CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 113, 17 August 1877, Page 3

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

[Per Press Agency.] London, August 12. Russia tried to obtain permission for the passage of troops through Servia, but it is reported that Austria refused her sanction. The Russians have renewed offensive operations in Asiatic Turkey. The first attack was repulsed. The Russians have evacuated the Balkan Passes, and the Turks have occupied Ramboral and Querditch. Sulimau Pasha has arrived with reinforcement, and is now endeavouring to co-operate with the commanders of the forces in Bulgaria. Sir S. Northcote, in the house of Commons, said that the British policy was strict neutrality, subject to contingencies. It is rumoured that France is likely to be placed in a state of siege shortly to curb the Radical demonstration. Athens is in favour of war. Singapore, August, 14. . Suliman Pasha has ■ taken the offensive, and crossed the Balkans. There is much sickuess in the Russian army. Sydney, August 15. The Herald's special, dated London, August 11, ssys :—The Daily News' correspondent at Bucharest reports the wholesale butchery of Christians south of the Balkans by the Turkish troops, incited by. merchants and landed proprietors. In the Achipan district 30 churches and 500 schools and colleges were burnt, while 12,000 to 15,000 Bulgarian fugitives were massacred or burnt in houses. A Turkish. Bey personally engaged in the work of slaughter. The news is confirmed by the Times, with harrowing details.