Telegrams.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 239, 30 November 1877, Page 12

Telegrams.

m i•-u * _„ *_ ™ London, November Ist. Turkish deserters from Plevna are numerous. There is a report that the garrison is shoit of provisions and ammunition. The fate of Osman Pashajs army excites great uneasiness at Constantinople. Chefket Pasha is fortifying Orchanie, on the road between Sophia and Plevna. r _ . November 2nd. The Russians are advancing on the Sophia road, and took Rodordize beyond Seliche. Chefket Pasha with 12 batallions of infantry fled, and was pursued by the Russian cavalry. It was reported at Bucharest that Chefket Pasha was repulsed with great loss in attempting to retake Seliche. The Russian headquarters have been removed to Bogot, midway between. Plevna and Loftchka. Eight thousand Turkish troops, the best of the regulars left in the Capital, have been sent to the front. A quarter of a million men have been summoned to the ranks. Constantinople telegrams state that Sulieman Pasha has been ordered to resume the offensive. The Russians advanced to Votova, half-way between Rustchuk and Rasgrad, on Friday, November 2nd, and were repulsed with a loss of several hundred men. Twenty-*ive thousand Servians are massed on the frontier. Skirmishes have commenced at Timok. November sth. Ismael Pasha commands the Turkish forces at Erzeroum. November 6th. The Russians attacked the Turkish positions at Erzeroum on Monday, the 6th instant. After ten hours' fighting the Turkish centre was shattered, and Mukhtar Pasha was slightly wounded. The Russians have entered the west of the Euphrates valley, making Mukhtar Pasha's position at Devanbozan, near Erzeroum, nearly untenable. November 7th. The capture of Erzeroum is not confirmed. November 10th. Mukhtar Pasha's reported retreat from Erzeroum is inaccurate. Sir Arnold Kemball, British Military Commissioner, has gone to Balburt. The Russians attacked the redoubts in front of Erzeroum, and after nine hours' fighting were repulsed with heavy loss. Mukhtar Pasha pursued the Russians to Devanbozan.