, 1877-12-12
Tho Prisoners, Including Sick and
Wounded, Number About
10000.
Reported Protfera Of IN AEn1istice By the
Ports with q View to
Peace.
Great Uneasiness and Appre~
hensIon Still Prevalent
In Paris.


LONDON, Dec. 12-5 T. m.-Fuu pa1ticu-
fars Of the capture Of plevnn aro sent me-
by TIE TRIBUNE correspondent at Boget.
It appears that at council Of war held on
Saturday Inst 1t was decided that tho
moment had arrived to attack Plevna by
storm. Tie following day terrific bonn
bardment began. At early dawn on Monday
general aotion commenced.
atx coLuNNs or ATTACH
wcro formed, each mastering l2,ooo men,
tho reserve consisting Of no less than &c, 600.
The fire. Of the Russian siege guns suddenly
ceased, aud tho Ruaso-Noumanian storuling
columns thrsw themselves against tho 3D.
vince Turkish rodoubts, There they met
with q desperate resistance. After excl,ang-
ing volloy after rolley with telling effect,
s-haud-to-hand fight ensued. No quszts,,
wss claimed or given. When the first re-
doubt was captured,
NOT PRISONER wAs TAKEN.
The storming columns thon advanced on tho
inner lines, where the main fo1co Of Os1nan
Paaha's army wero masssd. Tho Ottoman
chief, seeing that further resistance would
bo useless, ordered retreat no1tAwards to-
wards Widdin. At this critical moment, tho
Russo -RoumanIan field artillery reserve at-
vanced a. far IS tho heights Immediately
commanding tho upper portion Of plevna,
md
opKsxp an EHr11AD1No FIRE
which made terrible havoc among the Turk
ish troops in the valley below, who were
proceeding to attack tue position just occu-
picd by tho enemy. Tho RusaiAn batteries
were attacked over and over again, but In
vain, the object OF these repeated on.
slaughts being to divert attention from tue
main body that was advancing In tho oppo-
sita direction.
III the HEAT or Tux 1RAY
Os1nan Paaha placed himself at the head OF
his troops, aud pressed forward as far a.
Oponesch, situated about Aree miles from
plevna, with every hops Of breaking
through the Russian lines; but bafors
ho could do 20 he WAS met by the
Russian -noumanian reserves. Oponeech
lies on the right OF the high road
that borders the Yid, and large reserve
force had been posted there In expectation
that Osman Pasha would attempt to retreat
on Widin. This force WAS well supported
by artillery that had been placed on the
heights in front Of DolnI-Etropol. It was
In the plain between 0ponesch and Dolni.
Et.opol that 0sman PashA and his brays
followers met
w1rH THEn p1sAsTxa.
The Russian guns swept down vhola CON.
paniss, and tho ground was NOON covered
with the dead and dying. Here, too, Osman
himself WAS badly wounded in the foot and
fell sensslsss from bis horse, receiving fur
thsr injuries from hta fall, Seeing their
commander hoss de combat, and possibly
supposing him to hare been killed. the Turks
began To lay down their Azms, The Rus-
slams had A1raauy entered f!aFna. victory
was In their hanas.
TEN THOUSAND DEAD AND WOUNDED Tua1s
lay on tha field. Not = vastige Of proyisious
was anywhere to be found The civil popu-
lation hsl hardly enough food for tho day,
and the ambulance had barely aeoommodA-
ton for few hundred wounded. - :"
Tho number Of prisoners IL estimated At
10000. -Four hundred guns ware captured.
Tha RussiAn and Roumanian Losses are
considerable, but tho figure Is not yet
known.
To this account Of ths fall Of PlavnA
must Add = few words, destined to throw
sons light on this all-important event. I
am told. On undisputab1e authority. that