The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-16
sKOBN,EFFS LAST VICTORY.
Graphic Story OF his Defeat Of
tho TurkOmans.

Graphic Story Of his Defeat Of
tho Turkomans.
On the failure Of the FIRST cxpedi-
tiun sent against the Tekke Turk
Oll,aI ., In lS6aD, kkUl,elrH undertook
t. >u,xtie them. This tax Was y
eri..us Ole, for the TtkNes, like all
H. htilig As;atic races when flushed
with victrvy. were dangerous nc'Di.-
aud ,ar,t To beat. Wien the mud
tort .ticxtious Of Geek Yeir. in which
they had conc, n.r:,,r.l s'H,ir twenty
thoi,s:. .l,d iai,:,t;r;.! warriors, were in
vested ily Silubsietf's s:.ialt ARMY Of
,.ln,ut seven thousand Oi all ARMS
the Remaining ten thousand h.en Of
tine force l,eing occupied In Keeping
the communication cpeu-tl'e ZEAL
difficulties commenced.
Sword in hand, tie TurkOman
'Gh~iiis" made furious sorties in
bsniies Of two or three Thousand,
usually just before dawn, failing he
ri:aIiy on the parallels, approaches,
..nd preaching batteries, which they
more tAan once captured, driving
such Of the Kus,ian truops as were
MT ut once cut IL pieces, completely
Out OF tho trenches, I'D that the1e
points had to 10 strongly reinforced
aud covcreu, keeping the whole force
often day aud night un. er arms. In
one OF the .xllies SkObelxff . famous
white charger, ON which he had made
the Turkish caml lAigN, was kill. d un-
der him, and he hinlself was In int
minent dauger. The l0as Of this
horse which lie took for tad omen,
seemed to shake his resolution some.
what. He telegraphettto Tiflis desir-
ing that another General should Le
sent to tuke cl,,lllssand, ''in c:ise le
was killed" in the final assault, which,
he pruinsed delivering almost i'm.
media,ely; and General PaulOif ~
tuaily left f''r this purpose. SkoOe!eff
said openly that he would not survive
ii The attack failed, und significantly
observed t. his staff ''tliat il 1t did
fail there was nothing for it but their
reyolvers.' The assault was made by
escalatie; ut y ln.int midway between
a breach effected by the batteries aud
one ,ncA:' :,v iNiue run under .
,,:a.. ;U.. ,.r l.. ..G cavalier, some three
bundled yards distant from, the inst
breach. Now, the defenders expected
the assault tO be made by the breaches
aud had n,mde every preparation to
relel it ut these points; and thus
tilcy were taken altogether ny sur
prise. On their lseing driven froin
the r.u,par:, which took sO:ie time
to effect, the artillery was dragged
through, the breaches, and, being
mounted ON the wall, Oiened an
effective cannOnn;lc on the crowded
interior OF the tnc;ei;t', while the
cavalry :uuvcsl around outside to cut
of the r.tre:t Of the fuyitives. Or
:.suix+,i resistance having ceased, the
Russian infantry descended int" t::e
rncientc. ani ord cTs having Lesn
iss ID t. give 80 una:t"r, some six
Thousand to scv..H Thousand Oi the
en-,ny were ,uns.acrtd, an equal
nan;;cr b Ing shot or cut down bs
tie l..ssacks and dragUOn> ,;:tsi''e,
while attempting to.~calse. Many OF
the Russian U:!icers themselves were
completely s;ci.ent..! Wy ti'c s:augi',:r'
which was horrible. Tie Cossacks,
m usual, spared no 'nr, and made no
difficulty aisnut cutting wonlen's
arms oil to get their bangles; aud 30
forth. As ccntingen!s from tIei.
| Aknai, sailor. nD.l other Tur.nn':,i,:,
:, were in Ge.,k Tepe 's', the horde, f"I
tile time made common cause against
! the Rus.ians). this seycre l.s>oa,
! juineL tO tl,e subsequent l'!un':.rI''-
Of cattle ard all TIE available effects
: ,,f the Tekkes. completely lr"Se the
spirit If tlIeSe hilliert" unc,n':'Ie:e.:
nonla.;s. In Il Aw Jay. all the tri e.
sent In delegates rendering uns"n'
! .:itiO,,al submission. SkO'plcff : l''ss
daring the siege. and ASSAULT an,:sin:-
, e1i to l.7HI killed aud wouna:."i.
I among wi.oni were many ts,'l ''i1''
! GERS. and on. general lt'strss'.!eriiris j'
4 man oi considerable literary ability
: vi . w:.> n.,i;.h r, Cr..t!td. THE l!~ti
ti.atiu, u: the ill:>S::cTc at t;t"S ici't
I, l.,at. ;hr isusSi;,ils having d-:r.
n,in-.l i, annex Turknn,a,s:a. :: severe
example WIS absolutely ne.r.s ~
u war NJ :: very har..>>ii'M and pr"
tr,c:ex; natur: waaid Other rwi~e has.
;,ruw!,ly rr,.gsd OH for years. in
v0;viny great expenditu:" both {"
,,,cn aud money. And then. ~ t"'
.,,nr,u.nx "i f.rtrcs%t~ held ly War
like and fs,.aticai A>iatic. who in
variat,ly cxpec, t" t~ killed II tn
rla,~. ~ taken, isolated resistance i
going on ii,ruuyir"ut. Few 1t Nh!
Gtazis vii! accept quarter: 1t is even
dangerous to pass near them w!le'
they arr lvin.: lnslly wounded. Or
tl,. ~ ,,c 'u-i.'n ii the campaign (ieii
pr.sl s;k.,;r.ieif r~l..irt'l t. st. Peters
l,ury, where II il said he was ser!
c.,l.ii r.seivc:' hy the EMPIRES
. Anyhow he aln'o~t insnu di.'eiy al'
Dlin for leave aud went to Paris
made his famous >lercil against III
Germans, aud returned I" l:ussi;'
where he rsv.eivcti an ovation ~
arrival and en- route. His su'kic'
death Is x ncr:,'ly Thought I" l.
rather mysterious and certainly ~
man alive seemed less likely t. III
six mouth. ayO than SkOsxicif, "n'
none more likely to l't' entering up"'
n new car.cv-.N. .iUmtx GO-t tie.
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