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Show ! Serbians Defeat Bulgarians in Fierce 1 I Battle and Capture Five Cannon If L . 1 - EMPEROR WILLIAM PREPARING TO MAKE OPEN OFFER OF PEACE !i . ( Will Submit Proposal to Belligerents Through United States Austro-Germans Are Pressing Serbians Hard, Driving Them From Northeast and Southeast Bulgarians Capture 8000 Serbians Defeat Invaders in Central Serbia Italians Press Fight J Near Gorizia. f I London, Nov. 23, '6:20 p. m. A dispatch to the Pall I Mall Gazette from Berne says: "There is declared to be undoubted un-doubted foundation for the report that Emperor William will ; make an, open offer of peace through President Wilson after S the emperor's coming state entry into Constantinople." i, ; J Saloniki, Greece, Nov. 22, 9 p. m., via Paris, Nov. 23, 1 ; . 1 :40 p. m, The resignation of Premier Skouloudis of Greece, m- , according to reports in circulation here, is expected momentarily J? on account of difficulties between Greece and Great Britain. S-! Ij j Paris, Nov. 23. p. m. A defeat of S Bulgarians by the Serbiaus In a bat-j! bat-j! ; tie in central Serbia is announced in ' an official tommunication given out jj J at the Serbian legation here today. $ Five Bulgarian cannon wpro captured. I The communication, which gives S j partial confirmation of recent reports X j ! that the Serbians had assumed the of-H of-H j , fensive and defeated the Bulgarians, follows. s "Battles occurred recently on the (; old Serbo-Turkish frontier. The I, most important " encounters were fought to the west of Vclika Plana aud Mount Zetovatz. We inflicted fa defeat on the enemy at the latter point, capturing five mountain can-i.ij can-i.ij on. Uf A I Velika Plana is 25 miles "west of j , Nish and 3fijnjJsfi,,nprt.hwest. nf. T.C5- m "kovats in the region of which an im- I portant Serbian victory has been re- 5 ported unofficially. -1 I Berlin. Nov. 23, by wireless to Say- 5J p ville. Notable progress for the Gcr-fij Gcr-fij j mans in the region southeast of Pris-V Pris-V '' tina in Serbia with the capture of , '' S.000 Serbians, 44 cannon and 22 ma-fc ma-fc '" chine guns was announced by German army headquarters today. The Ten-I Ten-I f tonic troops have taken 1.150 additiou-" additiou-" al Serbians prisoner and captured six cannon Northeast of Pristina and north of SMltrovitsa the Austro-German forces are advancing, throwing "back the Serbians Ser-bians who are resisting in rear guard actions. 1 The text of the official statement I issued today by the German army headquarters 'follows "In the western theatre: Favored by clear weather there were lively artillery ar-tillery duels at various places on this "front. The activity of other kinds of fire also continues. Mine Explosions Unsuccessful. "In the Bois Lc Protre two enemy mine explosions wore unsuccessful. "A French biplane after an aerial fsght near Aure, in the Champagne, fell to the earth. "In the eaBtern theatre there is - nothing to report. "In the Balkan theatre, north of & Mitrovitsa and north and northeast jd of Pristina the enemy was thrown 1 back in rear guard battles. Bulgari- 2 an forces "fighting southeast of Pristi- na are victoriously advancing. In I "a the region near Pristina eight thou- sand Serbians were made prisoners I and 22 machine guns and 44 cannon I wero captured." a Rome, Nov. 22, via Paris, Nov. 23. 'I 10"25 a. m. The following official f- statement was issued today at the k headquarters of the Italian general ff "The artillery on both sides has S been active at different points along ft the Tyrol-Trentino and Carnia fronts. K Enemy artillery tried its usual de-1 de-1 structive action on the township of If Dosoledo In the Comelico valley. This V attempt was beaten down and silenc-H silenc-H ed by our fire. "On the Isonzo front the struggle r continued yesterday wjth Increasing l'. intensity on the border formed by l', the lower heights of Pevma Oslavia and the hill which facod towards Go-, Go-, rl'.la between Podgora and Sabotino. !t3 The enemy made a determined coun-i3K coun-i3K J ter offensive with the object of recap-j recap-j I i turing lost positions. His counter at-wj at-wj I lacks were preceded and accompanied 5 i v by a hurricane of fire from numerous T k I batteries, but the most violent was on lr' the helghU northwest of Oslavia. Il Enemy Breaks Through Line. II "Sevoral times the enemy broke II our line and penetrated positions con-IJi' con-IJi' quored by us, but always was thrown I ' back after a desperate melee. Our r brave troops, especially those of the f , fourth division, did not yield an inch ; of their positions which wero covered f with blood and several times they IS ; hurled themselves upon the enemy $ ' with the bayonet, inflicting heavy f loRses and taking S9 prisoners, sev-S sev-S ' eral of whom were officers, jg i "On the Carso plateau our troops giflf ' after repulsing four counter attacks j.'h during the night, resumed the offen-lA, offen-lA, slve everywhere at dawn. Fresh t progress was made 'between the sura-vrn sura-vrn I1 TnIls of Mnte San Mlchele. Townrds fll I San MarLIno we took by assault a KU 1' ftrong trench on the position called J5r I '6 lono troe We toolc 202 prison- ers. four of whom were officers, one field gun, two machine guns, one trench mortar, arms and munitions." Little Fighting in France. Paris, Nov. 23, 2:30 p. m. The French war office report this afternoon after-noon says: "There Is nothing to add to our preceding pre-ceding communication. On November Novem-ber 22 in Belgium two German aeroplanes aero-planes were compelled by our aircraft to come to earth. In the region of Rheims two aviators pursued by us, flew away. "In the Champagne district and on the borders of the Argonne there have been five aerial engagements as a result re-sult of which three German aviators were compelled to come down suddenly sudden-ly within their own lines. A fourth was disabled and tell. The fifth came down to the ground fii flames.'r Berlin, Nov. 23, by wireless to Say-ville, Say-ville, An aerial battle in which a French biplane was dashed to the ground, is reported by German army headquarters in today's official statement state-ment dealing with operations on the western fronL Artillery duels took place in several sectors of tho Franco-Belgian line, tho report states. Russ to Advance Line. Petrograd, Nov. 23, via London, 2 p. m Kovel. west of the Styr river region in Volhynia, where the Prussians Prus-sians have recently reported successes succes-ses over their Teutonic adversaries, Is being prepared for the possibility of an advance of the battle line westward, west-ward, according to refugees from the city. The German administration is declared de-clared to have put enforced labor rules Into effect during the past month pressing the work of constructing construct-ing strong fortifications. Military stores have been removed and the "able bodied population has left the city, the refugees stale. A food shortage is reported. Serbian Government Removed. Athensv Nov. 23, via- London, 11:01 a. m. According to diplomatic advices advi-ces received here today the Serbian government has been removed from Mitrovitsa to Prisrend In western Serbia Ser-bia near the Albanian border. The diplomatic corps has gono to Petch, Montenegro. Naturalized Germans Released. London, Nov. 23, 11:15 a, m. Emll Miehlke and Herman Krauss of Chicago, Chi-cago, naturalized Americans of German Ger-man birth who were taken by the British authorities from the steamship Kristianlsfjord at Kirkwall recently, were released today at the request of the American embassy. The men were held in accordance with the British practice of detaining naturalized natural-ized citizens who are unable to produce pro-duce their naturalization papers. Many Lives Lost. Rome, Nov. 23. via Loudon, 2:42 p. m. one hundred persons were drowned drown-ed today by the washing away of a bridge over the Salso river near Li-cata, Li-cata, Sicily. Review of War Situation. London, Nov. 23, noon. The latest news from the Balkans has revived hope in England that Monastlr may hold out long enough to enable the French and British forces to effect a junction with the Serbians. The Rome and London legations of Serbia have received reports of a great Serbian Ser-bian victory northeast of Pristina, but as those advices give neither details de-tails nor dates there nre doubts as to their importance. It Is now believed allied forces which may take refuge on Greek territory ter-ritory are hardly likely to be subjected subject-ed to attack from the rear. The most significant indication as to the present attitude of Greece is contained contain-ed In remarks made by M. Rhallis, Greek minister of Justice, who is quo-i quo-i ted in a press dispatch as having complained bitterly of methods adopt-. adopt-. ed by tho entente allies. He argued that their tardiness In bringing effective effec-tive support for the Serbians made . Greek participation impossible. Greeks to Remain Neutral. M. Rhallis declared, however, that the Greeks were determined to maintain main-tain neutrality and the entonte allies had no reason to fear danger If they should be forced across tho Greek border. The French military position posi-tion in Macedonia is reported to have improved. The assertion is made that the Bulgarians retired fo their positions, after a vain attack on the French lines. The seat of the Serbian government govern-ment has again been shifted, on this occasion to Prisrend. whilo the diplomatic diplo-matic corps has moved to Petch, Montenegro. Mon-tenegro. A message from Constantinople by way of Germany reports the resumption resump-tion of a violent offensive by the allies al-lies on the Dardanelles. No confirmation confir-mation of this report has been received. re-ceived. Except for the Russian announcement announce-ment of a repulse of the Germans in front of Riga, nothing of Importance has reached the public from the eastern east-ern line. British artillery' is busy on the western front, where the only other activity of late has been mining and aerial operations. Rumania again figures in news of the diplomatic situation. It is reported re-ported that the central powers are about to make a formal request to the Bucharest government to maintain main-tain its neutrality, but are offering certain concessions if that nation will Intervene in the war on their side. Austro-German aud Bulgarian forces are pressing the Serbians hard, driving driv-ing them toward the Kossovo plain from both northeast and southwest of Pristina. The Serbian capital is reported re-ported removed to Prisrend. Berlin reports the capture of S.000-Serbians S.000-Serbians by the victorious Bulgarians.1 Saloniki has reports that the resig-1 itanon of Premier Skouloudis of Greece is imminent because of difficulties diffi-culties between Greece and Great Britain. |