It was typewritten, and consisted of notes on different points.

One was headed '_Kara Gubek_' and read: '_No time to fortify adjacent peaks.

Difficult for enemy to get batteries there, but not impossible.

This the real point of danger, for if Prjevalsky wins the Peaks Kara Gubek and Tafta must fall, and enemy will be on left rear of Deve Boyun main position_.' I was soldier enough to see the tremendous importance of this note.

On Kara Gubek depended the defence of Erzerum, and it was a broken reed if one knew where the weakness lay.