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Show SERVIA'S EAGLES WIN. For the Bulgarian Forces Suffer Another Heavy Defeat TcDay. Prince Alexander Weary of the Fight and Willing to Come to Time. A Report from 'London That An Armistice Ar-mistice Has Already. Been Agreed Upon. The Fighting at Slivitzna. London,' November 18 The Daily News has a dispatch from Sofia confirming the report of the Bulgarian victory. The Servians Ser-vians lost 10 guns and 356 horses, and it is estimated that 3,000 Servians were killed or wounded. . The Bulgarians on Tuesday captured cap-tured 200 Servian cavalry. The Bulgarians have again repulsed the attacks on Dragoman Drago-man Pass. A. dispatch, from Sofia says:Troop3 are arriving here from Boumelia. Iu the battle near Slivitzna on Tuesday 25,000 Servians were engaged, while there were onlyl5,CC3 Bulgarians. There was DESPEBATB FIGHTING AT SLIVITZNA To-day. The Bulgarians forced the Servian Ser-vian ricrht winff back at the noint of th bayonet for several hundred kilometers with great loss. It is reported the" Servians fired upon the Bed Cross ambulances. The following Servian account is from Tsaribrod: The Servians found the Bulgarians Bulgar-ians in unexpected strength at Slivitzna. The Servians after continuous fighting for eighteen hours are slowly pressing Piince Alexander toward Sofia. The Bulgarians are disputing every inch. Thirty thousand Servians were engaged in yesterday's fighting fight-ing at Slivitzna. Sofia, November 18. A telegram states that the EULQAEIAN TBOOP3 CAPTURED BBESNICK And dispersed the Servians. No fear is entertained en-tertained at present for the safety of Sofia, j London, November 19. Bulgaria is de- j nuding the Turkish frontier of troops, and is sending all her available forces to the front to combat the Servians. The public are allowed to go to the depots en route to see their relatives and friends. 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 slivitzna 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 haying hay-ing ordinary tents to protect them from the severity of the weather. ' - London, November 19. A rumor prevails that an armistice has been agreed upon between be-tween Servia and Bulgaria. Belgrade, November 19. A dispatch from Isaribrod says TWO BULGARIAN BATTALIONS WEBS DEFEATED TO-DAY In an engagement with Servians on the road between Bresnick and Pernick. The Bulgarians Bul-garians lost 200 men killed and wounded. The Servians captured sixty prisoners and a quantity of ammunition and provisions. Brussels, Nov. 19. The Independence Beige to-day publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Sofia, stating that Servians attacked the Third Bulgarian regiment, escorting es-corting an ambulance train, and BATONETTED THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS In the ambulances. The correspondent also states that Prince Alexander submits to the terms of the Sultan, embodied in the latter's reply to the Prince's appeal for help, and begs the Sultan to aid him at once. An account from Tsaribrod, Servian headquarters, head-quarters, of the battle before Slivitzna, says the Servians were UNABLE TO BRING THEIR FULL STRENGTH Into action, and were thus defeated and compelled to withdraw to Dragoman Pass. The junction of the Danube, Drina and Shumalia divisions with the second-class reserves re-serves will be completed to-day. This will bring 48 more battalions of infantry into ction together. |