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FIRST STORY OF FALL OF ERZERUM..

GUNS CARRIED PIECEMEAL UP ICEBOUND RIDGES.

Mr. Philips Price, correspondent of the Hanchester Guardian with the Russian Army in the Caucasus, writes': ----

I have just returned from a visit to the fortress of Erzerum, where I have been a party of Russian permitted with journalists, to visit the scenes of the recent fighting.

Erzerum atands at the source of the Jow Euphrates and Arases, beneath range of rolling hills called the Deve

SHOW.

THE WOMAN "CHIEF.” from the Uzun Ahmet Fort they swept the Tuy defile and discovered the two the

WHY WE PREFER MEN. Russian regiments struggling in

A terrible cross-fire was at once.

Six typewriters stopped their clicking opened upon them both from the Ezan

Dede. Not with a sudden click, six surprised heads the Chaban Ahmet and

moment, the Elizabeta were raised in horror, und six exclama- hesitating for

"What A woman to take charge of and the Bakintsi pushed right up to the tions of distinct disapproval were voiced. foot of the snowy slopes below the rock

this room when Mr. Clark's called up?” on which the fort stands. Here two out

"She's sure to be a tab. I'd soomer of the there advanced Turkish snow cried one typist. Well, that up? trenches were carried. At 3 a.. they were within 250 yards of the fort and have old Green, fasay as he is! said right underneath it. So close were they nother, flinging down her oraser.

Walker when she ap My name's

decided the sporting that the Turkish artillery could not get

pears on the scene, the range and fire effectively. But this

id not affect the artillery on the Uzun member of the party,

"I'll go and carry live shells in a muni-

Abinet, which was raking the Russian

Boyun, which connect at right angles lines. In two hours the Elizabets and tion factory sooner than sit here typing

two

of mountains. parallel ranges. Across the southern rauge, in the Palan- tepe, passage is only possible along a 10,000ft pass: in the northern range a narrow defile between the Dulu-dag and the Karga-bazar affords the only means of access to Erzurum. On the Dulu dag two chains of forts hold the road between east and west, and the city fies beneath it, apparently protected from all frontal attack.

There was no weak spot in the natural defence of Erzerum, except on the as- sumption that the enemy was ready to attempt the impossible and piered the range of mountains either to the south or cast, transport an army with artillery across racks and deep snowdrifts at a height of 10,000ft, in the dead of winter, and so threaten the rear of the forts. And indeed the impossible has been attempt- ed, and not only attempted but aceofi- plished, by the Caucasian army under the command of General Yudeniteh. A

achievement from moro brilliant military point of view could hardly be imagined, and its value as a demonstra tion of the methods of taking apparently impregnable fortresses by skilful mance It also uvre can hardly be surpassed. demonstrates that climatic and physien difficulties can be overcome if the will among the officers and the capacity for men are there. endurance among the The Dussian army has given the world a marvellous exhibition of how the elements of nature can be overcome.

decided, having scattered the 11th Tur On January 23rd General Yudenitch kish Army Corps, to attempt the capture of. Erzerum, being previously informed by his scouts and by deserters that the Turks, not thinking the Russians would dare to ndrance in the depth of winter, had not prepared their lines of trenches connecting forts. A weak spot between Forts Chaban Dede and Tuila was thus left, but the Turks, trusting to the in- hospitable character of the harga Bazar range and the terrible wintry weather, imagined that the Russians would not dare to try and break through here.

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Bakintsi lost one-third of their number. At this moment also the 105th Regiment under a woman!" emphatically

the nouneed fiory little Miss Smith. of 11th Turkish Army Corps, on

"Well, that's spoilt my lunch!" regret- heights of Oingli at the head of the Tuy defile, began a Hanking movement. The fully announced the gourmet of the N- All agreed that disastór had fallen or right wing of the Elizabets was exposed, tette as she rose to put on her lut.

woman, instead of a man, was to contral and as there were no signs of the 4th Division, whose appearance alone could their particular office, simply because

The Elizabets and Bakintsis had now six of her own sex. fill the gap, the position was critical. to retreat, and it was decided to bring up the Derbentsi Regiment from reserve to take the Turks in Hank on the right manageress wing.

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This is the attitude that the woman

has always. been "up against," and this feeling is going to he

Ask any woman clark under whom she prefers to work-a man er a vonian- and nine hundred and ninety-one out of every thousand will answer, & man

Of course there is a reason for the pre- judice her own sex show against a woman superior, and it lies in the fact that fow women are able to control others without. being officious.

1t is one of the failings of women in authority

At 7 pm, the advance began. The very much to the fore during the next few Derbentsi left their reserve positions and months, when se many women will in darkness crossed the Tuy alloy at holding really responsible posts in the its head, ascended a defile, and reached commercial world.

The difficulties of the advance the snowfields of the Olugli mountain mass. were such that had I not been on the po

few days after the fighting and the tracks of the soldiers in the snow I would not have believed the advance possible. Snow was often five to six feet fleep, and I could see how the soldiers, in order to move, had to take off their conts and walk on them in the snow, throwing them forward every three feet to avoid sinking in up to their necks

Give a business girl an important post "on her iwn." and no man will beat her In this way they advanced painfully all

Give her control night. The Turks, suspecting nothing, were lying in their snow trenches, their in the conscientiousness with which she attention being chiefly concentrated on performs her duties. how to prevent themselves from freezing over a couple of junior male clerks, and

this Arctic scene, and to death. At last the daylight began to she can keep her dignity excellently an

But give the average woman a few of icy wind the Turks saw a chain of dark her own sex to command, and all the through the studs of snow broken by the t her orders carried out. forms slowly closing in on them. They little failings of woman creep out in a could hardly believe their eyes, for it moment. She becomes petty, noting the seemed to them, as it seemed to me as I personal side of incidents more than the looked on the scene when it was all over business point of view; just because she impossible that a human army with rifles is a woman she takes note of and magni- fies details that a man would either never and

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"Good Heavens, girl," he roared; "de you think I care how she does, her hair se long as she does her work properly 7"

"I can't stand going to Miss Evans for assistant to another. instructions, confided one millinery

By 5,30 a.m. tie Turks saw that theirnotien or if he did would smile ever. Why has Miss Brown given notice ??? trenches on the Sergikaya were being Here is a typical instance. surrounded from the north-west and east,

"It may be because I spoke to her and only a narrow neck of snowy field to asked the head of a business house. the south connected them with the fort Chaban Dede, They hastily left their about the manner in which she does her On January 31st a demonstration was trenches on the Sergikaya and retreated hair," ventured the manageress of his

Heroes the Olugli plateau as fast as the correspondence departament. nade from Hassan Kaleh against the outer Beve Boyan forts fu test the snowdrifts would allow them to the fort. strength of the Turks, who had retired Chaban Dede was now surrounded on the right into the circle of the forts. The north and east, but the retreat of the Turkish garrison was not cut off on the Buext two weeks were occupied in prepa rations by the Itussians, who brought up,outh and west, and the Turks, with deadly cross are the heavy guns and field artilloy and characteristic bravery and stubbornness,

to hour out made their dispositions north and north, continued

From the Uzan Alonet and Chaban Dede, ast of the Deve-Boyun. The 30th Divi-

as if nothing had happened. The Der sion was ordered to advance from the east, against the centre chain of forts, to de-bitsi had gained important ground, but monstrate 011 their right, but to deliver they had not yet broken the Turkish their main attack on Forts Dola igaz cordon that held the forts, nor dare they Land Chaban Dede, on the extremo.. left advance further-fur fear of becoming good spice of jealousy in the remarks....... wing The Turkestans were to advance from the north through the defiles of the Daala-dag against Boris Kara Gyubek and Tufts, while the 4th Division, whose task was one of extreme difficulty, had to. cross the snow-bound ridge of the Karga Bazar at 10,000 feet, and so forge the Huk in the chain that was to close in n the Chaban Dede fort from the north and the Tufta from the south.

"No; always seems as if sha's handing orders to slaves instead of to girls herself, agreed the other. tompt, tool looks at us as if we were beneath con-

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separated from their comrades.

What had happened to the Division probably, but a much larger spice of

They alone could truth. and the Turkestans?

If only you could forget you are 1

it make between Forts Chaban Dede and Tufta save the situation by piercing the plateau.

splendid you'd and so join up with the Derbentsi on the heights of Olugli. The critical question manageress!" said an itel proprietor ta was whether this herculean task could be the lady he was dismissing.

"I'd like, you to manage that staff for The morning of February performed. 14th showed that it could.& mouth" she retorted itterly.

"My dear lady," he told her more kind- Daring the previous day the 4th Divi- sion had been engaged in getting up field-ly, "I managed them for five years, and "Just remember next time to concen- artillery to the summit of the Karga shall soon get them in order again now.

Again the guns were dismen- Bazar, bered and carried to positions whence, trate on the business and to cut out any they could drop shells on the Turks de personal likes or dislikes you may have for the girls in your charge. You have. fending the right flank of Fort Tafte.

The Turkestans had also prepared their broken the law of control by listening to artillery to sweep the fort from the tittle tattle. and ruined your prestige by north. On the morning of February 14thtaking side in silly disputes. Bat there the infantry of the 4th Division descend

In order to carry out this plan-the artillery of the 4th Division had to be bailed up the mountain side to positions whence the Turkish lines connecting forts Tuita with Chaban Dede could be shelled. The snow lay six feet deep in drifts, and the rocks were covered with icy sheets. At first the attempt was made fo haul the artillery up by hand, but this soon proved impossible. Then vach gun was taken, to pieces and carried on the

will be a managress"! shoulders of the men, the wheels, the ed the west slopes of the Karga Bazar, you are a woman-forget that and you sliding down the snow on their coats to aftings, and the body of the gun all the upper parts of the valley of Tay

prejudice against the woman separate. It was an almost superhuman task, but it was accomplished in twelve. From here, they pushed north and reach boss by her own pos is not entirely her daya, and by February 10th the prepa-ed-the loot of the Grobovos mountain failt Women-themselves do not maka

retions for piercing the line of forte in its weakest spot were completed.

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The Turkish dispositions were follows:-The 11th Army Corps, greatly diminished in the retreat, was kept in the rear. The 0th Army Corps held the was in the Deve-Boyan, and the 10th

orthern sector holding Forts. Kara, Gyabek and Tufta.

On February 11th the Russians com The two menced a general advance, northern forts of the outer Deve-Boyun Chaban Dede and Dolan Gyoz, were attacked by the Elizabet and Bakinte Regiments respectively. Dolan Gyoz is

"Tafta.

The

which dominated Fort Here the left wing of the Turkish 10th her position any easier. Army was entrenched in the snow. The attack was delivered by the 4th Division from the south and by the Turkestans from the north, and was planned for and actually took place at exactly the same time. Again the Turks, attacked from two sides, were taken by surprise. Shells down upon them from out began to pour of the heavens. It was impossible to conceive that from the Karga Bazar field artillery could be playing on them. Such a thing had never entered their minds By three o'clock in the afternoon the

"She'll be looking for trouble" is the general impression created among the girls when such an innovation occurs, and they, on their part, are prepared to There is a feeling, too, that advancement hand it out to her if necessary. in salary and promotion in position are much more difficult when these matters rest with a woman chief.

"She'e looking after Eer own job and naturally she is not going to give us any lifts, is the feeling, and at once the spirit of jealousy and hostility creeps in

situated on a little knoll which juts out heights of Kuni Tapa were occupied by The woman in control feels this spirit!·

conc.

the 4th Division.

This left the Turks of the Groove height half isolated from the main force. In another half hour. the Turkestans ap- peared on the sky-line, having clambered up the snow slopes from the north, and here on this desolate plateau at this his toric moment they greeted their brothers

abroad, and naturally it brings out many of the failings with which she is credited

All this must stop.

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into the Passan plain, and is as it were the advanced guard of the outer chain By on the morning of the 12th

There must be women heads in these Dolan Byoz was surrounded, but the attalion of Turks holding the fort Aanaged to excape to the Uzun Ahmet

days when every Et man is called to the Fort, a powerful redoubt that rests on a

colours, and if we wonten workers have any crapez-like rock mass with cliffs on

of the 4th Division. The gap in the sense of patriotism we must keep up our three sides.. At the sale time the Turkestans, advancing from the defiles Russian lines was now filled, the moun end by supporting the prestige of the tains and the snow had been overcome woman "boss" without unnecessary fric of the Damtu-dag, surrounded the ad-

it was now only a question of a few tion. Even with our support it is going- vanced fort of Kara Gyubek The two hours and Turks would be overcome too. to be stiff work for her.

Remember that for so many years. Just as this memorable meeting was outposts were in the hands of the Rus sians, but the main struggle was yet to taking place the Russian artillery obwomen have been the underlings in the

servation posts at Kechk observed a great business world, and the reins do not l On the Karga Bazar heights to the stir in the Turkish lines surrounding quite easily in the hands to start with north all through the 29th and 30th day Fort-Tufta. The staff of the 10th Army. It is certain that there will be mistaken and night the sth Division attacked Corps knew that the game was apland and faults. Every business girl, however Tarks across snow helds and screen of to escape being surrounded and cut off, who supports her new woman chief is rack The summit of the range was in hastily began the evacuation of all the eventually making her own commercial the bands of the Russians, but the Turks forts in their area. That night also pathway easier. held stubbornly on the snowfelds on the Abdul Kerim Pasha ordered the evacua But let the woman "boss" give a fair est of the summit which connected Forts tion of the forts on the Deve-Boyun, and square deal to those under her show- Soon the 4th Division and the Turker de snow trenches, which were invisible

tang were pouring along the Erreran ing no favouritism cutting out all petty to the naked eye at over 100 yards dir

niain in the hopes of cutting off the femininities, and she will find that the Turkish retreat. But here they met with British business girl's sense of fair play On the night of the 12th the right less success. The 4th Division, with will make her a staunch and valuable ing of the 30th Division was ordered to orders to advance south, were ten miles ally —HILDA M. Love in the Daily Mail tank the Chaban Dede fort, which with ahead of the Turkestans, who had orders Tufts was the key to Erzerum. The Bakintai, who had taken Dolan Gyoz how joined the Elizabete and together hey advanced from the village of Buyuk Fuy on the Passan plain up the rock Falley on the Tuy to the towering cliffs in which Chaban Dede rested. It was Witch dark, but the Turks non got wind. the advance and with their searchlight

KEATING'Shabani Dede with Tufts Here they had

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to advance west The delay which this of the 34th Division and one regiment caused before the columns for parsuit of the 33rd Division, who were taken were formed are the Turks a good start. prisoners at Gez and Kizil Vank respec More serious still was the low Moreover, their speed in evacuating the tively, forts as soon as the danger of the Russian of all their artillery and the fortress enveloping movement became clear saved guns of the Deve Boyun. The 9th and 10th Army Corps, which lost little in man them.

and rifles, also lost a great part of their feld artillery.

As it was, however, they lost the whole

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