RUSSIAN FIGHT WITH KIRGHIZ.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 681, 1 February 1881, Page 2

RUSSIAN FIGHT WITH KIRGHIZ.

The ■ Rooati Vedomoati, " reoeiynd recently (aayg an English paper),, publishes intelligence from KuJdja of v conflict on the Chinese ■ ffqntier between Sarandanaki ajjd' rjumber of Coßßacks with a band of JEJirghiz raidera. The latter had captureJ 4 ji. jjeVd of several hundred horses froni . Russian Kirghiz, and were on their wayjjp tho border with the booty to convey it. fb their camps on Chinese territory, wh'en.;the MajorM. took them. Although officer, consisted only of nine'Giipcks of the 2nd Siberian Regment and a sergeant, while the Kirghiz numbered 160. men, he made them form line and charge the raiders. A hand-to-hand encounter folowed, in which the Kirghiz lost three killed and eight wounded,; and thj Cossacks two of their number/placed Hors de combat with sword cuts. "One of-:'theaa was sen t off to the Kaptagai'pjckot for help, while the Majorj the sergeant.-' and five Ooasacks' continued the pursuit. The chaae after the raiders extended over twenty-five miles, during which', the Kirchiz lost one of their leaders, and seven or eight killed and wounded. The nomads also abandoned 204 of. tfoe'itolen hones and thirteen of their own.. TJiree Kir* l gbb were taken . prißpners. 'On flie General Kaufmann, he issued a special order of the day, thanking, him for his ."remarkable bravery,'-arid' stating hit intention'of placing His.name before tho Czar fora; deMratiira??-The;g&geant and OoßßackS were rewardedwithmedali.and in the order of the;day ;