THE TURKS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 761, 3 May 1877, Page 2

THE TURKS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE.

THEY BOMBARD FOISTS ON THE BLACK SEA. GALATZ BOMBARD ED BY THE TURKS. I THE RUSSIANS OCCUPY ISMAIL-: London, April 29* The Russians, not the Turks, were 1 routed at Batoum. ' : ; ; • ; The Russians' have not occupied Kalafat. ; .Ib is denied that they have.anywhere crossed the Danube. ! Ib is stated that Russia threatens re.' prisals if the Khedive, of Egypt, help Turkey. " '' ' It ia also stated, that France is dissuading the Khedive from interfering. There' h!as been a further- fall m the stock market. Consols are down to 94 ; colonial. bonds are generally'l per cent.; lower. The Berlin arid Antwerp wool salts show a great'depression. Pricas are lower, and there have been heavy withdrawals. The wheat market is still risiag. There: has been an advance during the month of 25 per cent., mainly owing to American speculation. New Zealand, 643 to 68s. London, April 30. The Turks have commenced the bombardment of Poti, a Russian fortress m the Black Sea above Nikolai. They are also bombarding Anaklia, a nother Russian port, about 30 miles further north. Galatz, the first; point on the Danube occupied by the Russian advance division, is also being »ombarded by the Turks. The Russian troops have occupied. Ismail, a town on the north bank of the river Kilia, and commanding the junction of that river with the main river Danube. The Porte refuse? to recognise the German protection ef Russian subjects. The European Powers have rejected the Porte'a proposal for mediation. Italy remains neutral.