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Show ; Italian Troops Storm Trenches jljj on Carso Front and Defeat Austrians ! MAIN BODY OF SERBIAN ARMY REPORTED CUT OFFBY INVADERS 'r 5 l Grave Fears for Troop Felt by Allies Serbians Not Heard i From for Five Days Severe Defeat Inflicted on Bulgars ; by French and Veles Capture Is Confirmed Ger- I I mans and French Continue Severe Bombard- j ,.' ment in Loos Region French Repulse i I L German Batteries. 1 1 JJ .J Rome, Nov. 12, via Paris, 4:40 a. m. Further advances jg j for the Italians on the Carso front where several important j& j trenches in the vicinity of San Martino del Carso were stormed, I are reported in the official statement by Italian army head- (I quarters issued today. II Milan, Nov. 12, via Paris, 4:45 a. m. An agreement J was reached at a meeting of the Italian cabinet last night, ac- jJJJlf cording to a telegram received by the Secolo from Rome, re- Mi garding the course Italy should take in the Balkan expedition, fc the dispatch adds, and the number of men Italy will send to the J ", front. W Milan, Nov. 12, via Paris, 4:45 a. m. There is grave 'A reason to fear that the main body of the Serbian army which ft i has been fighting the Germans and the Bulgarians' right wing, m I has been cut off between Kralievo and Nish say dispatches re- jj f ceived here from the Secolo's correspondent. It is possible, ih the dispatches say, that as the southern Serbian army is holding '2j at Katchanik, the retreating columns may escape the tenacles ik I of the invaders, but it is considered significant that no news I as been received from the retreating Serbian army for five 1 days. S -4 -k i London, Nov. 12, 9-52 a. m. A Reu-' ter dispatch from Athens says a Salon-ikl Salon-ikl telegram to the Pntrls states that the French have inflicted a severe defeat de-feat on the Bulgarians near Veles Innd that the fall of that town is considered con-sidered imminent Veles is about 27 miles southeast of Uskub on the railroad to Saloniki. A successful French cavalry raid, which reached the environs of the city, led to an erroneous report that it had been captured Wednesday. Paris, Nov. 12, 2.30 p. m. A spirited spir-ited bombardment has continued in the sector of Loos, both sides taking part, according to announcement by the French war office this afternoon. In the Artois district, French artillery artil-lery has silenced certain German batteries. bat-teries. ' The text follows: 'There was an active bombardment yesterday in which both sides took part in the sectors of Loos and of tho Fosse Calonne. In the region of Bus in the Artois district our artillery artil-lery reduced to silence certain enemy batteries, which were firing on our troops. "Along tho remainder of the front the fighting with mines has continued contin-ued with success. "In tho Argonne district at Hill No 1225 we delivered a counter-attack by means of a small mine against certain works whore tho Germans were showing show-ing much activity. To the north of Fllroy tho explosion of another sucli mine was successful in wrecking cer-tain cer-tain gallerleB pushed forward by the enemy and in preventing the continuance continu-ance of this work." Montenegrins Punish Austrians. Paris, Nov. 12, 2:40 a. m. The Montenegrin Mon-tenegrin consul general here has received re-ceived Iho following consular dispatch: dis-patch: , ... "During the figbting on our Saloniki front Tuesday the enemy suffered serious se-rious loss. We took fifty prisoners and two machine guns. During the night or tho eighth-ninth, tho Austrians Austri-ans tried to surprise us near Gra-hovo, Gra-hovo, but were repulsed. On the tenth there was artillery fighting along the Sanjak -front. The cn-emv's cn-emv's infantry attacked us at various" vari-ous" points, but without offect. We took more than 100 prisoners. "An artillery duel is in progress on the Herzegovina front On the other fronts there is no change In the situation. "n Austrian aeroplane fell into our lines and the officer and non-commissioned officer aboard the machine were taken prisoners." Peppino Garibaldi Promoted. Milan. Nov. 12. via Paris. 4:45 a. m. Peppino Garibaldi and men. in his command took a prominent part In the storming of the Col di Lana, says , a dispatch from Beluno to the Cor-0LW Cor-0LW riere Dolla Sera. It was Garibaldi 22p who hoisted the Italian colors on the flf summit, according to these advices. M and he was promoted to the rank or H colonel the next day for distinguished M service. fl Greece Declared Friendly to Bulgaria. ' . Berlin, Nov. 12. bv wireless to Say- jH ville N J. "According to a dispatch M , tp the Cologne Gazette from Sofia. H says the Overseas News agency, M. Skouloudis, tho new Greek premier. M has assured M. Passarow, Bulgarian minister nt Athens, of the premiers f sincere deBlrc to maintain friendly re-V re-V ' lations betwoen Greece and Bulgaria. H; Greece, the premier told the minister, j the dispatch adds, was not planulug BBj to attack Bulgaria." SpS Saloniki, Greece, Nor. 11, via Paris. Nov. 12, 2:35 a. m. There was nothing noth-ing to report today on the entente allied al-lied front. The reported uprising of tho Albanians against the Serbians is discredited in well informed circles. Teutons Pursuing Serbs. Berlin, Nov 12. by wireless to Say-vllle. Say-vllle. Pursuit of the Serbian army in a southerly direction continues, according ac-cording to German officinl report, issued is-sued today. The advance of tho Germans Ger-mans in the Raislna valley, southwest of Krusevac, has reached the town of Kupci. Further eastward Ribairo and Ribairske Banya have been reached. Yesterday more than 1,700 Serbians Serbi-ans were taken prisoners and 11 cannon can-non were captured. The statement adds that the first mountain ridge south of Kralievo had been crossed. Clan MacAlister Survivors Landed. London, Nov 12, 12:4S p. m. Thirty-eight Lascars and seven Europeans, part of the crew of the British steamship steam-ship Clan MacAlister, were landed today. to-day. The Clan MacAlister, a vessel of 4.S35 tons, was sunk November 10. Butter Export Forbidden. London, Nov. 12, 9.15 a. m Beginning Begin-ning November 15, butter will be added add-ed to the list of articles whose exportation ex-portation is forbidden by the Swedish government, according to a Reuter dispatch from Stockholm. This will make an embargo on the export of food products virtually complete. Three Belgians Executed. Amsterdam, Nov. 12, via London, 1203 p. m. The execution of three Belgians found guilty by a German court martial of communicating news of troop movements to the allies is announced by the Echo Beige which says a fourth Belgian was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Artillery Combats Reports. Constantinople, Nov. 11, via London. Nov. 12. 5:05 a. ra. The following official of-ficial statement was Issued today at the Turkish war office: "There were artillery combats on three sectors of the Dardanelles front with patrol skirmishes near Anafarta. Near Ari Burnu, our artillery silenced enemy artillery at the mouth of the KoraDere. Near Seddul Bahr. an encmv mine, exploding on the left wing,' killed a portion of the English troops." Review of War Situation. London, Nov. 12, 12.25 p. m. All doubts as to what road Greece would choose out of the muddle caused by tho divergent views of her political leaders and as to how the policies of the Skouloudis cabinet could be rendered compatible with tho opinions opini-ons of the adverse majority In the chamber today were dispelled by a public dissolution of tho chamber of deputies. Publication of the decree apparently apparent-ly was received in Athens with calm, despite the fact that all elements hoped to avoid elections at the present pres-ent difficult moment The Greek government, it appears, considered dissolution the only possible means of securing for itself full and unrestricted unre-stricted liberty of action. Greece's Future Action. Greek officials in London and at other points continue to assert that Greece's future actions depend solely upon military and political considerations. considera-tions. As soon as Greece is convinced convinc-ed beyond doubt that tho allies have produced enough troops to make possible pos-sible a successful offensive against Bulgaria and to remove the danger with which Greece would be confronted con-fronted if she entered tho war Inade quately assisted, Greece will, so say her representatives In Europe, immediately imme-diately range herself on the side of tho allies and under all the military co-operation of which she Is capable. Today's news from the Balkans makes it appear there Is a distinct possibility that the Anglo-French and Serbian forces may succeed in gaining a part of the Nish railway as far as Uskup. All accounts received here of the recent fighting in the neighborhood of Veles state that tho Bulgarians are in full retreat after enormoUB losses and that the freshly arriving allied troops are expected to push the advantage ad-vantage already attained to a successful success-ful conclusion. In this case the Bulgarians Bul-garians probably will have to abandon aban-don the Uskup-Kutanovii line, and the whole southern portion of the railroad would revert to entente allied al-lied hands. The fall of Teles In contral Serbia after a severe defeat inflicted upon the Bulgarians by the French is confirmed, con-firmed, according to a Saloniki despatch. des-patch. A report received on "Wednesday "Wed-nesday that Veles had fallen Into French hands was the next day shown to be unfounded. What the loss of life was in the sinking of tho Italian liner Ancona by a submarine in tho Mediterranean has not been definitely determined. According to a despatch late last night from Tunis to a Rome newspaper news-paper only 223 persons, passengers and crew, out of a total of 428 on board tho Ancona, were saved which would make 203 to be accounted for. Consula advices to Washington have indicated that 347 were saved out of 496 said to be on board, leaving 149 unaccounted for. Berlin has no official advices regarding re-garding the Ancona, it is declared there. The Manchester Guardian Interprets the new recruiting announcement, over which there is considerable discussion, dis-cussion, to mean actual compulsion for unmarried men. "To tilk of voluntary enlistment to a man who is told that if he does not enlist voluntarily he will be enlisted all the same," the newspaper says, "Is to insult his intelligence as well as to command his person. The system sys-tem which tho press bureau statement state-ment appears to contemplate is not a voluntary system at all so far as unmarried un-married men arc concerned." On Important Mission. Paris, Nov. 11, 11:20 p. m Denis Cochin, minister without portfolio in the Briand cabinet, has been sent by the government on a special mission to tho Orient. He was accompanied by his secretary, Charles de Lastey-re. Lastey-re. Uis brother. Colonel Cochin, who recently was wounded, left tonight for Saloniki. M. Cochin was for many years vice president of tho Chamber of Deputies Committee on Foreign Relations, and is a close student of European politics, poli-tics, upon which he frequently has spoken In tho Chamber |
