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Show BULGARIAN COWARDS. i f Many of Prince Alexander's Soldiers Surrender to the Servians Without Firing a Gun. The Dragoman Pass Easily Captured, And King Milan's Troops Are Marching On. " A Crushing Defeat for the Bulgarians " ;To-DayV and 1,000 of Them Prisoners of War. The Servians and Bulgarians Now . FifflttLng. Belgbade, November 17. Col. Djuknitch, commanding the Timok division, drove the Bulgarians from their -entrenchments at Kiela and captured 150 prisoners. The total Servian loss is .two officers, fifty men killed and 200 wounded.' The official report from Col. Beneoky says: "After a brilliant charge, Servians carried four Bulgarian re doubts beyond Toaribrod. Col. Djuknitch, with the Timok division, has taken-Kiela. The Servian troops continue advancing every where; and have captured 400 prisoners. The Servians have lost 2CD wounded and fifty killed.' .; r r: A gbeat battle is now being fought In the direction of Dragoman. PeiLrpopoLis, November 16. Twenty thousand thou-sand troops started for the front Saturday. The Students' Legion, composed of youths belonging to the best families of the city, haa Ulan loft fnr ttin aan r.t na. Tl.no Trmo many affecting scenes on their departure. London, November 1G. It is reported that King Milan, at the head of a body of troops, attempted to attac t ihu Bulgarian rear, but was met and realised by a force under Prince Alexander. - Belgbade, November 17. General Topalo-vitch, Topalo-vitch, with the Moravia division, had a desperate des-perate battle with the Bulgarians at Irn, and the latter were totally defeated. The Servians fought with great gallantry, and captured two guns and many prisoners. Three battalions of Bulgarians surrendered. A battalion . of Bulgarian volunteers, stationed at a point on the Timok river, capitulated without fibing a gun To Colonel Djreknitch, commanding the Servian Timok division. The Bulgarians yesterday evacuated their fortified position at Dragoman, which the Servians attacked on Sunday. Details of the capture of the Dragoman pass by the Servians show the Drina and Shumadga divisions under Colonels Michkovitch and Benecky were engaged and attacked the Bulgarians in force, completely routing them. Hordes of Bulgarians laid down their arms, being panic-stricken. Several guns were captured and the pass abandoned. Belgbade, November 17. The Servian division marching on Widdin, gave battle to the Bulgarians near Widdin, and inflicted upon them A' C UHSHING DEFEAT. The loss is heavy on both sides. The Servians Ser-vians captured 1,030 prisoners. PBINCE LEXANDEB PLEADS. Vienna, November 17. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, has sent a note to the Powers, as follows: "Bulgaria, after espousing the Rounielian cause, did her utmost to comply with the decision of the Ambassadors and to prevent agitation. She sees now the Servian Ser-vian invasion - without Servia sending through the Porte, the only good channel, an ultimatum, in conformity with the inter-! inter-! national law. Will Europe, who is anxious, and Turkey, who is jealous for the integrity of her empire, allow Servia to infringe on the principle of that integrity on which they laid stress in the case of Bulgaria under circumstances of much less gravity. The Powers know whence the aggression emanated. eman-ated. Bulgaria, as a vassal, is unable to declare war, and has addressed the Sultan directly on the matter, without getting a reply. She has ordered M. Tzaniff, her special envoy at Constantinople, to demand a reply from Said Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs. . Bulgaria has not violated ,the . integrity of Turkey, because Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia belong be-long to Turkey, whilst Servia is an independent inde-pendent state, and violates the integrity of Turkey for territorial aggrandizement at the expense of Bulgaria to satisiy Servian ambition am-bition and egotism. Bulgaria relies on the sense of justice of the Powers, as Europe must speak the last word on the question. |