The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-01-19 00:00:00

01n3A1.DIIF.NT OF RUSSIAN TOWNS.

c --------0-DE-S-SA:ianuary 13.
at a cinOrlaniander of the 10th Army Corps announces that
tlarlitTrter-Past ten this morning two large three-masted
uardr“ Monitors approached Theodosia and began born-
tthhe Place They were, however, compelled to with-
, 'le well directed fire of a Russian field battery.
-`4l oirr°"wg off, the enemy's vessels continued fitting,
ere
rernainfie ceased at half-past twelve o'clock, when
stationary. One hundred and thirty-two shots
by the Turkish vessels against the town,
was
houses as
houses were destroyed. One infantry soldier _ _
At fon,.atid five artillerymen and seven inhabitants wounded.
a o'clock in the afternoon one of the monitors bole off
aPparee„srly direction, the other remaining in the roadstead,
te:4 LY In order to repair.
eerdh4 legrain from Odessa of Tuesday's date says :—" Ac-
to intelligence from Novorofstisk, a Turkish steamer
.ris"rn' bonlbardinent at half-past ten o'clock this
)-la
_oPon Anapa.
v A. telegram from Kertch says that
B.."aLiniers are cruising in the straits leading from the
The iiito the Sea of Azov."
flatea pBntandard publishes the following special despatch,
u;,"',4Btantinople, Tuesday :—A part of the Ottoman
k'LLI4 -.Lmer Captain Manthorne, has successfully bombarded
and Quesieve, destroying the forts and towns,
;,‘Lis th;lng the inhabitants to flee into the interior. It was
Said Pasha was looking forward to when he told
strikitareber of Deputies that the fleet would soon take as
reVenge for the loss of the Mersine. The fleet has
aseer .elled Sebastopol, and has gone in close enough to
'adli that the Russian torpedoes there are useless.
Th
clkte e follow;
c ng ep 1
telegram
to the Standard is
(aistantineple, Tuesday :—A fierce battle t)ok
Yesterday near Tatar-Bazardjik railway station.
4,ttaeill. Pasha. repulsed the Russians, but a fresh
14-stre„ itexPected to-day. The war assumes a more
4teil t'Ulg character every day. Philippopolis having
Drope ;°lllPletely evacuated, the authorities have
riy
Ituatedered it to be burned, that it may not shelter
Alane- For the same reaQons Ajdos and
t-ohhave been burned. Orders have been
-11ni Bourgas, where there is a panic. The
o
Ike fo„tve asked the ambassadors ta send officers at
‘ue protection of foreign subjects.
tol
th egrara from Berlin to the Pall Mall Gazette
!Ivo at the Russian Government has ordered forty-
-°orpedo-boata at the " Vulcan "
aTr„--iraent at Stettin. The price agreed upon
y 431140118 of marks, half of which has been paid
rilidttie44oece•A The boats are to be completed by the
•

THE WAR IN ASIA.
04:11licac:.teelonstantinople correspondent of the Daily
jwitegraphing from Syra on Tuesday, says :—" I
~11sesll18hed a conversation with your occasional
ent at Erzeroum, who left that city on the
.+3 tePorted that everything is lost, and that
31ans can take the place whenever they like."

b The , Ili, E TURKISH COMPASSIONATE FUND.
,4,o4e4oLlowin
15 g telegram has been received by the
a's ,-)urdett-Ooutts :
" Layard, Constantinople, to the Baroness
it
t( bist Burdett-Coutts, Jan. 12.
tre 1, rem increasing terribly. Fugitives coming
With '3' th
leaho -°uBands. Nine trains from Adrianople
eted 0,0 10,6100, mostly women and children, ex-
ay in open trucks, and heavy snow falling,
ah"Recl here will follow in large numbers. Have en-
A. 71 fe,, °use near station to receive the most destitute
(744 distribution of food. Already 1,200 lodged
Ovetz,eved this morning. Funds urgently required.
/ ove "'era doing its best, but action almost paralysed
Ilv
mise
hellailuis
ry..
ft/le e
4°4lPer'rresPondent of the Daily Telegraph writing
I,4ter, a• on Sunday, says :—" I have just seen Mr.
qetkl, wisrePresenting the Turkish Compassionate
teriheall:eturned from Adrianople laat night. He
q, Ade - spectacle as something awful; when he
t'Dst h 1.440P1e 12 000 fugitives had just been
'
it_Ret mi, 0 Constantinople, 10,000 are still trying
tilZt,,eo a'3% Mr. Master saw three trains ready to
c, Mr.
with persons endeavouring to escape,
tc,",,eliiid, ead bodies were taken out, two men and
it,fk,:eoa,Detbla•;;,,having been either suffocated or crushed
Prehis--.LOe whole district is described as desolate,
g a fearful sight. Soup kitchens have
44141teritT,!til alone, the line ; it is impossible, my
t teBe fuh,
—' ' a leus rae keep thns e open much longer
aL"'lrlits 40.-s are at once forthcoming. Mr. Alaster
'lli i n e'latelY, having succeeded n obtaining
d 1-
bl°lleY. The distress is immense, and
"t otit.4l will die of starvation unless there are funds
h Th, ,
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lAt he'i 15,1 Correspondent of The Times, writing
'kri..'„llily 07:„(illarters of the Grand Duke Vladimir,
o, ~a„. , Ituatchuk, Yaly Ablanova, under date
tiTe'c64,,(l,yallisiej:the
It4a4lowsis, mirroultliel(lP
Russian and Bulgarian Christmas, annd the
ttlilillostee-vee'slapitezlebrated here as well as
miserable
i
as nl-ie a.r,
smbythei i • blee native
two or three feet
'lttkiis: ttld with the all
at 15 degrees
il),saer42°atz, t4rl3' this morning the Grand Duke left for
4t ltefi. ° A sPend the day with his brother, the
' Ingari "t nine o'clock there was service in
ry IktoetiAtiis"
c nrch, where besides the glad tidings
had
sittt, a 3:. we h
leasyearnt the 'tidings that, by an easy
been taken by General Gourko. This
lkitt`,l%, was announced to the soldiers surrounding the
ilsre a4one,a.teived with loud cheers. At the Grand
tmt Adrat 30 '0;-,p,, the news was heard in silence. -There
P
t'ttilt etant ..,:urts prese table
nt, and at the head of the
.. blel
tkt e;ottot ei:-',l nrnipani liB°llanperial Highness rea I the telearan
IN, le' e°lonet ,
, laying particular stress upon the
41'4-44 all tee -axer's capture, which had the effect of
~ site • At El_ es towards me, as the only Englishman
tele %Int t 'st I iniained that I was going to be called
tob, Y r cir the *
d 441 g ' td .cl appearance of a countryman with the
v.
.ttrin, erabie
‘.not. shrink from the challenge, having had
tl'tJ, 1(14, the Perience in explaining this to the Russians
P' Iti 114tereatiaPaign, and I assured them that
ki 4 et°4ld flea was positively the last Englishman
41404 ..haVior. a,Mong the Turks. Such was their satishie-
-4444 thaot yaken alive one more son of "perfidious
)!4„,„ 04 in 4,
iteerxteA
, as though there were ample L corn-i.oo the i!,l!t
„t one capture for all•the terrible result" of
atiqe theraeans in winter. Among some of the ofil,ers
tqllllq/Ita;o,:depalnol.3q had been magnified into a for.
it,evep2. tianrcokieh
ca4iraytvvhf7
evipdaernatllizbed for
ever. After-
with the Chief et the Staff, I die-
, t 1,11 lle,,,_;_filse hupression existed also with regard to
Rz.l. ,ilikkiil4ol, who, it was believed, had taken service in
'11113% I did my best to remove this erreueous
4 4 ,
1114 ktb Llano,.
tc, ih, g.of ttai -se PaPera speak eulogistically of the
414 tkrtitrie though le was anything but popular
z ,t,lll.;fitues:te tt t
r: era.
4151tt i'irgive ectit4when living,. lie had habit they never
1. tiR, nter„,, ruptly leaving the Scala the moment the
lt,Vt to eelLattd between two acts of the opera) was
ri peettswy was nothine, If t natural. I can
'monarehenteign,, a ballroom at
*DI, , !Italia tyl.trY night. 'per Baccho .1' 'he cried; 'how
,flt.u.s still atmosphere? Can't you ventilate
lite.Le"efe was some delay about operiing the win-
ing
blgja„„ig Patience, lie ran his' clenched fist through a
ToricT nnki laughingly exclaimed, 'That is better.' ''—•