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Show FOREIGN. THE EASTERN WAR. Constantinople, 25. Count Zichy, 1 Austrian ambassador, denieB having I mentioned the subject of mediation during his receut audience with the sultan. Bucharest, 25. An official dis patch announces that the Montenegrins Montene-grins are now attacking Goranako. A Turkish detachment has occupied occu-pied the national stronghold on Rou manian territory, under coyer of guns of Silestria. They apparently intend to attempt lo cut the railway between aalatz and Bucharest. Three infantry divisions of the Russian Rus-sian guard have reached Biela. One will remain, but the two others have been dispatched lo Plevna. Nearly all the cavalry of the guard is destined des-tined for Tirnova. - Erzeroum, 25. It is rumored that the Russian garrison of Ardahan has received reinforcements of eight battalions. bat-talions. The Russian centre has also beeu reinforced and now contains sixty-four battalions of infantry. Part of these reinforcements were drawn from Gen. Tergukasofl'a force, which now consibts only of twelve battalions. London, 25. An Orcharie special says preparations are making for the advauoe of all troops now there toward Plevna. . They include large numbers of Circassians belonging to the sultan's guard, some regular Albanian Al-banian battalions, and numbers of undisciplined irregulars. Another immense convoy of provisions and munitions of war ia on the point of starting for Plevna, escorted by a division. The Daily News, in a summary of the war, considers it evident that the Russian Btafl' has been again outwit ted, and has permitted important aid , to reach Osman Pasha. Verbitza, 23. Roumanians have approached by a flying sap to within eighty yards of the Becond Gravitza redoubt. Undoubtedly an assault will he made in two or three days. Hifsi Pasha was reported to have entered en-tered Pievua with only a small escort. |