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A TURKISH IRONCLAD SUNK.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED WITH LOSS OF 40,000 MEN. London, May 13. The Roumanian Chamber has passed a resolution to authorise the securing of the independence of Roumania. The accounts of the battle of Rein are not yet confirmed. The Russian batteries at Ibaila have sunk a Turkish ironclad with 200 men. The official despatches state that the Russian troops have arrived at Dadin. The Turkish official accounts state that the Russian army corps unsuccessfully attacked the entrenchments near Batoura, and were repulsed with a loss of 40,000 men. The British squadron has been ordered to Port Said. Bombay, May 13. Iquique, on the west coast of South America, has been destroyed by an earthquake. The debate in the House of Commons on Mr Gladstone's resolutions continues. The majority of the Conservatives go with the Whigs for neutrality, but the Liberals are divided; .some favor the dismemberment of Turkey while othere disagree with Gladstone.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 113, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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