Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-30
Russian Operations.

The official Russian Mvazae has the
the following succinct account of the
operations hitherto carried out: I'm.
mediatel y after the Imperial manifesto
of the Oath of April our troops in Eu-
rope and Asia crossed the Turkish
frontiers. The principal echezons of
our European army crossed the front
ler at Leovo, Beshtamach, and Kubea,
and marched into the interior, a de-
tachment of infantry on our left wing
making seventy versts in twenty-four
hours, while the accompanying cavalry
performed 100 versts in the same time.
On the 25th of April they occupied
Reni; Galaiz, Brailoff. and the bridge
over the Sereth at Barbosch. Fresh
echelons coming up, Ismail and Kilia,
on the Lower Danube, were taken pos
session OF. Our troops thus anticipa-
ted the Turks in garrisoning Galatz, the
great railway centre of Roumania, a
circumstance which will not little fa-
cllltate the concentration of our army
aud the transport of our baggage and
tram. The last few days some diff
Guilty has been experienced in crossing
the Pruth, IN consequence of the H.
undatlon at Leovo. The advance of
the columns entering the Principally
at other points, as well as in the Prin-
elpaity itself, has been uninterrupted
The Roumanian population has every
where joyously welcomed our tloops.
The Turks have undertaken no otfens-
I've operations. Only in the night Of
the Sd Of May two Turkish ironcIads
exchanged few shots with our field
artillery at Brailoff.
simultaneously with these movements,
our Caucasian troops crossed the Asia
tic frontier of Turkey in~three col
umns. The main force. coming from
Alexandropol, marched upon Kars;
the Rion detachment upon Bayazid.
The Alexaudropol Corps, under COM
maDd Of Adjt.-Gen. Loris Melikoff,
entered Turkish territory in two col
amns; and, taking the Turkish out
posts prisoners, on the same day reached
Molla Musa and Bash Shuragel. On
the 9th of April the greater part Of
the corps crossed the river kars Tchai,
and passed the night at Kuruk Dara,
Hadshi Vail, and Subotan. On the
29th the corps reached Zaim and An
gi kef, despatching twenty seven
squadrons and sotnlas, with sixteen
guns, to cut off the communication be-
tween Kars and Erzeroum. This ca
valry, under command of Major Gen
eral Tchavwchvadse, in their success
ful accommodating on the 20th, goth
and 3Oth, destroyed the telegraph be-
tween Kars and Erzeroum, and pur-
sued Turkish detachment of eight
battalions marching from Kars to Err
zeroum, and commanded, as the pri-
soners told US, by Mukhtar Pasha him.
self. 10 support the cavalry, Gener-
al Loris Melikof ordered twelve battal
ions of grenadiers, without knapsacks,
accompanied by forty guns and five
sotnias, to turn the flank of the enemy
at Kars, and proceed rapidly to Visin-
kof. At the same time eight Turkish
battalions sailed forth from Kars, and,
with some artillery, took up position
under cover Of ,he fortress guns. The
artillery which accompanied our ca.
valry, opening fire, dismounted a Turk
lsh cannon. After this engagement,
Gen. Loris Melikof, leaving the ca
valry at Visinketf, and with his re.
naming forces, returned OF the 1st of
May to his former camp at Zaim.
The population everywhere showed the
most friendly disposition towards our
troops. There was no resistance or
opposition whatever. On the contrary.
Russian rule was everywhere accepted
as benefit. On the 24th of April. a
recently levied squadron Of Karapa-
pachs, with their colors, begged per-
mission to enter the Russian service.
AL the irregular cavalry of the dis
trict either joins our forces or disperses.
The troops Of the Rion detachment,
under the command Of Lieut.. Gen.
Oklobjio' marched upon Batoum in two
columns. The left hand column, un-
der the command Of Maj. Gen. Deni-
bekoff, made for Muchastir, while the
other, Gen. Schremtieff, proceeded
along the Atchmarum road. On the
the 25th af April the left-hand col
umn, after serious engagement, took
the camp of Muchastir, ond on the
Goth fortified this strong position.
The other column marched along the
Atchmarum road, and likewise had an
engagement with the enemy. Our
loss on. the 25th amounted to thirty
wounded, among them Lieut.-Col.
Muscheoff, the commander of the
Sixth Battery of the Forty-Eirst Ar
tillery Brigade.
The troops Of the Erlvan detach-
ment. under the command of Gen.
Tergukassof, on the morning of the
3Oth of April, reached Bayazid, and
occupied the town and citadel. The
Turkish garrison, 1'7OO strong, hastl-
ly withdrew to the Allah Dagh Hills