Show THE WAR RUSSIAN HUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT ON tue THE OF KARS the invaline In valide russe publishes general 14 monra monna onra detailed report of the surrender of kars as follow follows after the ass assault atilt upon kars on sept 29 ibe took courage for a time expect expecting inz I 1 troops t to 0 retreat they adre were much astonished there therefore irr roo r e when hey they saw on the contrary the blockade maintained with greater strictness than tian before and ald our camp be becoming conino coning transformed into a fixed and organized zed led establishment surrounding them on all s des and add daily dally receiving ing stores of every description nevertheless the loper lopea of the besieged once more revived when some troops of succor approached pro ached from Erze roum vely P acha pacha chief of the E derouin detachment af afterwards ter selim pach coming cominer from ond iid ild lid did attempt to maich match upon kars KIs but their rear was menaced by general detachment our patrols also annoyed these troops even in ia chevery the very veny neighborhood of Eze Erze roum all this time the supply of food was becoming exhausted at kar kars the weather vas was growing cold coid snow had fallen upon the heights of hunger provoke provoked 6 mortality afurong the car gar earrison garrison the desertions increased in number and bejec dejection ion iou became general all these c circumstances determined G gena cena benj williams who directed the defence to surrender the tho for fortress tres on nov 24 the he aide de camp 0 of gep gen william teasdale Teaola le presented himself before aide de camp gen bringing a eter letter in which gen williams requested authority ity to come lle ile lie the following day into our camp under a fra flax flag of truce in order to consult upon an arrangement ment aide de camp gen 1 charged major teasdale with a verbal messa message e to gen Wilf williams hams iams to the effect that lre ife was ready to receive him in the afternoon of the next daye day nov 25 at the pointel ap hour on the gen williams pre himself to the command er erin jn 16 chief chiel of tha detached corps of the carram ia a x the plenipotentiary of the massif pacha commander of the army of anatolia The conditions of surrender having been drawn up were signed by gen gets william and approved by arje anje de camp general mo gen williams was was to return to 0 o our camp the n next at in morning orning with the af Mu shira final reply but hus his hi presence in in the fortress f ortre s being bein I 1 necessary to pa put it affairs in olden older and to bring the ilie news of surrender to the knowledge of the garrison the decision meeting with a passionate resistance from some of the officers he sent his aide de camp to inform its how affairs stood the tiie evening of the same day however majr major teasdale presented himself elf elt wilh with full powers in in writing given by br the to general wiliams to settle definitively the tile conditions of capitulation ani anil alo al o with w itil a list of the pachas of the he army of I 1 of anatolia then at kars in the afternoon of nov 27 general williams accompanied by his alid three pashas entered our camp and signed the final conditions of capitulation lat tori tors According to the treaty the residue odthe of the army of composed the earrison garrison of kars kar were to leave the fortress on fhe the with their arms armi arun arnn their flag flying and with the drums beating but upon the tire pray prayer cf the turkish cammauf er ers themselves all th thi troops left their arms and nd ammunition in thea their cain earn camp 3 under lle ile the lie guard of som some ottoman soldiers wito who were then hen relieved by ours oars although it had been arranged that the turks should form in colu coln columns inns near the ruins of the village at 10 in the morning it was not 2 in the afternoon ahat that the of the army of anatolia accompanied by gen williams williamq and some english officers presented themselves before aide alde de camp gen moura monra kiefl our troops had previously been arranged in order of battle upon the banks of the river the flags of regiments were wera then brought to the he front of our lines and I 1 were were received by a company of carabiniero carabi of tile tiie he regiment of toula Chass eurs amidst the sound of music music and hurrahs caught up from battalion to battalion the portion of the he turkish army consisting for the mosi most part of old and feeble men of soldiers relieved from an indefinite time the radi radl as also same some military bashi and lages forming altogether a total of or men were acco according iding to the ti eaty sent to their homes under escorts for the fins firs I 1 days dayts march upon the condition that hey they should no more carry arms a against ainest his majesty the emperor during tile the war r afier after af ier fer the departure odthe of the redius the command cr er in chief received a deputation from the chief inhabit ams aWs of the city of kar after the inspection of the he turkish regular troops abolt abbit or mert mere men who became berame prisoners of war general forgave orders for the distri distribution bulion bullon amongst them of provisions which had been prepared for thein thelo in the cu sinei of the companies ft camped encamped upon the left bank of the nars Mars on the same day dar the fortress was gari garl ironed by obar dur troops under the command of colonel de sa saze sage ze and the russian flag was unfurled upon the citadel 2 ruic detten nettee ON 0 arthe FALL OF KARS kans the tile following is a translation of the azars czars letter to gen the resolute solute le persistence the exemplary courage and the warlike circumspection which have marled your entire conduct in asiatic turkey have now been crowned with full success cess the dominating fortress of asia minor alinor the fortress of karr kara has surrendered with witti its entire garrison and great depots of arms an and ammunition the anatolian army of merr men ex exists ests no more its comma commander ader in i n ch chief lef is our prisoner 1 I thank you heartily for ahil so gl glorities glorius feat which has invested the tire arms of russia with new renown I 1 also commis tsien you to express my heartfelt thanks to the army under tinder your command for the steadfastness and coura courage e which have overcome the staff of the enemy in testimony of your high merit I 1 nominate you knight of the order of st george of the second cla cia class ss a rank to which you von have proved gloved yourself incon lesti bly entitled and remain with wilh imperial erace crace your well weil wisher ALEXANDER XANDER wretched CONDITION OF llie TIIE 19 HABITANTS OF KARS A correspondent of the file london times says of the tile ini militia litia and bashi B who aided in the defence of kars 0 Num numbers Vers have been frozen to death and the villages along the road from froin kars are filled with wilh heir their I 1 miserable comrade comrades wh who 9 have sunk stink exhausted upon ulion the way we see them staggering gering in all da day along tile he principal thoroughfares into the city c it faggard and footsore their countenances ha half f idiotic from cold li unger I 1 and rat fatigue igue igne their condition even before leaving kar kars was as wretched wre ched as could be so much so 1 I quote word for word from an eyewitness that it was positively painful to stir stin ou oua of doors they were lying tying about in all directions groaning piteously watching the russian on w which as if to add to their misery isery rr passed almost air ali day within their ken town townspeople people and add soldiers eis i alike suffered all ail ahe horrors of famine trefor cne former mir formen crowded the lie general as a 1 lle lie be rode out of it his guarter quarter tarten tarter sand gand and prayed him himwich with all the tha eloquence j of despair e to seek some means of putting an end to their misery women forced their way into his very rooms and throwing their star starving vinZ chim ren ten at zt his feet implored him rather to kill them at orce than let them perish thus piecemeal for want of sustenance the hospitals were crowded with sick on the thursday before the surrender died in ono one on day many went mad or became idiots from sheer huner hungen hunger 11 and hard work those chopie who pre pie served a remnant of ot health half starved as they were and scarcely clothed clothel were obliged to mount a ioos loos t every night up tane ai since the battle of the there had bad been no ani aul animal food to issue to the tro troops pas pis horses had indeed been killed in the generals stables stabler secretly by night but the meat was sent to the hospitals for the he sick A pi pittance t tance of bread or flour made into weak broth was all that the working bolde s had to subsist upon discipline was drost almost nt at an art end NEW RUSSIAN FORTIFICATION fortifications TS AT sebastopol sevastopol SEBA A letter from before sebastopol sevastopol Seba Sebas lopol of nov ath gives some account of the fortifications which the tire russians are now executing on the northern side of the harbor 1 I 1 cannot say what advantage the russian expect to derive from all the works which they are constructing on the north side of sebastopol sevastopol Seba but they are certainly most actively engaged on them and there is not a hillock a creek oi or any position however insignificant it may be that is not secured by a bat battery tery tely a fort or a redoubt I 1 will endeavor to give you vou you some details of these works beginning at fort constantine Constan tine line at the entrance of the port the summit of the plateau constantine is now bow covered by a fortification to which it would be bl difficult to give a technical name it is a pile of 0 batteries aud and counter batteries of cavaliers cavaliere cava liers and re doubts united together to fort constantine by numerous covered ways in the rear of fort constantine is a small bay in which there are several large storehouses there are two batteries at the bottom bottome of this bay and the russians are now engaged in con ton strutting ting a third after comes fort catherine constructed like it of granite with a double row of casimates case mates and embrasures embra it has been beeri strengthened by fresh earthworks earthworms earth works and the upper part pirt that is to say the terrace is filled with guns en barbette and heavy mortars this fort is in the the form of an oblong square with the corner opposite the port rounded off while the other corner on the same side is flanked by a large tower the part towards the land is defended by two r trong strong towers large ditches and a horn work situated on a small tongue of land which runs out towards tile the port two earthworks earthworms earth works having each 15 guns guns have been thrown up on the right ard and left of the fort A little above this fort on an intermediate plateau is another strong battery and on the summit of the plateau is a large construction which serves ai as a sort of advanced work to the citadel between this fortification and those mentioned at the commencement of my letter there is a redoubt mounted with guns guris of very heavy calibre after fort catherine there is another point on which the Rus russian have cut out in the earth and nd rock a series of or fortifications on a most gigantic scale the whole point being in fact tact metamorphosed into a citadel there a appears to toba be here several rows of batteries then b barracks tracks a for the troops and then more batteries in the rear orthis may be seen some small clusters of houes or stores and some small vessels lying on the shore the tile beach is defended by a strong battery which extends all round the bay as far as fort Se m which aich is of itself an of batteries placed one over the other and defended on the land side by a large ditch to 1 the right of 0 Se are some sunken steamers and then another village or collection of storehouses protected by two batteries all these are commanded by the citadel which has been so much increased that all that formerly existed is now concealed behind the immense work recently executed As I 1 have already mentioned the activity of the russians is most surprising every day bodies of from grm two to three thou and sand men me leave the citadel and proceed to their work for some days past they have been occupied in ra raising i sing some of the sunken vessel vessels but whether this is done for the purpose of getting timber or with other intention intentions it is impossible to say eay I 1 they have still some filing smack sand small er boats and they ly made use of the latter laller in the night to come corns and reconnoitre our works last night they availed themselves ol 01 the darkness and came within half cables length of furt furl alexander or rather of our batter ies on that side at the arv af caqui qui viv vivel efrom from our sent bent nel they moved afrin haste it is really difficult to imagine what can be the object of the Rus nus russians siang siana in erecting such uch mas ses sea of batteries la Is it to occupy their soldiers and give them confidence or to mask sone borre other movement time alone can unravel the mystery on our side as you may suppo do not remain inactive strong batteries are beins in established to play on the russian works |