The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-05
PRICE TWO CENTS.
RUSSIAN ARMIES DEFEATED.
SIGNAL hDydNTAGES GAINED BY TIL
TURKS ~ ASIA MINOR.
a. dditionai Reports or victorie. for the SUI
tnn's 'Troops-Deniais by the t>nr'. Gene
rnps-Kussian Omccrs of High Rank slain

rnFs Kusstan Obccrs Of High Hnnk sinin
LONDON, July 4.-Tho report that tho
siege OF re- has bccn raised is Mt least prcmn
turo. but the d. 'at of the Russian field armies
Of the left and centre. and Of the investing force
before Batoum ia beyond question. and alto.
gethcr Is likely to interfere with If not tcrnin.
ate operations against Knra. The latest Turk.
ish news about Kars Ia that the bombardment
has been materially slackcncd. judging from
disconnected bulletins both Russian and Turk.
ish. it looks asi though Gen Tcrgukasofrs
column tth' Russnn's lcfil is cndpavoring TO
reach Kagysmhn. either to gain fresh limo ot
communication in place Of the one via Bnyazld.
which is in the hands Of the Kurds. or 10 units
with Melikol's command and abnpdun the ut
tempt to flank Erzeroum via the Euphratcs
4 Turkish account of the crossing OF the
Dnnubc at Sietova SAYS there WIS only ono
Turkish company at tho point whore tho Rus
SLAMS landed and tho latter had established
thor positons before n SUN lent number oi
Turks could be conrenirated to repcl thcm.
. Advires from Turkish sources say that the
Russian len wing 10 r"trcating In disorder in
the direction OF Bayazid. Faick Pasha from
xan threatens their limo Of retreat north Of
Mukhtar md Moussa Pashas are within twelve
miles Of kars
Three hattaions of tho Imperial Guard have
rca'he Erzcroum from Trr6i2ond.
:, A corrcspond"nta at Iewiin tclcgraphs that in
enormous losses. Tho Turks buried 900 Rus
sinns. The Turkish loss was below 500.
The Standard has the follow ng d,spath N from
Cnnstantinuple Since the 10Th Ol June tho
Ru-sians have been defeated five times. 1t is
'lievrd thry lost 10000 men on June 80 Their
Wounded filed 800 wagons. Tho garrison ot
Mars mHdr sortia on Sunday and reopen 4
comrnuni alton with Mukhtnr Pashn. The
siege OF kars must be raised. ii II IL not al-
rendy. MS the inv sting army must 70 10 the re-
Lief Ol the left wing otherwise the latter will ba
destroyed Tho Russian officers suffered
scycrc Y and five Of high rank wsrc killed"
81. fersburg d'spnteh ehes deny that the sego
OF kars has been raised. The Governments
publishes despatch from tho Russian camp
before kars. bear ne to-dny's date dcs ribing Z
successful attack on n Turkish battery. Mukh-
tar Pdsha. however. has sent long series of
drspat 'hcs to Constantinppe, describing the
victorious advance of his own and the right coll
umn. In the last despatch. dated AlisOupie.
July B. he says: " We passed the day in making
abandoned Banlinmed. flying 10 tho south
were pursued by our ,'a,ary. The Russinn
le.t wing 10 almost a. nihntrd. and IL na
before the drkisl rgltw ih su'h precipitnnsy
and destroyed or abandoned immense puanti-
T. = col tt-i,l.;" md PROVISIONS. Th" rond from
II mt ip klrt-k lissl IL covered with dead.
Inter opt ii Russian lrt rs sh that the gArrl-
syn Blyi;d i : rex ri Il as 10 t.
Il" NdiddfHS corr fslpndrnt nt ConstanN-
nope t..graphs under date of july IA iol-
Pasnas troops will enter kars to-day"