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THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY (PART II.) 
On the 13th he halted in Digor, which was fortified and held by three 
battalions as a point d’appui. 
After receiving the news of LazarefPs arrival, the Grand Duke began 
on the 13th to prepare his frontal attack by occupying and fortifying 
the evacuated Great Yagni. An attempt of the enemy to frustrate this 
was repulsed. 
Lazareff now advanced on the 14th October against the right flank 
of the Turkish reserves in Bazardjik and on the heights of Schatir 
Oghlu, and although those positions were defended by at least 
10 battalions, the 5 battalions of the Russian advanced guard (154th 
Regiment and 4th Rifle Battalion), supported by a flank attack of the 
16th Dragoons, succeeded in driving the Turks out of them. After a 
preparatory artillery combat by 2J batteries, Lazareff, late in the after¬ 
noon, stormed the positions lying north of those and commanding them 
—viz., the southern part of the Orluk Dagh—so that by evening he 
stood in rear of the enemy^s centre, with the former position of the 
reserves of the Turkish right in his possession. This day, the Turks, 
although under Mukhtar in person, fought badly, and their retreat was 
accomplished in great disorder. 
For the frontal attack which was to meet LazarefFs at right angles 
at Yezinkoi, the troops were divided as follows - 
Left Wing. 
Major-General Kuzminski. 
152nd and 156th Regiments. 
2nd Daghestan, Tschetchna, 
and Tiflis Irregular Cavalry. 
1st Grenadier Artillery Bde. 
16/19th Artillery Brigade. 
3, -|-5/38th Artillery Brigade. 
Between Kerkahn and Tain- 
alik. 
2 siege guns in position on 
Kizil Tepe. 
8 battns., 24 squads., 8 batts. 
Light Wing. 
General Heimann. 
Caucasus Grenadier Division 
and Artillery Brigade. 
1st Brigade in Hadji Vali. 
2nd Brigade on Great Yagni. 
Reserve. 
Major-General Solovieff. 
2nd Grenadier Regiment. 
3 Battalions 151st Regiment. 
1st Rifle Battalion. 
15th Dragoons, 6th Orenburg 
Cossacks. 
2/lst Grenadier Artillery Bde, 
2/21st Artillery Brigade. 
3, 4/39th Artillery Brigade. 
5th Kuban Battery. 
16 siege guns. 
1st Sapper Battn.(in Subotan), 
On hill of Hadji Vali, 
3 siege guns in position. 
24 battns,, 8 squads., 11 batts, 
Bight Wing Detachment. 
Major-General Grabbe. 
3rd Grenadier Regiment. 
3 sotnias 7th Orenburg Cos¬ 
sacks. 
3/lst Grenadier Artillery Bri¬ 
gade. 
On Kabach Tepe. 
Bight Blank Detachment. 
Maj .-Gen. Prince Wittgenstein. 
Kuban Cossacks. 
2nd Vladikavkas Cossacks. 
2/3 Eisk Cossacks. 
In Engikioi, on the Kars Tchai, 
to protect extreme right. 
General Reserve. 
Major-General Dehn, 
1st and 4th Grenadiers. 
17th Dragoons. 
2nd Astrakhan Cossacks. 
2, 5, 6/lst Grenadier Artillery 
Brigade. 
2nd Kuban, 14th Don Battery. 
§■ 3rd Sapper Battalion. 
West of Pulvaran. 
6| battns,, 8 squads., 5 batts. 
