The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-06
THE RUSSIAN AsIATIC EXPEDITION.
The March on Merv The Opposition the
Russians Have Met With.
LLnnaInn Tnlegrnph.

The osteuAible object Of the Russian expo
d,tion fo Merry WAS to punish the .warlIke
Tckke ;urenmnnS for fhflr frequent incur
siprta The troops uf the lrhiS-1asplan NIL
iturv district, reinforced by those Of the eau
ras,Is. received orders last spring to march
info th> country ni the Iurcomana, with a
view to pacfyIn9 TIN" Trans Caspian steppes
and rendering more secure the trading route
Tin, command of the expedition was in
trusted toad Gen Lnzamtl, who, on the tWen-
ty-Gfth of August, died from the same disease
which carried Off 70 many Of his troops, and
was succeeded by Major Gen. Lomakin.
At the beginning Of August the main
body of the Russian army occupied
limo extending from Tersakan, near
the Atrek and Sumbar rivers, while
IN. vanguard had reached ] chiki9lar. On the
eleventh OF August the army began to move
forward from Tchliislar To Duaolum, and the
advance guard pressed on to ChOdsam kala
ana Sende Se,ill, whittier 1t was followed by
the main body, which arrived ut DuSolum on
the thirty first OF August IhnhdVance was ac-
roupalllctl with great difficulty because OF the
heat and the waait of good water, and many
IN the. trpGtS died from dyBentery and kindred
diseases. Tn" vanguard leveled the road and
dug wells NJ they proceeded, to make the
march more tOlernbl" to the army which fol-
loved them. On the eighteenth OF August,
between TersoIlan and Ghodsam kaEa, the adj
vance guard had II skirmeh with the Turco-
mans, and two sotnias Of Cossacks and
d company OF intent, Infantry were detached
The result was that four thousand
sheep were taken, and q force Of Turcomans
which attempted to recover the booty was
driven off, On the twenty-third Of August
generations; were begun against the Turcoman
encampments. Ono column, consisting OF
two sntuia5 Of Cossacka, struck off into the
sand desert toward the wells OF karo-Slnger,
and the second, comprising one sotnla, moved
swiftly down upon the village Of Mas. The
two columns succeeded incapturing about 5000
cameIs "a valuable acquisition to them and
severe loss to the enemy. On the seventh Of
September the vanguard arrived al the forth
fled village Of Durun, which had been for
sakcn by tho inhabitants, and the main
force soon followed It, Several skirmishes
were had with the enemy, and on
the eighth Of September the vanguard
at Iipk- Tepe and DengiI-Tepe,
and then enslleI the attack upon the Turco-
man POSITIONS which was repulsed With such
force that the vanguard Tell back upon the
main army la confusion, and the latter was
not only unable to stem tho retreat but
Joined In 1t, and retired to Bp1lrma during the
night. The latrst dispatches report that the
retreat has been continued westward from
ReHrtna, and That the place selected byGen.
Lomakin for whitening IL between Ichlkis-
the army occupied ut the middle OF August.
Mkt eptng the campaign will be resumed.
The force under Gen. Lomakin's command
numbers probably about $4,000 men, but there
Is no certain information Us TO the losses by
disease and BATTLE
N1iasissiupt Duel to the Death.
GREENVILIE Miss, Oct. 3I.-+A difficulty
last night ut Leota, twenty miles
below here which resulted In the death of
Hurry Ely, D merchant, and the serious
Won ding Of u man named Atkinson. Both
parties fired about the same time, and were
50 CLOSE to each other that their faces were
burned with the powder. Atkin90n's second
shot struck Ely below the left eye, inflicting
! mortal wound. Ely fell, but by q desperate
fort raised himself up and fired hir third
shot at Atkinson, wounding him high up in
he tighh and fracturing til" bone. Ely died
about three minutes after he was shot. This
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