Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-09 | Page 7 | Turkish Troops Put to Flight

TURKISH TROOPS PUT TO FLIGHT Petrograd Nov 9. Army headquarters headquar-ters in the Caucasus under date of November 7. sends the following of- iicini commuuicaiion irom inns regarding re-garding the Russian operations: "Two Turkish divisions, with IS pieces of field and several pieces of heavy artillery and with a numerous band of Kurdish cavalry, moved in j the direction of the hills of Hassan j Kalah. twenty miles east of Erzerum. towards the position at Koprukeiu, which we occupied Friday night. "They pursued a vigorous offensive turning movement, striving to surround sur-round the right wing of the Russians I Our artillery oponed a murderous fire and the Turks though they attacked again and agaln: were finally compelled com-pelled to take to flight. First their left wing retired and then the whole front followed They are seeking refuge in the ohseurity of the broken and uneven countrv to the west of the- ' scene of their attack '