The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-02
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THE FIGHTING IN THE EAST
TERRIBLE DEFEAT or THE SERBS
IN SUNDAYS BiJI.E

the Army Demorsiizcd and Partly Di.inte.
Grntcd-Thc n1onteDeRrins Fighting with
More -ueccss-The Proposed Armistico.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The correspondent Of
the Ddav NeDs. with Gon. Tcheruayen's army
teieRraphs that journal a description ot ~-.'
days battle and the position ot 49,
The following are extrsc. ,, =, .ousns
with . dogged ~ -'.n"e", a"u oecas'oh'"y WIZ"
, b,,III.-. aash which claim the highest sd-
-aIratioD. The Russians fought hard and steadi-
ly, but then the Russians had borne the brunt
Of night after neht In this very position and az
for the Servians II was not their day. The full
weight and significance Of the Servians' defeat
Ia not easy to estimate, and II 10 too early to
form an opinion Of the loss incurred. We do
not know where the troops are, to say nothing
OF the wounded many OF whom, fear. will
never be brought In. The Deligrad wing Of the
army Is In a condition OF dem oraliz zation and at
least temporary dispersion. Gen. Horvatovich
with the right wing Is retiring out OF reach
VI the Turks, and 1t would be folly for him "a
offer battle. The Russian officers are leaving.
They decline to be massacred for people whom
theY denounce as destitute OF all marti 4 spirit.
They have no words to express their contempt
and disgust for the pusillanimlty OF the Servlan
soldiers. The whole territory In tho Morava
valley south Of Parakin Is In course of universal
evacuation painfully accelerated by Incorrect
rumors OF SUNDAY 5 losses, no certain estimate
Of which can be found, because most Of the
Sefvian battalions more or less disinte-
grated and nobody can distinguish between
killed, wounded and missing. the latter being
stragPlers. Many wounded must have been left
on the field OF battle"
A despatch from Rasusa saws "The Monto-
nogrins are bombarding Podgoritza. Tho
MOntenegrln army has penetrated into Albania
by way Of MEDIUM, cutting tho comm munication
between Podgoritza and Scutari."
A despatch from Belgrade announces that tho
diplomatic officials there say that the Porte has
accepted an armistice Of two months, and Or
deted Its army commanders to suspend hos
titles.
The Pau Mall Gazette says: ave believe the
statement that an armistice was signed yester-
day to be Incorrect. The Russian ultimatum
seems to have Interrupted arrangements on ths
point OF completion when II arrived. In all
probability the signature Is only delayed"
There ore various reports concerning Turkeys
reply IN regard to the nrmistice. Reuters tole-
gram from Belgrade Is ss follows " 1t is said
that servia has accented the two months ar
m,lstiee which has been agreed to by Turkey az
The vltlna 1dVbdtt publishes a despatch
from its correspondent at belgrade, according
to which the Porte ia willing to accept an armis-
tice OF any length but demands information
The latest news from Constantinople Ia q
Reuter- telegraph, GATED this evening, which
SAYS that the Porto's reply is still unknown, but
IL expected to be favorable. There was another
extraordinary council Of Ministers to-day. the
Ambassadors are now assembled at Gen. lgna-
tcf's residence.
1t Is reported that tho Turks have entered
Deligrad.
The Standards Belgrade despatch declares the
statement fully confirmed that the Porte has
agreed to two months armistice, with power
10 renew II for six weeks. The same despatch
rep rts that krujevatz IS in flames.
The Post says edltorally: "Wo understand
that the ltussian utimatuIn Is couched In per-
emItorY terms, ana Is accompanied by angry
LANGUAGE. The Sultan Is required to sign ar
mistice for six weeks or two months: and tho
Porte Is informed that its conduct In continuing
hostihties while negotiations are pending is
strongly resented"
LONDON, Nov. 2.-Tho Times despatch from
Belgrade confirms the report that two month";
armistice has been agreed to. 1t also states thai
that the levy en- masse has been counter M anded
aud the Turks have entered and burned Krus-
hevatz.
Whatever may be the result OF the ne z otiationG
for permanent peace, Servia will fight no more
and Russian volunteers are not likely to come
again to light for her.