The New York herald., 1876-08-03
about 1000 men, were behind intrsnchmenss, wnioo
sheltered them from the Ssrvian fire.

After about three hours cannonadIng. which did
very little damage either side, General Stratamro-
vich ordered his infantry charge down the hillside
and capture the bridge the river TO deploy
his force upon the opposite side and force the Turkish
position; but the three hours shelling had done ia
work, and the new troops were so thoroughly insm'
dated by the bursting shells they refused to
out from their hiding places At last somo OF tho
officers seized muskets and called upon tho men to
follow inem Two or three companies did so
and rushed down toward tho bridge; but
finding themselves unsupported by the main
BODY they compelled to fall back
About this time the information camc to the
general commanding that the Turkish troops were
coming up from PROT on his flank, and preparing to
cut of his retreat when this communication
ccivcd the order TO fall back the guns with
drawn, the dead and the severely wounded lcf
on the field and tho slightly wounded were picked up
and carried or The Scrvian loss 200 killed
and wounded.
RECRIMIyArIoys INSTRUMENTATION.
When the expedition reached headquarters, alter
turning over Same road by which they had ad-
vanced, u rich took place. StratamIrovich
cuscd TchornayeT OF giving HIM orders and
not supporting him by movement which was TO have
made as n diversion in favor of the Ak Paanka
expedition, while Colonel Despotovch went far as to
tell the Commander-in-Che that he mot III to
command company" and suggested that he had
better "rcurn Moscow and tho edtorship OF
the Huski Mir" Stratamrovich relieved from
his command and ordered to report at Belgrade,
and Despotovch followed suit swearing ven-
gcauce Tchcrnayer and announcing his
intention Of going TO Ems and making q
complaint to the Gar Thus ended the famous cxpe.
diton 10 destroy the Turkish communications, about
which many contradictory reports have doubtless been
telegraphed all Europe; but this is the actual his
tory Of this illconcevcd and worse-exccuted move-
ment What would Forrest Sheridan say to tho
plan OF stopping three or four hours raid and
shclling position occupied by the enemy, thereby
alarming tho whole surrounding country and bringing
up all the forces tho vciny9 Had the Turks been
even toleraby mmanded not a servian would
returned to tho army headquarters In this stu
pdity of tho Turkish officers lies the Servian chance Of
success.
The Servians anticipates species OF target excursion
to tho Bosphorus when they declared war, and, hav.
ing delayed their action until the Turks have
trated all their forces around the Servnn frontier,
they find that this Is holiday task that they
have undertaken. They commanded by men who
have had experience in war, oven in handling
large masses OF men parade, and the consequence
is that these amateur warriors playing tho
antics that political brigadicrs did in the civil
in America They will cause tho slaughter Of
thousands OF men unnecessarily, we experienced
fourteen years ago, and after this cruel schooling
they will probably develop somo officers who will lead
them victory finally Unless matters take active
turn hero soon shall go up TO the army Of Genera
Zach, near Novi. Bazaar where speedy movements are
contemplated. Appearances here indicate the purpose
of tho Turks remain in their fortified posi-
tions and the Scrvians to attack them- do not
think General Tchcrnayeh will dare attempt this as II
would require three to mako successful assault
on regulars with new troops
ERROR IN sERvrAN PLANS
Tho Sorvaus have mado the fatal error OF dividing
their forces into four principal armies, neither OF
which Is strong enough to overwhelm the Turkish
force opposed to it. Had policy Of concentration
been adopted instead, they might have destroyed tho
Turkish armies in detail the Turks having committed
error, being besides this at great distance
from their supplies and reiniorcoments. The forces
are so nearly equal actual strength, and so badly
commanded both sides, it Is more question Of
chance than generalship which sdo shall reap ths
victory.
WHAT THE LKADEn OF THE sEBvIAN FORCES
HAS TO SAY OF THE CAUSES WHICH LED TO
THE WAR IN THE EAsT-HE EXPLAINS sER
Was RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
A correspondent of the London Times has had al
interview Prince Milan and thus details the ponu
OF the conversation
He quite admitted tha. what called the "East.
ern Question but which was in fact combination
and complication OF very large number OF
questions, which naturally caused much
anxiety 10 the great European Powcrf But with
tho Eastern question, understood by those great
Powers Scrvia respect OF her quarrel with Turkey,
had nothing do The Servian government and the
Servan people did not want to involve Europe IN
general war. They did not ask any Power to come to
their aid But, the other hand they expected that
Christian Power would be found taking part agairs'
~ sEgvIA suouLp pE VICTORIOUS
her victory might contribute the settlement or the
called Eastern Question: and she should be beaten,
why then Turkey would have shown her ability Ia
keep down, for the present Mt least tho Christian
populations. But one thing the Great Powers nigh
rest of--that the field bad been taken by
serva, she would light to the last to obtain wha
Turkish army should march through scrvia, II
would find nothing which could become tn,
spoil Of the conqueror The Servians woult
destroy anything, even the which ,hem,
rather than let the Turks enjoy 1t Ii was sad IN
England and elsewhere that Scrva was the tool oil
Russia This was not true. SO lar was It from beng
true that Russia had counseed scrvia not 10 engago
in the present war Il the allegation were confined
TO the assertion that there was strong sympathy oc
tween servia and Russia 1t would Do per-
iecty true, aud why should there not DO
that sympathy - Was II not in every way
natural that such a sympathy should exist The
Servians and Russians spoke nearly the same language
Russia had fought by the side OF Sorvia held not
far from the town IN which then sitting
Again. the question: as lar as Scrvla was concerned
was nor Ms to this government hat OF Constantine.
pie It was the question OF Turkish Administration,
which was Incurably bad IL might be that Ministers
nj present In power at had the best
tentions He passed no OPINION as TO that; but what
he did bclieve would say that Turk sh
were all mere reforms ON paper Such they had ever
been, and such they would continue TO be.
HERZEGOVINA
had risen in consequence OF Inc arising from
Turkish adm nslration. The active insurrecton OF
those Provinces might be put down Tor the time; but
OF peace could not be restored ia either Pro-
vince long Mussu imam adm lnstration con-
tinued. Ho and his people knew this, and they
knew further that IL Impossible to have peace
and progress IN Scrva so long dsconcnt, some
times slnmbcring, sometimes, as at present. break
ing out into open insurrectioD, existed Provincc
bordering the frontiers OF Servia, and among popu
atioDs which intcrmixcd WITH those oil ScrvlL
The state of things before the commencement OF hos
tiiites was simply insupportabe Diplomacy bad not
cured IT, and for himself he did not for single
instant trouble himself about diplomacy. In his opln.