Arkansas weekly mansion., 1885-11-21
THE DOGS OF WAR;
Lot Slip BY King Milan Over tho
Bulgarian Frontier.

Let Slip By King Milan Over the
Bulgarian Frontier
The Initial sklrmlsh Disastrous TO the Bul.
s.risns-AdvAncInE On Dragoman Pass.
where . sanguIpsry Conflict
IL Inevitable.
r,oypoN, November l5.-Grlm-vlsaged
Wars wrlnkled front Is glowing over
20 balkan provlnces seryla Is at 1t
in earnest, and there Is not to be child's
nlay. A dispatch received last evening
saws the 1rst actual battle occurred on or
about noon yesterday at Tru, little VII
laac on the Bulgarian frontier, on the
road to viaslna, by the advance guard
coming Unexpectedly upon a body Of
bulgarian sklrmlshcrs. The Servlans'
advance was compelled to halt under tho
heavy fire OF the enemy. Relnforcements
we're hurried forward and were met by
large body Of Bulgarlans who had come
up to support their sklrmishers.
The Servlans formed ana
calamity charged the Bulgarian
position, forcing them TO retreat alter
hot daht. The pursuit was kept up for
some distance. The casualties are not
known vet, but from what eau b, ascer'
tanned the Bulgarlans suffered severely.
ThI, first victory greatly elates the Ser.
yIaus, who arc pressing forward with all
speed. The flrst great battle Is expected
10 take place this Sunday morning,
when the advance forces expect to reach
Draroman Defle, rocky gorge on the
frontier. A large force OF Bulgarlans
have been concentrated In this pass and
have thrown up intrcnchments'
bloody and sansuinary ,coaflct Is ex-
pected. -.--
Al Belgrade 1t was officially announced
yesterday that force OF Bulgarians on
Thursday attacked body OF Servlans near
yIsslpa, Tho Servlans returned the fire.
Ten Bnlgarlans, killed or woundoi' we're
left on SetyIsn territory, Several oil tho
ScIvlans were wounded, In consequence
OF the attack oil the Bulgarlans, the Caol'
net on Friday decided to declare war
Accordingly peace ended aud war began
yesterday morning, when the serviah
army moved over the border. King
Milan has assumed command OF the
Scrylau army and active operations viii
De DtVu1 buCt. lut '.'
commenced moving forward and an ad.
vance on Sofa Is anticipated. Inc
troops displayed much enthusiasm
The Servlan army Is marching IN three
divisions on Sofia. General Horvatovitcn
commands the left wing. General Losh.
yeania tho right and King Milan the
center. The whols force Is expected
10 concentrate at Sofia on November 22d.
lrsl- M
tardIng the progress OF the army.
Dispatches from Belgrade state that
King Milan has Informed the powers that
servla has declared war against Bulearm
because Bulgaria arbitrarily attacked
posItIon which the Moravla division OF
the Kings troops held In Serylan terri
tory. Opposite the bulgarian frontier.
King Milan has also Issued q procia-
nation, which IL In substance as follows
"ScryIa eau not allow Bulgaria. which
has already proved hard nelghbor, to
disturb the balance of power In the BAL
k,ns TO her exclusive advantage" lie
then alludcs to what he calls the unjust-
fable bulgarian customs duties on tho
frontier; the unlawful seizure OF nrcgova
and the encouragement by Bulgaria OF
the scryIan rebels condemned Tor high
treason. (lling Milan here refers probably
10 pcko paylovch, the lierzcgovluan
.hlci, aud pashlco, the Setvlan Ridlcal
leader who was expelled by King Milan
from the Skupslschna. Copies OF rcvo-
lulIonary proclamations signed by these
mon and distributed throughout Servla
were recently found by Scrylan officials,
and tho latter claimed that they were
disseminated by the revolutionists under
bulgarian protection. This bulgaria
dcnlcd, claiming that tho men were many
miles distant from the Scrvlan frontier
inlcrned In a iorlress.)
King Milan also alludcs TO alleged III.
treatment OF Scrvan emgrants In Dul.
rarls; the blockade OF the frontier by
y Bulgaria, u,ia .,t.aod attacks by undls'
eiplincd bulgarian volunteers on the
krTylan people aud troops In conclusion
Tho King ssysi 81 cannot suffer these IN.
tcntlonal provocaiions, and | therefore
adopt the policy Of open hostility which
has been forced upon me By Bulgaria,
Scrvla's Just cause now rests on the arbi-
tramcnt OF arms, III, bravery Of her
army, the protection OF tho Almighty,
I rely upon my peoples patriotism"
The various forces ot Scrvla arc as
followsi Field army, G2,oss men with
2Gi gunsi reserve formations, l?, $50
men with 81 guns; reserve army, OF
landwehr, 5..2fO men with 100 guns;
landstrum, ~, 900 men, or total Of l10,.
il2 officers aud men, and Il3 guns. The
Infantry Is armed with the Mauscr riffs,
improved by Major Mrcovanoyitch, which
is Of a callbrc of 1918 millimoires. The
artillery IL variously armed with mnzklc-
leaders and krupp Luns. The total cav
nlry force included IN the above, numbers
| 4, 900 men.
The Bul lgarian field army consists oil
! ~, 900 infantry, LOO cavalry, two resi.
mcnts aud ono company ofartillcry, ESQ
men; a battalion Of engineers, $50 mem
q detachment Of train, 1000 men, and a
forcc OF gcudcarmerlc, 600 mcni or q
total force Of 32,220 mon with l0i guns.
The infantry IL armed with Bcrdan rifles
and the batteries have krupp guns and
guns Of tho latest Russian pattern. The
reserve force consists OF $1,000 men.
There are slso twelve battalions Of land
slrum OF COO men each, or 1900 men,
making a total force OF Go,000 men,
There ID no want OF arms, but there Is
scarcely a sufficient force Of cavalry and
artillery. Tho cavalry numbers 1000
mon, Tho scarcely of Officers, since many
Of the Russian officers returned home, Is
Also a serious matter. Prince Alexander
10 an no'o aud energetic soldier.
The Eastern Roumellan army com
priscs 10, 224 mon Of tho 1rst levy. 10,
ls, Of tho second, 28,i97 Of tho reserve
and 2,t2a men OF the active reserve, max
Log a total Of q, ,030 men. The number
Of officers available 10 altogether out oi
proportion 10 the number Of men. There
Is no scarcity Of arms, a. there Is about
10000 Kruka, 1000 Berdau and G,ooc
Martlnl.IIenry rifles In tho province.
The artillery consists Of four guns, Tho
pul garlan atscnals ut Rustachus and
Rssrad contain a good supply Of arms,
uniforms aud equlpments. Tho arsenal
al Rustschuk Ia turning out 90, 900 Der
dau cartridges par day In addition 10
ammunition for artillery.
ATT PA.
soYfA, November Is. The following a
has been issued by the Government !
"The serviaus having invaded Bulgaria
to-day near Taaribrod, before declaring
war, Bulgaria has decided TO uphold the
National cause BY all The means at hsl
disposal"
inlcuse excitement prevails Active
preparations are being made to defend
the clty A number OF heavy guus are