, 1877-12-31
ing to furnish The rnoslc.. Though the aegre.
cato money vnl,ic OF the models is great the
loss Is widely distributed and by no means irrep-
APahtr
flAItS.

KARS.
8onn rarttcuinsa NJ Its Capture.
f0'sAp.rdtnek kon,ton Timer.
ST. PETgtsnEAn, Dec. 3-At last we arc be-
ginnfp. 10 receive from occasLona, correspond.
cnts few details regarding tho capture OF
Kars. A correspondent of the .noseo,s Gazette,
under date Kars, Nov. 20, gives the following
description Ut the event:
Kara, ilrat-class fortress, and the Turkish
barrier ~ Asia Minor. !laa fallen. Our troops
t0k Y y ,9f Wt IT, Sa,rson Fl o
Vi wnr material, it did not succeed it, lIu!l1nx
out. The attack MAJ fixed fur the evening oF
the 17tll oi November. The truous were divided
,nto IT. scyeral columns, the WHOLE t'rtlsr
south, opposite Fort Kaoly, WAS Inc
llas!s, tie column Of Gen: ,Alkl'azoa; on the
west. ,orles!tc The forts Icnin'. suvara Las
'Icpcsi, and Aukhl!s. tho colum,, of ten. Koop.
I'm tllc evctltful evening the weatt,er WE, won-
,icrinily beautiful. There was touch nj frost
around 'hesc vi cumpEctG stlcntr, and cyers-
thing was nvntslc.i which could warn tho Turks
of tic Intended attack ~ o'cDrk the ntlrancc
lc2an. III thy most prrfcct silence the trbnps
after Osrlt~k were llcari lev n1fkct-slIots,
which slowed that the oltposts WIRE rea"sie!.
THIN thlntltrcd the rll,ilan a tlleiIght liegafl.
The ttorlninE columns met with suct. terrific
llrc that nothing could ba heard hut d ronthu-
o'* snll nf big guns ami tntlskctry. All the
! forts wcrc suddenly. as It were, ginict. about
With belt OF tlre, In some PLACES with
s sh; se oYs ,ra III tr ,1 Ihs
| flhsnr, unt looked like trcnt bonfire. Every
snldtcr ot tic garrison iircl hundreds OF sha,s.
M A!l tue , hiE guns, It, seetns, werc ln ast'o',.
nlnjfI FIR n f1nInf R{tpl1 "a hut
through II silently, Without firing, unwnvertng
y advanc.d ihc ssortn'ng columns: When near
the turtitfcatlons they rushed forward with
Our soldiers jump orcr The wolf-l,oies : down
Into the ditch anil begin to acnle Tic parapet+.
The hcs:oFm'ng ladders, twcnsy.one feet IT, length,
arc too short, but the brave fellows climb aud
chamber 81! tue same, clingfng 10 each nthcr,
tllxlinE their bayoncts Into tic parupot, givin.:
each other Il lift, and ever fornlr1t. Now they
orc on ihc top; thc Qates are blown open with
hyna1ntte; Fort Knnly tne Terrible ean q, 70
bis volunteers, mud falls with two bullets In Ills
hrcust. After him rorues Col. DelinskI, at the
h@saa @ 81 tee reglment, atla he. to- fa!ls under
forwan, movement. The garTison wayers
takes to flight. and our troops enter. Kally Is
ours; and thoto Of the defenders who slut
themselves up til the caseinatca arc Obliged to
| cupitulntc. Hoon fall in like manner t3uwarri
anh liahz. An advance IN then made on the cit
| a1rl. At all points tho Turks offer n desperate
| resistance. Toward morning the ku:als lic.l-
mel,t takes the karatlagl, and Arat' Tabia. and
"As soun ts tho kara!laglt mud Arab Tnb!a
were stortncd. the Turks, It ecctns, determined
10 abandon KaFs. About o'clock IN the lnorn-
iDE the garrison left tho town, with tic tnten-
tton, apparently, Of making thcir way to Erxe-
RUM. Tint VIA ali net Of wonderful during,
and by us quite unexpected. To thu humber Ut
10,U00 they rctrcatcd In the direction Ut
TalidIa-tlat H. to ~, In the direction of
| tancc lnistook them for our own troops. Very
sUot,, however, from Ufarra our artillery bcga,
to act. and tlcn. Roop attacked tlcm. Tic al
tack was 50 vigorous tlat ,, tno Turks, thous!!
were completely ecnttetcd. About !. .Ry) Of them
laid down thciF arms. or the re1nainder, some
threw themselves into the Qualifications, aud
the tthcrs lied. That WAS thu lust Of tho great
drama. Our cavalry was scnt In pursuit. OF the
fugtttyes, and many OF them were cut down. At
1p O'Clock III tho morning the whole affair was
at all end. THO soldiers made tho sirn Ut tho
cross and thanked God for the victory. Tic
| without siege works.
| "Unc must sce Kars in order to uuderstaud
what WIS done. It Is difficult 70 hclicvs that d
place Of such strength sould bc currie'l by
storm. scsorc the forttdcatton i. u row of
'wolf.holct.' and bcyoud these tlttcl, antl a
panipct. The tlItcl!cs arc from twenty feet TO
Twenty-Five feet vide, and from fifteen feet
from tic bottom of The aitcl,, are
In some places nearly thirty feet high, and fear.
fully steep. In tho majority nf the paraptts
are stone ;easemcnts constructed for defense.
anu tho dead and wounded Turks % soon ~
the forttticattons were taken. at nt,un, how.
ever. there were still lnany Turks In the litchea
fsat zta hsy sos a,s so
Ti,o wounded avebcsn placed int tlc town l,osp
ta1s:. To-day there VA great religious service