, 1877-12-06

evening that Ile ronlll only sec seventy s1"a
huIIcs Of the Rus*!au. on the slopes of That
hill. indeed. impartial cyc-witncsscs as-
:sf :s. me made that at 81. aisf pt,,ou I'll TN II IT,
morning the enemy contentcd thcnsclvc. with
keeping ur,a heavy artillery fire on the de-
@ tue TTaes e. se TO Fe na
cosfte lnss on the right must havc bcen very
tcyerc. for here desperate han.tto.'lnntl fight
.x-.,,rrcd, the ga,lantry of Brigade. Commander
19rn% ey being 'So.t % eon,Esnons, The M 81
Eagcmrnt,. Varied In tho afternoon By slight
skltmlsh between Infantry outposts in Tho
vicinity uf Kill Tcne. On The f',oru.ng of The
~, the enemy having abandoned the Treat
iauni Hill. which for eomc ur,ac1 o,lntnblo
reason. Wn* still left untntrcncllcd, stukhtar
pushed forward two brfgadcs under ttadji
hascitl Pasha, to rcctnnnire tn tho direction Of
tic ka,mek Tcpc, while Dmcr pa.ha from Saba
NJ to threaten the road between the Kapaek
hill and karajal. The Russians fell hack to.
ward rargas, hut Mnkhtar scnt Instructions 10
Withdraw llss br!gades, who werp too far nj.
Tn tho 9Th inst. Mclkoff abandoned his posi-.
tFnns At ktzil Fank mud Uahoo.lf, an,i conceE-
trntct all his forrcs, with tile exception of six
tal1nnt, at karaja'. T!ese Fix battalEnns H.
AMI formed very formidable outpost Il, a very
strong position, a1EoriEnE. MI admirable .lniat
dnEpui for force assautttua the Little fagnl
or Fezinhul postttons.
:, On Saturday md Sunday, tho 9th and I'll, OF
moving down the rond rrom AlrSan.irv1n' tu
knralAt. FrUM spies 1t WAS learnt that very
hcnvy rei'tfurcn,cnth of NIL three arms lIal nr-
rived from, tl,e interior Of ltuss,a; tncet, I
raslia, seeing TINT with his diminished forrcs
he wolthl tB unable tu defend ft* vcry cxtentle,i
positions, determined on drawing his Troops
Into narr1wer spscr. Consequently, on tho
after niEhtfall. oil forward positions at'nu-
homeland by dawn the Turkish army situated "a
follows: 4 co,mpletc bstcatle under Cnjt EN- Me-
etct p,sha held the l.itt1c YagnI Hill, tivtsion
while the Commandcr.!n.CllIef. With itlc nnfn
arsny, consisting Of thirty.tlrcc battaltons, nc-
cnple!l the Slopes Of tho A1ndja Dach above
kharknnn, with detached post on the Olya
On, Tucs.lay. the 9th, tl1e trand Dukc advanced
nnd nccuplcd ktztl Tepe, Sahatan. liadjlycli,
and the eastern Slopes Of tho tircat Yagnl.
Ainut noon lie opened very heavy fire OIL the
to. TIL. duel lnsted until night, when tie isus-
SLAMS retired out Of range null hivouac{esl on
tho field. The losses on 10th sides were most
severe. On Wednesday. the 10th, the Grand
Duke repeated tho programme Of tic preceding
dav: slclting the Nio.lesn camp from, damn Til
111h and 18th passed over quietly. The Turk
ish enmp now lad the appearance OF i,cIng h.
slcgcs!: their Whole front, extending frtMn tho
Little ragut to the Ata.lia l)agE, WIS defended
by almost continuous sl,etur-treslrtcs batteries
bcIn. thrown up III the most favorable situu-
tt0ns; wlliie opposite them III the plain below
laay the vast army Of the. Car. outnumf,cring
them two to one. and bringing four guns to
bear On enct, niece the Turks e1,tlltl produce,
Saturday, tho 18Th. wns rasscd Iii the usual
manner; strong columns OF Russians threaten
cd nil points. mid their batteries poured most
destructive lrc into tic Turkish positions. but
the lone-expcctcd assault wns deferred. All
rycs wcru t5xc,l on The fruut: no t,u,} tlourht n
turning movement feasible. Mukhtar lad
openly and repeatedly ti.c1arcd TINT llc knew
was atl t.npnsshlty for a forcu to 1,uyo round
In TINT direction. lii epite Of Lin ass,tr-
at,ccs, however, t|lcrc SEEMED TO 10 a pretty
general i1lea that muro mischief was brewing.
tcs ' n.t entsusias, al AMI oo iorbt iH ,oru Viii III
tlv courage aud boldness II connrcr9rt, now
tpcanlu tletxn,lpnt, at,l fought rather With tho
energy OF despair. The evacuation OF tho KILL
,rupe WA louked upun as a bu. omen by The
tltn 1uO ,nen deserted. Grave rnu.ors hoatrtl
through tho city uf Sunday, the t4lll, and thu
general alnrm lid not ubutc WHEN at eyeujnf. It
l,rcame known that both tlls wlres from thc
had lwcn tut. Monday unl Tuesday passcti
over In tjle sntue muutier. tho widest r,tr,prs
flew nhout, pane was Ut its height, Ali We
knew was thnt there atl ice,, very heavy igrI,t-
t,,g at kars, and that tflc Turks ,fcru worstctl.
On tho nth the wire was rc,,Iirr,I. md then
tho full extent of our misfortune luwllcl tlpt,i
It's. 1t nppcars TINT the constant attacks On
Mukhtar's front wcru only male with view
uf tiiycrttng i,ts attention from turniny move
mcnt being carried nut by Russian division In
the dlrcctlun OF DIvor u,,l Uriok, aud, wtcil
the tcltltelcuEaph apprtscd tic GranI duke II
l.azarefs arrival at Orlok, l,e attackcd MukI.tar
lIcs.ylly in front. The Little Yugnl, hell by
Melcflct pasha with ten 1mttaltons, four sicro
anil six tlcld pieces, was, "a mtyht be rxncct,sI
iruln the character Ut ts commander, desperate
" contested. All t3av lid tho nsea,I1tin.
v0lumns Of tho russians, numbering tl.irty-sIx
l,attasion:, euleayor TO ain footng on tlecreat.
Arat'' aud asaI,idll the Captain t'aslia hurl them
back ut tue point Ut the bayonst. At night.
however, their ammunition having run out, a1t
fasha nbatl'io!ed Ills guns. having first dis.
1nounte'! thcm aMl removed their bFccets-p!eces,
and cut Ills way through, this enemy to KaFs.
l'stlainlnK the SURRENDER whlrl, hs foresaw
would be forced |tt'uu bin lm thu morning. At
tht eams iitsle III the Little faEnl was assaulted
tfW oIya Tcpc was also Hereby attacked. The
four t'attall1Es lo'lng 1t defended 1t most gal-