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THE COLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

(Corrqspo.pdopt Otago Daily ( Oporntipns at tho actual scat of wa,r fyavq typou almost qltogothoj: ono-sidod, tho Turks having oomo to signal, gripf during tho last month in Europe, vvhilo in Asia nothing/ whatever lias booty done. Tho, Jtussians so,pra paraly^od b,pfo l> q Kizt'puni, whiohis liold against thorn by the chief, Jljsrjiaol Ahniod, Mukj). tar Pasha having gone to Constantinople, iwhorohis valuable services may find bpt« tor employment than in^tho, dofonco of tho beleaguprec^ qapital of Armenia. Appprd* jng fy> tho latqsfj* aoppunt^ tfyo Musopv^s havo not oven got tboir soigo guns in position, and, although in modorn warfare a town onoo fairly invested seldom oq; capos capture, tho, moral cfljoot which would oortainly bo, producpd by Hio fal) of Erz^oiim may yot bo lonj; dplaycd. In tho IJlndf Sea, Ilobart Pnqha and Man* thorpo Boy havo boenonlivoning tho l.us» fiinn seaports in a way thoy hardly likr, with the guns of tho Turkish fleet ; but , bojjond dpinß a groat deal, of unnecessary ; damage to unfortified towns, hayo not .ndtlod.t.o 0/ toman laurels, and tho interest of tho war has 1? eon. entirely confinod to Bulgaria and, lloumcljo, At tho Urn o tho last rani I lof,t tho Russians wore at bay at tho Kanmrnl,! Pass of tho Balkans, whoro Moliepiel aided by tho woathpr for a short timostoppod thoir advance. Military nocos^itios, howoyor, made it npoos* sary t^o ovaouato tho position, which was dpno fiueoossfully, mainly ovjing to tho magniGqpnt gonor,a,lship and gallantry of our countryman, yalontino Bab,or, Wi»h n flmnil forco ho held tho v^holp Ups,tilo army in olicok whilo tho main boty of tho Turks was rotrontinß, thus afFording t.hcni timo to got woll away. Then, <jnd np.t till thon, Bakor Pasha bogan his own re« troat. PightinK two and throo, pngago* montsaday ho slowly roti.rod, over and anon turning at bay and lotting out at tho Russian forcos which almost surrounded him/ and then again continuing his steady rotrpa^ until ho rejoinod tho rest of tho Ottoman army ; and this march bas boon praiaod, by, tho military oritios as ono of tho flnosji pointa of tho war. Tho Turks had hoped bj defending thn Pass of Ijqh* timan to save AdrUnoplo, but nn upparal/od disaster or^or, whioh oonsidorablo doubt still hangs neutralised thoir efforts. Tho Turks, qoco.rding to ( thoir "oreioa,

were under tho impression tlmi t!u> loujjtalked of armistice had nolufilly ben ar» arrunged. The army in the Sliipka V&*n gave themselves up to this hope, and while off their guard wore attacked by General Rudotsky, nnd surrendorod en masse, the wholo of tho Ottoman fpr««es, cam,p, guns, and munitions fell into tho hands of 'tho Tfussians, Tl^is trorr^ondous blow,, whether, indicted by troaohcry or in fair fighting! nltog<«ihor upsot tbo plan of dofonoe. Sophia had already fallen, and after the loss of the Shipka Pass thoro wns 'nothing and nobody to prevent the Kussinns advan<!ing on nil sidos, which they at pnop prococdod to do, nidod by thpir nllios, thosp. pitiable Servians, who in tho disorganisation of the Turkish re sietnnce, wcro nblo capture the siTonjrhpldofNisnh, w,ith noarlv. all its stores, and nearly 80pp men. Sijliomnn vainly, eij,doavorod to defend polisis naturally -"an immonsoly strong position. Suliomnn Pasha was now encompassed with, difficulties. Tho Russians wcro, pouring down through the JJalkans in every direction, nnd, ho had no timo to dpliborato. Retreat, urgent nnd immn» diatp, bpenmo his only o.ianro, nnd th.il; wns apparently an impossibility, Yet, in spito of, al) incrodiilUy that bo could nko his enemy tlio slip, the hero of Montenegro, whoso capacities as a general ).!'•' acknowledged to bo groat, in spile ot mm failures nt Shipkn nnd on the bom, carried the wholo of his army to the sea const where they may bo nvnilnblo for the Jo fence of Constantinople nnd Gallipoli. This masterly retreat of Sulicmnn, in tho face of treniondous difficulties, with moro than ono ltussian nrmy near him, bus beou universally commended as tho fines!; piece of generalship yot displayed on either side, nnd considorod with Uakor's somewhat similar feat at Knmarli, shows that tho Turks nro not altogether without nblo leaders. With Suliomnn Pasha retreating boforo them, and tho Shipkn arciy annihilated, and demoralisation rampant throughout tho Turkish forces that v/rco loft, tho evacuation of Adrinnoplo was determined upon ; and that great city, l;!io second of the Empire, v^as, with ity onormous stores, nnd elaborate fortilicn'.ions', quietly nbnndonod to tjho Runsian«, win. on January 19, marched into tho town mid took formal possession. Probably iho oiv cupation of Adrianoplo will mark the o;i<l of tho war, unless Iho C7,ar, fired by l.ir successes, and urged on by the \\r,\- paity, decides to mnroh his nrmies to Connuut!'' noplo nnd Gallipoli. 13ut at at! ovento, from tho fall of Plevna, to tbo fall of Adrianoplo tho Turks bnvo mot with nothing but rovorses and defeat, nnd may consider themselves fairly bent on. That thoy liovo fought like good mon and truo in defenco of thoir country, their bitterest enemy does not deny ; nnd man can do no more in Iho fuco of fearful odds.

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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 17 April 1878, Page 2

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THE COLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 17 April 1878, Page 2

THE COLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 17 April 1878, Page 2

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