LATEST WAR NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 175, 26 July 1877, Page 2

LATEST WAR NEWS.

" """ London, Monday ~6M5 p.m. The English press approves' cb'fthe" des- < patch of British troops to the M_dit-_raueau. : Although now only sent to Gibraltar, it is >■ j expected they will eventually go to Ga'.lipoli. I The. Russians, after severe -fighting with ' | heaVy losses, have taken Shibka Pass and '. Lovatin. They ate now marching upon i I Silistria and Razardjik, and xc besieging I Rustchuk. . " ' ' s ; , There has been desperate .fighting at i [ Petersburg, Virginia, and the regulars have ! been despatched to restore order. The ; militia, defeated the rjloters, and held the j : town with arms and cannon. The sheriff • was killed. ' r ''. '*-- ; Lord Derby and Sir Stafforia NdrtbWte, in j recent speeches regarding the condition of , Europe, stated that it' was desirable to | supplement the ' Mediterranea n-garrison by ; 3000 men. This statement is the solefounda- '. tion for the reports respecting the despatch I of British forces in the direction of the seat jof war. - ' •--.••-■•- ■■•'..--. ■:'■.•;•--;•;••_- ; . . V "':•*•-_;_ •■•Tuesday. | Special despatche^conflrar tb_b reports bf ; atrocities committed by the Russians iipon i Turkish subjects. " • ■.?*.'• '. - _•- y I Vague rumors are afloat of an alliance beI tween Russia and Italy. i The Russiah' press alleges : that if the I British squadron enters tbe Hellespont Rusi sia will regard it as an aiien squadron: The House of Commons has rescinded the j vote bf censure upon Lorfclse-iconsfield for i the appointment of Pigot.