The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

WARLIKE preparations are being made by |
all the Grecian municipalities.
AT all points, the Turks are falling back
from before the Russian advance.
SEVERAL of Mukhtar Pasha's officers
have been sentenced to be shot for coward
ice in the battle of the 9Th.
THE Russians appear to have Plevna sur
rounded, but large Turkish force in on the
way to its relief, and heavy fighting may be
looked for in that quarter.
IT is reported the Russian Bank in Paris
has received a telegram that the gates of
Erzeroum have been opened to the Russians.
Five hundred deserters from Plevna are re-
ported en- route to Russian headquarters. 1t
is believed from this and other signs that
Osman Pasha must shortly surrender or at
| tempt sortie.
| The RUSSIAN official dispatch says: GA
cavalry detachment captured Vratza, half
way between Plevna and Sofia, Friday,
with several thousand wagons and large
quantity of stores. The attack was SO
sudden that our loss was small, though the
place was defended by eight hundred Turk
ish infantry and three hundred Circassians."
THE latest foreign news shows general
Russian successes from both fields of the
war. In Europe, Plevna is reported as so
completely invested that it is impossible for
the Turks to either reinforce or provision
their brethren. Kars is likewise hedged
around by the Russians, and in a fierce
attack upoz the Turks at Erzeroum, they
were driven, after ten hours fighting, and
Mukhtar Pasha wounded.
GEN. GRANT still remains in Paris, and is
the recipient of much attention and many
,, invitations. Tuesday evening" November 6
a banquet was given in his honor by the
, American residents of that city. At the en-
tertainment were representatives of the
Rochambeau and Lafayette families, whose
: ancestors fought in the revolutionary war
8 Minister Noyes made speech in honor o
his guest, to which Gen. Grant responded
The Marquis de lafayette responded to tn,
toast of France" and hoped for an indis
soluble union between his own country ant
the United States.
u THERE is great uneasiness in Pera. Pla
3 cards have been posted in Stamboul, sum
. moning all patriots to rise, as the govern
: ment was secretly negotiating with tn
II Russians. Placards also urged the murde
l. of Mahoud Damad Pasha Attempts hav
&c been made to fasten the responsibility fo
these placards on the ex-Sultan Murat
rs whose principal attendants have been a
s. rested, or, according to one account, killet
I'd 1t is credibly asserted that Damad's illnel
n, was caused by an attempt to poison hir
70 He is now out of danger.
ne A TELEGRAM from Mukhtar Pasha CLAIM
ne substantial victory at Erzeroum on Move
ne Der 9. Detailed reports show that the fgf
ly ing lasted eleven hours. The fight began
ne four o'clock in the morning. Two Russi,
columns attacked the redoubts southeast
ge Erzeroum One column succeeded in G
IN cupying the block house, but was dislodge
lrs The other column, perceiving the enormo
ad loss of the former, retreated. The Tur
We pursued as far as Deve Boyun, were dry
ed back from there, but rallied, and drove t
nd Russians back again to Deve Boyun. T
ill Russians lost large quantity of arms a
'ge ammunition, but only few prisoners.