Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-22
HE Iurks RontrtI
DETAILED ACCOUNT o. THE FIGHrTyG
IN ARMENIA.

DETAILED ACCOUNT o. THE FTGHrTS0
IN ARMENIA.
\ London dispatch says We have only
now detailed Information respecting The nrSt
Conflict IN the open field between the Turks
AID Russians in Armenia. 10 viii be remeun-
otred thai Mukhiar Psshs reinforced the
trosps NJ helihaha some days ago and order
~ Commander Mehems To a iVance thnOagh
lne Passes from The Aras valley and Pasin
pain aud meet the kuSstans Mehemet,
therefore, descended the slope. and took up q
position a. Lciitkan ~ Sailacilan which ts
,eh or Twelve miles southwest OF ro2rak
hale, and Just in front OF the passes above
mentioned. His artillery strength n not
slated, but II was not strong HIS Infantry
Wa not above eight thousand, aud he had
llttle or DO cavalry and that was bad. The
Russian LEFT, under Lieutenant General Ter
gnkason, had, on the other aand about
1000 infantry and plenty OF cannon beside
I'D tueciual cavalry force. The Tarks
Drought on The nght by advances on the isth
INST. The whole day WAS spent in an artille-
unel, Out ON The i6.h The Russians began
ne execution OF what was ~ idently a set
tled plan Six bodies OF Russian Infantry
advanced al SIX o'clock. under cover d. a ter
T Id artillery are. otw,thstanding the
Turks returned heavy IRE the enemy con-
unued 10 advance and finally. by detaching
y strong body, turned the Turkish right
nank, solved a commanding hin and gutok-
N Threw up brca>iw, rkS. aud there stab
hShed touT field guns. VII ich enabled Then, %
rake almost the entire front ~ The Turkish
me. ficm THIS moment The losses ~ thu
lstl'r We're s'rtoHs. Their men fell rariily,
ueir artillery was s'olged, sud the in-
fsntry exposed without sapporf ID a uur-
dttouS IRE. For over twenty minutes the
ois,nsns stood before this new Attack.
and at This crisis Mehemat lelI.
To increase thP difficulties arnrluntf ON ftslI
short AZ 10 O'Clock. The hcIsht witch the
Turks held az Tie opening OF fhp hafsle was
10 longer teuable. aud by miirigtf me last
Turk was driven OF \ cavalry ,harAe fol-
lowed, converting the defeat into a rput.
What followed = moi yei clear. conc account
says the Russians advanced into the plain of
Pasin, two miles from Mukhtars POSITION,
which l. very precautions. TINS ~ apparently
confirmed ~ n Russian official Il .spatch.
which SAYS Gen. Tcrgukasofi has lctf Ieidi-
kan and n marching upon kupri Soi. On tho
o'Ecr hand Mukhtar PaSha's main position
was AZ last accounts rear Lewln, and a. is
certain that the Aras. which l. no; fordabie
at his scason, duws between him aud the
troops beaten on saturday, which would pro-
teCt him from the Russian left wing. Another
report says, however, that some OF the army
around harS fas advanced toward Erle-
roum, Whlcf. may explain Mukhtar PaShas
threatenSa position. The latest Turkish AL
vices, dated june l.th, say TIE Iuiklsh teit
wig u Ietreating on Erzeroum, followed oy
Russian general. A Para dispatch 10 me
Globe says BayaZld has been retaken ny me
Turks. Reuters Erzeroum dispatch, dated
June 9iSt. evening, says. The Russian lett
wing has IA ZEN back on khaliat and Leldl-
kan. The Turkish right wing is IN frolt Oh
the mountain gorge of Delibaba. MukhtAr
Pssha IL still AT kharem Duzee.
A TERRIFIC RoUr OF THE TURKS IN NON
| TEsEGRO.
Contrary TO Turkish reports of tue juno
| ton of Suleiman Pasha ana All Salo, the
| Times Cettinge correspondent, IN telegtsu
| dated June u, save ne :" 'h@ ~IAAA&A
defeat near SpuZ 49," Later ACCOUNTS show
| there never was a worse panic a more dis
| asIous foui known In the annals of war be-
! tween Turkey and Montenegro. II was only
F, the NV of the forts that saved the Turk
ish army from complete destruction. Tue
turkish dead cannot be counted. becausd
hey lie along The plain nearly up TO spuzs
ard the artillery OF the city prevents APP
| proach. Gen. Petronez reports about ! ,ooo
dead within the ground recovered by the
Montenegrins. The spirits of the people are
very high here. IL Is confidently believed
thai Suleiman VIII be driven back TO Mic
sizes"