The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-26
FOREIGN NOTES.
The Turkish Army Is Defeated and
Routed al AIcIinats BY the
SerVlans.
Fifteen Thousand Followers Of the Crescent
Killed and Wounded Pending the
Battle, Prince Milan Made
0vertures for Peace.
Tunnel Connecting England and
France.

tunnel Connecting England and
France.
LONDON, August 25.--Soundlngs for
the liHnsel tunnel, to connect England
and France, will be finished by the
end OF August The engineers report
the results very satisfactory.
Montreal Reaching for the Australian
Trade,
MONTREAL, August ga commit.
tee has been appointed by the board of
trade to confer with the west business,
men on the question ofcommoroial re.
lations between Canada and Australia.
Tnrky InyRdes the Austrian Frontier
ana Commits Deprc hntious.
HARA, August 25,--The Turks yester.
day violated the Austrian frontier near
Ossinil, seized ninety sheep and cat.
tie, and then fired upon the peasants,
wounding one, Another was oaptur.
ed and decapitated They also fired ut
the Austrian gendarmes, and then re
treated into their own territory with
the booty. Two companies of Austrian
troops have arrived ut Ossinik.
Prince Milan Desires Mediation Look.
Ing 10 Peace.
VIENNA, August %. Prince Milan
last night INVITED all foreign consus
to conference ut the palace, IL il
understood the conference related 10
negotiations for an armistice and peace,
ana that the prince expressed desire
for peace and requested mediation
looking thereto,
VIENNA, August % The Political
Correspondence publishes the following
particulars concerning the overture of
Prince Milan for peace: Full Justice
having been done to military honor by
the six days lighting at Alexanitz,
where there Is no prospect of suUness
for either side, continuance of thu
struggle would only involve a useless
sacrifice of life aud further losses {;
therefore the Prince summoned the
representative of the guaranteeing
, powers, and declared his readiness
, gratefully to accept their good offices
and requested them to use their In.
tluence to re-establlsh good under.
stanUing between himself and the
Porte, and procure cessation OF hos.
tllities everywhere, including Monte.
negro. Tho foreign representatives
Immediately communicated by tele.
graph with their respective govern
ments.
Tho Porte opposed 10 nm Armistice.
BERLIN, August %. Germany has
decided to send IN officer to Turkish
headquarters to report any further
crnelties. The Porte refuses to grant
an armistioe until preliminaries for
peace are settled.
the Turkish Army Taken ia Rear ana
Front,
LONDON, August pa special dis
patch to the daily News from Belgrade
says General Tchenoyeir has tele.
graphed to Prince Milan that the Ser
vians won great victory Thursday.
General Horvatouch abandoned the
pursuit Of the Turks at Fresibaba, and
attacked the rear of the Turkish right
wing, while Tchenoyetf at the same
time attacked the Turks In front. The
Turks were routed, with loss, accord.
ing to Tchenoyeil's dispatch, OF fifteen
thousand killed, wounded and prison.
ers. Thlrty.one Russian officers were
killed in the battle. A Belgrade tel J.
gram to the Times says it Is almost
certain that the war Is about at an end.
The Servlans are ignorant of the fact
that their government il sueing for
peace. The news OF Tchenoyeft's victo-
ny is spreading like wild fire, and there
10 great rejoicing. Success at this time
Is unfortunate, as 1t will be made use
Of by the war party, but may help Ser
via to secure better terms.