The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-01-21
TURKISH GARRISON
FLEEs ADRIANOPLE
important City in European
Turkey Evacuated.
sULTAN'S ARMY IS DEFEATED
Petroerad Claims Enemy Was Routed
at Battle Of Karaursan and
/ Artillery Of Eleventh Corps
Captured.

Captured.
London, Jan. 19.--In q dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from
Athens the statement Is made that
Adrianople, after Constantinople the
most important city In European
Turkey, has been abandoned by the
Turkish garrison.
Tifiis, via Petrograd, Jan. 19.-Ofi-
cial announcement was made here
that all the artillery of the Eleventh
Turkish corps had been captured at
karsurgan by the Russians. The
trophies include many German guns.
BY FRANCIS LAvELLE MURRAY.
International News Service Correspondent
Petrograd, Jan. 19.-The battle Of
Karaurgan has ended in complete vic
tory for the Russians and remnants OF
the defeated Turkish army are In full
flight to Erzerum, II was officially an.
nounced here. Tho fleeing Ottoman
soldiers are being pursued by the Rus
slams. The Turks are abandoning
guns, ammunition and food supplies
The official report from the Russian
general staff states that the defeat Of
the Turks is the greatest victory won
in the Caucasus"
Battle Three Days.
The battle for the main position at
'Karaurgan lasted for three days,
though fighting had been In progress
about the town for more than a week
The Russian victory was won in a driv.
ing snowstorm.
The battle of Karaurgan. which was
fought for three days in heavy snow.
storm, has ended in a complete Rus.
sian victory" says the official state.
ment.
Thanks to the efforts of our valiant
regiments Of Caucasus. Turkestan.
Siberian and Cossack troops the re.
sistauce Of the enemy was finally shat
tered and he was completely routed
Remnants OF the Turks are fleeing
toward Erzerum, with our troops har-
rying their TANKS and infiicting heavy
damage upon them. The enemy's rear
guard is making Intellectual attempts
TO cover his retreat.
Throw Guns Away. n
Our pursuing troops are capturing
guns, ammunition and food supplies
abandoned by the Turks. They have
found in ravines, buried in the snow,
parts of Turkish guns which the enemy
was unable to take away. These had
been thrown from the heights upon
which the Turks we're defeated"
The defeat Of the Turks at Karaur-
gan terminates the attempted Otto
man invasion of Russian territory and
relieves Batoum Of danger Of invest
ment. Defeated at Ardshan, Sari Kam-
ysh and Karaurgan, the Turks will
have to withdraw into their own terri
tory to escape humiliation. This will
permit an immediate Russian offensive
against the Turkish troops that have
invaded Persia.
Press Advance From South.
Petrograd, Jan. 19.-The Germans
are directing their efforts to pushing
the Russians beyond the east bank
of the Vistula at the junction OF that
river with the Pilica.
Directly west of Warsaw the Ger
man activity for the last fifty hours
has been around a big village be-
tween Sochaczew and Bolimow, where
six attacks in succession were made.
Southwark the Austrians have for
titled along the River Dunajec and are
besieging Tarnow with heavy artil-
lery.
With all Bukowina in the hands of
the Russians only one pass, which is
strongly fortified. prevents an inva-
sion of Pennsylvania, Hungary.