The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-05 00:00:00

TEE SERVO-BULGARIAN IWAR.

BELGRADE, Saturday.
Through the intermediary of Count Khevenhiiller,
the Austrian Minister, an armistice was concluded
at half-past three this afternoon between Servia and
Bulgaria, both of the belligerents remaining in their
present positions.
Co:cm:iv:corm; Satthday.
The Porte has dispatched a teleEram to Prince
Alexander asking him to arrest his advance against
the Servians.
. CAPTURE OF PIROT.

Soria, Friday, Midnight.
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about seven o'clor...k. The Servians occupied fortified
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Bulgarians attacking in three columns. After a san-
guinary engagement the Servians abandoned their
positions on the left. The fight was prolonged on the
right, but eventually the Bulgarians, charging the
enemy with the bayonet, forced him to retire in dis-
order. Pirot is now occupied by the Bulgarian troops,
who have also advanced for a distance of several kilo-
metres beyond the town.

AK PALANHA, Saturday.
The fighting at Pirot yesterday was of a most des-
perate character, the Servians and Bulgarians bayonet-
ing each other in the streets. Pirot was virtually
taken the day before yesterday. Yesterday's fighting
began at six o'clock in the morning, and lasted until
three o'clock in the afternoon, the Bulgarians ulti-
mately driving the Servians out of the town by a rush
from the heights. A Servian major and sub-lieutenant
were wounded, while 100 Bulgarians were taken
prisoners.
The excitement caused by the Servian defeats is
becoming intensified, it being feared that Prince
Alexander will reach Nish.

PHILIPPOPOLIS, Saturday.
The news of the occupation of Pirot by the Bul-
garian troops was received here with great rejoicing.
A thanksgiving service was held in the cathedral to-
day, which is observed as a general holiday.
KULA, Saturday.
Early yesterday morning the Bulgarians made a
sortie from Widdin, and attacked the entire line of
the besieging force. The fighting was of an obstinate
character, the combatants finally crossing bayonets.
The Bulgarians, however, were driven back and
forced to retire into the fortress. The Bulgarian
prisoners declare that the losses on their side were
excessively heavy. Bulgarian soldiers are giving
themselves up in small groups. General Losch-
janin's division hts not quitted the occupied territory
in the Widdin district, as the second class reserve,
being fresher, is destined for Ak Palanka.
BERLIN, Sunday Night.
The complete victory of the Bulgarians at Pirot
is officially confirmed by the following telegram from
the Prince to his father at Darmstadt, dated Pirot
yesterday afternoon: "Pirot taken after two days'
Lard fighting. Entered last night.—ALEXANDER."
All accounts received here agree that this engage-
ment was the most sanguinary and most obstinately
contested of the whole campaign. The Servians
having received considerable reinforcements evidently
made their last stand with desperate courage, both
sides losing heavily.
An armistice has been concluded. It is generally
thought here that it will lead to a definite peace if
Servia accepts Prince Alexander's terms. These, I
have good authority for repeating, include a heavy
war indemnity and an engagement on the part of
King Milan to abstain from all opposition to the Bul-
garian union. - -

- Two more parties of doctors and nurses despatched
by the German Red Cross Society left here to-day
for Sofia and Belgrade respectively. The war deplrt-
ment has refused many requests from German officers
for leave to enter the Bulgarian army as volunteers.

There had been no resumption of hostilities between
Soma and Bulgaria on Monday, ,although the bom-
bardment of Widdin was repbrted to have been con-
tinued. Further details of the Bulgarian capture of
Pirot show this to have been of the most sanguinary
character, the streets of the town being strewn with
dead and wounded and running with blood. Not-
withstanding the belief, wrote a correspondent on
Monday, that the armistice will be definite, the Ser-
vian military preparations continue. Prince Alex-
ander is said to demand a war indemnity of 80 million
francs. The Servian Ministry has resigned. Public
attention is again being directed to the question of
the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia, which
it is thought in Vienna Prince Alexander will seek to
maintain. Two Turkish delegates have left Con-
stantinople for Philippopolis with an Imperial pro-
clamation amnestying all concerned in the recent re-
volution, and when they return Djevdet Pasha will
proceed to the province.