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Show I . I Bulgarian Troops Are Bombarding I Outer Forts of Serbian Capital in i . j BRITISH TROOPS NOW AT GRIPS I WITH ENEMY NEAR STMIITSA ll P"t in Hands of Bulgars Who Are Steadily Pushing Ahead If 5 Russians Bringing Two Hundred Thousand Soldiers to IIB Aid Serbs Renewed Activity at the Dardanelles : British Artillery Hammering Turks With m Allied Fleet Engaged Germans Recap- iK ture Tahure Hill in France, MB . t 1 f, Berlin, Nov. 1 , by wireless to Sayvillc. Bulgarian artil- ; I Ier1- that has advanced from Kniazcvac and Pirot has begun a ( bombardment of the exterior forts of Nish, according to a dis- B" patch from Sofia given out today by the Overseas News Agency. i Rome, Nov. 1, via Paris, 2:14 p. m. The fighting be- 1 tween Serbian's and Bulgarians in the Timok valley has been desperate. A Bucharest dispatch to the Corriere Delia Sera of i' Milan says the third Bulgarian regiment of infantry was almost destroyed, only fifty men surviving. Public buildings and ' barracks at Widin, Bulgaria, are filled with wounded men. K This newspaper also stales that 20,000 Serbians have taken R refuge in Rumania. HI Paris, Nov. 1. 2:30 p. ni. Fighting H continued last night iu the vicinity or. H Butte de Tahure without any material HI change in the relative positions of the w combatants, according to the an- wl nouncement given out this afternoon JK hy the French war office. The French iKI troops took 100 more prisoners. Wff The text of the communication fol- 'Bflj lows: jBf In the Chamiagne district the fighting continued Inst night in the f regiou of Butte dc Tahure, but with- mft. out any change in the respective posi- ? tions of the combatants. We took 100 J more unwounded prisoners; this in ' addition to the number previously an- M.) nounced. No other action ot import- K ance occurred last night 3 Bulgarian Troops Retire. Kt "Army of the east Certain detach- Km ments of Bulgarian troops which were Hm in occupation of Istlp undertook on Hyf October 27 a movement of reconnals- Kf sance against Krivolak. This move- H( ment retired from in front ot our ad- Stf vance posts without an engagement. K "Thero has been intermittent can- m3 nonading together with outposts en- mW- gagemeuts of little importance be- Ir twen Rabrovo. nine miles south of 1 Strumltsa and the Bulgarian frontier. I I In the former the enemy made use ot I, I high explosive shells from artillery I '$ of heavy calibre but the fire from this I I cannon "wrought no damage. The day I I of October 31 passed with no dam- Mm age. Bfr "In the sector of Krivolake there Ejf has been engagements between pa- 5K trols and intermittent cannonading, fEf while in the sector to the north of -KL Rabrovo a violent cannonading has 'iK heen heard iu tUe dlrectlon oi VcleB-" Iff Bulgarians Lose Heavily, 3mK Saloniki, Greece, Nov. 1, via Lon- W don, 4:30 p. m. Bulgarian infantry, B? supported by two batteries, made an ml attack yesterday on the French ad- B vance post covering Krivolak on the Kl left bank of the Vardar. After sharp B! fighting the Bulgarians retired, hav- K' ing sustained heavy losses. Hi Socialists Demand New Rules. Kj Loudon, Nov. 1, 10:30 a. m. A com- m't mittec of the German Socialist party ffmM has, issued a statement contending B that the new regulations concerning IKI foodstuffs are insufficient and de- IBS mandlng new rules, says a Central fj News dispatch from Amsterdam. The kHS Socialist party and a committee repre- IB Bcnting trades' unions have petitioned H the chancellor to supply soldlors' fa- wmW milles with potatoes and coal from tE November until March at the expense IHp of the empire. jH Turks Are Successful. il Constantinople, Oct, 31, by wireless I IU to London, Nov 1 8:4 m.-1 The 1B following official statement was is- LIB' sue(i today at the Turkish war office: RiBf "On the Dardanelles front local WlWi- fighting continued. Our artillery dc- nlB stroyed enemy trenches and minc- B. throwing positions." rAH Lieutenant Commander Fleea. A Berlin, Nov. 1, by wireless to Say- (iVMh ville. A dispatch from Copenhagen RVBi as given out today by the Overseas bjtS News Agencr, sa-s that Lieutenant IH; Commander Layton ot the Britinh sub- CK arino E-13 has ned from that city, Ki2H. breaking his parole. r;IIW ' ' A'liiff British Steamer Sunk. vil London, Nov. 1, 6 a. m The Brit- wj(ll ish steamer Toward, 300 tons gvoss, 'MjB has been sunk. The crew was saved. r'wB ,ron cras for Prince' LIB': Berlin, Nov. 1, via London, 10:oo RjMg a. m. Emperor William has awarded K the iron cross of tho first class to jfB Crown Prince George ot Saxony on tfBf the rocommendation of the comman-'smWt comman-'smWt der-ln-chief, In recognition of tho "hB services he rendered iu the latest bat- "K ties. LBii! Prince George who is 22 years old, B(. -as wounded seriously In tho leg on - 'iflfi lhe battlefield in France a year ago vBlHI and at tbe same time it was thought vJHlK! "Would bo able to take no further .F I- F1 part in the campaign. In September of last year he was decorated with the Iron cross of a leser degree. Austrians Ordered to Leave RWa. Verona, Oct. 31, la Paris. Nov. 1, 7:15 a. m. Austrian prisoners state that the entire civil population has been ordered to evacuate Rlva at the northern extremity ot Lake Gar-da Gar-da in the Tyrol, although strong reinforcements re-inforcements have arrived from In-nisbruck In-nisbruck to oppose tho Italian advance ad-vance iu this district. British on Fire Line. London, Nov 1. S'-25 a. mT The British expeditionary force in Serbia received Its baptism of fire on the Gtevgeli-Doiran front, whore, according accord-ing to a Times' dispatch from Athens it took part in the recent fighting. Review of War Situation. London, Nov. 1, 12.27 p. m The British troops in the Balkans, whose movements have been kept secrer since they poured into Saloniki, prepared pre-pared to rush through Greece to the assistance of Serbia, are now in the trenches with their Balkan allies, at grips with Bulgaria, just across the frontier near Strumitsa. Though all reports that the allies have taken this town apparently are unfounded, it is along this lower stretch of the front that the Bulgarians are likely to receive re-ceive the first hard blows from their opponents. From Uskup north to the Danube the Bulgarian offensive has made such progress that it seems to be out of the question for the Serbians to do much more than fight rear guard actions ac-tions for the present With Pirot In their hands the Bulgarians are menacing men-acing Nish more seriously than the Austro-German forces, based on tho Save and Danube crossings. Bulgarians Pushing Ahead. In northeast Serbia, the Bulgarians are well across the Timok river, are pressing forward vigorously in order to widen the line of communications with Hungary up the Danubo valley. The much discussed Russian expedition expedi-tion which is reported to be on the way to. the Bulgarian coast, now estimated esti-mated at 200,000 men, has not been heard from again. There are recurrent recur-rent reports, however, of further bombardment bom-bardment of Bulgarian porta. This may mean that in a manner paralleling parallel-ing conditions of a land attack, further fur-ther artillery preparation in necessary before the Russians attempt to gain a foothold on the coast At the Dardanelles the British are showing renewed activity. They are hammering the Turks with artillery, supported by such ships or tho allied fleet as are not engaged against Bulgaria. Bul-garia. Tahure Hill Recaptured. Thc-recapture of Tahure hill by the Germans sums up for the present the known result ot tho sudden spurt of tho heavy fighting in the Champagne. While the contenders on the western front have not renewed tho general offensive, it is likely that thero will be frequent clashes over considerable stretches of the front, while the Balkan Bal-kan situation Is so acute as each side desires to prevent tho other from transferring troops to the Near East. Rumanians Favor Allies. A Lilian newspaper has Tccelved word from Bucharest that two-thirds of the generals on the Rumanian headquarters' staff at a meeting for discussion of tho country's military policy, declared In favor ot entering the war on tho slde.ot the entente allies. Continued fighting in the vicinlty of Butto dc Tahure In Champagne district in France the position taken by tho Germans in their latest drive, has. not resulted in any raatorla! change in the relative positions ot the contending forces, the Paris war office of-fice stated today. . oo PECH WINS TROPHY. Berlin. Nov. 1, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. Pech of the Klausnor stud, won the Berlin trotting derby of 50,000 marks (?12,500.) |
