Show OPENING OF activities BRINGS BALKAN STATES TO POINT WHERE THEY MUST DECIDE russians meet defeat at hands of von buelow who has won battle in vicinity of kubasko tak ing 2000 prisoners london shells from german guns are bursting in the ruins 0 belgrade as an army ot between and austro germans concentrated along the serbian border from near the doumanian Rou manian frontier to sem alln Is preparing to cut its way through to turkey with the opening ot the bal kan drive roumania Rou manla and greece are brought to a point where they will have to declare either for the powers of the quadruple entente or tor the central empires and their ally the sultan reports that the germans and aus ortans had mobilized forces estimated from to men along the serbian frontier preparatory to a cam palan to crush the serbians Serb ians and open a way for the shipment of munitions to turkey have been received from various sources in the past week there have been several clashes between the gerbs serbs and austrians Aust rians on the frontier in the past few days belgrade was occupied by the aus arians after a siege on december 2 1914 but was by the serbian twelve days later following a fierce battle the recapture of their capital by the gerbs serbs was followed by a campaign which cleared their coun try of invaders until a few days ago the stratas Au made no further at tempt to crush their small neighbor and the intervening time has been oc coupled by the serbians Serb ians in ing their forces having recovered from the check inflicted on him early the in week by the russians von buelow command ing that portion of the army of von hindenburg operating to the west of the raver again has taken the offensive and according to the official report published by berlin has beaten the russians in a battle in the ty of kubasko and pushed them back in a northeasterly direction taking more than 2000 prisoners |