Mukhtar Pasha, " the victorious," has been severely defeated again.
He held, with the assistance of Ismail Pasha—the leader of the Kur ds—a fortified position on the Deveboyun, arange of bills in front of Erzeroum. Here he was attacked on November 4 by Generals Heimann and Tergukassof, and after an engagement of nine hours, driven into Erzeroum. His munitions were all taken, and the retreat would seem to have been a discreditable one, for he telegraphs to Constantinople that his men " unexpectedly gave way," and that " some officers who were seized with panic 'will be judged by court-martial." The Morning Post announces that Mukhtar subsequently quitted Erzeroum for Trebizonde, and that the capital has surrendered, and though there is no official confirmation of this statement, it is intrinsically probable. It is, however, far more to Russian interest that it should be untrue, as if Mukhtar Pasha, with his disorganised force, is shut up in a half-fortified place like Erzeroum, he must ultimately surrender.
