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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 2

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I September 14, 6.3g pirn. i A Russian official despatch from headj quarters at Porodin" says\that the gen--1 eral assault on Plevna was made on the lltli. There was desperate fighting. " ' - Tb.e Russians<captured four redoubts. The Russian loss included two generals killed and' one wounded. They had five thousand wounded, whilst the number of killed was unknown. At daybreak on the 12th they occupied the conquered positions. l2th,inidnight. A Russian official despatch ,'says- that the bombarding of Plevna had been Continued with unabated force, until the evening of the 10th* ♦ The -R'u's.sians have captured another .height commanding the town. The Russian., cavalry defeated the Turkish cavalry on the Sophia-road. September 13. Plevna \& closely invested, and the sorties of the Turks hfive been repulsed, It is estimated 'that the RussianRoumanian army lumbers eighty thousand, with three hundred and fiftysix guns. The Turkish army is calculated at sixty thousand men, with two hundred and thirty guns, A new bridge' has been put up at Nicojfolis. Sept. 12, 12,15 p.m. The Emperor ',of Aus tria at a, banquet proposed the Tiealth.of his dear friend and ally, the Tsar of Russia. G-ambetta has. been sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a thousand franc fine. Sept, 13, 3,45 p.m. . Gambetta appeals against the sentence of the Court. [Peb Pbess Agency.]