WAR NEWS BY MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 449, 6 October 1877, Page 2

WAR NEWS BY MAIL.

A hundifd and eighty thousand troops have pressed forward to reinforce the Russian army in Europe. The head-quarters were removed from i irnova to avoid being cut off, although ostensibly to conduct the operations at Plevna.

P incc H tssan, witn the Egyptian contingent, was dispatched to cut off the Russiaus in Doliru Ischa.

Eight steamers have bf>cn ordered to embark troops lor tne North from the Danube. An expedition has been sunt from Stlhtria against schernovada. The Russians in I lobrudscha reported as having fvllen back on Ismail, and are awaiting reinforcement-. Mr. Eawcett, who was sent by Mr. Layard to report on the condition of the fugitives south of the Balkans a id distribute relief, says that no idea can he formed or the extent of til -i miserv, owin < to the atrocities on both sides. Over 20,lK)() fngi.ives. women and children, require relief; 17,000 are Je>vs, and i>,ooo Turks. Sulicman has been blamed by Constantinople for im-ecessariiy wasting valuable troops in renewing the attacks on the Sliipka Pass. He lias been ordered to obey more closely the instructions from M< hemet, inst' ad of wrecking ihe whole army by dashing his battaPon against the llussiau w.>rks. During tlie fi'st three days 3000 R-issims held out against the Turkish army without to d, wa'er, or sleep until reinforc.'d. They held fast, fighting nijlit and day lor a fortnight. Suliemau abandoned the attack on September 3rd, a-'id withdrew to Kezanlik, where he reorganised his army, which, on September 12, were repor.ed north of the Balkans, having crossed at anothe l- point. in the battle at Pcli-tat, after heavy fighting for 14 hours, tlie Turks were repulsed with great loss. The capture of Lovatz f ortified the Turkish position. It was a brilliant action, covering Os-man's retreat from So\ hia. The liussian Corps were sent forced marches to occupy Sophia, but the Turks liuirying up from Adriauople were beforehand. The Rouin m an army crossed tlie Danube near Plevna on August 2.3 th and 27th. Prince Cuarl-s is iu'command ot the joint armies before Plevna. The Turkish army-from I.ovatz is isolated. Servia is ready for war, with the approval of Germany and Italy. In Eastern Mulgiria heavy iight'ng has been going on for the last tortnight. Me-heim-t AU has driven the liussians bac'< at all points He is n>w opcrati gon both (1 inks of the C/. uowitch's army, f O'n Ostni.n B zar and llustuhnk, and the centre from Rasg a 1 and Ezroitb. Alimed Pash:i, trom I"!ustchuk, threatens the Russian com-i.uiiic .tiou with Roumauia at a:id Sistova. i he defeat of ' 'suiau Pasha on the right might r< liove the pressure on the Czarewiteh, if Servia s e]is speedily into the li e On AitLin-t 25th, the ('inks were defeated, under Mukh'ar Pasha, iu the battle at Cuuk-Para. 25 miles north-east of Ka"s. I he G and Utike Michael now commands the Armenian armv iu the lield, having superseded Melikolr', and i.ets on the defensive.

London. .September 12 Plevna since Thursday li'glit. The Uns-si-in corps numbering 50,000 s-re preparing to cross into Servii to (perate on the il.uiK. of the rear of Ostium I'a-h i near Sophi-i. The Servian a my has been ordered, to the in ntier

Mehemet Ali offers battle with the Tzarcwitch at a p"int west of Kdski I 'junta Jf successful he w 11 imperil the Jlussian armies in t'ruiit of Plevn v.