Show the great battle in asia I 1 letter to the london morning august 8 mustapha abba pacha was anxious for an opportunity to draw down vengeance upon the russians for the last surprise which they gave to the he turkish encampment on the persian sian frontiers and to efface by a bloody battle the shame with which his colleague selim pacha was then covered by his flight which left the russians masters of bayazit and its environs the turks quitted kars on the ath of august leaving in all five battalions and 24 21 pieces of cainnon as a reserve reserve rei erve and followed by all the rest of their forces passed through vely kney and did not stop till they hey came up ap with the advanced posts ot of the russians encamped at they the sy divided their army arm Y amounting to about infantry irregular cavalry and 1000 artillery with 52 field pieces into two bodies th first wad was corn com banded by b y vely pacha the second in 1 command bomm and being general guyon chief of the staff arid and the other by mustapha pacha comman command 4 er in chief and generali and kerim pacha hassan pacha at the head of the regular troops of Ar bistan had his corps in reserve in the rear of the enemy ready to tg lort those battalions whose losses might occasion them to fall back ismail pacha commanded the advanced guard during the night of the ath the russians on the first movement of the turks came out of their entrenchments and took a position on the plain about a league distant from the turks in in i the same place where their advanced posts had been the previous night general prince be ael bortoff boo bo seconded by general prince Dolge was at their head next morning toward five the two armies were in presence of each other the first signal was made by the turks and the action began battle scarlie general arid add it was dreadful to beholding behold ind and terrible tei t vi hear nore more than as field pieces thundering forth forai scattering ing showers of bais and carr carrying carryer death into the ranks upon both sides the disA discharge arge of the battalions continued without interruption and the turks commanded by hassan pacha attacked with the left of the enemy which evinced symptoms of disorder and if it haa not been for succor rendered to it by a reinforcement its defeat would have been complete comple te toward eleven k the artillery suddenly ceased the greater number of pieces hav having i I 1 n been dismounted the turkish soldiers pail paid no attention to the commands of their officers ut fixing their threw themselves lito the thickest rants oabe nemy abright ul ral carnage followed for both sides fought with in obstinacy and courage of the most desperate lature t u A barrier of dead bodies odies jk soon oon sepa abed t q d beyra them and weakened and terrified on both sides lea by their losses and the cries of ed the two armies began to slacken in their efforts ff otts and soon after retreated from each other the battle had lasted for six hours 1 the retreat of the oe turks followed that of the russians one battalion after another in great find ready and able if it were required to recommence the combat leaving dead on the fieldor fiel field dof of battle in the afternoon all the turkish troops preceded by ambulances conveying the wounded wera went to kars kara and the wounded were sent on afterward to Erz roum the russians in spite of their superior rl hiim m bers composed of 24 battalions of infantry 6 regiments of regular and bof 8 of irregular cavalry 60 pieces of cannon with 2009 2000 artillery uffer huffier ed heavier loss than the turks their killed amounting to between and beside i having 2500 wounded among the killed was a general whose name has not transpired and some soine supe superior officers I 1 the turks had to regret the loss of thy brave hassan pacha who commanded the reserve and of vely picha pacha who commanded the first division mustapha pacha received a mortal wound as did Cachim insky who bib was shot through gif the neck I 1 I 1 I 1 the russians in the tha evening sent a detachment of da cavalry valry to bring away six pieces of cannon which for want of horses they had left on field and profiting by the solitude around them they carried oft off nine pieced pice left by the i gence of the turks which had been dismounted in the action the turks had not had time to 1 and the Cose cossacks acks dragged them off to leaving a part of their forces in the position of which two regiments of cavalry and some companies of infantry had taken possession in id the morning under the orders of ismail ism ail pacha machil 11 in this engagement the bashi baboulis acted with great bravery and of their whole number only or took to flight on both sides there were s some rne deserters it is impossible to say on which side the ale victory i I 1 to ry was declared the two armies fought bravely that of the russians however was superior in in numbers and the turkish cavalry could render noaMA no aid to 0 the rest of the army while we must attribute a great part of the loss of the ibe turkish soldiery to the cossacks and dragoons who wh went uv up to the vary very ranks of their infantry artry to attack them though h defending themselves with the bayonet we must admit that I 1 he turkish soldiers fought the biest best and that they make up for any deficiency i in their numbers by bv the greater quickness and e exactitude x altitude of their mancou vers the two parties agreed to an armistice of two da 9 in order to to bury their dead thus thas although the turks and cossacks again met meloa on the field it was with a very different mission and the y regarded each other very tranquilly trani and like old friends I 1 the presence 6 of mind and the valor of zarif zari f mustapha phit pasha who was ws always present wit with h the troops in the heat of battle contributed much to rilly rally the soldiers whom the carnage had intimidated timi i dated I 1 and miny many who had taken to flight animated by his voice returned to die gloriously with their arms in their hands on the bloody field an ah eitra extraordinary ordinary courier who arl arnved alved to day announces that several russian generals had fallen in iii the battle and among t the he troops the number of dead is much more considerable than was reported I 1 A russian general deserted and a nd passed over to the turks during the retreat the above account is evidently as favorable as possible to the turks but it is substantially corroborated even by the official bulletin of prince Bebo published in tile the journal de st Peters bourg ha says the turks retired precipitately precipitate lv and returned to their in trenched camp which was still at a distance of 40 lOv ersts from our line the ex ti erne fatigue of the troops who had been on watch all night and had grained gained a victory over a numerous enemy and the indispensable necessity of giving succor to the wounded of collecting the dead and of taking care of the cannon captured from the enemy did not allow the pursuit to be continued particularly as the battle which had commenced at five in the upon a locality destitute 0 of water aa ms lasted e tin I 1 one during h lio u clock in the afternoon beside the enemy beaten in the open field might y apt t make strong resistance behind the natural and ar artificial ti facial de fences of his in trenched camp con consequently i after having allowed the detach detachment ml nt half an hours repose I 1 ordered it to resume its former encampment near the village of kurluk dar tile the trophies of this brilliant victory consitt of 15 pieces of cannon with six wagons of munitions nit ions 2 flags 4 standards 20 small standards a considerable quantity of arms drums drains and musical s cal instruments and 2018 prisoners briers among whom are 2 superior officers 84 subaltern officers cars and 1932 men all of the regular infantry antry the loss lois of the enemy is not yet correctly corr corre ecly efly ascertained but he left more than 2000 dead upon the siev fielo such I 1 a sanguinary battle in which nearly pieces of car cannon trion were fired on both sides hides during four hours could not fail to occasion us serious losses particularly ali as the turks displayed a resistance such as the oldest of our soldiers had never witnessed from them before we had bad four superior officers 17 subaltern officers and mer men killed 1 general 9 superior bior offic officers rs 70 subaltern officers and 1831 men wounded one general 9 superior officers 29 subaltern officers and men received contusions at jl na the militia ni litia had ten killed and 61 men were wounded or received contusions 1 the journal says that after having received this report his majesty tile the emperor in tri inona orly of his great satisfaction at such a brilliant and useful victory deigned to confer the order of st andrew upon general prince Bebo |