The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-03 00:00:00

THE SERVIAN ATTACK.

Tea only aim and result of the armistice was to
secure Tchernajeff time to ensemble the Berrien forces
from all parts of the principality between Deligrad and
Alezinata, and to surprise the Turkish army. The
Berrien forces massed there are estimated at 12,000
men, with 140 guns, among the latter being many
heavy cannon. The heroism of Foal Pacha's infantry,
and the corps of Bashi-Bazonks in the Morava Volley,
frustrated all the Berrien efforts. The Bervians hastily
retired from Draschevers, an they could not transport
all their dead and wounded from the left bank of the
river. The Berrien prisoners said that every battalion
had two commanders, a Runt= and a Berrien, and
Russian officers drove the soldiers into the line of fire ,
by blows with the knout. The Berrien lures amount I
to at least 2,000 men. No pursuit of the defeated
Berrien army took place, became the Turkish generals
respect the armistice. Every hour proves that the
Servian losses were enormous, especially where they
were driven into the river by Abdil and Fa:li Pachas'
troops. Hails Pacha and Salami Pitch& were at the
head of the troops, having been appointed generals of
division.
At eleven o'clock on Saturday the Berrien batteries
on the mountains west of Djunisks Valley again
opened fire at the positions of Suleiman Paella's
division, and great masses of Servian infantry
advanced from the highway from Kruschevatz to
Deligrad and attacked the Turkish vanguards. At the
same time a furious attack was directed from Deligred
against the right flank of Raffia Pacha's brigade. After
long and bloody fighting the storming battalions were
repulsed and driven *crone the valleys into their
redoubts. The Berrien losses amount to at least

1;600 men.

THE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP.

. The second race for the Two Miles Swimming
Championship of England, between E. T. Jones and
J. 11. Johnsen, took place on Saturday over the usual
course, front Putney Aqueduct to Hammersmith
Bridge. What little interest was felt in ftstonlay's
race was naturally confined to enthusiasts in
swiuuning, who mustered, however, in sufficent force
to cause exactly 20 little rowing Isant to follow the
race in addition to a steam launch chartered by one
of the Serpentine swimming clubs. At twenty
minutes past eleven o'clock the two men dived from
off the bows of the steam launch, and, as in the
tanner race, Jones was considerably later than
Johnson, his opponent, who took the water about two
seconds in advance of the chs_apion ,• and conequently
led up about two yards This lead, however, was not
maintained for long. Jones, with his tiotnewhat
Inelegant but powerful stroke, shot through the water,
his left ann working like a piece of machinery. Inch
by inch on each successive stroke did Jones decrease
Johnson's lead, and before a hundred yards had been
swum the two men were level. Jones's ityle of
swimming differs considerably from that of
Jehtuton ; both men alike swim with the
overhand stroke, but Jones has a double
movement with his leg.; Jones, too, stems
to hesitate when having thrown his arm forward
before he grasps the water ; but when he does pull with
his left hand his stroke appears to have more power
than that of Johnson. On catching Johnson, Jones
still continued to keep up his spurt, and on passing
/sh.3.'s Creak led by five yards. This point was
t3l.
in five min. eight sec., when Jones's lead
was increased to a good ten yards. On nearing the
Crab Tree Johnson put on a tremendous spurt,
end decreased the lead by three or four yards.
Professor Beckwith, who was steering Jones from
the bow of a small boat, however cheered on
Jones, who in return spurted, and again easily
swam away, while the pide faces of Johnson's backers
plainly showed that they had made a mistake in think-
ing that the result of the previous race would be
reversed. The Crab Tree was reached in 19 min. 43
sec., and though Johnson straggled gamely on, and his
friends cheered, Jones maintained his lead, and
nltimately won by a clear 10 yards, passing Hammer-
smith Bridge in 27 min. 18 secs from starting. The
Skis was not particularly good.