St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-19
Bulgarians Repulse the servians at SI
vitzna, Prince Alexander Being in
Command.
They Make Brilliant Fight and the Lat
ter Leave the Field With Heavy
Death Loss.
British Forces in Burmah Finally
Capture MinhIa and Enter the
Fortfhcations.
The Way to the Burmese Capital Now
Clear and Theebaw's Trouble
Commences.
BuIgarians win a Victory.

| SlivitZna. Prince Alexander led the Bull
garian columns in person. The Daily News
has dispatch from Sofia confirming the re-
port of Bulgarian victory. The Seryians
! lost ten guns and 346 horses, and it is esti-
mated that 2, coo Servians were killed or
wounded. The Bulgarians on Tuesday cap
tured 200 Servian cavalry. The Bulgarians
have again repulsed attacks on Dragoman,
The Daily Telegraph says: It is almost
certain that Greece will go to war. A cap
! tain of the Greek navy has started for Lon
don to purchase men-of-war. a dispatch
from Sofia says troops are arriving there
from Roumelia. Twenty-Five thousand
Servians were engaged yesterday near
Slivnitza, while there were only Is, 600 Bull
garians in the engagement. There was des-
perate fighting at SlivnitZa to-day. The
Bulgarians forced the Servians' right wing
back at the point OF the bayonct for several
| kilometres with great losses. 1t is reported
the Servians fired upon the red cross am
bulanceS. A militia force from Widdin has
made a successful inroad into Servia. cap
turing $50 prisoners. The Servians re-
treated in disorder from Bulchino. Smoltcha
and Tuden. The following Servian account
is from TZaribrod:
| The Servians found the Bulgarians of u,s.
| expected strength at Shvitzna. The Servians,
| after continuous fighting for eighteen hours,
! are slowly pressing Prince Alexander toward
Sofia, the Bulgarians disputing every inch.
| Thirty thousand Servians were engaged in
| yesterdays fighting at Slivitzna
| A dispatch from Belgrade saws Queen
Natalie has received a telegram from
Zaitchar. announcing the fall of Widdin.
The same dispatch says that portion of
i Morava division. after severe fight, cap
| tured Rademir. Two hundred prisoners
| have arrived at Belgrade from the front. The
| prefect of TIN announces that the Servian
| inhabitants of that place who took refuge
in Servia are at liberty to return. An
official report from the front states that the
! Servians entered Bresnik yesterday. The
town had been abandoned by the Bull
garians, who, in their haste to get away,
left eight guns behind them. The capture
| Of Bresnik leaves that route open to Lefra.
| The Servians carried eighteen lines of in
| trenchments and captured 161 prisoners,
with number of rifles. The Bulgarian
commander at Bresnik fled, leaving
| his military papers behind him. The
| Bulgarian volunteers, with their leader,
| also fed. The Bulgarian army Of the Wild
din district may be considered completely
destroyed and dispersed The Bulgarian
force at Widi has blocked the Danube
river. An official dispatch relative to the
engagements near Slivitzna says that after
heavy fighting Prince Alexander was forced
to retreat to Slivitzna. Both sides lost
heavily. Sharp fighting has occurred on the
left of the Servian advance line. where both
forces held their positions. Official Servian
| reports say:
On King Milan's arrival in Tsaribrod he
was welcomed by the inhabitants as the lib
| orator. The Servians have met with enthusi-
astic receptions at every place in Bulgaria.
| The people have made many complaints
against the Bulgarian administration, espe-
cially against its tribunals.
Seia Bey, the Turkish minister at Bel
grade. has handed to NJ. Gasachainer, the
Servlan prime minister. the porte's formal
protest against Servia's action in Bull
garia. The porte has also sent
to the powers formal protest
against the Servian invasion of Bulgaria.
Turkey reserves the right to take military
action in the matter. Philemon, mayor Of
Athens, in an interview at Paris with NJ.
De Freycinet. minister of foreign affairs,
explained to him the reason why Greece
| was unable to remain inactive during tbs
present struggle in Balkans, and said that
Greece would be obliged shortly to invade
Ottoman territory. NJ. Philemon appealed
for French sympathy. NJ. De Freycines
replied that he was unable to enter into
discussion with NJ. Philemon on the subject.
The Times says:
1t is reported that Turkey and Servia have
agreed to arrange conditions of peace after
the capture of Sofia. Turkey prefers
| strong Servia to strong Bulgaria, but also
| desires to save Prince Alexander's position
| as much as possible. Servia likewise does
not wish to personally humiliate Prince Alex
| ander.
Advices from Belgrade say that Ser
Wan administration has been arranged for
all occupied districts in Bulgaria. The in
| habitants Of the places thus far occupied,
| it is claimed. display a friendly spirit
| toward the Servians. 4 dispatch from
| TZaribrod to the Standard says:
A decisive attack was delayed until all the
| Servian columns had been concentrated. A
! heavy cannsnade was kept up throughout
| the day and several sham attacks were made.
| A private telegram received at Belgrade
| states that all the troops comprising the
Widdin garrison have been made prisoners.
| Latest advices from Tsanbrod say the
united Seryian divisions are marching in
the direction of Sofia.
TIMELY ADVICE.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1S.-The Jour-
nal de st. Petersburg, in an editorial to-
day. advises Prince Alexander to conform
| with the desires of the sultan as expressed
in the latter's reply to Prince Alexander's
request for assistance. and renounce his
| scheme respecting Eastern Roumelia.
This, it says, will deprive Servia of her
pretext for aggression and enable the porte
| to assume a decided attitude towards Ser
| via if she persists in her military aggression.
| Bulgaria has no right to prolong an operation
| ill-begun, and worse prepared, when Europe
| demands peace. 1t is no humiliation for
| young nation to confide her destines to pow
| ers and abandon projects she is unable to
| conduct to a successful issue"
1
| Battered Down Their Stronghold.
| LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The British forces
in Burmah have carried the forts in the
vicinity of Minhla and captured the city,
| after three hours firing from the floating
batteries. the armed launches and the
heavy guns on board the steamers.
| The British lost four men killed and twenty
seven wounded. Alinhla was the most
strongly fortified position on the river. and
| by its capture the way is cleared for the
British advance to Mandalay. as the forts at
! Ava, twelve miles from the Burmese cap
| ital. are only slight structures in comparison
| with those at Minhla.
Foreign Flashes.
The diapason conference at Vienna has
| practically decided in favor Of the French
| pitch.