THE AGENT - GENERAL'S CABLEGRAMS.
REPIILSE OF RUSSIANS [AT , PELONE (PLEVEN?).
ORMAtf PASHA, THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. '
GREAT BATTLE HOURLY EXPECTED.
ME HE MET ALT TRYING TO EFFECT A JUNCTION. , The following is the Agent-Gene-ral's telegram : — : - London, August 2i ' The Turks repulsed the =■ Russians at Pelono [Plevna?] with great* slaughter. . •■ . ■ '■ < Osman Pasha is the new Cpm-mander-in-Chief, and Mehemit Ali is trying to effect a junction with him. A great battle is hourly expected near Tirnova. The Russians are making" crreat efforts, as a further defeat would destroy communication with Gourke, south of the Balkans, and his force there would probably be destroyed and the campaign concluded against Russia.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 802, 7 August 1877, Page 2
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106THE AGENT – GENERAL'S CABLEGRAMS. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 802, 7 August 1877, Page 2
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