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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5126, 28 August 1877, Page 2

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LATEST WAR NEWS. REPULSE AT SHIPKA PASS CONFIRMED, GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. 300 COSSACKS SLAUGHTERED IN COLD BLOOD. BOMBARDMENT OF RUSTCHUK. INSURRECTION IN CRETE. The following telegram has been received by the Government from the Agent-General:— • ■ London, August 24. A great battle, lasting two days, occurred at the Shipka Pass. -The Turks were repulsed with great loss. The Turkish armies under Sulieman Bey and Mehemet Ali have not yet effected a junction. Osman Pasha’s attack on Selvi was repulsed. Rustchuk has suffered much from the continued bombardment. Three hundred Cossacks, taken prisoners by the Turks, and who had laid down their arms, were slaughtered in cold blood. The Russians are mobilising their forces in great numbers, and an important battle is hourly expected. An insurrection has broken out in Crete, where many Turks have been killed. . The Stafford House subscriptions for the wounded Turks have been almost all embezzled by Turkish officials, and the soldiers are left without surgical aid. • The alleged Russian atrocities are said to be fabrications of the Turks, DESPERATE FIGHTING AT SHIPKA PASS. HEAVY LOSSES. FOURTEEN HOURS’ FIGHTING. (REUTER'S SPECIAL 10 PRESS AGENCY.) fThe following telegrams were issued by the New Zealand Times as an extra yesterday afternoon.] Bombay, August-25. MehemetAli, with fourteen battalions, was repulsed at Eski Djuma. The Russian. official account states that there was desperate fighting at Shipka Pass on ;the 23rd, which continued for thirteen hours. The Russian maintained their ground with heavy losses. Sulierhen Bey telegraphs on the 21st—- “ Scaled heights—fought fourteen hours —retain conquered position—attacked trenches unsuccessfully, but hope to succeed.” The Assam arrived at Galle with the mails ion 24th. London, August 24. The Brindisi mail has been delivered. Wool sales—Seventy thousand bales were catalogued. Prices are well sustained. Wheat, full supply. Adelaide, 675.; New Zealand, 655.; sprouted, 255. New Zealand flax is languid. Sydney, Monday. The Herald!s special correspondent telegraphs under date London, 25th August ; Colonel Baker, who is commanding the Turkish cavalry, distinguished himself at Eski Djuma. The Turks are attempting to cross the Danube at Widin. A Turkish force is now operating, in the Dobrudscha. The English Press considers the Russian position in Bulgaria critical. In Asia Minor, since the repulse of the Russians under General Melikoff, both armies in Armenia remain inactive. LATER. THE TURKS VICTORIOUS. RUSSIANS ADMIT A DEFEAT AT ESKI DJUMA. SULIEMAN BEY ACROSS THE BALKANS. HE IS ADVANCING ON GABROVA. Bombay, August 26, 7 p.m. The Russians admit a repulse at Eski Djuma, They have fallen back to Sultanskoi. The vanguard of Sulieman Bey’s right wing crossed the Balkans by the Bokaz Pass, and is advancing on Gabrova.

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COMPLETE SUCCESS OE THE TURKS. THE RUSSIANS SURROUNDED AND THEIR RETREAT CUT OFF. THE SHIPKA PASS FORCED BY SULIEMAN BEY. GABROVA ATTACKED. [The following telegram was received at the New Zealand Times office at ten minutes to three o’clock this mornng];— Bomba t, August 27, 11.38 a.m, A Russian official despatch states that the fighting was continuous until 12 o’clock on the morning of the 25th. A despatch from Sulieman Bey, dated August 23, says that the Russian sorties were repulsed. - A general assault upon the Russian position was to take place the next day. The Russians are completely surrounded, and the Turks command the line of retreat at Gabrova. . A despatch from Stamboul, dated August 26, states that Sulieman Bey had captured the Shipka Pass and had attacked Gabrova.