A JOURNAL OF THE WAR.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 151, 28 June 1877, Page 4

A JOURNAL OF THE WAR.

■TlThe A.ocklandYS'.ar haa compiled the f(tUotriog; summary of events of tha A ap)Jtotbe 19 th inst., at the cost of etf&idarable labor, and advises its rladbfs «o 'cot it ont and keep it for f tftnre Terence, as it will save them a deal of trouble in tracing the movements of the opposing armies : — - II it: l- '■- ,'*. - -° -. April 24.-— Czar at Russian camp Kichenfly ;or Kifthenau, declared war SRliaf.ft Turkey. (North-west of Odessa, -on- railway line). On the Bfuaeidaie 400 Cossacks -arrived byi train at.Jasay (.also on ■ railway line, west of Kitcbeuev) ; otber .troops folowiag.by train ■ or. crossing tbe Prnth (the boundary between* the Russian and Tjttftlaji. lerritory) by -various bridges, and proceeding by road. Russian Charge d' Affaires, M. Nelidojff, leaves Constantinople. Melikoff invades Asiatic Turkey. ts&pril L 25,~-*RaS3ian troops advance itt^ athe. direction df Batoum (see right hand lower corner of Black- Sea), and are repulsed with a loss of 800 men. t Saltan iaau. a patriotic address to his army. .April 26.-— Alexandr^pol corps under (^eneral.MeUkoff reconnoitered road to K^ra, in Asia Minor (S.W. of Batoum). Kcon «orpa, under Lieat. -General Oklobta, ocenpied Muchaster, on tbe Torkiah froniiar of Asia. , TMrkish ironclada. bombard St Nicholas, "{tocthsf Batoum. , April 27.— Turkish it onolads appear •Cfi^! _(%#9sate)y .-Wrth °f Satoum aha just above the right' hand lower eoenar, or 'south-east coast of the Btofek'* $*.*), ocenpied by "Russians. I^afl 1 . becupiesd by Russians, on same day." (Ismail is east of iEUia,. about half way between that plaoe and Reni, ofr'the Kilia mouth of the Danube). -'Atiril £0.-^Battle between Russians; aijd Turks before Kara. April 29.— General Melikoff, with oajiteat -division of -the Russian army, 40,000 stroog, attacks Muktar Pasha fivemileß from Kara, and dislodges che T *shAA\ . alien occupied by Russians (between, Kilia and Galatz). April .-30.— Muktar Pasha at Ears, cal)srqnt. re.B,erves,an.d with 60,000. men attempts to recover ground lost on the previous s day,* but is driven back into" Sara. Russians attempt to carry Kara b J. $° ou & demain, but are repulsed by artillery .fire and by a sortie, leaving 800 dead and many wounded. Russians commence to bombard Kara and invest^ it with 50,000 men. Hobart Pajtha with one ironclad runs Russian blockade, passes under fire of Russian batteries at Galatz, and escapes in aaj^fy to Constantinople. Skirmish wjjh Turkish outposts before Ears. Russian loss, 1 killed, 5 wounded. Russians capture 100 Turks. lytfay- 2.— rGa|a(z occupied by Rus-. a&M. .,, (Gaiatc is the chief shipping port on the Danube, at the southward b_nd of the Danube, west of its nmnjfes). ', -l-wiay 3wrribrail ocenpied by Russians, (Ibrail is immediately south of Galatz, and connected by railway. J^lty. 4. •*•— Suleiman Pasha, with 2OJOOO ■ men, advances to the Duga Pass, Montenegro, West side of European Turkey. Porte dedares blockade of Russian ports on Black Sea. Sn'tan declares deposition of Prince Charles, of Roumania. May 6. — Three Turkish monitors bot_tbardlbre.il. •May 7.— Turkish gunboats bombard. Russian batteries at Tomrova, below Galatz. 8, — Russians occupy Dyad in. Due south of Ears will be -found on the map Toprak Kaleh, and east of this place, Bayaeid. Dyadin, or Diadin, is between these two places, about onethird the distance from Bayezid. Karakalissa, frequently mentioned in the late telegrams, is between Dyadin ahd Toprak Ealeb. .May 9.— Turkish bombardment of 1 brail renewed. Russians advance from Bayazid towards Erzeroum. (Erzeroum is due west of Toprak Ealeb.) May 10.— Russians attempt to cross: Danube ut Reni. Turkish artillery and gunboats break the bridge, and Russians are repulsed with loss. Defensive works ordered to be constructed around Conslaniinople. 300 Cosßacks cross the Danube at Galatz, and encounter Basbi-Bazouks. BaabiBazouks cross at Eernodki, but are driven back by Roumanians. Roumania declares war against Turkey, and her own' independence. ■$[ay 11.— Russians capture Muhlaster, in Turkey in Asiß, and storm Ehatzubane heights, loßing 12 killed , and 16 wounded. Turkish losses reported heavy. May 13.— Turks at Widin bombard Ealafat. Widin is on the south side of tbe Danube. Russian steamer from Sebastopol attacks frigate at Batoum, and is repulsed. (For Batoum or-Batum, S.E, coast of Black Sea). May 14.— Turkish flotilla bom. bard Galatz. Russian batteries sink a Turkish ironclad with between 200 and 300 men, all of whom but one are lost. Russian batteries at Ibrail shell Matchin. -May 15. — Turkish expedition bombards Sukbum Eaieh or Eaie, (S.E. coast of Black Sea) driviug out Russian garrison. Turkish gunboat captared by Roumanians below Widin. Collision, between Turkish troops and Greek insurgents at Armyroa Thessaiy Russians across Danube at Tulcha.

{Russians cross Danube at Ibrail, iand burn a Turkish block house, j May 16. —Cannonade between Turkjish and Roumanian batteries at Turtujkai, on the south bank of the Danube, iand Olenitza, on the north bank icnimediately opposite Turks at Ears lattack Russian irregular cavalry, and iarei rf pulsed. Tufks, 64 filled; Busjsians, 20 killed, 54 wounded. Russians jssen in force near--Batoum. May 18.—Skirmish between Russian (and .Turkish cavalry . outside lEara. ITurks, 64 killed; Russians,' 20 killed, |54 wounded.-—Russians cut telegraph jwir'es around Ardahan.« ißussians . isack villages in vicinity of, jßatoum. Battle between Turks and ißussians near Batoum, lasting eight hours and a half; Russians defeated, with ioss of 4000 killed and wounded. jßusaiaas attack. Ardahan with 8-000 men, but are repulsed. May 19.—-Sultan issues a proclamation calling upon an expedition to deliver Circassians from Russian yoke. Turks massacre Christians at Turtukai. Six thousand Circassians rise in insurrection, and cut telegraph wires. 'General Melikoff, with 8,000 men, occupies Ardahan, after severe fighting, capturing 60 guns, stores, etc. Turks lost between 700 and 800. Russians — 151 killed, 184 wounded. May 20. — About 5,700 Russians attempt to retake Sakhum-Kaleb, but are repulsed with heavy loss.—'Russians lose 300 killed and wounded in a skirmish near Ears. —Turkish* fleet bombards Fort St. Nicholas, or Nickolaia (S.E. icoast of Black Sea). May 21.—England notifies Russia that she will protect Siies Canal.—jPanic at Russian ports on Black Sea. j May 22. — Turks retreat from Ardahan towards Ears. —-Czar inspects itrops at Odessa (N;W. coast of Black |Sea).- v s —Abkasians in insurrection.*., ;The Abkasians or Abasians inhabit the strip of country on the North-east .> coast of the Black Sea. May 24.—Czar proceeds to Russian head-quarters at Pioyesfct. May 27. —Russians march on Erzeroum. Vanguard reaches Olti. May 29—Giurgevo oooupied by Russians. Giurgevo is on tha north hank of the Danube, where the railway 'line crosses. May 30. —Bombarding at Widdin and Ealafat. — Russians evacuate Abasia. * June 9.—Right wing of Russian army reaches Nariman,, between Olti and Hassan Ealeh. Left wing reaches Karakalissa, between Bayazid and Toprak Ealeh. Main Turkish army encamped at Hassan Ealeh. June 10.*^ —Turks cross Danube at Eodar, between Galatz and Braila, and defeat Cossacks. Turks entrench themselves at Z.vin, near Has_an Ealeh. Repeated Russian attacks on Ears repulsed. June 11 —Russian right wing falls back to Pannak or Pennekgerd, 25 miles north of Olti.—Turks operating from Batoum in. Circasei., 'Russians mass troops at Nicopolis on the Danube, .and at -Ru^Shuk (further eaat).. They attempt to^roaaat Nicopolis^andJ are repulsed. *. , June 13— Russians abandon Olti. Insurrectionary '." movement amongst 'Greeks in Epirus and Thessaiy. June 15 —Desperate fighting in Dug* "commanding road to Niksik in Montenegro. . Turks make sorties on Russian besiegers at Ears. .fftJane 19. — Niksik revictualled. Niksik reinforced with 24 battilioris. Reported defeat of Russians at Alascher. 1 * key in Asia. Montenegrins claim a victory over Turks inflicting loss of 200. Czar ordered fresh bodies of troops.