LATEST WAR NEWS.
Singapore, July 10. The news of tbe Russian defeat at BHia (?) is not confirmed. According to Russian
despatches tfeeir forces occupied Bilia (?) on' the sth of July. : A Tarlqah despatch states that Mukhtar j Pasha has effected the restbraeioa of communication with Kara. I . . Bombay, July 10. | Russian unofficial despatches asssrg 6hat : the Russian retreat 1 in Armenia 'was caused' by having ariderratech the "strerigfch of the Turkish forces by which they were likely to be opposed, and the Russian columns were quite inadequate to the contemplated opera--1 tions. [ With regard to the crossing of the Danube by the Russians, it is believed that Abdul Kurim, the Turkish commander-in-chief, is occupying a defensive position.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 162, 11 July 1877, Page 2
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