THE RUSSIAN REVERSE IN CENTRAL ASIA. LOSS OF 3000 MEN. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.] London, 3rd January.
Laycock is jubilant over the prospects of the sculling match to be rowed on the Thames on the 17th inst. The Tekke Turkomans, who gained a grand victory over the Russians, under General Lomakinein 1878, have inflicted a crushing defeat on General Skobeloff's expedition, which was directed against the Akhal stronghold at Geok Tepe. The Tekkes, who«received strong reinforcements from Merv, offered a stubborn resistance to the Russian advance, and, after a desperate conflict, defeated the invaders, with a loss of 3000 men. Bradlaugh has refused to fight a duel with Laisant, of Paris. A deputation has waited upon the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and urged upon him the desirableness of concluding peace with the Basutos in South Africa The Earl of Kimberley stated, in the course of hia reply to the' deputation, that he had instructed Sir Hercules Robinson to seize the proper moment to intervene, with the view of pntting an end to the war.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 12, 15 January 1881, Page 2
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176THE RUSSIAN REVERSE IN CENTRAL ASIA. LOSS OF 3000 MEN. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.] London, 3rd January. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 12, 15 January 1881, Page 2
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