There seems to be no doubt that the Austrians have
had very serious work to do in the military occupation of Bosnia, nor indeed that the Mahommedan insurgents contrived to inflict a serious check upon one of their divisions. On the 8th and 10th of August, the 20th Division of the Austrian army encountered such severe opposition before Tuzla, that their commander, General Szapary, thought it best to retreat till he could be reinforced, and he retreated to Granacica, which he reached on the 12th. One of the correspondents says that the fanatic, Hadji Lodja, who is leading the resistance to Austria, contemplates creating, if he can, an "autonomous Bosnia, with some slight connection with Constantinople." Of course, an "autonomous Bosnia" means, in Hadji Lodja's mouth, an autonomous State made up of the Mahommedans of Bosnia, and ruling over the Rayahs with a rod of iron. There is no reason to fear the ultimate success of his resist- ance to Austria ; but in the meantime, it is extremely active, and it seems pretty clear that the Sultan has not issued any orders to the
regular troops in Bosnia to submit to the Austrian occupation. Sir A. Layard has not yet got that "enlightened and powerful Prince," as Lord Salisbury calls him, well in hand.
