WAR IN THE BALKANS.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 133, 19 December 1885, Page 3

WAR IN THE BALKANS.

; b A*faup. 6fiWhJW W3\fc *! ft >°- fine, bpthiproea * The " fcj&ewi! '! rhis i a t db|fcph (from Sp§a oonfirming>the, iwport.of „a, Bulgarian victory, fl*^«!^^]Jty#"%Sfl 36$ horsea,, and It. it .jA^, ftjfc f.WP Servians were Mlled o* wounde^ gariana on . Tue^ayt t fi»PM?^tWr^ er^s cavalry. , The Bujgariwa^eagftin/epn^ed ar^ardving h^Mw^uni^; j Twentyfive, thousand Seryiana. were engaged yentersay near* aiiYitzna, whUethOTe^ere Iqnly 15,050 , BulgariftD?,, in tbe. epgage^nt. $bim waß,\3«ftperat^ .figfetiegi^t Sliyitena to day.a (TbeAßßJlg^rlane fo«se4 thiejeirvwn right winff baojc at the ;point: of the ; bayonet for yiometeya wlthr,Kr§at4oaa* f It ia repQr^dthmt: the Servians fired upon the Rfd,,QfOßß., au&ulancep* „A ..n iUitia,r forco fwm t WtfjKn haft^made aeucqepflful inroad Intojeryift, .capturing 'The Servian B. retreated in difiorder from Balcme, S,inQ|t9|[iar:and,twdeni". -tl ,• i i , . t .BgUable report reoeiv;ed here 'state, ,that ihei Sorviaw Josa- at. Slivinitza, .yesterday;, jWas,thr&<timeA greater than .given in the, offioial accounts, and aotually exceeded the preyjQua total- ; losa; aince the; Qfttbreajc of hoßtil|tiea. ..Prince Alexander. w»b in the thick of the battle from the beginning to end. The Servians noticed that he first rode a horee and, afterward abrown horse; and, it ift believed, t^bat, the w;hite one was ahat f rqm ,under him, ..;.... • ; Official admiasions from Belgrade ahow, that a p^pic, exists there. .. The Jiiege of benn, Taiaed.i.-apd. l .whQ with his, division haa peen carrying, qn ..the siege, is now marching to • 88i8^ King \ * ' , '.' •,>■" T, ■ „ i)iipatghe/i.teceived f heice.''Bta£e, that' the Servians have become dispirited 'oviem tpeir recent reverses. The Bulgarians* on [the other han,d,. haye been' aroused to ,the highest pitch of enthusiasm by the example of Trince Alexander and the victories gained under his leadership. They haye gradually driv.en back the Servian advance .line until the Bulgarian; forward [ Une.of entrenchments i» within o.ne mile, of Dragoman, village. .In the fighting yesterday the Servian loss was 800 men killed and wou.ndecj. , One of Prince Alexander's «ids was killed during the brunt of yester? day's engagement. Further details of the capture of Breenik state that the Servians carried eight lines jof entrenchments and captured 161 prisoners; with large numbers qt rifles. The Bui, garian commander at Bresnik fled, leaving nia military papers behind . him. ThoBulgarian volunteers, with the leader, also fled. „ . A telegram states that the Bulgarian troops recaptured Brebnik and dispersed the Servians. No fear is entertained at ipresent for the safety of Sofia. General Govanovitch Has been tried by court-martial and dismissed from his comjnand for his failure to execute an order given him prior to the Servian repulee before Slivnitza. A council of war ' t now discussing the situation of affair at the front.

Cannonading »t SJaviyl. London, November 19. — A despatch from Tsaribrod, dated Thureday noon, says : A violent cannonading is going at Slaviyi, where the Bulgarians are strongly intrenched, preventing the approaoh of our turning co'umn from Glenci Pass. The Bulgarians are advancing from Sofia in the direction of Bernik to meot our advancing Moravo division, which is heavily handicapped, the snow making the plain a swamp. A Sofia despatch says: The Bulgariuu.repulsed the Servian attacks on Slaviyi and drove the enemy back eight kilometers. Subsequently, the Servians opened a strong artillery fire from the right wing. The Bulgarians hotly defended their position and' again repulsed the Servians. The Servian force consisted of three battalions of infantry, one of artillery and a squadron of cavalry. The victory finally belonged to the Bulgarians. The latter further repulsed the Servian attack on Slivnitza, taking several prisoners. The behaviour of the Bulgarian troops was admirable. Fifty Servian prisoners have arrived here.

Piinoe Alexanders Ability. New York* November 22.— G. W. Smalley's cable epecial to the " Tribune " from London of November 2 list says : " The declaration of war by Servia a week ago against Bulgaria took Europe completely, by surprise. Neither the Foreign Office nor foreign embassies in London had a hint of what was coming. The press and , public opinion throughout Europe, .Vienna excepted, have condemned as an outrage on public law the act of King Milan in beginning war on pretexts purely frivolous, ont everybody saw that Austria was behind Servia. Nobody perceived a probable way of escape for Bulgaria from utter defeat by the Servian forces, numerically twice greater and far superior in discipline, munitions, and experience. The early successes of Servia were accepted as inevitable. The sudden check of the Servian advance and the decisive- repulse of Slivinitza on Tuesday were received in England with great surprite and pleasure. When Prince Alexander took the offensive on Wednesday and defeated the Servian army and crushed the Servian counter-attack and apparently broke up the whole plan of the offensive campaign, England and Europe expressed delight in no measured terms. Servia admits the defeat. King Milan, who was to spend Sunday at Sofia, has retired to Pirot, on his own territory, and is reported to have already summoned his Prime Minister to arrange terms' of peace, an act of humiliation of which he is believed to be capable in spite of the contempt which be yvill justly earn. Prince Alexander, proved himeelf a capable diplo-j mutisPas well as a brilliant soldier byi coming to terms with Turkey. It seems: likely tOrday that the present situation will! enable the conference to agree upon some! basis of settlement and give practical effect to the sympathies of Europe on behalf of Bulgaria."