THE TAKING OF ERZERUM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 19 February 1916, Page 5

THE TAKING OF ERZERUM.

RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER COMMENT

MUCH BOOTY CAPTURED

PETROGRAD, Feb." 18. An official message estimates that the Erzerum garrison numbered 100,000, \ with 467 guns, while the advanced forts had 374 guns and the central forts 200. The newspaper Russky Invalid states that the Caucasus army has performed a miracle which military history will remember for years to come. Other newspapers emphasise the fact that the town is the junction of the great roads. The Turks will try to regain it, but they cannot bring reinforcements in less than two months. "We will strengthen the forts meanwhile. We captured the town by an adroit manoeuvre, involving a triple combined movement that paralysed the enemy's centre, turning his wings and flowing over his means of communication. The fall will not pass unnoticed in Athens and Bucharest. ROME, Feb. 18. A wireless message states that Erzerum is intact. The Turks had no time to destroy the fortifications and buildings, , and the Russians obtained onormous booty.