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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5200, 21 November 1877, Page 2

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tREUTER’S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) (LATEST WAR NEWS. MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN TURKEY. ' ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS. , FIGHTING IN ASIA. MUKHTAR PASHA ROUTED. THE POPE. THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. [The following telegram was received at the New Zealand Times office at fifteen minutes to four o’clock this morning] London, November 5, Ministerial changes at the Porte are imminentowing to the disasters to the army. A division of Zimmerman’s Corps has ad-, vanced, notwithstanding the bad weather. Telegrams from Stamboul say that Sulieman Pasha has been ordered to assume the offen. sive. Chefket Pasha has retired from the command at Orchanie, and has been superseded by Mehemet All. Ismail Pasha is appointed to the command at Erzerum. Saddler beat Kelly to-day on the Thames. Stakes, £4OO. November 6. The Russian forces in Asia attacked the Turkish positions at Erzerum on Monday afternoon. After ten hours’ fighting the Turkish Centre was shattered. Mukhtar Pasha was slightly wounded. The Russians at Yetava on Friday ivere repulsed, with the loss of several hundred men. Two thousand five hundred Servians are massed on the frontier. Skirmishing has commenced. It is reported at St. Petersburg that Ignatieff has stated that Russia would be certain of German sympathy as a consequence of the annexation of Armenia ; also in view of the formation of Independent States on the Lower Danube. A telegram to The Times states that Kars is closely invested. The Russians have invested tlie western side of the Euphrates valley overßardah. Mukhtar’s position at Devitzoyan is nearly untenable. The Russians now occupy country close to Orchanie. Mehemet All has arrived at Sophia to take command of the army at Orchanie. Russian deserters report that Gourka has been killed. Great uneasiness is felt regarding tlie Pope’s health. He never rises from his chair. His weakness is general, and is increasing. French election Council’s General continue inexorable (sic). At a meeting of the Left it was decided that no member should assume the formation of a Cabinet without a guarantee against sudden dismissal. The Indian Famine Fund closed with a total amount subscribed of £446,000. November 7. Mukhtar was completely routed on Monday at Devitzoyan. He is now retreating to Trebizonde. It is reported that the Russians occupied Erzerum yesterday. The inhabitants objected to Mukhtar’s defence of the city. It is semi-offioially reported that a Russian army of 70,000 men will cross the Balkans under Gourka, regardless of the fate of Plevna, and advance on Adiianople. November 8. The French Chambers met yesterday. After transacting some formal business, the Senate adjourned. M. Grevy has been elected Presi. dent. The Assembly was three days occupied in examining the returns. Real business commences about the 12th. The capture of Erzerom is confirmed. Burnaby has left London for Bulgaria. He hopes to enter Plevna. November 12. The Pope’s death was reported in Paris to-day. November 13. There has been more fighting at Shipka Pass. The Turks report that the Russians lost 500 men. The Russian cavalry are scouring the country between Plevna and Widin. The members of the National Assembly met yesterday. A committee was appointed to enquire into the means employed at the elections to distort. The organs of the Left assert that if the Senate vote to dissolve again the Assembly will not submit. The death of the Pope is denied. Arrived—Otago.