DECISIVE BATTLE
TURKISH DIVISION ANNIHILATED THE SURVIVORS OF PREVIOUS BATTLES. PETROGRAD, 2nd February. The Russian victory at Corless was decisive, resulting in the annihilation of the only division, of the enemy which escaped at Sary Kamish and Kara Urgan. The enemy attempted a flanking movement, and became hemmed in on the Olty Riven The battle was furious, and was fought in a snowstorm. The Russians scaled the mountain passes in many feet of, snow, but had sufficient stamina left to storm the Turkish positions and carry the village with the bayonet, killing seven hundred men, and capturing large supplies of munitions and many prisoners.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 28, 3 February 1915, Page 7
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104DECISIVE BATTLE Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 28, 3 February 1915, Page 7
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