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The Semi Weekly Messenger
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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Insurgents in Trans-Caucasia sacked and burned four Armenian villages, but were repulsed at Owlianioraschau with 100 killed. Russian troops repelled attacks elsewhere, capturing 870 prisoners. Agitation spreads, with 37,000 insurgents; 5,000 Cossacks en route from Baku.
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Four Armenian Villages Sacked and Burned--Inhabitants of One Repulsed the Besiegers Killing a Hundred of Them.
St. Petersburg, June 22. Bands of insurgents in the district of Scharonkhau, province of Erivan, Trans-Caucasia, recently sacked and burned four Armenian villages. Subsequently the insurgents surrounded and attacked Owlianioraschau.
The inhabitants of the town repulsed the besiegers, killing a hundred of them. Cossacks and other troops stationed at the village of Khouloundian also repulsed an attack of the insurgents on that place inflicting enormous losses on them and capturing 870 prisoners.
The agitation is spreading. A number of Armenian villages containing about seven thousand inhabitants have been surrounded and skirmishes between Tartars and Kurds and the Russian troops are frequent. The villages of Ouschi and Kischishken have been burned. Five thousand Cossacks are expected from Baku to aid in suppression of the rising.
The insurgents are estimated to number 37,000 men.
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Trans Caucasia
Event Date
June 22
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inhabitants killed a hundred insurgents; troops inflicted enormous losses and captured 870 prisoners; villages of ouschi and kischishken burned; agitation spreading with 37,000 insurgents
Event Details
Bands of insurgents sacked and burned four Armenian villages in district of Scharonkhau, province of Erivan. Insurgents attacked Owlianioraschau but were repulsed by inhabitants. Cossacks and troops at Khouloundian repulsed insurgents. Skirmishes between Tartars, Kurds, and Russian troops frequent; Armenian villages with 7,000 inhabitants surrounded. Five thousand Cossacks expected from Baku.