The Russo-turkish War. June 24
Bayazid has been recaptured by the Turks. 6000 Russians are crossing the Danube at Galatz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1877
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England and the War. June 24
The Cabinet, in Council, has resolved to ask Parliament for additional credit, for precautionary Preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russo-turkish War. June 25
The Russian troops have crossed the Danube, and occupied Metchin. Russians are still crossing into the Dobrudscha. The bombarding of the northern forts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Duchess of Edinburgh and the War
The Overland Mail has the following:—The Duchess of Edinburgh did the other day what any of us might have done had we been Russians in England—sheattended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English News. the Russo-turkish War. London, June 22
THE Turkish forces composing the right wing of the army in Asia Minor have taken the position of Delibata, by a successful rifle attack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hobart Pasha on the War
HOBART Pasha, the admiral of the Turkish fleet, has written the following letter to the Times:—" So at last the farce is played out : diplomacy retires on its laurels, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ancient Prophecies and the Present War
In an article bearing upon the present hostilities between Russia and Turkey, the Ipswich Observer remarks:— It is somewhat singular that those who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English News. the Russo-turkish War. London, June 27
TURKISH despatches state that the Turkish commander of the forces in Asia Minor, Moukhta Pasha, attacked and completely defeated the Russians at Batoum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English News. the Russo-turkish War. London, June 29
THE Russians have occupied Hirsova on the Dobrudscha side of the Danube. A Turkish Dispatch states that the "Russians were attacked at Zelvin, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Special Telegram. the Russo-turkish War. London, June 28
YESTERDAY the Grand Duke Nicholas, at the head of the fourteenth division and eighth corpes of the Russian army, crossed the Danube at Simnitza, and carried the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russo-turkish War. London, July 2
Unofficial Turkish accounts state that the Russian advanced guard was driven back from Biela, about twenty miles east of Sistova (the head-quarters of the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russo-turkish War. London, July 7
A Turkish official despatch states that there was twelve hours' fighting at Biela, about twenty miles from Sistova, and that the Russians were defeated with heavy loss,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous War News
It is stated that the Khedive has communicated officially to the Sultan his intention of sending a further contingent of 10,000 men. It will be remembered that troops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Russo-turkish War. London, July 11
Monkhta Pesha has effected a junction between his troops and the garrison occupying Kars. The left wing of the Russian army in Asia Minor has recrossed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English News. Official War Telegrams. the Russian Defeat in Asia. London, July 6
The Russians have been seriously defeated in Asia, and are said to have fallen back to Araxds (Aras) Valley; The attack on Batoum is as yet unsuccessfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Secret History of the War of 1870
The following (says the Examiner) is an interesting contribution to the secret history of the war of 1870. It is taken from an account given by the late Dr. Julius…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War-military and National Affairs. London, June 8
The House of Commons met on the 31st May, after the holidays. Mr. Sandford called attention to the omission in the Blue Book of any reference to Lord Salisbury's conversations with the Due…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English News. the Russo-turkish War. London, July 18
THE Russians have raised the siege of Kars. Moukhta Pasha and the Governor of Kars are preparing to attack General Melikoff's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →England and the War. London, July 21
The British ambassador at St. Petersburg has remonstrated against the sinking of vessels in the Danube, and thus impeding the navigation…
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