Cited:

“Constantinople, October 26 (Official telegram from the Fremden-Blatt): Following the successive battles that took place near Alexinac in recent days, the Turkish army has stormed a fortification situated on a very high mountain—regarded as the key to the Deligrad Bridge—as well as other, less significant redoubts.

They captured the village of Kavnik, not far from the Deligrad Bridge, where the enemy had established headquarters; occupied the large village of Djunis, located beyond Kavnik on the road leading to the Deligrad Bridge and Kruševac; and stormed several redoubts situated on three mountain slopes.

The Serbs, who had divided into three columns, were forced to abandon their positions and flee; their losses are enormous. Near Mitrovica, the Serbs—having set fire to the Christian and Turkish houses in Manik—advanced in considerable strength, accompanied by several cannons, to a point two and a half hours’ march from Čatal.

After a fierce four-hour battle, the Serbs were decisively defeated and forced to flee, abandoning their positions. As for the Serbs who had concentrated in the vicinity of Bukovlja, they were driven out of the entrenchments behind which they had taken cover. The commander of the Novi Pazar division also attacked the entrenchments erected by the Serbs on the mountain ridge; after meeting little resistance, the Serbs were compelled to abandon their advanced positions, which were then occupied by Turkish troops.”

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Nr 297 Wien Freitag 27 Oktober 1876 XXX Jahrg. Fremden Abend Blatt.