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4000 RUSSIANS LOST IN SHIPKA PASS TURKS PREPARING FOR WINTER CAMPAIGN. REUTER'S SPECIAL 10 PRESS AGENCY.J [The following telegram was received at the New Zealand Times office at three o’clock this morningl:— Bombay, August 21, 2.20. An unofficial Russian account confirms the report of an attack by General Loris Melikoff on the 18th. After capturing the first entrenched Hue, the Russians fell back to their former positions. There was great loss on both sides. . .
The Russians have occupied a position between Galatz and Selva. General Gourka lost 4000 men in retreating through the Sbipka Pass. The Turks are preparing for a winter, campaign. •London, August 20. The Russians hold a strong position at Shipka Pass. Sulieman Pasha is making a reconhaisance near Enekoi Pass, where the Russians are strongly entrenched. The Turks were, according to a Russian official despatch, repulsed. : The River Nile has been stationary for four days. Its level is fourteen feet below the average for the past three years. Melbourne, Wednesday. O’Shanassy and McCulloch condemned the land and live stock taxes. Sailed —Ringarooma.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5122, 23 August 1877, Page 2
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179LATEST CABLE NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5122, 23 August 1877, Page 2
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