News Of The Week,
T HE Military news of the week is easily told. A six days' duel of the most formidable kind had been going on between the Turks and the Russians for the posseasion of the Shipka......
The Most Important New Element In The Military Situation Is
the advance of the Roumanian army over the Danube by a bridge of their own at Corabia, near Nicopol, which brings them somewhat behind Osman Pasha's position at Plevna. If the......
For The Account Of This Grim Duel,—one Of The Severest
and most enduring fights on record,—we are chiefly indebted to the brilliant success and enterprise of the military correspondent of the Daily News, who, on Wednesday week,......
The Great French Nova Of The Week Is The Decision
of the French Cabinet to prosecute M. Gambetta for the Lille speech of the week before last,—or at least for it publication. The speech itself was delivered in private, though......
The Present French Minister Of The Interior, M. De Fourtou,
continues to pose as a Napoleonist. In his speech last week, at Neuvic, he must have offended profoundly the feelings of the clerical party who support him. "You do not wish,"......
All Sorts Of Explanations And Interpretations Of This...
decision of a unanimous Cabinet,—as we are assured that it was,—have been given, which we have discussed at some length elsewhere. Perhaps after all the simplest explana- tion......
As Regards The Campaign In Asia, The News Of The
week is not favourable to Russia. On the 25th, an engagement occurred near Kuruk-dara, the object of which appears to have been to obtain possession of Kuruk-dara, in which the......
