The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-12-01
The Fall of ars...Character Of the
Works Assailed.

The attack on Kars was made at the
intrenched camp or plain south OF the
city. This Enclosure is about one and
two-thirds miles long and one mile wide.
The incidents of the assault may be
classified as follows:
1. Gen. Lazaroff, with the FOrtieth
Division, attacked Fort Hafiz Pasha.
This fort is at the southeastern angle of
the intrenched camp, and is the strong
est built of all the works. 1t is closed,
the walls being pierced only by one gate
toward the town. The whole structure
is surrounded by deep trench, and is
protected on the southeast by an open
outwork called Echali. There is a
magazine in the fort. Gen. Lazaroff
carried this position by assault, and then
directed his troops against Fort Kara
Dagh or Kara-Dagh, which they carried
by daylight on Sunday morning. The
Kara-Dagh, or Black Mountain, is the
key to the whole system of defenses;
its defenses command nearly all the 9TH
er Notifications. Its three forts are
named Forts Kara-Dagh, Arab and
Koltak. Fort Kara-Dagh, which Lazaroff
assailed after capturing Fort Hafiz
Pasha, mounts forty guns, and is about
five furlongs from Fort Arab. 1t COM
mands the road entering the city from
Alexandropol, and its possession by the
Russians gave them at once command
Of the intrenched camp as well as firm
foothold on the Black Mountain. The
loss here must have been very heavy,
the attacking force being at great dis
advantage, and exposed to a whitening
fire. The capture of Forts Hafiz Pasha
and Kara agh gave Gen. Lazaroff the
east side of the Enclosure.
2. At about three miles from the first
position attacked by Gen. Lazaroff, the
gallant Gen. Count Grabbe, at the head
Of the Moscow Grenadiers, advanced
against Fort Kanli. This position,
which is at the western angle of the
Enclosure, consists of a closed lunette
and two advanced redoubts, protected
by a deep rock-hewn trench and traver-
ses. 1t contains a powder magazine.
Here Count Grabbe fell dead, pierced
by a bullet, but the attack was MAIN
tanned vigorously, and after two-and.a-
half hours fighting Capt. Kwadmicki
entered the redoubt. The Turks con-
tinued to resist, and it was not until
Sunday morning that the Russians had
full control of the fort. The adjacent
works at once fell into their hands, and
the first line of defense was irretrievably
broken.
8. The attack on Fort Suwarri, which
is about one-and-a-half miles from Fort
Hafiz Pasha, formed part of the opera
tons at the western angle of the inclos-
ure. This position, which was carried
by assault, commands the road leading
from Erzeroum into the town. 1t con-
tains small magazine, and is protected
by earthworks, which cover the ap-
proaches of the Erzeroum road.
4. The fall of the citadel followed the
success attained in the preceding at
tacks. That structure is built of brick,
contains two small towers and powder
5. Fort Muchliss, on the north, was
also included in the assault, but was
attacked only with the view of
troops from other points. This
position is on the north side of the riv-
er, and fully four miles from Fort Kara
Dagh. Its defenses are incomplete, and
If it were attacked with vigor it must |
have fallen.
6. The Arab Fabia or Fort, which
was the last to fall, is built on the sum-
NIT of the Kara-Dagh, and is the most |
of all the works defending the |
city. 1t is surrounded by q glacis or
clean slope outward, adapted for artil-
lery and musketry defense. Its capture
vsxA1 ~ 81 L. fc11 e Al Al
positions.
z. Fort Tchakmak is about three |
miles from Fort Muchliss. The garrison |
evidently fed from it on finding the 9TH |
Or positions in the enemy's hands. II
was not within the area of the main at |
tack.-Nes0 York Tribune.
THERE were two of them hanging |
over the front gate the other night. |
She was standing within the yard and |
he on the Sidewalk outside, both lean
ing on the top rail, and apparently as
happy as two pigs in q cornfield. He
was saying, Nov, my own little
darling, sweet idol of my soul, whose
image Is ever on my heart''-when he
saw the old man coming down the front |
walk, and continued in different strain:
'' The potato bugs haven't destroyed our
crops 80 much since we purchased Paris
green, and you will find also that cab
bages can be raised better on a richer
soil" The old gentleman heard it, and
urned back. saying as he entered the
house, +" These young people take more
interest in agricultural affairs than peo-
pie generally suppose, Philadelphia