The daily gazette., 1877-12-12
THIRD EDITION.
TILE w AR.
HOW OSMAN PACHA SAILED
OUT FROM PLEVNA.

DEATH OR A DINNER-MEETING THE
IMPERIAL GUARD FACE TO FACE
BEATEN AT EVERY PoINT--RETURN
TO PLEvNA FOUND TO BE IMPossI-
HLE-sI SURRENDER TO THE ozAR.'
LONDON, Dec. 10, 1s77.-The sortie of
Osman Pacha, which precipitated the
disaster, was forced upon the commander
by the complete exhaustion of his pro-
visions. 1t was fight or starve And
while Osman's mess had not suffered for
food during the early part of the invest
ment 1t is now clear that for several days
previous to the sortie all the latent ill
nature of the commander was developed
by light breakfasts and poor dinners. The
report which was current in Bucharest
yesterday that the sortie was undertaken
because of q combined attack by The
Roumanians and Russians Is declared to
be wholly imaginary.
The following is the first connected
narrative of the engagement which has
come to hand "Osman Pacha crossed
tho River Vid, and at half-past seven
o'clock in the morning assaulted and car
ried the outer lines of Fort Dolby Etro-
polge, minor work defending the road
to Widdin, 1t was not very strongly
gatrisoned, the supports being massed
some distance in the rear of the fort and
the attack being made in such dashing
way that reinforcements could not get up
before the FIRST line was carried.
| The grenadiers of the Imperial Guard
were promptly on hand, however, and
the redoubtable Osman hurled his troops
against the best men of the Russian are
my. The Russian grenadier corps was
holding the line of Investment on the
left bank of the river Vid.
| "The attack was made with desperate
energy, and a portion of the Turkish
troops did, in fact, again penetrate the
| line of entrenchments and batteries but
all attempts to break through the posi-
tions of the grenadiers were Intellectual.
After five hours severe fighting the Turks
were defeated.
| "The Russians and Koumanians were
hurried up from Susarls and Bukova.
After terrible carnage Osman attempted
to re-enter Plevna, but it had meanwhile
been occupied by Roumanians and Rus
slams from Gravitza.
| 'fOsman, on finding himself thus sur
EeenqJBlAaIS tbS6dhcreu the i1eg6tMGuats
for a surrender. he expressly announc-
cd that he surrendered Internationally
to the Emperor.
simultaneously with the main sortie
the Turks made feint against the Rou-
nhanian positions ON the right bank of
| the Vtd, but this was feebly conducted
and the Turks in that quarter surrender
Cd almost unresistingly. The whole Turk
ish artillery train was captured in the
| immediate neighborhood ofPlevna.
kOt ENTERING IN TRIUMPH.
The Russian and Roumanian armies
made triumphal entry into the town at
| haf-past three Monday afternoon. The
Grand Duke Nicholas slept at Plevna last
night. ....-.,
| coURTEsIEs OF GEAR.
The Czar after the surrender of Plevna
placed his own carriage and escort at the
disposal OF Osman Pacha. lIs
THE PRISONERS AND THE DEAD.
The latest reports from the scene of the
battle place the number of prisoners at
| &c, 900 and 400 guns. The GROUND on which
the engagement took place was strewn
with thousands of dead and dying, but
no accurate estimate of the dead has yet
been received. OF the prisoners 10000
are sick and wounded.
4 EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.
A profound sensation was produced d
Throughout England yesterday when the
announcement OF Ple7na's fall was
known. The London stock Exchange at
once recognised the financial import of
the great event, and rapid rise in Rus
sian bonds occurred. The prices of all
Russian securities rose and maintained o
marvellous frmness, notwithstanding the
very heavy sales OF speculators, who,
anxious to realize at high figure,
threw their bonds on the market in
large quantities.
ENGLAND URGED TO ACTION. l..
The press OF the metropolis speaks in
no uncertain tone regarding the gravity
of the situation in which Osman's defeat
has placed EnRland's former ally. All
the afternoon journals yesterday appear
ty have taken their cue from the Ttn1es'
editorial of the morning. an abstract OF
which was forwarded to the Herald. The
moment is declared to have arrived for
England to seize the opportunity of
using her influence with Turkey.