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Show TURKS KILLING MMJHILDREN Petrograd, Jan. 12 In a detailed account of the Turkish aggressive movement in the Caucasus, with the collapse at Ardahan and Sari Kamysh, the Tif Its correspondent of the Boersc Gazette writes: "It is no secret that the Turks had decided upon a flanking adveu ture They started with the assur ancn that they would enter Tiflls and Kutais, where they would he Rble to settle down permanently. Proclamations Proclama-tions printed at Erzomm in letters Ol gold, exhorting the troops to bear the hardships rendered necessary by the grand plan, have been discovered These documents say 'We will enter the capital of the Caucasus and then we will live indeed. There are. ample provisions and comfortable lodgings There we will rest. In the meantime let us carry out the great task for the protection of our country.' "By this alone it is possible to ex-I ex-I plain the frantic retreat of the Turks, They came to Sari Kamysh with light hearts and without proper precautions to safeguard the rear of their tremen duous army. Their attack was delivered deliv-ered with lightning speed, but their retreat Is taking place with even greater rapidity. The line of the Turkish Turk-ish retreat Is a very narrow defile, through which it is exceedingly difficult dif-ficult for the troops to move. Even-where Even-where on the hills and these main roads are scattered carts, ammunition wagons, cartridges, shells, precisions Mid fodder. In many places are scores of men and animals especially pack-horses, pack-horses, mules, donkeys and camels "Where the Turks in their advance had to cross snowclad heights, rising ris-ing to an altitude of 10.000 feet, they provided a carrier for every soldier The carrier hore a load weighing 144 pounds and he had to step into the ranks if the soldier fell out. "The Turks behaved like madmen In their napid advance In villages Which they passed through they robbed and massacred the peaceful inhabitants, including children. "In barbarism and vandalism they beat their own records On entering villages the officers announced to the population that they would not be touched K thej remained peacefully peace-fully In their homes. u several places the inhabitants believed these promises to their sincere regret. "The cavalry detachment behaved fairly well, paying for their requisitions requisi-tions with promissory notes." |
