turks are
throwing up strong intrenchments,
mounted with heavy Krupp guns, all
along the eastern frontier, and also are
concentrating troops near Clissaura
and Tirnova, and may any day deter
mine on invasion