The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-18
Special Cable Despotch TO Tns spr.

cSee'of t0Use Desp0tCN 10 IHB Sun.
LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE Turkish losses,
with the fall Of Erxerum, are ~variously
estimated at from 10000 t o 100. 900 men.
This despatch places the loss at
10000. while . semi-oficial Petrograd
despatch places II al 100. 900.
All reports agree that the booty taken
was enormous. probably greater than
In the capture Of any other stronghold
during the present war. The number
of guns talcen Ia about 1000. Large
OF ammunition supplies
of all sorts were left behind by the Turks
in their hasty flight.
The following official statement was
to-day at Fetrograd:
Twenty-nine more guns were can
tured In the st0rminR Of the irst line
Erzerum forts. Thirty-nine officers
1,413 soldiers were made prisoners
IN the region Of one OF the northern
forts. namely. Fort Taft, twenty versts
thirteen miles) from Erzerum.
we occupy h fortress Of Erzerum.
enumeration Of prisoners and booty Is
proceeding.
The city Of Erzerum is on nre in
many places.
The pursuit Of the Russians has been
patch thai stron~ noSi.s ~ ,rnems uu
Already advanc.d .svan,vDa,a IL. ~
the porth-,o.t - rr.... ~
ton of Trch,.ond - ,ha ,n.. y, v.m.S,
n this renor, 10 corrsc, =, ,nn,
the Grand DuLa SIcho,as nos 49,, III,
consummated an ,,nnnr,an, ,,,o,nr,. h,,,,
is we'll on the wav 10 g%ain,nu snc,hsr
Trebisond ia the only Turki.h ci,v
bordering the Turkish frontier Of i'm.
is on the black Sea and consaouen,iy
in the DISTRIBUTING ro,nt for ai ,'a,,ca.
alan Turkey.
1000 (u.s the 0ooty.
q.
Inc Ousc'oi messenger OF Petrograd
wnicn tn. Turkish garrison al
Er1erum AT loo.ooO. says more than
i.ooo guns were captured with the Tort
ress' Inere were. according to this
source. +0' guns in the outer forts. 3'<
In the central forts and 200 field pieces.
IL these m are correct the cap.
ture Of Erserum yielded The greatest
Is recalled that when Now Georgievsk
-" Nv 'o'" u" wv
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-,.n nrs".e. % Vii. -
I'AsIunl al. Nne s.
SIle'A, aov'ees zen VI an i,lIneuse nun UNI
~. ~ VI "un %.u u"S ~
y :" A<onuo" u eontSht 10 swat vi.
nclai cohnrmation OF 'ne carr! report'
sHo prepSIeN " mn .ns. NC" re-
p , nave -" .eres.'I'a..o -
eIso poin'eo out thst many OF tne guns
capSureu were oouo'Iess qua
a 10 the I'me'
says:
"Ins ovahc was conducted py tniee
routes VIZ q hahk movement via o'ty
q fronta1 aiohs the MATS
ErSerum road VIA kan ana q
outhwestern nank movement via Meiaz'
set n knyss KALI. The offensive IT
the last direction enabled the Russians
to ward Oh q Turkish hank attack IRON
the direction Of Mush and Bitlis.
The fall OF Er5erum was due mainly
to h o frontal attack. The drst fort was
taken Monday. and In the evening or ths
following day h Russians impetuously
rushed the entire irst line forts whicf
fell after less than one and a half days
fighting.
At nsyones's r"'"s.
although the heavy artillery played
a valuable part in silencing the forts. all
reports agree that the bombardment war
not sustained for a sufficiently long time
to destroy the defences and a majority
OF the forts were actually stormed al
the bayonet's point. Thus Caucasian
history repeats itself and the Russian
Notifications direct methods which
proven success'u' 'h'r'S'''"e years "s'
@sr,''' ....... .u ,..,;r.