The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-01
WILD ADVENTURES
IN WAR REGION
Party of Americans and Englishmen Had
Hard Time Getting Out of Copper
Mining Region Of Caucasus
Mountains.

Mountains.
London, March 1.-The gauntlet of
dangers through which a small band OF
Americans and Englishmen passed in
their escape from copper mining camp
in the Caucasus mountains at the time
of the outbreak of war between Turkey
and Russia is told by A. II. Trotter Of
Syracuse, n. Y, chief engineer of the
company, who has finally reached Lon
don. Their adventures form one of the
most exciting of the minor episodes OF the
war
The mining village where the party
was caught is called Dzansoul and lies
high up in the mountains about 40 miles
from the Russian port OF Batoum on the
Blac ksea. The defense OF these noun
tain villages was left TO only a few com
panies OF Russian police armed with old
black powder rifles. The report that the
Turks were advancing in force from the
south, and had driven in some of the
Russian outposts. reached the village in
November. and this was the first news
that hostilities had begun. The people
in the smelter camp were slow to realize
the danger that surrounded them, and
took no steps to escape until the Amer
lean manager of the company, r. i.
White, was shot one Sunday morning
while on his way from the camp TO the
mines. sole miles higher up in the noun
tains.
White was riding up the trail when
shot suddenyq poured upon him from a
ridge across q ravne. Both he and his
horse were struck, and he fell from the
animal. wounded in the leg. From noon
until evening he lay in the shelter Of the
rock. sniped at every time he showed
his head. At dusk, a party, of which
Trotter was a member, sneaked up the
trail TO effect his rescue. They brought
him down to camp, and then sent him TO
Batoum.
The following evening some Russian
soldiers, with a batter of three-inch field
guns moved up. They stationed two OF
the guns near the smelter and four 9th
ers lower down at Kura. Most of the
non -combatants Of the village left for
Batoum, but small part OF Americans
and British remained az camp. The sit
uation was not taken seriously. as the
Turks were thought TO be only a small
party of marauders.
The next morning when the two Rus
sian guns at the mine opened up at the
crest held by the Turks, the infantry
which had been increased 20 about 400
men at the mine, were forced into their
trenches BY the hot return fire. OF the
Russians, only a small hand OF Cossacks
carried modern guns, the reseryists hav-
ing only single.shot pieces. The noun.
tain police. who were in the majority,
the way down the mountain he often had
TO take refuge from the FIRE. AZ kura he
met a Russian ammunition train, whose
officers arrested him as a German spy
and seized = package Of bank notes he
had with him.
Meanwhile however. the Turks had
slipped across the crest Of the opposite
bridge and had begun q surprise attatk
on the ammunition train. The horses
which got the worst Of il, b0lted down
the mountain, wrecknF a. they ran
many ~ the carts Of supplies and am
munition.
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