New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-16
THE TURco-sERvIAN WAR
r,,y pRoGREss OF POSSIBILITIES.

,xe INCIDENTS OF THE WAR EPTToNIZED'
80, AZ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF Tue TRIBUNE.l
cossTANT1YoPLE, Ang. 22.-One who has not read
A. whole of the Koran and it's supplement- the
char,st. must not be accepted as an authority upon
ss-aulnan law Iimagine, however, that no special
-. nd Denalties are therein attached 90 the per-
-. ~ the truth on If there be the Government
$3.50 here viii suffer very severely hereafter.
IN D,hy;sbed official kilograms, supposed TO cor
,ar.iculars of Turkish successes in the field
.-h;.h successes really had no existence except III
~ fsr,le brain of these Osmanli Munchausens-
- heen eaualed only in mendaeity by those
.-s,sb have appeared on the other side. Experience
s,r;ne the Franco PFussian war as well as during
$3.50. cayst jpsurreetion naturally led the public
.runosa that things would be little better, so far
:. .1s t,1tb WIS concerned when the wires of the
ta,egraph were in full play upon the subject Of
Tn,Lisb or seryian victories, but when we are asked
a. swallow at gulp three Columns OF an official re-
rort made by the Turkish Government upon the
a.ns.s and results Of the sccalled instruction in
I,nlgurialOf course speakof Edb Efendis account
many things denied therein having been proved
hsv0d All doubt before it was issued. md the bal
ance of stafements-almost without exceptioil-hay-
-, hasn since contradcted upon good authority--it
!. time 10 ery enough! Any confidence which may
horo and there have been placed in these official pub
ncatous has now been lost entirely, and the Porte
stapds convicted of having made misrepresentation
-.ruhlisbed balefaced falsehoods in fact--for the
rnnose Of deceiving the world as to what was TAX
mo Mace in the interior of Turkey Naturally the
Serriaus concur in this view, and consequently
kno,y how much Importance TO attach to q pTocla-
nation which has Just been addressed to them hy
che ConstantinOple Government, translation of
mart Of which reads as follOws:
servans. Know wen tlat the Imperial Government
considers rs children all OF its SUBJECTS Mussnlnan
Svistian without distinction No father in tho world
would wish harm 10 befall his ewn children The mill
to eccupation OF ScrVia has not been undertaken with
view 10 ruin that beautiful pre- inee and its honest iD
habtans IL has been effected solely Tor the purpose OF
pG9sssTs ip sd 10 oppose their Ss against the fmpe
rial Government, and have called down these misfor-
WHO s pofcsvc can rely GpOa the fr protection and
uareuar beneyOence OF the Sublimo Porte Such being
for the Servians are and will continue 10 be-
unchanged Its chief desire 20 It's protection 10
sSsfen' and old men during the disorders which have
been caused without scrupe by these who have sought
srefest lnsforines which their country cond suffer.
h consequence OF this the Sublime Porte has forwarded
formal order for tie safeguard and projections Che
res the goods. the lanies and the homes OF all those
10 the authorities aud deliver up their arms.
Any aggeSsons acts OF violence on the part OF the
soldiers any otner part, committed against the
lives or the property OF the submissive inhabitants viii
be summariy punished On the other hand il among
given up their aims and offered tGer submission, should
saog any hostility 70 our troops they Val be N
pOcsfHati0n ia 10 make known 10 the ScTyms that ~;
ploperty and the lives of their families to loyalty
and the cleineney OF the Imperial Government, must IA
The first place address themselves personally or by dele
gates to The commander OF the Imperial troops which
may be IN their vicinity. Those wno continue the nsn
the NppeaI made 10 them by this prOeanrcn viii have
70 submit 10 the consequences Oh their ocs of reDeon
May Divine jNstiee be fGihliedI
This is the kind of proclamation we might have
looked for had the Turks been under the walls OF
Belgrade, but it's issue at this time is decidedly
premature. Although the Imperial troops have OBJ
tanned decided over the ScryiaDs, yet it
must be remembered that they have long march
froln Kuajeyatz to the Seryian capital through a
country in the mountainous districts, in which the
Servians have decided advantage. With view
70 describing tire present position of the eontendng
armies glance at the map is necessary, and brief
reorganization OF events since the declaration Of war
viii be excused. The Servian army, it viii be re-
membered at the outset the attacking forces.
was divided into four army corps. The first d.
vision, known as the army Of the Drina, under
the command Of Gen. Alinipits, and entered Bosnia
by way of Little Zwornik the western frontier.
Tins division has had several engagements With the
enemy in the neighbOThood Of Belina, which town
has been several times attacked by tho Seryians, hut
they have each time been rcpuised. The second di-
vision called the army Of the Iyortaking ts name,
like al of the Serviau divisions, from the
rivers in the neighboFhood of which the opera
tons have taken place--is under the command
Of Gen. Zach, OF rather was under the
command of this officer, who has now been COM
PEELED to resign having been severely wounded in
the foot as to necessiae its amputation. This di-
vision crossed the fraRter at YayOr, near the Bos-
nian town Of Nova Ysrosl, and fought an action at
Kladina- This was one of the few engagements in
which the Seryians can claim q victory, for the
Turks retreated 10 Nova Yarosh aud Sejnitza. The
SeTvians followed Rp their success and attacked the
enemy at the two last-named towns, bnt they have
failed to dslodge the Turkish troops. There is a
high road from SejDitza to Now Bazaar, which is on
the direct road from Mtroyitza-the terminus of the
railway from Salonicl--into Seryia and would con-
seqnently be an important point against which to
direct operations. At the time of writing the posi-
ton OF this division appears to be unchanged, except
that both beliigeTeRts have withdrawn troops and
sect them to tho assistance of their cOuntrymen in
the southeastern corner of Servia, where the
inost important engagements have taken place.
II is here that The laaiir fOTce OF the Seryan army
were massod under the commanded Gen. Teherlayeg
ct point on the seryiaa frontier facing the Turk
kh fortress Of Hisch, Two divisions Of this army
crossed 20 the west and east Of the Morava the for
mer, under the command of Col. YOuamovtch, at
tackled the Turks at Prokopljc and Mranor but
were rapulsed The division which crossed into
Bulgaria to the east Of the BIorava made several
reconnaisances In the neighb0rbOIhOod Of Ak
Palanka and PROT both of which are situated nDon
the high road from Sofia 10 Kisch, where reinforce
mcntg were daily arriving for the Turks by this
route Once again were the SerN ans unsuccessful,
and they retired. but not ut that time July 20
and 27l followed up into Seryia by the Turks. The
fo.rth die ision Dg.er the command of Col Leseh-