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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5201, 22 November 1877, Page 2

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(REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) LATEST WAR NEWS. PLEVNA COMPLETELY INVESTED. NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. [The following telegram was received at the New Zealand Times office at fifteen minutes to three o’clock this morning]:— London, November 12. The Russians are bombarding Batum. An official Turkish despatch from Kars states that the Russians summoned the garrison to surrender. The Turkish commander declared they would resist to the last extremity. November 13. Plevna is completely invested. The Daily News states that it is amply provisioned. The Russian Government invite subscriptions for a five per cent, loan of £15,000,000. London, November 11. There is no news of importance from Plevna. The Turkish loss to October 25 is estimated at 62,000. The Russians have occupied Koprikoi. The commandant at Kara rejected the proposed terms for capitulation. The Russians continue bombarding the city. The Morning Post correspondent says : The Turks having abandoned the place, the Russians occupied Erzerum. The Russian troops are before Devitzoyan, where the Turkish troops are strongly entrenched. A large Russian force holds Semikole. Mukhtar Pasha telegraphs that the Russians attacked Azazia on the 9th, and were defeated with great loss, and pursued beyond Devitzoyan. November 12. The rumors of foreign peace negotiations are denied. Orchanie is strongly reinforced. The bulk of the Russian army before Plevna is withdrawn behind the Jantra, though Shobeloff is still cannonading the place. Lord Beaconsfield, at Guildhall, said he hoped soon to be able to bring about a consent to peace without affecting the independence of any European Power. November 13. Skobeloff, on the evening of the 9th, in a dense fog, captured the heights of Plevna near the jLoftcha-road, and during the night his troops entrenched themselves. The Turks made two desperate attempts to dislodge them. It is reported that troops are destined to cross the Balkans regardless of Pbvna, and marching towards Tirnova. Kars is said to be well provisioned. Fourteen thousand Kurds threaten the Russians at Hassan Kale. The Prince of Montenegro has attacked Antivari with twenty battalions. There has been a terrrific gale inland and on the coast, and much damage to property and shipping. John Welch has been appointed American Minister to London. At the Colonial Bank dinner Sir Julius Vogel reviewed the history of New Zealand, and warmly extolled its advantages. A New Zealand Land Agency Co., with a capital of one million, is announced. Date wool sales show a fall as compared with last series. New Zealand wheat 535. to 545. Arrived—Wild Deer, Christian McCausland, and Loch Ryan. Sydney, Thursday. A private London telegram confirms the announcement of a New Zealand Land Agency Company with a capital of one million.