Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-01-23 | Page 2 | Russ Soldiers Continue their Pursuit of Turks

RUSS SOLDIERS I CONTINUE THEIR PURSUIT OF TURKS (Sprtat Cable by Arrangement wilb Loaacin Dallf Telegraph and International News Service.) LONDON, Jan. 22. The Russian forces in the Caucasus have invested Erzerum. the "bulwark of Turkish Armenia." into which the routed Ottoman army lias fled, says a Central News dispatch from Petrograd. The Russian official statement issued In the eaar's capital tonight reports bombardment of the Erzerum forts and th continued pursuit of the disorganized Turks. Cossacks played the principal part in this pursuit. The official report says: The Russians continue their pursuit pur-suit of the central section of the Turkish array, which is retreating precipitately from the region of Lake Totofium. Ve captured a number of prisoners and arms, ammunition and stores of all kinds The Cossacks charged the Turkish rear guard near the Erzerum forts, sabered several hundred and captured cap-tured more than 1000. The remnants of the rear guard fled to Erzerum. Our artillery has bombarded the forts at Erzerum.