RUSSIAN INVADING FORCE REINFORCED.
. GrJBmT BAT/XL hj EXPECTED. REVOLTED TOWNS BtiING DESTROYED By THE TURKS. DISEASE IN THE RUSSIAN OaMP. [The following is the Agent-General's telegram ] London, August 16. The Russians have evauuaied the JBalkans with heavy loss. A second Danube bridge has been com pleted, and large reiuf jrocmenta of Ru«. »iaus are crossing. Rustchuck is being bombarded, and h'ghtiug" going on at differeut poiuts without a:iy veiy important results. Mehemet Ali and <>ulieucun Pasha arc pushing on to effect; a junction, and the Russians, who. have been reinforced, are advaueing their centre and left wing. An important battle is expected. Fiightful massacres are being committed by the Turks, without diatinc iun of age or sex. The revolted towns and villages are burnt in every direction. Tne Russians are suffering from fever <aud dysentery, but the Turks are nealthy. »
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 808, 21 August 1877, Page 2
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140RUSSIAN INVADING FORCE REINFORCED. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 808, 21 August 1877, Page 2
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