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Cresco, Howard County, Iowa
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Kurdish raiders have besieged Urumiah in Persian Armenia for eight days, isolating the town and attacking caravans amid complete anarchy. A Russian consulate caravan repulsed 50 bandits, killing or wounding many. Russia plans to bolster the consulate guard but no intervention yet.
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Urumiah, In Persian Armenia, in State of Complete Anarchy.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.--A dispatch from Urumiah, in Persian Armenia, which was brought out by a detachment of Russian troops, states that for the last eight days that town has been entirely surrounded and isolated by bands of Kurdish raiders, who have attacked caravans and driven hundreds of loaded camels to the mountains.
A caravan escorted by the guards of the Russian consulate at Urumiah, which was the first to get through, was attacked by 50 bandits. The robbers were repulsed, many of them being killed or wounded.
Complete anarchy prevails at Urumiah. Russia is planning to strengthen the consulate guard there, but it is declared in St. Petersburg that the time for actual intervention has not yet come.
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Urumiah, Persian Armenia
Event Date
For The Last Eight Days As Of Dec. 27
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many robbers killed or wounded in caravan attack; town isolated, complete anarchy prevails
Event Details
Urumiah surrounded and isolated by Kurdish raiders who attacked caravans and drove hundreds of loaded camels to the mountains. A Russian consulate caravan, the first to get through, repulsed 50 bandits. Russia plans to strengthen consulate guard but no actual intervention yet.