Scutari fell at midnight on Tuesday. There was an attack
on the outer defences on Monday, but the town was not actually stormed. The garrison surrendered through the -want of ammunition and food. In spite of Montenegro's defiance of the Powers, one cannot refrain from expressing admiration of the persistence and courage which have enabled the Montenegrins to achieve their end. Nor must the fine resistance of the Turks be forgotten, and we are particularly glad that they were allowed to march out of the place they had defended since October with all the honours of war. The first commander of the garrison, Hassan Rim, was shot in suspicious circumstances during the siege, and the command was then assumed by Essad Pasha, who surrendered on Tuesday. The news of the fall was received in Cettinje with wild excitement at two o'clock on Wednesday morning. The town was paraded by large crowds singing songs and firing revolvers.
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