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Show SERBIAN DEFENSE II NORTH BROKER Teutonic and Bulgarian Invaders Control the Principal Strategic Positions; Po-sitions; Serbs Fighting Doggedly as They Retire Re-tire to the Mountain Passes. AUSTRO-GERMANS OCCUPY KRUSEVAC British Army Is Said to Have Marched Into Bagdad, Moral Capital of Moslems; Russians Said to Have Landed on Bulgarian Coast. (Bp-fal Cble by Arrangement with London Daily Telegraph and International News Service.; 1 LOXDOX, Xov. 8. Throughout northern Serbia the Serbian defense has collapsed, and the invaders, Tsu- tonic and Bulgarian, now control the principal strategic points in that sec- : tor. The Serbians are fighting doggedly dogged-ly as they retire into the mountains ' west and southwest of Xish. Their position po-sition is growing constantly more hazardous, haz-ardous, as the Bulgarians are behind ! I them in the region of Uskub. The only ; hope for the northern army of Serbia appears to be a retirement in the direction di-rection of Montenegro. L'p to date the Montenegrins have successfully held their ground against the Austrian invaders in-vaders and have kept open a side door for the Serbian retreat. In a battle which has continued for several days the Montenegrins claim to have inflict- 1 ed another defeat upon the Austrians,1 but it is reported tonight that Austria is concentrating a force of 120,000 men t iu Herzegovina for an invasion of Mon-! tenegro. The Montenegrins have uot ! more than 40,000 soldiers for the de- j fense. !' Fall of Krusevac. j The Austro-Gprmans have succeeded in crossing the Morava river in Serbia, and General vod Gallwitz has occupied: Krusevac, one of Serbia's largest towns, about thirty miles due northwest of I Xish. Tho fall, of Krusevac means f that the brauch railway line to Ushitze, i near the Bosnian frontier, has been .broken by the invaders close to the ' point where it leaves the main Belgrado- ; Xish-Saloniki line. A large number of; prisoners, ten guns and a lot of war material fell into German hands. j London heard tonight through Rome! that the British army operating north ! from the Persian gulf had occupied ! Baodad. Xot a word on the subject can be obtained from the war office, but ' if the report is true it should produce enormous results in the Moslem world, which considers Bagdad the moral cap- ; ital of Mohammedanism rather than Constantinople or Mecca. Landing of Russians. Once more the report has been circulated circu-lated that the Russians have landed upon the Bulgarian coast. This time it is said that the army numbers 80,000 men and that 200,000 more will arrive by land if Rumania does not oppose. The landing of allied troops at Saloniki continues, and the total has now reached 220,000. With ' such a force the allies should soon be prepared to undertake a vigorous offensive offen-sive in Serbia and in southwestern Bul-ga Bul-ga ria. In a statement yesterday to a correspondent corre-spondent of the Paris Temps at Die small town of Rachka, in winch the Serbian government is lodged temporarily. Premier Pre-mier Pa'ehtich said: "The hopes and moral forces of the en- , tire Serbian people and army remain undisturbed, un-disturbed, notwithstanding the present aspect as a result of the Austro-German and Bulgarian invasions. Our troops, i fighting for a mouth, our enemies have 1 not attained the purpose they are seeking. seek-ing. German success lias not yet been marked. Still Have Faith. "Army headquarters, t tie government and the people are persuaded that aa soon as allied troops ariive in sufficient numbers and begin action success will le rapid and instant. Moreover, we are (Continued on Page Iwo.) SERBIAN DEFENSE II NORTH BROKEN (Continued from Page One.) convinced that this success will mark the beginning of the end of the general wa r. " The attitude of Rumania is becoming less clear. One dispatch announces that Rumania has disarmed all Russian steamers and tugs upon the Danube, substituting sub-stituting the Rumanian flag. Another states that a great fleet of Russian torpedo tor-pedo boats and- destroyers Is ascending the Danube to attack the Austrian fleet and destroy the transports laden with munitions which are unloading at Vidin. , Details of the. battles at Isvor and Ba-buna Ba-buna pass show that the fighting was terribly bloody, owing to the stubbornness stubborn-ness of the Serbians and Bulgarians, who slaughtered each other without pity. Heaps of slain remained on the field. French Guns Win the Day. The battle wras decided upon the third day, as a result of the arrival of French artillery and British cavalry. The French guns demoralized the Bulgarians and the cavalry accentuated the panic. Seven hundred prisoners already have arrived at Monastir. These state that the wars of J912 and 19K! were child's play In comparison with this one. Officers among the prisoners captured state that Bulgaria has obtained victories, but at a heavy oost. One-third or the Bulgarian army is said to be hors de combat. A telegram from -Sofia says that the Bulgarian capital is bedecked, with Hags in celebration of the occupation of Nish and Kraguyevatz. The demonstrators are all said ; to be Macedonians. The Bulgarians, Bul-garians, on the other hand, are indifferent indiffer-ent and are terrorized by the great number num-ber of wounded arriving at Sofia. Numerous Nu-merous hospitals are being built. Wounded Wound-ed officers say that the Serbians are not allowing themselves to ho captured, and that women and children are righting in the first line. Russian Attacks. The Russians continue their attacks in Courland. Volhynia and Galicia. and, while they report some successes, they apparently are not making any attempt to advance. According to Petrograd correspondents, there Is no intention of such an attempt, the. present object of the attacks being to harass the Austro-Germane Austro-Germane and prevent them from preparing prepar-ing positions for the winter. The Italians-captured the Col di Lana, and after a charge through the snow hoisted the Italian (lag on the summit. The Austrian war office admits that the Col di Lana was taken by the Italians, but declares that counter-attacks by the Austrians resulted in its recapture. Submarines are becoming more active. The British have sunk in the Baltic the German cruiser Undine, which was escorting es-corting a German ferry steamer, and now all the German ships in that sea are under heavy convoy. In the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean the Germans have sunk several steamers, Including the British boarding steamer Tara. |
