New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Spread Out West and
South, Making junction
with British Imminent.
TURKS DISLODGED
SOUTH OF ERZERUv
Victories at Khnyskaly and
Toward Van and Urumiab
Reported by Petrograd.

London. Jan. % The Russian r.
casian operation is widening. farla,,
20 the westward. sou,hwss,wa,s =,
southwark, with the possibility. se,,,s
ing 70 semi-oiicial opinion, Of a In.
tion being formed With the Br..s
Mesopotamian expedition.
The Russian advance is pushing y..
Of Melazghert. where the im,or,..
town Of Khnyskaly fifty nile. ,os..
Of Erzerum, has been captured. Al,
same time progress Is reported II y.
direction Of Van, and likewise ,,rs,i
Truman. whore j, is officially A..
nounced that the Turks have bee, %.
pulsed with heavy losses. Fgrs,,
southeast. IN n zion Of the ga-,.
lanski Pass, soLtheas. q Hamsdan. A.,
other Russian y.ct-r ~ 4 reported.
Although broke mountain,
country intervenes. the Natter posi..s-s
are not far removed p l. the head d
the British column in he vicinity .,
KLt-el-l nara. IL is pointed OF; TN
the Turks evidently fear a june,le,.
this being indicated b. the re,rea. ,,s
ard Mush Of large par, Of their arm
that was recently reported 20 have Dee,
routed, the evident purpose % the nor,
being 70 cover Bills and DiarbsSsr.
/. IA admitted that the recen. So.
cesses OF the Russians in the Cssess.,
operations are thus far rot Of s.it
strategic importance, but are regsris.
as having o notable moral eSec, Ct,
the T3kish troops, VINO. military Oh.
serverv point out. readily stampede %
an open campaign.
Thinks Campaign Big Success.
Colonel Shumsky, military cri,c o
the "Birzheyiya Eedomosty." o. Pe,ro.
grad. regards the Caucasian csrpssn
as a new service % the Entente Aiss.
since II relieves pressure on the Bit.
ism in Mesopotamia. By hansing Ere.
rum. a fortress regarded b. the Tsrc
as an effective barrier between the
Caucasus and Asiatic Turkey, Co.oss.
Shumsky says the Russians achieved e
msster stroke, which seriously threat.
ems that stronghold.
The strategic meaning Of tbs a.
vance along the whole Caucasus iroi.
says Colonel Shumssy. "is tha, We are
gradually approaching the buis.
forces in NesOpotamla, and. sl,hogs
a meeting cannot be- expected % -
near future. the mere fact Of is po,'t
lsf..,. ,,,,,,o. d q 10 ir- nrara new arr
portant strategic phases.
A dispatch to-day from the Bus,
press representative wiki the Bits,
forces in the Persian Gulf district COZ.
tanned the announcement tina, re
Indian troops which left Flanders "''
eral weeks ago are now IN Nsso5.
tamia.
Lake Joins Relief Party.
Lieutenant General Sir Percy Lac
who recently took over the supreni
command Of the British forces (
MesOpotamia. succeeding Genera :.
John Eceles Nixon. has. according ?
an official announcement. joined ui
relief expedition under Genera. Ay.n''
at Wadi. lie reports that ;he "eai,s
continues bad and the whole eoln'H
is deep in mud. making the mo'em'n
Of troops very difficult.
The Russian official statement coz
corning the Caucasus operations say.
"In the district Of Lake forum o.,
troops are making progress. Nof'i :.
Dumlu Dagh, a chain Of mountains I
the region Of Erzerum, we disiois..
the Turks from a number Of poi'n
An attempt by the Turks 20 siyslH
toward the upper Passine Valley, g.
Of Erzerum. was stopped By the pr
Of our artillery from concealed p''
ton.
in all these engagements We q.
tured detachments Of Turkish reg,
We are continuing the pursuit 2.
Turkish troops and are IN occupai.ol /.
the region of Khnyska.y. In place; o.'
troops are advancing over sno" ''''
,een fee, deem