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Show SERVIANS DEFEAT AUSTRIANARMIES Nlsh, Servla, via London. Sept 13 10 p. m It is announced that the Servian offensive continues successfully success-fully Servian troops have crossed the Save at several points, and it is said that the Servians are being received re-ceived enthusiastically by the population popu-lation of Hungary. A semi-official statement reviewing the operations against Austria since the outbreak of the war makes no mention of the capture of Semlin, before be-fore reported, but says: "The ustrlans have sent all their troops to the east to stem the advance ad-vance of the enormous Russian wave The small total force which It has at Its disposal already augurs fresn successes for us. If by a miracle, Austria escapes the catastrophe by which It is menaced, it will be little Servia that has dealt the severest blow to its prestige " The statement asserts that in August Au-gust Austria threyv 350,000 men against Servia 200. ooo of these at the weakest point along the frontier on the Save and Drlna from Lju-bova Lju-bova lo Shabatz. After sanguinary fighting the tide turned on August 10, the Austrians being completely beaten and pursued along the whole line. "The enemy's only thought." con tinues the statement, "yvas of reaching reach-ing as quickly as possible the bridges it had throyvn across the Drlna. not even thinking of destroying them completely after their passage. The enormous losses of the enemy were due to the massed formation of the Austrians The had 10.000 killed, G000 of whom fell at the river Tser 40,000 Prisoners. "In one small village 600 bodies were burled. The prisoners, not Including In-cluding the wounded number 40,000. Thirty thousand will not cover the total of the enemy's wounded. In the maize fields along the valley of the Drina. and In the forests, some of the enemy's soldiers who were thrown in the rear, are still being encountered. encoun-tered. Among these are some officers offi-cers who for more than a week had lived solely on maize " The statement says that 150 guns were captured and the Seventh LuSr trian corps practically was annihilated annihila-ted It adds "What is left Is incapable of car-i rying out military operations. It has left in our hands more than half its artillery Despite efforts made by the Austrians to conceal lrom thei country their defeat, it seems that there ai- already certain movements along the peoples of the dual monarchy monar-chy which may be the beginning of ihr disintegration of the Austro-Hun-garlan empire. "The enemy has lost all hope of a new offensive and now fears that the offensive will come from our side. I Too I' of this is to be found in the works of defense which it is throwing up, and In the evacuation of nil the posts between u and their positions. This fear of a movement on our par! is justifiable, for the enemy would l be unable to oppose any new force. ' I |