Star.
London, England, 1806-02-19 00:00:00

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SEMLIN, JANUARY 2.
The dearth which prevails at Belgrade has melt.
Gated tumults, In which blood has been flied The
;vette& part of the inhabitants are delirous that the
place Osould be given up to the Servians. The
Turks and the Kerfales, who compofe the garrifon,
have refolved, on the contrary, to defend theinfelves
to the left extremity. The indigent dais of the in.
habitants, which is very numerous, is already afflic-
ted with the horrors of famine. In the night between
the !itch and igth of December, force perform of
this defctiption landed on an ifland in the Danube,
called the Bohemians, and carried off a vend ladcn
with flour, and three others, with cargoes of grain,-
freighted at the expence of our Government. The
Commandant of Semlin immediately fent an inter-
preter to Belgrade, to inquire the reafon of this aft
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of violence, arid to demand fatisfaition. The reply
was, that the Turks, being reduced to the greaten
extremity for articles of the fiat necefEty, endeavour-
ed to procure them by every poffible means; that it
was hoped their defpair would plead in excufe of an
ail which they would not have dated to commit at
any other time ; and that, at the conclufion of the
troubles, the value of the flour and the grain Ihould
, be punctually repaid. Since this circumftance, all
communication with Belgrade has ceafed ; not a fin-
• gle Turk ventures to pats to our (bore upon any pre-
text whatever. Even the Servians, who have bull-
nefs here, are not permitted to Ray longer than
twelve hours. To prevent new depredations, a fining
piquet of frontier troops, with cannon, has been pal-
ed on the ramparts, and patroles are frequently de-
tached into the environs of the town.
•NOTHIIit LETTER, SAM! DATIL
According to different accounts, a numerous corps
of &Neck troops made an incurfion into Servia,
but they have beets repotted with confiderable lois,
by the infurgentr, who went to meet them. More
than three thoufaad Turks were left dead upon the
field. Another corps of (even hurdred Bofniacks,
which had penetrated on a point that was feebly de-
fended, has advanced, it is Paid, as far as the envi-
rons of Schabatz. From what we herd, this lat
place is again in the bandit' of the Turks. On this
fubjed we have the following particulars : On Saint
Nicholas's day, a feftival which the Servian nation
celebrates with particular folemnity, the garrifon,
which was not numerous, part of it having advanced
towards the frontiers, abandoned themfelves en-
tirely to the pleafures of the table. The Turks took
advantage of this oppnrtnnity, rufbed unexpectedly
on the Servians, anaffacred them all, made them-
(elves mailers of the gates, and of all the other pofts.
JAL 3.—In the night between the z7th and the
seth of December, the Turks in Belgrade made a
(ally, both by land and water. About twelve hun-
dred men advanced toward Zfarkopze and Zflefnik.
They attacked the Servian pofts with impetuofity,
and, though the latter were fpeedily fuccoured, they
were entirely difperfed. Czerni George being in-
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r formed of this circumßance,baftened with frefh re-
•l inforcements, and came up with the Turks near
. Kaiferibruckel, at the moment when they were pre-
pat ing to retreat. An obninate engagement milled,
and continued till day light, without any advantage to
either fide. At length the Servian troops having
made a tat effort, the Turks were thrown into con-
fufion and driven back, with confiderable lets, under
the cannon of die place. At the fame time another
Toad& corps had proceeded in boats, as far as Of-
tronitza. They met with fcarcely any refinance, the
Servians having but feeble advanced polls in that
point. After making a confiderable booty, pasticu•
larly in cattle, they returned to Belgrade. This un-
expelled tally produced an alarm, on our coati ; all
i the frontier troops were put under arms, and paled
on the (bore of the Saave.
Oa the 3oth, before day light, the Turks, embol-
dened by the fuccefs of the tall attempt, again pro-
ceeded in force towards atronitza. They at fire
repulfed the advanced polls of the infurgents, pece-
tested to the village, and fet fire to five houfes ; but
at the moment when they lealt expeded it, a nu-
merous corps of Servians appeared, and attacked
. them on both tide., keeping up a mot vigorous fire.
The Turks, for tome time, withllood the charge ;
but they were loon obliged to retreat with precipita-
tion, towards Belgrade, leaving on the geld of battle
more than two hundred killed and wounded, as well
as the booty they had taken. The Servians loft
about fifty men.
The fortrefs of Schabatz is again befieged by the
infurgents. Crerni George has fummoned the
Turks to furrcnder, but has received an anfwer in
the negative. The place has fince been brilkly can-
nonaded, and it is believed that the Strvians will
endeavour to take it by affault.
Jaw. e.7.—The troops which the Emperor of Au-
Rria hasordered to cover the frontiers of his States
on the fide of &rata begin to arrive, and mon op-
portunely—for latterly the Turks at Belgrade have
pelted the narrow barriers which feparate us, and
carried off (ever's) boats loaded with corn and flour.
The Auftrian Commander having preferred his com-
plaint to the Turkilh Governor at Belgrade, the
latter returned for anfwer, that he did every thing
in his power to prevent thefe creates. but that the
Auftrian officer could not be ignorant of the dread-
ful fituatinn of the city, which was in want of every
thing, and hard prated by the enemy at the lame
titre—that he mull impute to extreme neceility the
feizure of a few boats, the value of which (hould
be repaid to the Imperial treafory, as foon as tran-
quillity fhonld be retiablifbedin the country. Un-
f .rtunatefy there is little hopes that there bloody
Males will (non be terminated. A defperate battle
lately took place under the walls of &habilis, which
the Servians retook by affault ; the matfacre was ge-
neral, and all the Muffulmans were put to the (word.
On the other fide, a number of Bofnians, who at- t
tempted to pats the Di waits boats, were all dearoyed./