The military aspects of the situation are no less memorable
and important than the political. In the first place, Erzerum was a great and powerful fort, crammed with guns and munitions of all sorts, and also at the moment crammed with soldiers. How many of these have been captured by the Russians is not stated. We only know from the Grand Duke's telegram that the Army of the Caucasus stormed the town " after five days of unprecedented assault." We await the details of the capture with the greatest possible interest. As the able military critic of the Morning Post points out, the advance on Erzerum is only one of the operations of the Russian armies in Asiatic Turkey. A second army is dislodging the Turks in the region of Lake Van, while Russia's right is advancing in the region of the coast in co-operation with the Black Sea Fleet.
