Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-11-27
Kars Carried by the Russians by storm


on Sunday.
Greatly to the surprise of everybody,
Kars was taken by the Russians on Sum
day by storm. Russian official dispatches
state that the battle for the possession OF
this renowned Turkish fortified town in
Armenia, commenced Saturday evening
and continued till Sunday morning at 3
O'Clock when the Russians succeeded in
effecting Judgment in the town. The
despatch leads US to infer that the Turk
ish garrison were all captured. As this
place held out six months in 1855, and
during the last summer successfully re-
sisted all the Russian attempts to capture
it no one expected it to fall now for sew
eral months.
This important Russian success, there
fore, is unexpected, and will lead to the
immediate fall of Erzeroum, and the CON-
pete Russian occupation of Armenia.
The Importance of this success to the Rus
slams, and the corresponding blow to the
Turks, can hardly be overestimated.
With no more success, the Russians can
90 into winter quarters feeling that the
campaign has been triumph. Should
they add to this triumph the capture oil
Plevna and of Osman Pasha's Turks In
European Turkey. the Turks would be
obliged to sue for peace on Russia's terms.
Indeed, before this disaster, the Turkish
authorities were in consultation over their
sad condition, and were proposing TO ask
England to interpose its good offices IN
the interest Of peace.
A dispatch dated Veran Kalch, Sunday
evening says: 1.-The fortress and city oil
kars with three hundred cannons, stored
ammunition, cash, ETC., fell into Russian
hands. The Turks lost five thousand
killed and wounded, ten thousand prison
ers and many flags. The Russian loss
was about two thousand seven hundred
The Russian soldiers made but trlfing
booty and spared peaceful citizens, women
and children. Gen. Loris Melikoff direct
ed the battle during the day. Grand
Duke Michael, was present also. The
former entered the city at II o'clock Sun
day morning.
LONDON, Nov. 10. The Daily News
Veranckleh special says Kars was cap
tured by about $4,000 Russians, who
climbed the steep rocks, ramparts anc
walls aud scattered an equal number o.
desperately lighting Turks in headIonl
flight over their bitches aud parapets, com
pelling them to die or surrender. The es
calade had been originally fixed for thC
18th, but was postponed, owing TO BAT
weather. The principal attack was made
on the southern fort. Gen. Lazereti, who
commanded the right wing, consisting o.
the iortieth division, assaulted Hoahz Pa
sha, fort browning a steep, rocky height
Gen. Count Grabbe, with regiment o.
| Moscow grenadiers and regiment Of th'
3Oth division, attacked H0a6z Pasha II
the center, the Khaki, Tahea, Suavarre
Tabia, the three towers and the citadel
The Arabian brigade and another regi
ment Of Moscow grenadiers, under Gems
Pope and Kameroff forming the left wing
assaulted Fort Inglis on the north. Ih'
attack began in the center at $3.50 O'Clock
on Saturday evening, when Count Grabb'
led his brigade against the Khani redoubt
and himself fell dead at the first onslaught
pierced by bullet.
Captain Kmadmickie, Of the Both regi
meut. was the first to enter the redoubt a
! IL o'clock at night. His sword was cu
clean out OF his hand and his clothes
pierced. The redoubt surrendered ear
in the morning, and the three towers al
most simultaneously with the capture o
the khanli redoubt.
The citadel, Fort Sauvarre and For
Hoafz Pasha were carried by assault by
daylight on Sunday morning. General
Lazeroff s troops had made progress n:
far as the capture Of Fort karadh. The
other forts, especially the Arab Tabia OF
the east and Takmeh Tabia on the west
maintained a stubborn resistance until
o'clock when all the garrlsons which
could escape fed toward Erzeroum, bu
these were subsequently overtaken by
dragons and Cossacks and brought back
prisoners.