Connecticut western news., 1885-12-02
SERvIA AND BULGARIA..
Disastrous Defeat of King Milan E
 TraOUss

Dispatches from London give the following
 late particulars of the war between Servia
 and Bulgaria:
 The Servians attacked the Bulgarian cen
 tre, but were repulsed, and retired in disor
 der, crossing the frontier near Tzaribrod.
 The Servians are now retiring from their
 positions at Trn. The Bulgarians have ad
 vanced to the front CT. Widdin is being
 shelled by the Servians but has not been
 set on fire The Bulgarian commandans
 there prohibited the passage of eight Aus
 t. tian tugs.
 One of the saddest incidents of the present struggle between Servia and Bulgaria Is the death of General Jovanovitch, late com
 mander of the Danube division of the Servi- an army, who has committed suicide by
 shooting himself with a revolver sooner than survive the disgrace caused by his dismissal from the army. At the battle of Slivnitza the general is said to have disobeyed orders in advancing to the attack, hence his mili- tary death and eventual suicide
 The emperor of Aus ria has donated $lO,- | 900 to be used in succorlng the Servian wounded and has forwarded 100000 cigar
 cites for their use But the presence of an Austrian battalion in Servia at the present moment would do moro good than all the cigarettes In the world.
 Sofia, the dirty capital of Bulgaria, is wild with excitement over the news being
 received from the front, and the uninter- | Sofia it is rumored 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 stormed the heights of Tzaribrod and occu-
 pied the city, Alexander making a triumphal entry into the place and being received with enthusiasm by the populace This settles the report that the S.rvian headouarters had been again removed from Pirot to 1zaribrod CapIHah lQfalt Servian disaster is telegraphed from Belgrade, it being admitted that the Serylans are continuing their retreat, the main army having retired behind the frontier. The troops seem to be entirely de-
 moralized since the capture of Tizaribrod by the Bulgarians falling back almost without re- sistance to Alexander's victorious armies The latter have now occupied all the positions re- i gently held by the Servians in Bulgaria, and are advancing to the frontier. The first
 class of the Servian Landsturm has been
 summoned for active duty, and after completing the maSsing of his
 army, King Milan, according to despatches from Belgrade, will head 6 | final attack upon the Bulgarians If King Milan has the spirit of his dead general, Jo-
 vanovitch, within him, he will perish at the head of his troops or follow JovanoviCch's
 example when confronted by disgrace caused | by military blunders.
 A dispatch from Vienna to the London | Times says: Russia and Englard have in duced the Porte to dispatch a no.e to Servia counselling King Milan to stop the war. The l Seryian war accounts are unreliable. All
 correspondents are excluded from the Servian
 lines except two Austrian correspondents,
 whose dispatches are cooked.n
 As far as can be judged from the conflict | ing telegrams, the situation at the seat of war is as follows: Prince Alexander has held at bay the Morava and Shumadia divisions,
 which were advancing via Radomir, and prevented them from joining the DriQa and Danube divisions. He has driven the latter back from Dragoman | The Morava and Shumada divisions still hold their positions, and are probably commanded anxious as to how the Servians will escape defeat The Servian reveIses are attributed to blunders made by favorites of King Milan, | who are in command