The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-21
WAR News.

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LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Russian of
fetal account of the capture of PleVna
confirms the detailed account already
uelegraphed. It says the Turks fought
like lions. Seven Pashas were cap
tured. The counting of prisoners and
trophies Is not yet completed. The
Emperor was present to-day at the
thanksgiving services held on the site
of the former headquarters of Osman
Pasha.
LONDON, Dec. PIT is said that Os-
man Pasha surrendered altogether less
than thirty thousand men.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 13s-According to
official returns, the Russian losses in
the fighting preceding the surrender
of PIeyna We're IL officers and IS2 men
killed, and A officers and 1,207 men
wounded. The Turks lost 10000 kill
ed and wounded and prisoners, inclua-
ing 10 pashas, rs staff officers, 1000
officers, 10000 infantry and 200 cav
ally. a caDnons were also captured.
The first batch of prisoners, numbering
10000, have already started for Buch-
Arrest.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 13.-NeWs of
the fall of Plevna has been received
with calmness and fortitude. The jour
mails urge resistance to the last.
GETTING AT THE TRUTH.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-The Times cores
pondent at Plevna telegraphs: The
Grand Duke Nicholas told me that Os-
man PashR reported his force at H.
600. At the same time the Grand
Duke seemed doubtful If there were
so many. About sixty cannon and
many hundred wagons were among
the trophies. OsmAn Pasha had three
weeks provisions still on hand and
ten days rations in his transportation
train for the whole army. The imne-
diate cause of his abandoning the en-
trenchments was the breaking out of
an epidemic among his troops. There
were 400 or 500 dead bodies 9 day In
Plevna and there were no men aVaila-
bic 70 bury them, and the mortality
was increasing. Eight hundred sick
and wounded are in the hospital.
LONDON, Dec. 13.-Accounts agreed
that Osman Pasha's army did not
reach &c, 900 men, and probably did
not much exceed $4,000 men. Osman
Pasha will arrive in Bucharest to-day.
About the first OF December it was
stated that he had sent information to
COnstantinople Of his ability to hold
outindefinitely.
THE REVERSE
was true. His communication was
severe arraigment of the Turkish adj
ministration for incapacity and in
trigue, as he had wished to retreat to
Orchanie before Plevna was entirely
invested, thus uniting with Mehemet
Ais army and saving his own. He
refused further obedience to the Con-
stantinople government but said he
should hold out to the last for the sake
of his own reputation.
LONDON, Dec. IA Russian offic-
ial dispatch, dated Bogat, Dec. 18th
says: Sixty battallions of Turks yes
terday attacked the forces of the Grand
Duke Vladimir along the entire line,
however, their principal eff
forts against the left and center. They
attacked Meteka elk times, but were
each time repulsed with great loss.
At one time thirty five divisions of the
18th Russian army corps appeared on
the scene, and attacking the Turks in
their flank, compelled them, with CO.
operation of the rest of the Russian
forces, to retire upon Kraska, their re-
treat to Joran Aftlek being cut. The
Grand Duke Vladimir narrowly escap-
ed ball.
Suleman Pasha, describing the same
affair, claims that he carried some of
the Entertainments of Metchka, but was
unable to hold them, owing from fire
from the heights and the arrival of
achievements. He conse-
quently withdrew to his orig inal pos
iCiOns.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. I'm. Girls
tico, Servian agent, has delivered to
the Porte SerYia's formal declaration
Of war against Turkey, and started for
BELGRADE, Dec. IA proclama-
ton OF the SerYian government has
Just been issued announcing that the
Servian army has been ordered to cross
the Turkish frontier.
BELGRADE, Dec. 14.-War was an
nounced to-day by the salvos of artil-
lery.
On the 10th the Sultan addressed a
note to the European powers saying
the time had come for them to arrange
for peace. On the 18th the Russians
began to move from Plevna to the
Balkans. The powers now decline to
interfere between Russia and Turkey.
On the 18th Russia called out 10000
fresh troops, and new battallions are
now crossing the Danube, and grand
march is the order of the day.