MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The London, Times of the §Bth May in, tlie- following aqcount of Russian " der-» ringdo" :— " Qae of the most daring deed* ever recorded in the history of warfarewas performed on the Lower Danube,. near' Ibralia, on. Saturday morning last., A small detachment of .Russian soldier*,, commanded by Lieutenant Dubaschefij. accompanied by the commander of theBoumaniaa flotilla,. Major . Murgescu> left the northern shore of the- Danube ra>fc number of small boats, and proceeded towards the point Petra Fetei, below Matchin, and opposite Ibraila a* which point there- was stationed a large Turkish, monitor. The night was very dark,, and they managed to sttfround. the monitor before being discovered by the Turkish, looks-out. When finally observed by thesentries on board they were challenged, and "Who goes there r rang out on the niebfc air. Mfijta Murgesca replied »a Turkish, " Friends." The Turks* eTi» dently not satisfied, commenced fiyiag m the direction of Matching not knowing where these boats came from. The shots flew wide of their mark and did no damage. to the daring'men in the-boati. During the firing several of the Bussian soldien* under the direction, of Lieutenant Duba*-* cheff, plunged into the- water, swam silently to the- hull of the ironclad vessel, and placed the deadly toupedo. in close contact with the bottom of the monitor.. After the destructive machine and been securely fastened and wires of an. electricbattery accurately adjusted thfi. men retired to- the neighbouring shore of the river, and at halfpast 3, in the morning the monitor was blown into, the air, 'with, all the officers, and crew. The explosion was terrific, and as nothing is said of thecrew being saved, it is supposed that ail ;on board perished with the vessel. ; Mr Fox's Local Option Bill has been, printed. It makes it lawful for twenty persons in a licensing district to ask for votes to be taken as. to the propriety o£ adopting the Act. The cbjurmaa of *
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 57, 20 August 1877, Page 2
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324MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 57, 20 August 1877, Page 2
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