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Show DESPERATE FIGHT III SERBIANS Terrible Battle With Bayonets Rages for Two Days in Streets of Belgrade. UNABLE TO HOLD LINE Bitter Opposition to Austro- German Advance Serbians Pushed Back Step by Step. Budapest, Oct. 11. via London The Austrians and Germans encountereu desperate resistance from the Serbians Serbi-ans at Belgrade, and for two days a KMTiblo battle with bayonets raged In tho streots before tho capturo of the city was completed. Describing these operations Azelat says: . , .. "Our gain of ground and tho breadth of our march into Serbia continues con-tinues to increase. Despite all efforts ef-forts of the Serbians, in whose ranks are British officers, and who use British artillery, the river croM.nB has been accomplished according to official plans. Serbians Fight Desperate y. "The encniv attempted with .Hi means at his disposal to hold his line of defenses. He subjected those of our troops who crossed the river to a murderous fire, the latter, nevertheless neverthe-less succeeding in reaching Serbian territory. "A severe battle raged about Belgrade, Bel-grade, where the Serbians offered particularly bitter opposition. Nevertheless Never-theless wo succeeded in reaching the newly installed connections over the Save and invaded the northern portion por-tion of the city, where our troops remained re-mained until reinforcements arrived. "A bloody battle followed in the alleys. In the northern part of Belgrade Bel-grade a terrible encounter with bayonets bayo-nets raged for two days and nights. The Serbians were pushed back step by step in theso fights and finally had to surrender the uhole city." |