LATEST WAR NEWS.
rW <■ * ."-Bombay, July 17. Ifc that SfrXayard has effected negotiations for the entry/ of the Bri&ishN squadron into the Dardanelles ■' . ..> Great atrocities have "been committed" by" the Christians and Cossacks against the Mahomedaus. i, 5 i s J^onnced that the Russians still hold Ardahan. A Russian official despatch states that lerquaksor, after relieviug Bayazid. retired to Gumne (?). A. Turkish official despatch states that after retiring, fighting was resumed with heavy lo3s to the Russians. „ Wellington, Monday. -lue following telegram has been received trom the Agent-General:— >r. t> . London, July 18. me Russians have captured Nicopolis with a slight loss. * Six thousand prisoners and forty guns were taken. The Russians continue crossing the Danube, and have passed the principal pass of the Balkans. The Russian headquarters are at Tirnova Ihey command the bridges on one side, and the Balkans on the other. The Grand Duchess has attended the Russian wounded at Alexandropolis. The Turks have fallen back from the line of.Jaska to the line, of the Sistova. The Czafewitch is in command. | Important results are expected "at Rusfcchuk..,<... . '; .^_ !
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 172, 23 July 1877, Page 2
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