Show I SERBIA THOUGHT DOOMED I Resistance ce of Nation Nearing Last St Stage g Only a Miracle Can Save Balkan BalIan S State ate FIGHT TO DEATH In Fighting No Q Quarter Is Given or Asked by Soldiers of ot I II Serbian Government t I II BERLIN Via London Oct 27 27 I p p. p m. m connection between between be- be I tween the German Austro-German force In 1 Serbia 5 and the Bulgarian Bavarian army of or General has been established on the Danube river river to the east of Brza according according ac ao cording to the official announcement announcement announce announce- I ment given out today by the German Ger Ocr I Iman man army headquarters staff I LONDON Oct 27 The Tj Tha f desperate plight of the Serbians J I which has been described ever since the beginning of the Aus Aus- J tro-German tro and Bulgarian in invasions in- in as an affair of ot national life and death Is no longer a rhetorical rhetorical rhe rho phrase but the literal tr truth th London's optimism regarding tho the outcome of the Balkan conflict which had been colored by reports report of the determined Serbian resistance resistance resistance resist resist- ance and the difficulties which the Invaders are meeting has now yielded to the conviction that It will take something in th the the- nature Q p ot avert to avert a a. disaster to S Serbia Lord Lansdowne's L-ansdowne's exposition orthe ot or the he Macedonian campaign in the House of at Lords yesterday Is ro- ro regarded regarded re re- as an Indication that the as assistance assistance assistance as- as the allies have been able to offer Serbia Is not sufficient to her needs The appeal of the Serbian premier to England to do everything you YO can to insure your troops reaching us as soon as 8 pos I sible intimates that the resistance ce of the Serbians is nearing its Us last stage Armies Near Junction German Austro-German and Bulgarian forces are now now within twenty miles of each other Southwest and southeast southe southeast south south- e east st of at Belgrade Invading armies are advancing along a mile hundred front twenty-five twenty to forty miles miless s south uth of the Danube Analysis of the tile situation in regard to the Bel- Bel grade Nish railroad shows shoW'S that the Germans command the first i fifty miles from Belgrade the Serbians Serbians Serbians Ser Ser- the next miles the Bulgarians Bulgarians Bul Bul- garlans the next miles and the French the last fifty miles to the Greek frontier No details have been received here concerning the reported recapture recapture recapture recap- recap ture by the Serbians of Veles All dispatches continue to de da- describe scribe the intensely stubborn resistance resistance resist resist- ance of the Serbians According to accounts which have reached here hare concerning the capture of the Serbians defended every foot of ground furiously and no quarter was given on either side Although the Bulgarian forces are said to havo have outnumbered the Serbians ten to toone toone toone one they made only prisoners All tho the others fought to the death Communication between the Au Aus- Aus tro German and Bulgarian armies Ison is ison ison on the point of being established and the dispatch of munitions to Constantinople is expected to begin within a few tew days according to information information information in in- formation from Turn Severin Rumania Rumania Rumania Ru Ru- mania sent to the Times by Its Its- correspondent cor COl respondent in Bucharest This communication is being effected ef ct in the northeastern corner of ot Serbia where the the- distance between the Hungarian and Bulgarian fron fron- frontiers frontiers tiers is only forty miles mUes in Flames The dispatch describes the Austrian Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian occupation of Tekla Tekia which was accomplished after efter a bombard bombardment merit ment lasting many hours Austrian troops crossing the Danube in six eighty boats The Tile advance on Immediately followed At 4 o'clock Tuesday morning was in flames the Serbians having started many fires Refu Refugees ees from reaching the Rumanian shore of the Danube included civil authorities and several Serbian cers Oct 26 Via Paris Oct 27 Tho 27 Tho Bulgarians have been completely driven out of Serbia ona on a lino line extending from the French sector to and They have bave been pushed back alsofrom alsofrom also alsofrom from Veles Velas to the outskirts of probably rendering their line Une untenable owing to the tha Continued on pa page e 8 c SERBIA THOUGHT Continued from page 1 L menace of ot a Serbian attack on both sides de Offensive operations against Nish have not proceeded beyond Pirot PiroU The Germans Austro are making the most violent efforts but their progress is extremely slow The city of Nish is tranquil and seems to be in no immediate danger The government archives and the foreign foreign for for- eign legations have been moved only as far where they are awaiting developments Crown Prince Arrives Crown Prince George arrived at this afternoon PARIS Oct 27 The The of ot Athens as quoted by the Havas agency says that steps are being taken by the tho Bulgarian and Turkish ministers to Greece with the intention intention tion of establishing the right of their governments government's troops to th pursue the Serbians and their allies into Greek territory should the occasion arise These ministers the says have complained to Premier of Greece that the presence of foreign foreign foreign for for- eign tro troops ps in Greek Macedonia is contrary to the spirit of neutrality and places the Bulgarian forces operating operating operating op op- op in Serbian Macedonia in a difficult situation 8 M. M recalled recalled re reo re- re called the fact that Greece had protested protested pro pro- tested to the allies at the time of the first landing of ot troops Since making this reply to Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key and Bulgaria the question has not been discussed but it is expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex further representations will willbe willbe be made to Greece The Bulgarian newspapers are conducting a campaign against the presence of ot allied troops at |