The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-29
COSSACKS WERE
FORCED TO FLY
Revolutionary Army in Cis-Cauca-
STA Met With Success at Frstt,
but Did Not Last.
REPUBLICS RISE AND FALL
SOME OF THE LITTLE FIGHTS IN
RUSSIA.

St Petersburg, Jan. 2s.-The news
papers publish interesting accounts re-
ceived by mail of the disorders in the
smaller cities OF the interior during the
period Of armed revolt, many Of which
passed unnoticed at the time owing
to the interruption of telegraphic COM
munication. In a number Of instances
the troops were defeated and driven
out of the towns or forced to surren-
der.
At Sotssi on the Black sea eighty
Cossacks Of the garrison who attempt
ed to dispense a gathering in the mar
ket place were routed by the reVoiu-
ttonists and forced to flee to their
barracks outside the town, where they
were regularly besieged. The insur-
gents brought up an old cannon from
the port and bombarded the barracks
for two days with such effect that the
COssacks were forced to surrender.
Short-Lived Triumph.
The triumph Of the revolutionists
was short-lived, however, for a torpe-
do boat destroyer arrived from Ba-
tOum and the population at the first
threat of q bombardment FASTENED to
liEerate the prisoners and to deliver
up their arms, as well as the funds of
the city treasury, which had been TAX
en- to the mountains.
A letter from Pyatigorsk in Cis-Cau-
caSia- describes the rise and fall of
the North Caucasian republic, which
had short and thrilling history Of
a month. After the revolt Of the re-
serve battalion garrisOning in Pyato-
garski, the soldiers were Joined by the
entire population of that and four
neighboring cities. A constituent as
sembly was summoned and a 'revolu-
tiOnary army formed, consisting Of the
mutinOus soldiers, who were led by a
renegade COssack officer and several
bands of the fighting branch Of the
revolutionary organizations and other
irregulars.
Successful at First.
This army carried on a successful
campaign against the troops guarding
the railroad stations, who were driven
back for some fifty miles along the
line with considerable loss. The revo-
lutionists conceived the plan of march
ing to ROstOff-On-Don go miles away
and even talked Of continuing on to
Kharkoff to Join hands with the sup
posed revolutionary army there. They
were TO stop on the way and attack
the important arsenal at Georgievsk
where there are large stores of rifles
cannon and machine guns.
The army was attacked by three
companies of COssacks whom 1t de-
feated with heavy loss, most Of the
survivors being killed during their
flight across the thin ice of a stream.
The ARMY" Fled.
Later the army" encountered a COL
umn Of infantry. battery Of artillery
and several companies Of Cossacks.
This column was too strong to be re-
sisted, and the revolutionists, after a
hasty council of war, fled. The ere
pubic" then came to an end At Visit
ka, in the government Of that name
a band largely composed of school bows
and school girls seized the water works
which they held for fifteen hours
against whole battalion of infantry.
The troops We're attacked in the rear
by two companies of revolutionists who
were finally driven TO a fortified
mouse. Ihis house was captured.
Among the killed was the colonel com
handing the troops.