The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Erzeroum, writing on
Thursday morning, later than any other correspondent, states that the Russians have crossed the Soghanli Dagh in great force, and have reached Khorassan on their way to Erzeroum. Mukhtar Pasha, who was at Sevin, has therefore been " compelled to change 'his position " and retire to Kaprikoi, and has, we suspect, been defeated, for owing to the rapid advance of the Russians, "great excitement" prevails in Erzeroum, though of course "all are san- guine of repelling the enemy." The difficulty about this important telegram is to understand how it reached London so rapidly, the Turks usually stopping all unfavourable telegrams. Another tele- gram—this time, however, from Tiflis—announces that Kars is being bombarded and is in flames, and that " the last redoubt on the west of Kars " has been carried. We must wait for further -details, but it would seem certain that the Russians are rapidly following up their victory in Asia.
