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THE WAR IN ASIA. 1

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THE WAR IN ASIA. The interest which has long centred in be town of I Kars, deepens with every fresh account of its efforts to. hold out against the investing army. Letters have been received from be beleaguered town, confirming the pre- vious despatches. They add that the Russian cavalry patrol the whole country, and watch with the greatest attention all the roads by which Kars is approached. The miserable condition of the horses, both of the cavalry and artillery, was such that the Muchir determined to send them from Kars. More than tfiree thousand, with a thousand riders, left the city on their road to Olti. The Russians received intelligence of this, and fell upon the troop fiear Chiakmak, between two and three leagues from Kars, on the night of the 5th of September, They put the Turks to flight, 200 of the latter being left on the field of battle. The remnant fled in various directions. A few hundred men and horses arrived in Olti. Of the maillder olno accounts have been receiyed. It is satisfactory that in Kars the sanitary condition of the people remains good. There are not 300 invalides in the hospital. Cholera, which lias been prevalent in :he province, is on the point of vanishing at Kars, In the military hospitals about two deaths per diem happen from this cause, and in the city from three to five. An adjutant from the Seraskier arrived at Erzeroum on the 10th of September from Constantinople, with orders to pay the Bashi-Bazouks at the rate of sixty piastres per month per man. The difficulty will be to find them, as many of them have deserted, and they have been decimated by cholera. There is no doubt that the arrival of Omer Pacha with his army will give the Rus- sians some uneasiness; but it is a question whether he will be able to save Kars. The Russians have retreated from Melasghirt and Bulanmek to Uch Klisia and Deli Baba. One battalion took shelter in Erivan. Some squadrons of Cossacks had been seen on the road to Hinis, situated about twenty hours' distance from here. Their intention must have "St been to intercept convoys. Cholera still rages amongst the troops at Olti and Hassan Kaleh. The Invalids Russe of the 2nd instant publishes the following account of the battleon the 11th ot Septpmbei -AIde-de-Camp General Mauravieff, Commander in- Chief of the corps of the Caucasus, under the date of the 4th (16th) of September, fVomthe camp at Tchavtlik- Tchai, that the fete day of his Majesty the Emperor signalized by a successful cavalry engagement, in which our Cossacks, Militia, and Dragoons, commanded by Lieutenant-general Kovalevsky, completely defeated a detachment of regular cavalry, 1,800 men, and about 1,000 Bashi-Bazouks, and some hundred dismounted horsemen, with four mountain guns. Ali Pacha, who |, commanded the detatchment, a brave old general, who took part in most of the last wars of Turkey, was made a prisoner; moreover, we took one officer, forty-five men, a flag, two small standards, four mountain guns, sixty- eight caissons of amunitton, and fifty-five caissons of cartridges; and the whole camp with all it contained, remained in our hands. The Turks had about 400 men killed. „ The details of the combat are given as follow-Gen. Mouravieff having learnt that large stores of provisions were being collected at Oiti and at Peniaki, and that Turkish troops, coming from Erzeroum, with a view to enter Kars by the An] ah an road, were at Feniaki and Panjrout, sent in the night between the 28th and 29th of I August (9th and 10th of September) a detachment of infantry and cavalry, with 20 light field guns, and eight rocket batteries, under Lieutenant-General Kovaievsky, who had orders to beat the enemy assembled near Peniaki, and to open the roads which lead from tlience to Kars by Panjrout and the Sandjak of Ghel. After a forced march of 70 versts our cavalry came up with the enemy's detachment (commanded by three pachas) near the village of Peniaki. The Turks had occupied the inclines of the neighbouring hills with dismounted horse- men; the Bashi-Bazouks were placed on some rising ground in front of the village, and the cavalry and artil- lery behind them, On the 30th of August (11th September), at about six p.m., an obstinate combat commenced, in which our troops, despite the grape and heavy fire of musketry, drove the enemy out of the village, and cuptured one gun I struck with terror, the Turks then took flight, despite all the efforts of Ali Pilcha to renew the combat. He himself, surrounded by our Cossacks, fought like a hero, but he was wounded, and made prisoner by the Yestiaoul Serdukoff. All resistance being overcome, the Cossacks went in pursuit of the fugitives by the Olti and I\atyk roads, and not stopping to make prisoners, satis- tied themselves with preventing any chance of the Turks re-assembling. This pursuit was continued aiong the roads for 15 versts. The enemy lost all their guns, the 1 last of which was captured at nine versts from the < Turkish camp. Our loss consists in two Cossacks J wounded, and six militiamen wounded. < The Journal de Constantinople announces that the gar- 1 rison of Kars is suffering severely. Some letters from ( Asia even express a fear that a surrender of the place will hecome inevitable. Letters from Galatz speak of the arrival of French troops in Moldavia- Part 9f the corps d'qrmee of Omer Pacha, which is already at Batoum, has received orders to advance and attempt all that may be possible to raise the blockade of Kars, GREAT VICTORY OF THE TURKS AT K4.RS.— FOUR THOUSAND RUSSIANS KILLED. 4 We have been favoured with the following communi- cation from his Excellency the Turkish Minister :— CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 13.—An official report of the ] Commander-General of Kars, dated Sept. 29, makes known to us the following facts — "The Russians have this day attached Kars. The action lasted eight hours, and in the course of the con- test, whieh was of the most desperate character, the enemy with all his force several times entered some of our batteries, but was each time driven back with con- siderable loss. After displaying great efforts, the Russians were compelled to give way before the courage of our brave soldiers, and to retire completely routed. In addi- tion to the dead and wounded carried away during the action, the Russians have left in the trenches and the environs of the fortress 4,000 dead, 100 prisoners, and a gun. Our losses consist of 700 to 800 men; amongst them we have to deplore the death of many superior officers. The Russians are preparing to retreat anc} to abandon i* siege." DESPATCH FROM LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. PKIGX-OPFICE, OCT. 13.—A telegraphic despatch bae been received at the Foreign-office from Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, dated Therapia, Oct. 12, stating that the Russians attached Kars on the 29th of Sep- tember, and were repulsed after a conflict of seven hours, tember, and were repulsed after a conflict of seven hours, with a loss of 2,5QQ killed and twice that number pounded. Upwards of 4,000 muskets left on the field. J_i0ss of the Turks about 700 killed and wounded, ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES. YIENNA, OCT. 14,—General d'Allonville now occupies gmtions commanding the road to Perekop. Marechal elissier was to commence on the 10th. VIENNA, OCT. 13.—A despatch says that Marechal Pelissier has already engaged the rear-guard of the enemy, hut this is doubtful. J MOVEMENT OF BRITISH TROQPS. The subjoined note has been forwarded to us by Lord ( fanmure ] W44 DEPARTMENT, OCT. 14.—Intelligence has been 3 received by Lord Panmure that Sir Colin Campbell has been sent to Elvatoria with a considerable force of in- fantry and artillery. HAJ^VHO, SUNDAY EVENING.—On the 13th Prince 1 Cfortschakoff says —" The enemy has quitted his posi- j tion in the valley1 of the Upper Belbek, and is retreating j to the crest of the hills between the valleys of Belbek ( and Baidar-probabiy in consequence of our movement an Harvi and Albat." VIENNA, OCT. 12.—Intelligence has been received i to-day that the Emperor Alexander has arrived at Pere- kop. He was accompanied by the Grand Prince Nicholas I and the Duke of Mecklenburg. Shortly after his arrival he received General von Kotsebue, who had been sent to 1 the Imperial tent by Prince Gortschakoff. A council of war was to be held there forthwith. ALARFCEILIIES, OCT. 14.—Accounts froni Constantinople, of the 4th, state that the Alned army was advancing in the yalley of Baidar. The feather had again become line. The cannonade between the northern forts and the town increased. The Allies were hastening the can- struction of new batteries, and were preparing to employ floating batteries. The corps of operation at Eupatoria was master of three defiles in the neighbourhood of that place. The Constantinople journals say that four divisions were expected from France. I WARSAW, OCT. 14th.—Despatches from Prince Gorts- ch&kotf to Prince Paskiewitoh mention an organized concentrated advance of the Allies from Eupatoria, B.udar, Kertch, and Kindburn, with the intent of sur- rounding and cutting off the Russian forces. ST. PETEI^BURQ, 15th.—Despatches received state that the allied fleet had sailed yesterday for Odessa, and anchored three miles from Kindburn, Kindburn is situated at the extreme western point of the coast which borders the estuary of the Dnieper, on the south. AsjA.—The Paris Moniteur of Monday contains the following:— CONSTANTINOPLE, OcT. 13th—On September 29th, the Russians attempted a general attack on Kars. The com- bat lasted seven hours with extreme desperation. The enemy at length was repulsed, and his retreat became a perfect route, On the 30th they had already buried 4,000 dead, and the field of battle was strewed with dead bodies. The loss of the Turks is only about 1,000 men. Crimea letters to the 2nd of October, inclusive, are published in the London papers. The Times says the camp is amused by rumours of active service, ViENNA, MONDAY EVENING.-The Journal Austrian correspondence contains the following from Odessa, dated 10th :—Eighty ships are in sight of the harbour. Either a descent on the place or a bombardment is expected. The Emperor will not visit Odessa at present. ODESSA, llth-A report is in circulation which, under existing circumstances, does not appear improbable. It is rumoured that the Russians intend to abandon the north side of Sebastopol and return to Perekop. The fleet is still at Odessa. Gortschakoff's last despatch of 13th. shews that the fleet had sailed from Odessa and anchored at Kinburn. Sebastopol letters of the 2nd says that the English have found in Karabelnaia 2222 guns, 290,000 bombs and round shot. Engineers state the value at £ 40,000, chains and anchors estimated at £ 12,000, 3,000 tons of coal, more than 3,000,000 of rations and arms and ^clothing of yarions kindr.. j

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