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Show I TURKS CRIPPLED ; BY THE RUSSIANS Hj Petrograd, Feb. 1. The latest Rus- H!, slan -victories in the- Melarzgord re- l gloapbid fair to react injuriously on i all flubsequenL Turkish, operations In Hi the Erzenim zone. Rich booty which f had fallen into Russian handB formed H( the principal faource of supply to the ft army occuppylng this area. The Turks H t 111 have to -wait long boxore they can H, renev," these stores. , The dofeated Turkish troops, which K now have taken shelter behind the H Ericerum forts, appeared doomed to Hjj famine and lnacthity. Their pres- enco has embarrassed gravely the H overtaxed garrison. H Tho battle in the triangle of Khrys H Kale, Choullu and Melazgerd lasted H Beveral dajs, culminating in the rout H of three Turkish regiments and of a f largo force of Kurdish horse. H. The Turks fled in the direction of " Kherz Kale, relentlessly pursued b B the Russians, until tliey wore cut off B from tho northern routes and forced H to retreat toward Mush. The retreat H was carried out in such hasto that H they had no time to destroy their H commissariat and munitions. H The Russian victory and tho new H dispositions have isolated the spacious B district of Mush from Erzorum and B deprived the Turkish army of two dl- B visions of regulars, which, wcro com- Hj pletely shattered. |