St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-20
The Recent Battle at Slivniza Shown to
Have Resulted Very Disastrously to
the Servians.
Their Death Loss Said to Have Exceeded
the Total Losses Since the Outbreak
Of Hostilities.
Rumors That an Armfstice Has Been
Agreed Upon, but not
Confirmed.
News from the Seat of War Co1ored
by the Servians to Their Own
Advantage.
Bulgarialns Gaining.
Another Vicfnrv

| LONDON, Nov. 19.-The BuIgarians to-
| Gay repulsed the Servian attacks On Slavinji
and drove the enemy back eight kilometers.
Subsequently the Servians opened strong
| artillery fire from the right wing. The
Bulgarians stoutly defended their Do
| sitions, and again repuIsed the Servi-
| ans. The Servian force consisted of three
| battalions of infantry, one of artillery
and squadron OF cavalry. The victory
| finally belonged to the Bulgarians The
| latter further repulsed Servian attack on
Glintzi, taking several prisoners. The behav-
| ior of the Bulgarian troops was admirable.
| Fifty Servian prisoners have arrived here.
To-day's dispatches from the front are
adverse to the Servians. Gen. Mesko-
| witch failed i'll his attempt to capture
| Savinji and was unable to join the
| forces at SlivnitZa. Bulgarian military
| circles are detected in consequence of the
| reverses. 1t is reported that Gen. Benitz-
| klg's division has occupied the road between
Slivnitza and Sofia. Reliable reports state
| that the Servian loss at Slivnitza yesterday
was three times greater than that given in
the official accounts, and actually exceed
| the previous total losses in the outbreak of
hostilities. Prince Alexander was in the
| thick of the battle from beginning to end.
The Servians noticed that he first rode
white horse and afterwards a brown one
| 1t is believed the white horse was shot from
under him.
A rumor prevails that an armistice has
! been agreed upon between Servia and Bull
garia. A dispatch from Tzaribrod says
! that two Bulgarian battalions were de-
feated to-day in an engagement with the
| Servians on the road between Bresnet and
Pernek. The Bulgarians lost 200 men
killed and wounded. The Servians cap
| tured sixty prisoners and a quantity of am
| munition and provisions. Bulgaria is de-
| nuding the Turkish frontier of troops, and
| is sending all her available forces to the
| front to combat the Servian armies, The
public are allowed to go to the depots en-
route to see their relatives and friends, and
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 and presents. Prince
| Alexander's success before Slivnitza has
revived the courage of those going to the
| front, and they undergo extreme hardships
with remarkable fortitude. 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 hav-
| ing even the ordinary tent to protect them
| from the severity Of the weather. An &C
count from Tzaribrod, the Servian head
| quarters, of the battle yesterday before
| Slivnitza, states that the Seryians were
unable to bring their full strength into ac-
| ton and were thus defeated and compelled
to withdraw to Dragoman Pass. The juno
| ion of the Danube, Drina and Shumalia
| divisions with the second-class reserves was
| completed to-day. This will bring forty
eight more battalions of infantry iuto ac-
ton together. A correspondent at Sofia
states that the Servians attacked
the Third Bulgarian regiment, escort
ing an ambulance train, and bay
onetted the wounded soldiers in the
ambulance. The correspondent also states
that Prince Alexander submits to the terms
of the sultan embodied in the Iatters reply
to the princes appeal for help, and begs
the sultan to aid him at once. The British
consul, Lascelles, who is at Belgrade, and
who keeps Lord Salisbury informed Of
everything that transpires in connection
with the war. makes mention of the reported
capture of Widdin by the Servians. 1t is,
therefore, believed that the Bulgarians still
hold Widdin. 1t is noteworthy that almost
all war accounts so far have emanated from
Servian sources, the Servian authorities for
bidding war correspondents to accompany
the Servian forces. Prince Alexander, in
his request to the porte for help, states that
in compliance with the sultan'S demand he
has withdrawn the Bulgarian troops from
Eastern Roumelia