, 1877-05-23
AN OFFICIAL RUSSIAN ACCOUNT uF THEN.
If<xEscA IN fAHsfa1 7YHrR.

AN uFFlE9Ak HkSSlAN AkLOLa4 VI AAATs
IfspIscA n kontfen 7iR.'s.
BEnI1x, May 9.-Thc Official russian IHssl!A
has the following:
The following !. succfnct account Of tue npcfa.
tions hitherto carried nut: Immediately after tho
IN EUROPE sni Asts crossed tic inrkish trontists.
The princ'pal teAtl0"s Of cur Ehtope'n hfmr
ment 81 fnfant1y On our 1rtt wing tnas!na seventy
rersss In twcnt! -four hvut. while Tue accompany.
On The .sih of Aprt' they occupied Rent. f;alat4,
1!ratiua. and tho bridge 0sef the Sefcth ae
.aa S: f' a. e zst bsna ~ ss
pos.esaion Of: Our troop, thus anticipated Tho
Turk. p gaFs'ton,nc t'aaz: the great railway cen.
lttle facilitate the caneeHtrlti"M u our army md
the tsanrpo't OF onr hascnte ant train. TIC ia.t
efsa es% s, & e
tion at Le"vo. Tbs ADVANCE Of the eolumns entst-
ins r. rtnSpatIty = pther ro,n'. A. ws a. n
oasiy nj welcomed nn1 tfoup.. Tnc TUX. .ha.e N.
nrst ot The % ai ~ of lily "o TnskI. fo"elad j. *. M
changed few shots with our aesa s'ts!'es, ut s"s'
Simultaneously with thcse movements, nur Gnu n
cas1an tEuuph Cruaact tbs Asatc fruntieE u TlF~y
IN three colu,nns. Ths n!a,n fotec. sou,tn: 'fo"'
u1n' tsehsneut nnsrehe % spon soun, aai d. tie III frsat
dctacnmcnt upon bayaxId. The AtexAnars'n,'.
corp., under command u Ait. -Uen. i.or't M",l'
1: sa%e dsy ~ sssaSea Moi'@ M"ss snl a, *Sufa:e!.
esotssa t@s ;ae Rvs II pss.t ia
at Kurnk barn, l1udshi Ea'i and subotan: on th'
::ith the cnrps reached Zain, md AMI ksl'
despatchln1 twenty 61ua1rons at'l noth1a4.
between Kari. IND Efzeroum. Thls cavalry. under
in theIr successful accommodating on VIC 2h'h. 4th
and 10th, destroyed tie Telegraph between knrs
md E!zetoum; and pursuea Turkish t'eashmsnt
by slnkhtar la.in him ~. 70 ,suppntt the eav.
tsliona u Erenadiess, without xnap.ncks. arcc'n-
pnnlcd by forty guns md i've *ntnins. to turn tho
dirk of Tho enemy .. knr, and procrc;a ss'ty o
lii Ga.talions railsed forth IRON Kufs, and,
xh "" rdss asy # sc .ssk r. o a psi
iety which ACCOMPANIED our cavalry, opening dtc.
dItmoanse,l 'rurkls! eann"n. Aftcs this cGvnse.
sn , ~ srsc, s q
p p"paiat!"n sver;wlefs +l"set' ths no't friendly
attance or oppostlnn wha.csee. IN the contrary.
Nu:,Ian rale w accented a. % nsnsat
to cti,er IN. 1tass,an service. All tho trrrgn'ar
ea,a'sy Of tho district el'1r fo'n* our fo'ee' Or
Ths troop. Of tho n1on detachment, nnler tho
eonu,anl u Lieut. -Gtn. Qklot}i9. marched npon
l.seaH; IT, s% IT. :s HA1a sobsHo 9G,S
made for Muchnst,r, willis lhu other, under ien+
roa,t. Ut tho 18th Ut april tue 1cf.h column,
after trrincs engagement, took the catur 1f An-
chnst0E, and on tie Gth fortified this HeronS putl"
! t1un, Ttr other column marched along thu Atch.
| waun, roaL AMI ltkewrc hsd ~, engagement with
| the enctnJ. Our lurs on ths 18th amounted to
thirty wounded, amons them Lieut. .Cot Muschcl-
on. tho corlnnt,,ler Ut llu Sixth nattcsJ Of the
/ Forty. Flint Artillery brigade.
| TAc tr.ops 1T the Ensan detachment. under tue
cpun.aha Ut ten. TerGukassnh, On tsle uofnng of
the :aJttl uf ArrIt reached 1'ayazd md uccupiea
lilo tow u Anl CITADEL. TAcTurhish gntFiaon. 100
| whvn cur l1oops approached the place.