New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-19
TURKISH GARRISON
QUITS ADRIANOPLE
Porte Leaves Empires
Second City in Europe
Unprotected.
CAUCASUS CAMPAIGN
IN FINAL COLLAPSE
Enver Pacha HurrieS TO Capital
Leaving German General TO
EXtriCate Turks.

London. Jan. Is. \ Reuter- dispatch
from Athens states that Adrianople,
after Constantnople the most i'm
portant city IN European Turkey, has
been abandoned by the Turkish garri-
son. Part Of the garrison was previ-
ously withdrawn.
Petrograd. Jan. rs The following
statement from the General staff Of
the Russian army IN the Caucasus was
issued tonight:
we continue TO pursue the Turkish
army which was beaten by us AT Kara
UrGan.
"A stubborn battle took place at
Jenikioi. which lasted two days. We
defeated part Of the 32d Turkish Di-
vision. which retreated precipitately,
suffering heavy losses in men killed
and made prisoners and leaving be
hind two machine guns and the bag
gage of the officers.
"ln one single charge by a regiment
OF Siberian Cossacks the enemy lost
three hundred men.
"On the other fronts only unimpor-
tsnt engagements have taken place
y, Gable 90 The Tribune
Petrograd. Jan. is. The Turkish
winter campaign in the Caucasus has
now suffered it's final collapse. Its
chances became very slender when the
Goebcn and the Breslau failed 10 con
troll communication in the Black Sea
betv cen Constantinople and TrebizOnd.
In consequence. the Turkish army as
sembled around ErZerum found itself
cut off from reinforcements and sup
plies. With the heavy task Of convert
ing Enver Pacha's defeated and re
treating corps at Karaurgan into
force strong enough to continue the
war with Russia. the Turkish rank and
file fought stubborHly for ten days on
the frontier positions around karaur-
gan until on Saturday they fell victims
to the careless and incompetent man
agement Of their German and Turkish
leaders.
Originally five corps we're sent for
ward by Enver Pacha and General Won
Sanders into the Russian territory, but
after the disasters at Ardagan ana
Sara Kamish. only remnants OF the
two corps could rejoin the 18th Turk
ish Army Corps. which was reserve
of the invading army. II Is tins com
bnation which now is retreating has
tily on the road 20 Erzerum with ITS
rear guard annihilated and Enver Pacha
himself hurryinC to Constantinople.
The German general Lange has been
left to try and eXtricate the Turks
from complete destruction. They have
thrown great numbers OF their field
guns into the deep. snow covered
ravines.
The Russians are now inside Turkish
territory within four marches from
ErZerum. The garrison there amounts
to 10000 men. with ample artillery, but
deprived Of ammunition and supplies
from the coast, and still more isolated
by the winter conditions of the land
route across Anatolia. The Turkish
prisoners, Of whom many thousands
are now in Russian hands, have neither
uniforms nor tents. When the Rus
SLAMS surrounded them in the forest
they found nine hundred frozen corpses
with rifles in their hands.
Constantnople, Jan. IS. "Our eau
casian troops says an official com
municatiOn issued here. "have obsti-
nately defended their positions against
Russia's superior forces. A hostile
attempt to encircle the wing of one Of
our corps failed. After a fight west
of Hoi (Khoi?) the Russian cavalry
fed. leaving behind its dead and
wounded"
Berlin. Jan. rs lby wireless TO Say
Vile. y. YD.-An official communica-
ton issued bv the Turkish army head
quarters to-day says that violent fight
ING is in progress near the Caucasian
frontier against Russian reinforce
ments.
II also was reported from Constant
NOBLE that the destruction of the
French submarine Saphir, reported on
Saturday 10 have been sunk by Turkish
artillery. was due to striking mine
at the entrance of the Dardanelles.
Turkish motor boats rescued the sur
vivOrs.