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Show I Great Battle Raging Between Bulgarian and Serbian Forces GERMANS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN I VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT IN FRANCE jlf Everywhere Answered by Terrific Artillery Fire of Joffre's IH Troops Italian Armies Invade Austria Trentino Distil Dis-til trct enetrai:ed Seven Miles North of Trent Furi- llll OUS lighting in Serbia More Horrible Than on 111 Any Other Front Germans Make 111 Slow Progress. 1 1 If London, Oct. 2, 6:55 p. m. The Greek government If aS informed the Quadruple Entente powers that it does not If see its way clear at present to accept the proposals, including H cesson Cyprus and other concessions offered in return for I H Greek military Qo-operation with Serbia. Jl Stockholm, Oct. 22, via London, 1 1 : 13 a. m. The Brit- J ish submarine campaign against German shipping in the Baltic jK is being carried on actively. The sinking of four more German steamships is reported: The Hernoesand, 1,182 tons gross; Plauen, 4,210 tons; Rensburg, 4,339 tons and Electra, 1,261 y tons. I Verona, Italy, Oct. 22, via Paris, 3 :45 p. m. The Italians I are continuing their advance in the Trentino district as a re- I suit of their offensive movement inaugurated at about the 1 time the Austro-German campaign against Serbia was launched. Reports reaching Verona today state that the Ital- f ians in one district have penetrated more than seven miles t north of the latitude of the city of Trent, passing to the north of Mount Setoli. I f. ' London, Oct. 22, 2:36 p. m. A dispatch from Nish to- 171 day says official announcement has been there that the losses of the Austro-German army of invasion have reached 60,000 I dead, wounded and prisoners. The Serbians are said to have repulsed the invaders. The message was forwarded to the S Exchange Telegraph company from Its Athens' correspondent, who say3 this Information was contained in an official telegram from Nish to the Serbian legation at the Greek capital. ; It Is stated that among the Austrian 4 and German prisoners are many offl- cers. I Tlio same dispatch contains a de-I de-I nlal that the Bulgarians believed i? have occupied Vranya. Velessa or fr Knjazevac. but confirms the report I that they have captured Ishtip and Ko- tchana. Paris, Oct. 22, 5:10 p. m -An im--.1 portant battle between Serbians and Bulgarians Is in progress at Koprulu, j in Serbia, on the Nish-Saloulkl rail-it rail-it 1 road, about 30 miles south of Uskup. ; A message from Athens to the Havas ' News Agency says information has been received from Salonlkl that the Bulgarians are being assisted in th's '; battle by Turkish cavalry. ','' Tho Bulgarians, the dispatch says, :' are fortifying the passes of Mount ; ; Rhodope. A great number of refu- I ' gees from the north is arriving at ' Monastic in southwestern Serbia. I -; : j Paris, Oct. 22, 2:40 p. m. German i'- troops yesterday evening made an L unsuccessful attack upon certain French positions near Glvenchy, ac-I ac-I j cording to tho announcement made St this afternoon by the French war of- fce. 4 The text of the communication fol- a lows: I "The enemy undertook yesterday J $ evening, but quite without success, an , attack against the salients to the east ; nnd west of the fort at Glvenchy. ! They were also very easily repulsed I In tho valley of Souchez, where they I wdeavored to advance. I J Violent German Bombardment. I "In the Champagne district the !j German bombardment has been going ou with particular violenco to the "i est of Tahuro: to the east of Butte I i do Mesnil, and in the vicinity of VIllo m i Sur Tourbe. Everywhere wc an- I Bwered this bombardment by a fire 5 ; f repression, directed against the '- Cerman batteries and trenches which f. f apparently was very efficacious. ' "The explosion of one of our mines I In the Argonno resulted in the com- i pleto' destruction of a post of the j enemy. "A group of French aeroplanes has ( bombarded the German aviation park :, t Ounel, between the Argonne and : Ihe Meuse." :" Greece to Stay Neutral. ft Rome, Oct. 22. via Paris. 2:30 p. m. M Prom information given out here today it appears that the Greek gov- erument is likely to repjy to the rep resentations just maTfo by the allies that Greece will abide by her policy of armed neutrality. Greece Rejects British Offer. London. Oct. 22, 3:34 a. m. The Times says this morning it understands under-stands that Greece has rejected the offer of Great Britain to cede the island of Cyprus in return for participation partici-pation in the war by Greece on the side of the allies. Strumitsa Not Captured. Amsterdam, Oct. 22, via London, 1:58 p. m. A telegram received here from Sofia by way of Berlin makes a categorical denial of the report that tho Bulgaria city of Strumitsa has been captured by Anglo-French troops. Tho message states that tho French and British were defeated and were unable to make any advance toward tho Bulgarian frontier, Norwegian Bark Founders. London, OcL 22, 2'10 p. m. The Norwegian bark Cissie, 1907 tons gross, from Hull, October 19 for Port Arthur, has foundered In a collision off the Isle of Wight. Fifteen members mem-bers of her crow were landed today at New Haven. Seven others are missing. Belgians Sentenced. Amsterdam, Oct. 22, via London, 3:45 p. m. The Telegraaf says it has received information from Brussels that 94 Belgians have been sentenced to terms of two months to five years for refusing to work for the Germans. Ger-mans. Exit of German Trawlers. London, Oct. 21. G-10 p. m. In consequence con-sequence of the British fleet hunting German trawlers in the North Bea, especially on Dogger bank, the Gor-mnns Gor-mnns have withdrawn their fishing fleet from the North sea, according to a dl&patch from Copenhagen to the Exchango Telegraph company. As a result, the message adds, the price of fish in Germany Is going up and the price of fish in Sweden is rising in sympathy. Asqulth Improving. London, Oct. 21. Premier Asqulth has recovered from his recent illness sufficiently to go to the country. He expects to attend the session of tho house of commons oa Tuesday of next week. Aid the Cowards. Paris, Oct. 21, 4:50 p. m. Tho French military authorities, says La Liberte, have discovered an organization organiza-tion of physicians and others for sup- Plying fraudulent certificates of physical phys-ical unfitness for active service or for showing such disabilities as would permit the holders serving only in the auxiliary branches of tho army, various arrests have been made, i the newspaper adds. . BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK. London, Oct. 22, 12:50 p. m. "The British steamers City of Berlin, Auk and Iris, which wero detained at Hamburg Ham-burg at the outbreak of tho war, have been sunk by tho enemy." This statement from Lloyds is all that the censor will permit to be published pub-lished at present. Review of War Situation. London, Oct. 22, 12:20 p. m. Serbia's Ser-bia's military position is critical. Hammered Ham-mered by superior forces on two sides, her armies are threatened with being crushed as no army has been crushed during the war. Not only are these facts admitted in England, France and Russia, but they are reflected in official Serbian statements. The key to escape from this situation is the speed with which France and England can throw forces north from Salonlkl, in the hope of relieving pressure from tho Austrians and Germans in tne north and the Bulgarians In the east. The Bulgarians are now battling under the eyes of King Ferdinand. Notwithstanding the presumably superior su-perior artillery of the Austrians and Germans, it is the flank attack by tho Bulgarians which seems the most menacing to the Serbians. At few places are the ,Toutons as much as twenty miles south of tho Danube, tin fact the ground gained averages Si depth of only ten miles. Bulgarians Make Tremendous Fight. The Bulgarians, for their part, are displaying tremendous energy, Indicative Indica-tive of carefully laid plans preceding tho declaration of war. With twenty miles of tho Nlsh-Salonikl railway In their hands they have a strategic advantage ad-vantage which it will be difficult to overcome. The movements of entente troops from Saloniki are still unknown to the public but if any considerable force has been detailed for the task of doing for Serbia what England attempted at-tempted to do for Belgium, it must be heard from soon. From Sofia and Saloniki came de-nialR de-nialR that BulcarianK havo Inst Stru mitsa. This means that Bulgariar soil is still fre.o from invasion. It is ; reported that Turkish cavalry is co operating with tho Bulgarians, and that a great battle is raging at the Macedonian town of Velze, where the Serbs won a victory over the Turks i In the Balkan war of 1912. Accord- lng to an unofficial report, the Bulgarians Bul-garians have taken the town. Greece Still Hesitates. Greece still hesitates. England's offer of Cyprus and, according to report, re-port, a considerable extension ol Greek territory along the Aegean sea and of colonies in Asia, have brought no outward change In the situation. On most of the long eastward front, tho Russians seems to be in the ascendancy, as-cendancy, but both Petrograd and Berlin Ber-lin emphasize the increasing daugor of Riga's position. From the southwest south-west tho Germans are nearing the village of Olai, which is only twelve miles from Riga. They are also Increasing In-creasing their hold along the Dvina river, to the southeast of tho city being in that quarter within eight miles of their goal. The Russians assert that German attacks in the region of Olai were repulsed, but the Germans aro bombarding the Riga-Dvinsk Riga-Dvinsk railway beyond the Dvina, interfering in-terfering with the forwarding of Russian Rus-sian reinforcements. Ice Closes Archangel. According to dispatches from Chris-tiania, Chris-tiania, tho Russian port of Archangel has been closed by ice If this be true, Russia will be deprived of this avenuo of bringing In supplies unless ice breakers are able to work successfully. success-fully. 1ST AD WAR Gc, Greece is likely to reply to the recent re-cent representations of tho entente alllos that she will abide by her policy pol-icy of armed neutrality, according to information that has reached Rome. Serbians Not Discouraged. Despite the odds against them, tho Serbians are not discouraged, according accord-ing to British and French officers who have been at the Serbian front In tho north, a Serbian dispatch states. Bulgarian troops have driven an opposing op-posing force across the Vardar river in southern Serbia, south of Strumitsa, Strumit-sa, the German war office announced today. The Berlin announcement may mean a defeat for tho entente troops which were reported to have advanced into Serbia at this point on their way to tho assistance of tho distressed Serbian armies. Bulgarian forces havo had another success further to tho .north, having reached and occupied Kumanovo, also on the NIsh-Saloniki line, about thirty miles south of Vranya, where they had previously cut the lino about IS miles northeast of Uskub. Great Battle Raging. Occupation by the Bulgarians of Velezo, in Macedonia, where a great battle was reported to be raging, also Is announced by Berlin. In the north the Austro-German forces for-ces are pressing ou; progress to new Hues of both General Von Koevess" troops and those of General Vou Gall-witz Gall-witz being reported. On tho Russian front repulse by the Germans of attacks in the Baranovichi Bara-novichi region are claimed, as Is a victory over the Russians by General Von Linslugen's troops west of Czar-toryak. Czar-toryak. Italians Invading Austria. An important advance for the Italian Ital-ian armies Invading Austria is re-J ported from Verona, tho unofficial news stating that in one district In tho Trentino they have penetrated more than seven miles north of the latitude of tho city of Trent. Paris records the repulse of attacks by tho Germans in the vicinity of Givonchy and in tho valley of Souchez. Sou-chez. Iii the Champagne thero has been a violent artillery duel. nrt |