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Show TURKS CHARGED WITH KILLING MANY CHILDREN (Special war d spate es of the Interna. tional News Service and London Dally j Telegraph ) PETROGRAD Jan 12 In a deta led account of the Turk sh aggress ve move n ent in the Caucasus w h the eol apse at Arda an. and Sari Kamysb the T fiis correspondent of the Boerse Gaze te writes It Is no secret that the Tur ts had decided upon a flank ng adventure They started v th he assurance that they wou d enter T fl s and Kuta s where they would be ab e to settle down permanently Proc amat ons pr ed at Erzerum In let ters of gold exhort ng the trcfops to ! bear the hardships rendered neces j sary by the grand p an ha e been d scovered These documents say TVe wl 1 enter the capital of the Caucasus and then we w 11 1 ve n deed The e are ample provisions and comfortab e lodgings There we w 1 rest In the meantime let us carry out the g eat task for the pro tectlon of our countrj By this alone It s poss ble to ex plain the f antic retreat of the Turks. They came to Sa Ramysh w th 1 eht hearts and without proper jtrecau t ons to safeguard the rear of t elr tremendous army The r -attack was de vered w th ghtn ng speed but their retreat Is ak ng p ace w th even greater rap d ty The 1 ne of the Turkish ret eat Is a very nar ow de fi e through w ich it is exceedingly d fficu t for the troops to mo e Everywhe e on the s and t ese ma n roads are scattered carts am mun tion wagons ca trldges shel s provisions and fodder In many p aces are scores of men a d anl ma s espec a lj packhorses mil es donke s and camels Where the Turks n he r advance had to cross snowclad Jie ghts ris ng to an alt tude of 10 000 feet, they P ovided a carr er for every so d er The carrier bore a oad we gl Ing 144 pounds and he had to step Into the ranks If the sold er fell out The Turks behaved 1 ke madmen In their apid advance In v ages wh ch they passed through they robbed and massacred the peaceful Jnhab tants nclud ng children In barbarism and yandal sm they beat the r own ecprds On en ering v ages the officers announced to the population that they would not be touched f hey rema ned peace fu ly n the r homes At several places the nhab tan s believed these prom ses o he r s ncere regret T e cava ry detachment behaved fair j wel paying for their equ s ons with p omlssory notes |