The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-20
Foreign,

Alter a severe engagement on December
9th, before Plevna, 0sman Pasha, who was
wounded, surrendered Internationally.
The Turks in iPlevna were dying of hun-
ger and cold. The Agence Russo made the
following announcement: BOSNIAN Pasha
attempted to break through in the direction
of Widden. He was attacked in the front
and rear, and was compelled to lay down his
arms, after a glorious struggle, in which he
was seriously wounded. All with one voice
praise his conduct"
Special advices from Bucharest put the
number of Turkish prisoners taken at
Plevna at 10000, and the number of guns
captured at four hundred. The ground
which was the scene of the sortie was lit
orally strewn with thousands of dead and
dying. Osman' Pasha himself was severely
wounded before he would consent to sur
render. His valor, which is described as
desperate, is everywhere the theme of con-
yersation. The sufferiugs of the Turks in
the town were actually awful. Cold, dis
ease, and famine decimated the ranks and
reduced the soldiers to living skeletons. To
aggravate their sufferings, there was no
doctor, and no medicine could be obtained.
The Russian official account of the cap
ture of Plevna confirms the details already
telegraphed. It says the Turks fought like
lions. Seven Pashas were captured. The
counting of the prisoners and trophies is
not yet completed. The Emperor was
present at a thanksgiving service held on
the site of the former headquarters of
Osman Pasha.
A dispatch from Bucharest, referring to
the fight near Metchka, reports that thirty
tabors of Turks attacked Metchka on the
18th inst, but were brilliantly repulsed by
the forces under Vladimir and the Gar
ovitch.
In France the crisis is ended by the &C.
ceptance of the Dufaure Ministry by Mac
Mahon. The most important member are
NJ. Marciere, Minister of the Interior; Gen.
eral Borel, Minister of War; Leon Say, Min
lister of Finance; N. Pothuan, Minister of
Marine; and either NJ. Washington or Saint
Waller, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
According to official returns, the Russian
losses in the fighting preceding the surren-
der of Plevna were ten officers and one hun.
bred and eighty-two men killed, and forty.
five officers and one thousand two hundred
and seven men wounded. The Turks lost
four thousand killed and wounded, and the
prisoners include ten Pashas, one hundred
and twenty-eight staff officers, two thousand
officers, thirty thousand infantry and one
thousand two hundred cavalry. Seventy.
seven cannon were also captured. The
first batch of prisoners, numbering ten
thousand, have started for Bucharest.
The news is that Servia has actually de,
clared war, and that Greece will soon dc
the same. The battle at Metchka on Wednes
day, the 18th, seems to have been q serious
endeavor by Suleiman Pasha to defeat the
Czarewitch before the transfer to the latter
of large reinforcements from Plevna. The
attack was directed at the new bridge across
the Danube at Batin, by the way of the
Metchka Valley. About sixty battalion.
charged up the valley at daybreak, while
feint was made on the Russian right. Al
day the firing vas continued by artillery
fire, supplemented by occasional frant
charges quite weakly sustained. By even
ing the Russians took the offensive anC
turned the Turkish right flank, and drov,
them as far as Krasnoe and across the rive
LON.
1t is reported that it has been necessar.
to amputate Osman Pasha's foot.
The Turksburned and evacuated Elena
Friday, and the Russians reoceupyit.
The Turkish Chamber of Deputies ha
elected a Christian President.