Telegrams from St. Petersburg show that the fighting at Tabriz on December 21 was very severe. The attack was delivered by the Fidai troops simultaneously from the roofs of the houses and in the streets. At Bagitchemal the Russians repulsed a formidable attack with artillery. The Russian colony took refuge in the Consulate until reinforcements arrived. Then the artillery began the bombardment of the citadel where the Fidais were for the most part gathered.
The Russia corpses were horrid bly mutilated by the Fidais.—Reuter.
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