Cable Messages Latest War News London. August 22
A Russian official despatch states that repeated [?]urkish attacks were repulsed with heavy loss. A despatch from Osman Pasha states that…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1877
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11
Late War Telegrams
THE war telegrams in the early part of this week (says the S. M. Herald) were favourable to the Turkish arms. All the Ealkan passes, many of which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages Latest War News London, August 25
THE Turks are making concerted movements prior to the arrival of Russian reinforcements, with the object of recapturing Turnova Gabrova, and Selvi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Random Notes. England and the Present War
Some important despatches have passel between Lord Derby and Prince Gortschakoff on the relations between England and Russia as affected by the present war. It cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable Messages Latest War News Another Great Turkish Victory. LONDON. August 27
THE Russians have been completely surrounded by the Turks after severe fighting, and the line of retreat from Gabrova is in the hands of the victors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News London August 27
THE statement that the Schipke [?]s was captured by [?]uleman Pasta has not yet received confirmation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages Latest War News London. August 27th
EARL NORTHCOTE, in speaking at Plymouth, said "that England would observe peace and policy, until her interests were assailed, and would intervene in a friendly way, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Maps
Not one of the war maps shows any trees for the officers to crawl behind, and that makes the anticipated battle grounds look strange and unnatural. Ask…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Midhat Pasha on the War
THE Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph has been interviewing Midhat Pasha. The following is the principal portion of the correspondent's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable Messages Latest War News London. August 31
A DESPATCH from Sulieman Pasha, dated August 22th, states that after ten days' indecisive fighting the Russian forces made an unsuccessful attack on the Turkish positions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages Latest War News Latest from the Seat of War Continued Success of the Turkish Army. LONDON. September 1st
MEHEMET ALI assumed the offensive on the Upper Lom on Thursday, and three Turkish columns advanced from Eski Djuma and Rasgrad…
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THE report of M'hemet All's victory, near the river Lom has been fully confirmed. There is a great movement of the Turkish forces towards the Russian line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress of the War
NOTWITHSTANDING the oft conflicting and generally unsatisfactory nature of many of the recent telegrams, there is yet enough concurrent testimony, to shew that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News London, September 4th
THE battle last Friday at Po[?]edin Ped[?]t began early in the morning. The Turks attacked the Russian position in great force. The Russian entrenchments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News Recd. 9.45 a m. LONDON, September 5
TURKISH official despatch states that the Russians were repulsed near Kudikoi with a lo.s of 1000 men. Russian official depatch states that the…
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Before the end of July the Russians had concentrated 100,000 troops in front of Plevna, and completed the investment of Rustchuk advancing near enough to throw a shell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News London. September 6th
MEHEMET ALI telegraphs that Ahmet Thoub Pasha has driven the 12th Russian Corps across the Lom, with the loss of 3000 men. The Turkish loss was 900…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News London. September 8th
EARL DERBY, in an address at Liverpool, said that the present time was unfavourable for any intervention in regard to the war by third parties. When the time arrived, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages Latest War News London. September 8th
NICKSICH has capitulated. Nothing fresh reported from Plevna. The Turkish troops who formed the attacking force at Schipka Pass have entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Latest War News London. September 10th
THE Czar, with the Grand Duke Nicholas, and Prince Charles, of Roumania, are with the Russian Roumanian army, now attacking Plevna…
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