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Show 1 1 Germans Advancing all Along Line; 1 1 Capture of 2,700 Serbians Reported I BULGARIANS WITH TWO HOURS' I MARCH OF SERBIAN CAPITAL J Germans Slowly Pressing Back Opponents Promised As- v sistance for Serbians Not Materializing Russians Still f j on Offensive in Dvinsk Region Attacks Repeated fr in Spite of Heavy Losses Germans Fail in JjS Violent Attack on French Between the tfi f Aisne and the Oise. $: i 4l ' Berlin, Nov. 5, by wireless to Sayville. Advances all w I along the line by the Teutonic forces invading Serbia are an- fl nounced in today's official statement by German army head- H ! quarters. The capture of 2,700 Serbians is reported. II 1 Athens, Nov. 4, via London, Nov. 5, 9:40 a. m. King ii 'j J Constantine has summoned leaders of all parties to confer on j V ' the situation resulting from the overthrow of the Zaimis cab- jjLjl inet, and it is expected the ministerial crisis will end within. 5k 24 hours. WJm Berlin, Nov. 5, by wireless to Sayville. It is officially re- jTC ported that the Bulgarians have completely defeated, at a point mimj northeast of Prilip, the French forces which were landed at fttflL Saloniki. Part of the French contingent was routed and the "111 others were made prisoners. The first of the French prisoners K have arrived at Kustendil. III! Paris, .Nov. 5, 2:30 p. m Between IV: the river Aisne and the Oise, German lfl, troops yesterday, after having at- M . tempted to surprise the forces in the BHt French trenches, directed very violent H but futile bombardment against the B French positions, Kj In the Champagne district French B forces have checked two fresh Ger- Hf man attacks, against the French R trenches at La Courtine. HK This information was contained in HV the announcement given out this aftor- Mw noon by the French war office. Mm- The text of the communication fol- h' lows: HI; 'Between the Aisne and tho Oise In H the sectors of Pulsaleinc and Quennel- Ht vieres tho enemy, after having at- H tempted to surpriso the men in our Hj trenches by a spirited fusillade, dt- IjlB reeled against our positions a very jJh violent, but at the same time futile H bombardment fl. German Attacks Checked. ySmi "In the Champagne district we have Hit completely checked two fresh Ger- lllr man attac3 against our trenches in rJH? tho position known as La Courtine. pfR These attacks were conducted with dJmi hand grenades, and supported by the mh throwing of inflammable liquid, JiP j "There is nothing to report from ijk' tho remainder of this front " "In Alsace a French aviation . f squadron has flown over Dornach and S f bombarded certain buildings used by 0k ; the Germans for the manufacture of jfl suffocating gases." I Bulgarians Are Entrenching. lit Parisr Nov. 5. 2:30 p. m. Tho Ik French war office this afternoon gave SK out the following official report on gB? the operations In the east: MtfK "The day of November 2 passed JSk quJetly along tho front of the French n sector in Serbia. The Bulgarians in ygmt front of Krlvolak are entrenching St themselves 200 yards from our ad- ijaHj; vanced positions and are directing ar- !jlMft tillery fire against our positions there. s3K4 "During the day of November 3 HL fighting took place to the north of IPabrovo and still continues. Our troops gained possession of the bridges over the river Cerna, to the northwest of Krlvolak." King George Improving. London, Nov. 5, 11:06 a. m. King George is recovering slowly from the effects of the fall from his horso in France last week. The following official of-ficial bulletin was issued today: 'The king had a somewhat better night. His appetite is improving but he has some pain on attempting any move-More move-More Food Regulations. Berlin, via London, Nov. 5, 4:28 a. m. The fedoral council has adopted adopt-ed a measure for tho regulation of tho consumption and price of milk and alBo for the prices of swine and pork. Snow Stops Fighting. Geneva, Nov. 5, via Paris, 4 : 17 p. m. Owing to heavy snow avalanches, military operations in the Carnic Alps, oxcopt "for encounters between patrols, are at a standstill for the present. Both the Austrian and Italian soldiers in this region are suffering greatly as a result of the cold and snow in the trenches. Red Cross at Naples. Naples, Nov. 5, via Paris. 4:35 p. m. The section of the American Rod Cross which has been stationed at UHkup in Serbia arrived. at Naples today to-day aboard the steamship Now York. Germans Recapture Trenche. Berlin, Nov. 5, by wireless to Say-tille. Say-tille. Recapturo of a trench north-ast north-ast of Lo Mesnll In the Champagne strict, which the French had held co October 245, was officially announced an-nounced by Germany army headquarters head-quarters today. A counter nttack by the French gainst positions captured by tho Germans to tho north of Maasiges fail- '- p i ' I' ' ed with heavy losses to the attacking forces. Capture of three French officers and ninety men, together with eight machine ma-chine guns and 12 small bomb throwers throw-ers is reported. The statement adds: 'Field Marshal French said in an official report. "It can be deducted from the casualty cas-ualty lists of seven German battalions which participated in the Loos battle bat-tle that their losses were SO per cent of their effectives.' "This statement is a pure Invention." Inven-tion." Review of War Situation. London, Nov 5, 12:17 p. m. The all-night meeting of the Greek chamber, cham-ber, the new attack of former Premier Venizelos on the policy of the government gov-ernment and his criticism of King Constantine's interference with "constitutional "con-stitutional liberties" of the Greek people, are recent stages of the new political crisis which for the time being be-ing has overshadowed the military situation in the Balkans. According to latest information 'from Athens the king is expected to continue the Zaimis cabinet and dissolve parliament parlia-ment rather than accept tho other al ternative of permitting M Venizelos to return to power. King Constantino is said to bo In thorough sympathy with the conduct before the chamber of General Yana-kitsas, Yana-kitsas, war minister, whose remarks brought on the crisis and to have demonstrated appreciation of tho minister's min-ister's force by appointing him an aide de camp. In view of the large range of possibilities pos-sibilities and tho difficulty of predicting pre-dicting with certainty any definite unravelling of the present snarl, London Lon-don is not indulging in premature optimism op-timism over the defeat of the Zaimis cabinet It is disposed to await further furth-er developments before accepting the situation as In any way indicative of Greece's intention to fight with Serbia Ser-bia against Bulgaria. Bulgarians Near Nlsh. The invading Bulgarians are reported re-ported to havo reached a point six miles northeast of Nlsh and to havo advanced among the hills east and southeast of tho city to positions almost al-most as near. Tho Germans on the north Serbian front aro not bo fortunate for-tunate in their attack, but are slowly pressing back their opponents. The promised assistance for the Serbians is not materializing, according to advices ad-vices from Saloniki, and two divisions of British troops have arrived at Stumitsa, joining the French. German and Austria official reports, re-ports, although Indicating things are going well for the Teutons on tho Russian front, make it clear that they are now occupied chlofly with defending defend-ing themselves against Russian attacks. at-tacks. Except In tho way of counter attacks, their own Initiative apparently appar-ently has been spent Particularly fierce Russian attacks aro recorded along the Dvina and Stripa. King Summons Leaders. Leaders of all the Greek parties have been summoned by King Con-stantine Con-stantine for a conference on the situation sit-uation created by the overthrow oi the Zaimis cabinet A speeding ending end-ing of the cabinet crisis, an Athens despatch states. Tho Berlin press seems confident that the neltrallty program of King Constantino will be maintained. Bulgars Bombard Nlsh Defenses. Bulgarian troops, advancing northeast north-east of Nish, were within two hours' march of the city on "Wednesday, according ac-cording to a Saloniki despatch, arid their artillery was violently bombarding bombard-ing the outer dofenses. In Southern Serbia the Bulgarians aro being hold back in their push toward to-ward Monastlr by Serbian resistance in Babuna pass, near Prilip, Paris hear through Saloniki. Two BritiBh divisions are approaching approach-ing the Serbian front and units are following, the British legation at Athens has announced, a despatch from that city states |