SPECIAL EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1099, 7 January 1878, Page 3

SPECIAL EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

THE FALL OF PLEfNA. The following is the form in which the telegram of December 14th, portions of which have already been received by cable, was published in the Melbourne " Argus" of the 20th : " The Russians were aware of Osman's intended sortie three days beforehand. During Sunday night a spy informed General Skobeloff that the southern forts had been abandoned. The tidings reached other Russian divisions, which were instantly advanced. The Turks made two feint attacks to the north and south, but the real attack was at the westward, and was delivered with great fury, nearly destroying the Grenadier regiment, and effecting the capture of a complete battery. The Russians rallying, a bayonet fight followed between the opposing forces, and the Turks were finally vanquished, the whole force of artillery aud infantry being driven back on Plevna. The battle was over shortly after noon, and the surrender was completed an hour later. Osman Pasha attempted to pass into Plevna a train of 500 vehicles containing ten days' rations. The Czar personally returned Osman's sword with military honors. Osman Pasha will be conveyed to Russia."

The following telegrams, also special to the " Argus," are as dated : THE DEATH OF OSMAN PASHA. London, December 17. Telegrams in the " Daily New?," from Constantinople and Vienna yesterday report that Osman Pasha has died. It was reported that Osman Pasha had committed suicide by poison, which was attributed to the Moslem objection to amputation. A later telegram says that Osman's death is wholly denied. SHIPPING- DISASTERS. London, December 11. The Pacific steamer Atacnia has been lost off Caldera. A portion of the passengers and crew were saved. The Cape steamer European struck on the rocks at Ushant. Tbe passengers and mails were saved, but any salvage of the cargo is impossible. A severe storm in the .Suez canal suspended the telegraph and mail services, and a collision occurred between the steamers Chimborazo and Historian. FALL OF A HOUSE AT EDINBURGH. London, December 21. By the fall of a house at Edinburgh seven persons were killed. RIOTS IN CANADA. London, December I'). Riots, arising out of trade strikes, have occurred in Montreal, in which several persons have been killed and wounded.