The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
THE ELATED BULGARIANS
Great Enthusiasm Among
Them Caused by Victories.
6ERVIAN RETREAT
The Losses in the Recent Battles
Believed to Have Exceeded
tho Reports.

nudlne the Turkish frontier of troops and
is sending all her available forces to the
front to combat the Servians. The public
are allowed to 60 to the depots enroute to
see their relatives and friends. Many OF
the villagers tramp long distances and wait
at the depots several hours, and in some
cases whole days and nights in order to see
their friends and give them flowers ana INC
presents. Prince Alexander's success be-
fore Stivinitza has revived the courage OF
those going to the front and they undergo
extreme hardships with remarkable forti-
tude. In many cases they are compelled to
march long distances in bad weather, and
at night camp in open spaces where they
are shelterless, not having an ordinary tent
to protect them from the severity OF the
weather.
AN ARMIsTICE.
The rumor prevails that an armistice
has been agreed upon between Servia and
Bulgaria. s,..s,.
ASoyEf ACCOUNT.
BELGRADE, NaSS9hter 19.-An account
from Tsaribrod, Servian headquarters OF
the.battle, yesterday before Stivnitza, states
the Servians were unable to bring their 1ull
strength into action and were thus defeated
and were compelled to withdraw to Drago-
man Pass, junction OF the Danube.
DRAWING IN.
The Servian headquarters have been
withdrawn to Prot.
ADDITIONAL TROOPS.
The Drina and Shumalia divisions with
second-class reserves will be completed to.
day. This will bring forty y-eight more bat
talions of infantry into action together.
sERvIAN VICTORY.
A dispatch from Isaribrod says twelve
Bulgarian battalions were defeated to-day
in engagements with the Servians between
Bresnik and Pernik. The Bulgarians lost
200 killed and wounded, and the Servians
captured sixty prisoners and a quantity oi
ammunition and provisions.
BAYoNETTING THE WOUNDED.
BRUSSELS, November 19.-Independence
Belize to-day publishes dispatch from it's
correspondent at Sofia, stating that the
Servians attacked the Third Bulgarian
Regiment, escorting the ambulance train,
and bayonetted the wounded soldiers in
the ambulances. The correspondent also
states that Prince Alexander submits to the
terms of the Sultan, embodied in the lat
ter's reply to the Princes appeal for help,
| and begs the Sultan to aid him at once.
IN THE THICKEsT OF THE FIGHT.
SEML1N November 19.-Reliable reports
AOoo e~s
| SIivnitza yesterday was three times greater
| than was given in the official accounts and
actually exceeded the previous total loss
| Since the outbreak of hostilities, Prince
Alexander has been in the thickest OF the
| battle from the beginning to the end. The
Servians have noticed that he first rode a
white horse and afterward a brown horse
| It is believed that the white horse was shot
from under him.
WIDDEN NOT TAKEN.
| LONDON, November 19.-British Consu
Lacelles. at Belgrade, is keeping Lord Sails
bury informed OF whatever transpires ir
connection with the war, but he makes nc
mention of the reported capture OF Widde1
by the Servians. It is believed that the
| Bulgarians still hold Widden.
| CoNsrANr1NoPLE, November 10. - Th'
| Balkan conference met to-day, and 1T II
stated that one of the results is that E
| Turkish envoy will 60 to Philipopolls
under the Porte's name, but without {
mandate from the conference.
| sERvIAN DENIAL.
| VIENNA, November 19.-The official Ser
viun report received here this Afternoon
saws: The accounts that the troop
| menacing Stivnitza were repulsed by tn
Bulgarians under the immediate commant
! of Prince Alexander are false. The Bul
garians succeeded in approaching tn
Servian position under cover OF heav.
fog, but after sharp fighting they were re
pulsed. The Servians drove the Bulgarian
to the Slovinyi intrenchments, and in tn
whole engagement had 500 men killed an
wounded. A reconnoitering force sent il
the direction of Slovinyi was skirmishin
for two hours with the Bulgarians, and re
| tired within the Servian lines.
| BRAVE BUI.GARRIANs.
SOFIA, November 19.-The Bulgarian
repulsed the Servian attacks on Slaveny
and drove the enemy back eight kilometres
Subsequently the servians opened stron
artillery fire efrom the right wing The Blu
garians bravely defended their position
and again repulsed the Servians. The Sci
Wan force consisted OF three batallions
infantry, one OF artillery and squadro
of cavalry. The victory finally belongln
to the Bulgarians. The latter further r.
pulsed Servian attack on Glintzi, takin
several prisoners. The behavior OF tn
Bulgarian troops was admirable. FIT
Servian prisoners have arrived here.