The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-24
EASTERN wR.
Ksrs is Taken b. Essasii. 1hs Tsrks
i.ssfes Five Thousand Killed asd
Wounded. Ten fhoasaad FFis-
eners sea Three Hundred
Cannon.
The Russians, In Tseir HeadIorg Flight
Over Ramparis, Walls and bitches.
Compel the sirtbors Tsrks to Die
or Surrender.
sfryia Urgcd to Sotr the War. ana 4
cnech tue Movement sor ths Reilrfor
Piesns.

sfrsfn IrEcd to 1oiH the War. ana
cneck the rsvemeaG Tor tne RCflrfor
Picsns.
LONDON. Novemser Is.-It Is be.
iieyed that osinsn pasta can hold out
unia The beginning OF December.
Russia Is Urging SeTvia TO action to
check lie movement OF Meiemet Al
Tor the relief o. Plevna.
TIE DAily Newa' Veran-KAleh spe.
eial says: ''kar- was captured 10y
about fifteen thousand Russians, who
climbed the steep rocks, ram, ,arts and
waile, and stormed sn equal humble OF
desperately fighting Turks in head
long flight over their bitches aud
pets, compelling them 10 die CT
surrender. The principal attack WIS
made on the southern forts. GeneraI
Lczerod commanded the right wing,
consisting Of the ,ortisth division, and
attacked Hafz pasha, fort crowning
a steep rocky height. General Count
GTGbbe, with a regiment Of The thirty
ninth division, assGtled the centre,
the kahulie, Tdhia, L1rvarn, Tsbis,
three towers and the citadel. Arda-
hapis brigade ahd another regiment
of Mossow Rrsnidiers, under General.
Roop ana KewaroH. forming the left
wing, assaulted fort ISgies on the
north. The attack began in the cen
tire, at $3.50 o'clock Saturday evening,
when Count Grabbe led HE hrig.
AIDE against the Kahul!e Tedoub.,
and himself fell desd at Tie
first onset, pierced oy bullet. Cap
tain kwodetnekie, Of the Thirty. ninth
regiment, was the first to enter the re-
douet at eleven O'Clock at night His
sword was cut clean out of his hand,
and his clothes were pierced with bay
enei thrusts. Tie retoubi surrendered
eariy IN the morning, aud then the
three towers simultaneously With the
| capture Of the kshu.ie redoubs The
citadel, Fort Lniyarri and Fort HEfz
fasia were carried by assault ~ Day
iight On Sunday morning. General
Lszs-eirs troops had made progress as
far az toe capture Of For. Ras4 dah.
! The other foyts, esPeci slly The Arab
TGbis 90 ne east, and Iahmsh 1shia
on the west, maintained n stutbrrn
resistance natil eight o'clock, when
oil the garrison which could escape.
He'd toward ETzsFouEa, but these were
subsequently overtoken by she dra-
! goons and Cossacks, and bEO1yat back
prisoners.
a Times correspondent at Belgrade
! telegEsphs 81 follows: General Her
vatovich has informed the ServiaD
government thai II IL wishes TO join in
the war II shculd DO 50 Immediately,
a. the Turks are throwing up strong
entertainments, mounted with heavy
krupp guns, along the eastern frontier.
and also, are concentrating troops near
ClessonVa and IlrnOva, nII may any
day determine on invasion.
| 4 special dispatch to the News.
dated ran~Kalsh, Sunday evening
says: THE fortress aud city OF Kars.
with three hnndred cannon, stores,
ammunition, cash, etc, fell into Rus
sian hands The Turks lost five thou
sand killed and wounded, ten thou
sand prisoners and mSuy flags. The
RUSSIAN loss was about twenty seven
buuhIed. The Russian soldiers nlade
but trihing hooty, and spared peaceful
citizens, women and children. Gem
eral Louis Mslikor directed the battle
: during The day. The Grand Duke
Michel WAS Present also. The former
entered the city at eleven o'clock sun.
day morning.
a special dispatch from Berlin to
the Times, says it * expected that the
German government viii ssk The par
lament for permission TO contract the
loan of one hundred and fifty million
marks, MY millions Of which is ex-
pended 10y loss on resumption Of gold
currency. n special increase Of :, IOO,-
900 marks is 10 te made.