Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-04
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Foreign News.

the Times from Belgrade Indicates the crush
Jog dccat and thorough DISCRIMINATION o
Tohernayeff's army. Taking advantage of gooc
will towards the English, inspired By the arrl
val Of an ambulance corps with a cash tund O
10 600 pounds, the correspondent of the Time:
got to the front 10 company with bumber o.
officers of the Geneva Cross, and Was an eye
witness of most Of the battle near Alcxlna'z OF
Friday. The battle commenced just as he
party reached AleXiDaiz The f'iloGlDg are
additioua! details of the engagement. The bat
| tie was sustained uulntcrrupiedly tor eleseu
hours and halt, and was Waged on grouol
which the ServiaD- had usde the strongest IL
all this country. Ii Was the decisive encounter
| long o,k d forward to, and was waiting 10 no
| feature that could impart horrible grandeur t
| the struggle on Que side for supremacy, and on
he other for existence. The first SHOT Was
| fired under our eyes, just as we had passed
Rubovisba, village OF bouse or two about
two miles this side OF AlcXloaz Ii came IRON
battery which the Turks bad got into posi-
ton on the heights about kruSse, when Is
southwest of AleXina z. aud IT was followed oy
others at intervals OF halt minute or SD from
the gus of the same battery and battery
placed about half mile further north. The
Turks Immediately appear, b"glnnlDg their
movement to turn Tchernayat's right and cut
of the communication OF Alexinatz with Deli
grad Hazardous as tire drslgn was 1t sue
ceeded went to the headquarters OF lchcr
nay:f just as be was about To go to the held.
He told NE that the day would decide the fate
Of Altxioarz He said serious attack against
his COMMUNICATIONS between Alcxlnaiz aud
Desrad was contemplated. II he succeeded
10 repeIiug the attack be thought A!cxDatz
L., e, h., Ll 4 la tCould
not attempt it again. Fer sum: hours the bat
The valley through which it is necessary the
TulkS should pass to gam their otj ct Is guard
ed oy TWO strong Scrviau batteries, against
which the Turks direct the fire OF three OF
their batteries The fight continued three
hours with DO advantage Tor either side The
Turks thea reinforced their artillery with three
more batteries aud advance, the fire becom
leg tremendous The Serviaus make Il fac
struggle aud brlug up another harrry, bu; IL
spite of all their efforts the Tux steadily adj
Yancad. Ia the meantlme the Turkish milan
try are busy. From AL xuaz Servian iuian-
try and cavalry hurry uui TO meet their advance
and The Stp1m OF battle begins 10 earnest. We
hear the first iu,lIade at twenty mlau;es before
twelve clock. The Turkish infantry dare not
show at the end of the littlc detilGs yet for the
Ser7iaD guns ere too close, but they afo not lar
off a ID il! that gallant battery wEiic'l Il d''ng
such good service Oh the bll! be! ween W. ietlcs
can only be sicnc d, the battle viii be at oucc
developed. The Serviau iofauLry are liz the
valley north of he little independent hi which
coui nands the entrance to tho dc1lcS aud at
intervals Of quarter OF an hour sharp vOeys
from riffs are heard amid the thunder of
some dozen batterle,. At halt. past onc 'cInck
we see dense masses of smoke aud sheets Of
fame rise from the valley right bciarc Us nad
close to the Dortberu dch!e. The cnEh agratlon Is
tremendous. The brilliant sunshine IS completely
overcome bv the lurld hamss that rise high 10
to the heavens. and are now only trlpg"d by
dause masses Of smoke. The more northern
OF the TWO villages named Suotra is on fire.
The Servlan troops made precll ltatc retreat
from ii, but as yet good detencc IS kept up.
The Turks advance undcr cover OF their bate
rics, DOW diminishing, now with a rush. The
ServlanS, though they are falling back. have
not yet lost all heart. Their intantry II sst but
with such lrcpidatinn that the uumb:r OF ma
ugerers is becoming greater. The bl'taous
are evidently thinntug. 1t is DOW past two
o'clock, and for awhile the Servian artillery
seems to be making ground. That battery,
which had been doing such good service on the
little bill, has advanced beyoa1 it, ADD Is bold
ly pouring forth lis fire further iao the enemy 5
position, but this is deceptive. The Turks
do not care about it. The rattle OF
their riff . is heard more aud more to
the north at each voliey. The return vol.
legs arc becoming feeble. The artillery lire
on both sides has become lapguId, when all
at once there Is another great fire. The
village of Great Airow@z is pow IN flames.
The village is close to Stkawaz. Suora still
burns and the clear air is full Of vast fam2s
aud dense masses of sm5ke, and the !hun
der OF cannon and incc<saat voIleys of rifles.
Shells have been falling into Sizawaz for
some hours, but it is not Yet Oh lire. Pre-
cnwijz, Close by is burnng. y perfect panic
has set 10 among tie Scrvia0s as they witness
the steady advance of the enemy, and whole
b,tlaious of them begin to fly. a Russian
colonel In comm md Of two battalions calls on
them to advance, though he himself is wound
ed cut out Of the Two battalions he can get
only twenty men to respond to his call; the
rest fly. Sill some rcgm"n's aud III" whole
Of the artillery do their duty, and FIR IN re
than two hours the legions OF three pashas
make good an sdVaoce OF only bali Il Ii lie, but
that has been an advance all along the hoe.
Abdul kerm Pasha has got his left vel
I'D 10 Greditu, north Of the burning
Adowraz and his right we'll round to Pejs,
Though il is only ur O'Clock. The csrnsge is
terrible on both sizes. descend fol- short
time from the height where for hours l have
been watching the battle, and l see the main
street Of AlexinaL crowded with wounded.
There is not nu change until alb VI o clock,
though the din of battle has gone on withc Ut u
moments cessation. II is clear thst the left Of
the Tu: ka have passed the town and its redoubts,
ana are as far as Transsn aud Barr, though not
rs yet on the same side Of the river rs that on
which those villages stand. To the south they
are in possession OF the positions which the right
Of Tchernayef7s army oc,uoied this morning
The Sevian are lighting immense fires all up
tae hill.
Local BreV;ties.