WAR BETWEEN SERVIA AND BULGARIA.

Kumara Times, Issue 2851, 21 November 1885, Page 2

WAR BETWEEN SERVIA AND BULGARIA.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SUBMISSION OF THE BULGARIANS TO TURKEY. EVACUATION OF ROUMELIA. ASSISTANCE TO REPEL THE SERVIAN INVADERS. ATTACK ON SLIVINTZA BY THE SERVIANS. DESPERATE BATTLE. TEN HOURS’ OBSTINATE FIGHTING. 400 SERVIANS PRISONERS. REPULSE AND RETREAT OF THE SERVIANS. (Received November 21, 1.15 a.m.) Constantinople, November 20. A telegraphic despatch has been received by the Saltan from Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria. The Prince tenders complete submission to the Porte, and announces that the evacuation of Roumelia by the Bulgarian forces has commenced, and requests the Sultan to send him assistance to repel the Se>viau invaders.

(Received November 21, 11.45 a.m.) Sofia, November 19. A despatch received from Prince Alexander announces that a division of the Servian army attacked Slivintza yesterday, with the view of effecting a juncture with the troops now awaiting reinforcements at Dragon Pass. Seveie fighting ensued, in which considerable loss was inflicted upon the enemy, who were ultimately repulsed on all sides, and compelled to retreat. (Received November 21, 1.15 p.m.) November 20. Farther details of the fighting at Slivintza yesterday are to hand. The telegrams state that the Servians advancing upon Slivintza were attacked by the Bulgarian troops. A desperate engagement took place, and after ten hours’ obstinate fighting, the Bulgarians succeeded in driving the Servians to the height to the left of the Dragonian Pass. The Bulgarians took 400 Servians as prisoners, and are now complete masters of the roads in the neighbourhood. <*. [From the San Francisco “Morning Call,” October 18.] New York, October 17. A Herald’s Belgrade special says : “ Wishing to avoid impending wav between herself and Servia, Bulgaria, since the Servian troops entered her territory, last night, has offered King Milan an adjustment of the frontier. It is considered certain that Servia will accept the offer, for she will thus obtain, without firing a shot, the object of her desires. It is believed that the town of Widdin will be yielded to Servia.” October 18, The deposition of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, owing to his hasty action in the Roulmeliau revolt is not among the impossibilities, Russia is fomenting trouble, notwithstanding the Czar’s display of displeasure at the exploits of Prince Alexander. The war preparations of Turkey and Greece are unabated. Roumania is quiescent, but watchful. Bucharest despatches report the continual flocking of Russian officers to Bulgaria and the concentration of Russian troops opposite Gilatez. The London Times’ correspondent at Moscow avers that he has positive knowledge that ten million roubles have been sent into Macedonia in the past fortnight to foment an uprising at the proper time. These facts render the talk of the concert among the three Emperors so ridiculous that one of the big Loudon dailies has admonished its correspondents in the various capitals no longer to burden its columns with obvious trash with which the diploma tes, unable to tell the exact truth, fill them up. The Times London despatch says : “ Probably the world never before witnessed such, a strangely perplexing situation as that which this week was seen in the Balkan peninsula, with hundreds of men being dragged into the field, with forced levies, with half a dozen diffeVenb States on the very threshold of hostilities, and with nobody able to guess how the various combatants will range themselves once the die is cast,” Austria and Russia are preparing for war. The suppression of news has become one of the fine arts in both countries, but enough, leaks out to render this certain that Austria is now mobilising 60,000 men, who are being quietly got ready in Bosnia. Berlin, October 17. The North German Gazette to-day, commenting on the situation in the Balkans, says :—“ The hope that diplomacy will succeed in peacefully settling the Ronruelian difficulty has increased, in view of the fact that the Bulgarian authorities have arrested the leaders of several bunds of Servian emigrants, who have been trying to stir up a revolt against King Milan, thus depriving Servia of her pretext for recrimination.” + [special to press association. ] London, November 17. Intelligence is to hand that the town of Kula has been captured by the Servians after a stubborn resistance on the part of the Bnlgaiians, who are now retreating to Widdin. Twenty thousand Roumelian troops are now marching to Sofia to assist the Bulgarians. Roumania is protesting against the fortification of Widdin, this being regarded as a bi each of the Berlin Treaty, which stipulated that all fortresses in Bulgaria should be destroyed. The Roumanian Government have also advanced a claim to Silistria, a Bulgarian frontier town.

November 18. It is considered probable that Prince Alexander will resign, the Powers allowing his successor to contract a personal, and non-political union with Roumelia. The Servians are seeking to annex Widdin. The Servian troops in the vicinity of Widdin have dispersed the Bulgarian forces with heavy loss in the engagement at Slivintza. Prince Alexander displayed great personal bravery.