THE WAR.
Excepting a skirmish of outposts between the Pieduioutese and the Russians, in which the former took 200 prisoners, we find nothing belligerent to extract- A suspension of hostilities was agreed to in December,according to the following statement from the ' Morning Chronicle' dated the 18th of that month.
Berlin, Tuesday, Dec. IS.—Letters from St Petersburg state that orders were sent off on the 18th of-December to Prince Gortschakoffto suspend hostilities in the Crimea. The General is expected without delay at St.. Petersburg, to be invested with the functions of Governor of Polaud. It is generally expected here that an armistice will be concluded between the belligerent Powers.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 368, 14 May 1856, Page 5
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108THE WAR. Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 368, 14 May 1856, Page 5
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