The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-11-21
WARS I'm EUROPE AND ASIA.
Bulgarian Victories and British
Successes.

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LoSDox, November 18.-The Bulgarians,
after desperate fighting, have carried every
one of the Seryian positions which were me-
nacing Slivnitzka. Prince Alexander led the
Bulgarian columns in person. At Widdin a
Bulgarian force has blocked the Danube. a
despatch from Sofia says: Troops are arriving
here from Roumelia. Twenty-Five thousand
Servians were engaged yesterday near Sllvnlt-
Zka, while there were only fifteen thousand
Bulgarians in the engagement There was
desperate fighting at Slivnitzka to-day. The
Bulgarians forced the Servian right wing back
at the point of the bayonet for several kllo-
metres with great losses. 1t IS reported that
Servians fred upon the Red Cross ambulances
A militia force from Widdin has made a sue
cessful inroad into Servia, capturing $50 pris-
oners. The Servians retreated in disorder
from Butchinc, Smoltcha and Tudem. The
following Servian account is from Tsarlbrod ::
''The Seryians found the Bulgarians of unex-
pected strength at Slivnitzka. The Servians,
after continuous fighting for eighteen hours,
are slowly pressing Prince Alexander to-
wards Sofia, the Bulgarians disputing every
inch.'
The Daily Ne,cs of tomorrow Thursday
has despatch from Sofa confirming the re-
port of a Bulgarian victory. The Servians
ed that 8, 200 Servians were killed or wound
ed The Bulgarians on Tuesday captured
! 200 Servian cavalry. The Bulgarians have
again repulsed attacks on Dragoman.
The Daily Telegraph says: 1T is almost
certain that Greece will go to war. A captain
of the Greek navy has started for London to
! purchase men, of-war."
Thirty thousand Servians were engaged in
today's fighting at Slivnitzka. A despatch
from Belgrade says Queen Natalie has receiv-
ed telegram from Zatchar, announcing the
fall of Widdin. The same despatch says that
a portion of the Morava division, after a
severe fight, captured Radomir. -Four hmm
bred prisoners have arrived at Belgrade from
the front. The Project of Trn announces
| that the Servian inhabitants of that place who
took refuge in Servia are at liberty to return.
| Official Servian reports say: ION King
Milan's arrival in Tsaribrod he was welcomed
| by the inhabitants as the 'hberator. The
! Servians have met with enthusiastic receptions
at every place in Bulgaria. The people have
made many complaints against the Bulgarian
administration, especially against the trlbu-
nals.'
1t is reported that Turkish army corps
has concentrated at Kumanova, near Uskub,
at the junction of the Nissa and Sofia roads,
and has thrown out outposts on the SerWan
and Bulgarian frontiers.
The Di1itto, of Rome, says Austria is
disposed to concede territorial notifications
to italy in return for Italy's support of chan
ges in the political constitution of the Balkan
territory King Milan has issued decree
| forbidding the ill-treatment of prisoners or
non-combatants
BELGRADE, November 18.-An official des-
patch relative to the engagement between the
| Servians and Bulgarians near Sllvntzka says
that after heavy fighting Prince Alexander
| was forced to retreat before the Servlan posi-
tons and retire to Slivnitza. Both sides lost
F! heavily. Sharp fighting has occurred on the
I left of the Servian advance line, where both
forces hold their positions. An official report
| from the front states that the Servlans entered
Bresnik yesterday. The town had been aban-
doned by the Bulgarians, who, in their haste
to get away, left eight guns behind them.
The capture of Bresnik leaves the route e, open .
to Sofia. The Bulgarian army of the Wlddln
district may be considered completely Destroy
ed and dispersed.
Further details of the capture CT Bresnlk
state that the Servians carried thirteen lines
of entertainments and captured l6l prisoners,
with a number of rifles The Bulgarian com
mander at Bresnik, General PhilipoH, fled,
leaving his military papers behind HIM. Inc
Bulgarian volunteers, with their leader, also
fed
PARIS, November Ism. Philemon, Mayor
of Athens, in an interview with Nj. Freyclnet,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, explained to him
the reason why Greece was unable to remain
inactive during the present struggle IN the
Balkans, and said that Greece would be
obliged shortly to invade Ottoman territory.
CoNsTANTIYoPLE, November l8.-Ihe Porte
has sent to the powers formal protest against
the Servian invasion of Bulgaria. Turkey re
serves the right to take military acton IN the
matter.
1t is reported here that the army divisions
in the Kieff, Kaharkof and Odessa districts
have been ordered to prepare to mobilize at
any moment
SoFIA, November 1S.-A telegram received
here states that Bulgarian troops have recap
tured Bresnik and dispersed the Servians
No fears are entertained at present for the
safety of Sofia.
RGNGeoH, November 18.-The British
forces have carried the forts in the vicinity OF
Minhla, and captured the city after three
hours fighting from the floating batteries, the
armed launches and the heavy guns on board
the steamers. The British lost four men kill
ed and twenty-seven wounded. Minhla 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
capital, are only slight structures in compar-
son with those at Minhla.