The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09
THE WAR In THE EAST.
King Milan's Forces Driven Out
of Bulgarian Territory.
The SerVian Troops Demoralized by
a Series OF Defeats.

Dispatches from London give the following
late particulars of the WAL between Servia
and Bulgaria:
Th, Servians att ,cked the Bulgarian CEN
ire, but were repLlsed, and retired III dlSor-
der, crossing the frontier near TzAribrod.
The Servians are now retiring from their
positions at Tn. The Bulgalians have adj
vanced to the frontier. Widdin is being
shelled by the Servlans. but has not baen
set on fire. The Bulgarian commandment
there prohibited the passage of eight Aus
t. ian tugs.
One of the saddest incidents of the present
struggle between Servia and Bulgaria Is the
death Of General J~ovanovitch, late COM
mander Of the Danube division of the Seryi-
an army, who has committed suicide by
shooting himself with a revolver sooner than
survive the disgrace caused by his dismissal
from tho army. At tho battle of SlivnltZa
the general is said to have disobeyed orders
in advancing to the attack, hence his mill
tary death and eventual suicide.
The emperor of Aus ria has donated S!0,-
0O0 to be used in sic :orlng the Ssrvlan
wounded and has forwarded l,0o0.OOO cigar
cites for their Use. But the presence of an
Austrian battalion il Servia at the present
moment would do mors good Il a oil the
cigarettes III the world.
Sofia, the dirty capital of Bulgaria, IS
wild with excitement over the news being
received from the frolt, and the unlnter-
rupted SUI ,ces sion o. Bulgarian triumphS. In
Sofia it is rumore that Prince Alexander, of
Bulgaria, has followed up his victories
and is driving the Servians slowly
but surely from Bulgarian territory.
The latest dispatch says that the prince
pied the city, Alexander making a triumphal
entry into tho place and being receive | with
enthusiasm by the ~populace. This settles the
report that the S;rvian headquarters had
bsen again removed from Prot to Tzarlbrod.
4 decided confirmation of the latest
Servian disaster is telegraphed from
Belgrade, it being admitted that
tn. Servlans ara continuing their retreat,
the m lin army having retire benin! the
frontier. The tro Ups seem to b3 emit rely DE-
moralizel since the capture of Tizaribroi by
thu Bulgarians falling back almost without re-
sistanc,to A,exanders vict Jrious armies. The
latter have now o .cupied all the positions re-
Gently held by the Servians in Bulgaria, and
are advancing to the frontier. The hrst
class Of tho Servian Landsturm has been
summoned for active duty, and after
completing tn; massing OF ms
army, King Milan, according to
dispatches from Belgrade. will head a
final attack upon the Bulgarians. If King
-ulioI1 LSLS UlAO SpliAo VI Ato NS"N
yanovitch, within him, he will perish at the
head of his troops or follow JovanovltchS
example whom confronted by disgrace caused
by military blunders.
A dispatch from Vienna to the London
Times says: ''Itussia and England have in
ducel the Porte to dispatch a note to Servla
counseiling King Milan to stop the war. The
Seryian war accounts are unreliable. All
correspondent, are exciu led from the Servlaa
lines except two Austrian correspondents,
whose di spatches are cooked"
AS far as car be jld5el from the conflict:
ing kilograms, the situation at the seat OF
war is as follows: Prince Alexander has he'll
at bay tho Morava and Shumaiia divisions,
which were advancing via Radomir; and
prevented them from joining the Drina
and Danube divisions. He has driven
the latter back from Dragoman.
The Morava and Shumadia divisions still hold
their positions, AMI are probably commanded
BY King Milan. The people of Belgrade are
anxious as to how the Servians vii escape
defeat. The Servian reverses are attributed
to blunders made by favorites of King Milan.
who are in command.