The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-22
RZOGOVAN
The Uprising Which is Now Seriously
Troubling Austria.
Government Troops and the Insur-
gents Meet in Battle.
The Herzogovanian resurrection.

The HerzogO vanian -Insurrection.
New York, Jan. GA telegram by
the London cable says: Our CORES.
pendent at Ragusa sends a long dis
patch respecting the formidable insur-
rection which has broken out against
the Austrian rule at Herzogovania.
Telegraphlng on Thursday night, he
says:
Herzegovina has risen. The focus of
the Instruction lies in the district that
was the scene of the first uprising
against the Turks, In 1875. The insur-
gent corps are forming in the mountains
near Nevisinjo, Gatseo, Gubinjest, Fe-
cha, Bileh and Toebinje. The warlike
clan Of Zuebi, IN the borders of Kuves-
ella, have burned their homesteads and
Joined the insurgents under the well
known guerilla chief V~ulkalavich, and
the villagers OF the Herzogovanian from
tier near Rogasa are following their
example.
The rising seems to have been simul-
taneously planned, and is not without
organization. The insurgents do not
lack resources, and the men are receiv-
ing about seven pence and a half pound
of flour daily. The othodox Moham-
medan population are fraternizing with
the insurgents and Mohammedan gen.
d'arms are DESERVING en- masse the
national camps, naturally taking with
them the arms and accoutrements SO
thoughtfully distributed among them
by the Austrians.
Even in the Catholic districts of Po-
COMO the well known chief Mussich is
reported to have made his appearance.
On the whole the Mohammedan ele-
ment prevails among the insurgents.
The Turkish hey at Yecha succeeded
in raising in 4S hours a picked band of
240 men.
The issolated Austrian ports in upper
Herzogovania is very ~precarious. despite
the feverish activity of the military
authorities in dispatching reinforce
ments.
AT Daban from ten to twenty SOL
diers were cut to pieces. The boidness
of the insurgents may be judged from
the fact that five soldiers were cut
down in the very suburbs of Castle
Nuovo.
The air is naturally full of wild re-
ports, some of which need confirma-
ton, So much Is certain, that the sit
uation even on the Dalmatian Herzogo-
vanian frontier is SO critical that the
garrison of Ragusa had to be sent for
ward in the night to reinforce the en-
dangered posts.
The movement is stated to be a thor
oughly national one. The watchword
of the insurgents is, death to the
stranger" A serious engagement was
fought between Gatsche and Bilek, the
result of which the Austrians are en-
deavoring to conceal. 1t is reported
that they were repulsed.
Our correspondent t~elegraphing yes
terday afternoon, says that 1000 addi-
tional troops were shipped at Trieste.
Ragusa is the base of the operations
against the insurgents. The plan OF
the campaign seems to be to drive the
military wedge forward to the Monten-
egrin frontier, near Bileh, so as to sep
crate the Trivascian from the Herza-
%govanian band.
Vienna, Jan. 21.-The war depart
ment will not send any more bodies of
troops south, but will arrange for
strengthening the regiments stationed
at Bosnia, HerzeRovanis and Dalmatia,
excepting those in the Ira district.
Gen. Gevavovich reports that a corpo-
raj Of the 18th regiment, with a small
detachment, who was in charge of an
outpost north Of Bileik, was attacked
on the 18th instant by 200 insurgents,
and after defending himself in a house
for thirty hours, upon the withdrawal
of a portion of his assaIlants, fought
his way through those remaining and
reached Korito. He received a gold
medal for his valor.
A lieutenant colonel commanding a
body of landwehr marched on the 10th
inst. into Biliek from Korito, with a
convoy Of provisions and ammunition