The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-04
The Turkish Trouble-Another Battle
Tehermayeff7s Army Defeated Par
ticulars of the Battle.

Tehermayeff7s Army Defeated Par
ticulars of the Battle.
BELGRADE, Sept 4.-Oficial dispatches
say that the entire Turkish army attacked
the Servian right wing on Friday. The
battle lasted until o'clock at night. The
Servian's maintained their positions, bur
the Turks, being three times more numer-
Gus, the Servians finally retreated within
their fortified positions at Alexinatz.
DEIGRADE, Sunday, Sept. st is
officially announced that the rumor that
the Turks have taken Alexantz is false.
They hold no positions on the right bank.
LONDON, Sept. A special to the
Times, from Belgrade, indicates the crush
ing defeat and thorough disorganizatiOn of
lTehemayeff's army:
Taking advantage of the good will to-
wards the English and inspired by the ar
rival of an ambulance corps with cash
fund of 100000, the correspondent
of the Times got to the front in company
with number Of officers OF the Geneva
Cross, and was an eye witness or most or
the battle near Alsxinatz en- Friday. The
battle commenced just as the party
, reached Alexanitz. Following are the ad-
: ditional details of the engagement
The battle was sustained uninterrupted
: ly eleven hours and a half on the ground
which the SerUans had made the strong
: est in all this country. 1t was the decisive
! encounter long looked forward to and was
i wanting 10 no feature that could impaIt
/, horrible grandeur to the struggle on one
side for supremacy on the other for exist
ence. The first shot was fired under
our eyes just as we had passed Rubovista
l. =
! miles this side of Alexanitz 1t came
from battery which the Turks had got
:, into position on the heights above kruse
which is southwest of AlexanitZ, and /
was followed by others at interval
: of a half a minute or so from tn,
guns of the same battery and a batter.
placed about half mile further north
The Turks immediately appeared, begin
ming tn cir movement to turn Tehermayett
right and cut off the communication c
Alexiuatz with Delegrade. Hazardous Z
the design was it was successful. For som
rs hours the battle was almost entirely be
- tween the artillery, The valley throug
: which it is necessary the Turks shout
pass to gain their object is guarded b
J., two strong Seryian batteries against whic
the Turks directed the fire of three
l.
i. hours with no advantage for either sid
- The Turks then reinforced their artiller
with three more batteries az
advanced, the fire becoming tr
'd- mendous The Servians mac
}. a fine struggle and brought up anoth'
- battery, but in spite of ali their efforts Il
Turks steadily advanced. in the mea
time the Turkish Infantry are busy iro
A Int ntr "a
e alrv hurry out to meet their advanc
~ and the storm of battle begins in earnes
ted We hear the first fusilade at eleven for
4 a. III. The Turkish Infantry dare n
show themselves at the end of the lit
to defles yet, for the Servians are too clos
.ure But they are not far off, and if that gala
battery which is doing such good servic
l. on the hill between two defes can only
Tp; epi sllenced the battle will be at once devel1
cd. The infantry are in the valley nor
i. of the little Indepcnt Hill, which co
- mands the entrance to the dehles aud
intervals of quarter of.an hour sharp v
t"te y ,e eys from rifles are heard and the thunC
the of some dozen batteries. At half past c
las clock we see dense masses of smoke a
uss sheets of flame rise from the valley rie
RE, before us and close to the northern def
The confagration is tremendous; the bl
liant sunshine is completely overcome
~ lurid flames that rise high into t
and heavens above and are now O.
fringed by dense masses of smo
The more northern of two villa
heir ,aei named Illquotna is on fire. The Serv
free troops make precipitated retreat from
New but as yet good defense is kept up. !
N Turks advance under cover of their
. teries, now skirmishiDg, now with ru
49, The Seryians, though they are yet fall
Il, back, have not yet lost all heart.
1t is now past two o'clock and for awl
the Servian artillery seems to be max
ground. The battery which has been
ing such good service on the little bill
q advanced beyond it and is boldly firing
"a enemy's position, But this is descipt
A The Turks do not care about it. The
J tie of their rifles is heard more and N
4 to the north at each volley the return
volleys are becoming feebler. The artill
ate at FIRE op both sides had become langl
>. when all at once there is another great
- u The village of Great 'Adrawarzs now
Y. flames. This village is close to Silka,
- Quotna still burns and the clear air is
of vast flames and dense masses of sm
aud the thunder of cannons and inces'
volleys of the rifles.
rire.-Loss $50, 600. Insurance S2o,C
TT New York, Sept. 4-Busch's b.
Hobokep. burned early this morning.