Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-11-28
The War between servia and Bulgaria.

As these powers seem to have go,
through their diplomatic sparring, and
have got down to actual business, and
as ii is liable to draw some of the more
powerful nations into the conflict be
fore they get through, it is well that our
readers should become posted To some
extent on the subject and know some
thing about the war and what they
kill each other for" We therefore re.
print the following from the Chicago
Inter Ocean:
dispatches from Belgrade state that
king Milan informed the powers that
Servia has declared war against Bulgaria
because Bulgaria arbitrarily attacked a
position which the Morava division OF
the kings troops held in Servian rerri-
tory, opposite the Bulgarian frontier.
King Milan has also issued a proclama-
ton which is in substance as follows
'Servia can not allow Bulgaria, which
has already proved a hard neighbor, to
disturb the balance of power in the
Balkans to her exclusive advantage.
He then alludes to what he calls the un.
justifiable Bulgarian customs duties on
the frontier, the unlawful seizure OF
Bregovo, and the encouragement by
Bulgaria Of the Servian rebels con.
demned for high treason"
King Milan here refers probably Ia
Peko Pavlovich, the Herzegovinian
chief, and Pashico, the servian Radical
leader, who was expelled by King Milan
from the Skuptschina. Copies of revo-
%lutionary proclamations signed bv these
men and distributed throughout Servia
were recently found by Servia officials,
and the latter claimed they were dis.
seminated by the revolutionaries under
Bulgarian protection. This Bulgaria
denied, claiming they were MANY miles
distant from the Servian frontier, in
termed In "a fortress.
King Milan also alludes to alleged i'll
treatment Of Servian emigrants in Bull
garia, the blackade Of the frontier by
Bulgaria, and alleged attacks by un-
disciplined Bulgarian volunteers on the
Servian people and troops, In con
%clusion the king says: II can not suffer
these Intentional provocations, and, I,
therefore, adopt the policy of open
hostility which has been forced upon
me by Bulgaria. Servia's just cause now
rests on the arbitrament of arms, the
bravery Of her army, the protection of
the Almighty. l rely upon my peoples
patriotism"
The servian army crossed the Bull
garian frontier in three divisions at
Tsaribrod, Klissura, and Bregova. They
met with no resistance in crossing.
Sharp fighting occurred at TIN on the
VIasina road, and at Kustendil. Many
were killed and wounded on both sides.
The Bulgarians retreated at all points
The whole Servian army is in Bulgarian
territory.
THE ARMIES.
The various forces Of Servia are az
follows: Field army, 60.2SS men, with
264 guns; re erve formation, 1856 men,
with 81 guns; reserve army or landwehr,
1920 men, with 120 guns; landsturm,
$4,000 men, or a total Of l70,4l2 officers
and men and AS guns. The infantry is
armed with the Mauser rife, improved
by Major Mecovarovitch, which is of q
calibre Of 1918 millimetress. The ar
tillery is ~variously armed with muzzle.
leaders and Krupp guns. The total
cavalry force included in the above
numbers 1900 men.
The Bulgarian field army consists OF
$4,000 infantry, l,+00 cavalry, two regi.
mcnts and n company of artillery,
2,340 men y battalion Of engineers,
$50 men; a detachment Of train, 1000
men, and a force Of gendarmeries, 1000
men, or a total force Of 81, 22O men, with
l04 guns. The infantry is armed with
Berdan rifles, and the batteries have
krupp guns and guns Of the latest Rus
sian pattern. The reserve force consists
of "a 1000 men There are also IL bat.
talions of landsturm of GOO men each, or
1000 men, making a total force Of 10000