LATEST WAR NEWS.
i Wellington, Monday. The following telegram has been received by the Australian Governments from their Agents-general. London, (date not given):— Kafs was taken after five days and five nights continuous bombardment. Plevna is entirely invested, and is hourly expected to fall. Erzeroum is invested by the Russians, and has been called upon to surrender, but Mukhtar Pasha has received orders to defend it to the last. The Russians have suffered a reverse in Shipka Pass, losing nearly the whole of one cavalry regiment. The Roumanians have captured Ristova with a quantity of ammunition and provisions, and by a heavy cannonade sunk a Turkish monitor at Kalafat. The Montenegrins have been generally victorious, and are now bombarding Lesnoria. There are rumors of mediation.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 299, 18 December 1877, Page 2
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