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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 146, 11 December 1877, Page 2

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(Reuters, Per Press Aoency.)

CAPTURE OF KARS.

FALL OF ORCHANIE. ,-Jff PLEVNA EXPECTED TO FALL. fijL RUSSIANS DEFEATED AT THE '' f| SHIPKA PASS. London, Undated. Kars has fallen. The Turkish killed and wounded were about 5000. 10,000 prisoners, 300 cannon, flags, and an immense quantity of stores were taken. General MelikofF directed the assault, the Grand Duke being also present. The Russian attacking forces numbered 15,000. Plevna is entirely invested, and is expected.hourly to'fall. The • Russians ijjjf are advancing westward to cut off help "■* from Sophia. Mukhtar Pasha has been ordered to 4~ defend his position to the last. The Russians, have sustained a reverse at the Shipka Pass. • At a Council of War held ■at Kars after its fall, General Philippoff advocated the march of the army westward

■'.*=. Nov. 15. ... Russian troops are crossing the u !lEtropol Pass. Sujieman Pasha has been appointed corriiaiander-m-chief of Roumclia. Nov. 17. Accoi'ding to % Russian official despatch the Tuiks'bn the night of Nov. 15 thrice unsuccessfully attacked General Skobeloff's position. Mukhtar Pasha received reinforcetments and repulsed an attack on Kars. ;' War between Turkey and Servia is ; regarded as imminent. The Russians are besieging Erzroum. Nov. 19. A Russian official despatch dated Nov. 18 reports that Kars was carried by assault under General Melikoff. The Russians successfully attacked the Turkish position, and captured Orchanie. ■ Nov. 21.. The Russian commander has sumc Turkish garrison atErzroum. The Sultan has ordered resistance to the last extremity. Sulwjpan Pasha has assumed the offensive. The Russian loss before Kars was enormous. i Nov. 24." • The Russian Press contains proposals and conditions of peace, which stipulate the cession of part of the Turkish fleet, the joint Russo-Turkish occupation of the passage of the Dardanelles, and exclusion of all other nations. t "The Roumanian army is besieging %iddin. Tlie Russians have captured Etropol. It is semi-officially reported that the Turks have abandoned Orchanie. Nov. 29. The Russian position is successfully maintained at Erzroum. -The Turks are extending their batteries at the Shipka Pass. Tw<j|re hours incessant fighting took capture of Kars, were, besides stores and ammunition, the Russians got q large amount-of money. The Turkish loss in*killed and wounded was 5000. The Russians lost 2700 in killed and , wounded. The capture is ascribed, to ' treachery. Seventeen thousand Russian troops have been detached from the army of Asia to assist at-the siege of Plevna. Much outcry is raised about British interests being endangered. .The Montenegrin successes continue. ' The' Turkish: Minister .of War urges uijfurling'the Prophet's Standard, but the Sultan thinks euch a measure premature. *'■ One hundrer> and fifty thousand Civic Guard?, Mussulmans, and Christians have been enrolled for the defence of iStamboul. The Russians have ordered an immense quantity of. provisions for the tjf-Flevna," ssjpl theiAurrender. All received news from ®£man Pasha,, by, pigeon post, that out of *|£arf|ftn of j 50,000 at Plevna, he had or wounded. Fodder is abundant, but water and clothing are scarce. Peace negotiations are probable after the fall of Plevna. ; -„- < Nov. 26. ". It. is rumoured in Paris that England has sent an ultimatum to Russia. England has intimated to Turkey that she refuses to recognise the blockade of the Euxine unless enforced upon her part, the Porte having granted exceptional permits to Greek vessels. Noz. 29. ■Mukhtar Pasha telegraphs that the Russians are preparing for winter quarters in Armenia. Serious dissensions have arisen in the Turkish Ministry. Mahmoud Damad Pasha is expected to retireJ Vienna papers declare that Servia will take part in the war about the middle of Decembjp. Princas»,Milan proceeds to head-quar-ters on December 7. Thez-independence of Servia is exnectedllpbe declared on December 12. - The Shah of Persia has despatched an envoy on a secret mission to St. Petersburgh. *fc_L 11- - ... - _ ■