Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-15 | Page 1 | Serbs Resist 20,000

SERBS RESIST I 20,000 6ULGARS; I Serbians Outnumbered Three H to 1 and Poorly Supplied, H Hold Back Invaders. H Milan,, Nov. 15, via Paris. 4:55 a. H m. An account of the recent fighting W before Babuna pass in southern Ser- M bia, is forwarded by a war corre- W spondent of the Corriere Delia Set a. wa The Bulgarians, he says, wore 20,000 W strong and the Serbians C000. WA No serious resistance being possi wi ble 'for the Serbians on open ground. wi thoy fell back from Veles and Isvor Wi and' set up a defense where the road wi narrows near Abdi Pasa, at an ele- wi vation of 2,000 feet. The 20,000 Bui- -M garlans were grouped between Veles wi and Babuna pass, supported by pow- WM erful artillery. The Serbs wero hard 1 pressed and for a time it seemed as WM though must give way which would WM have meant the loss, not only of the WM army but of Mouastir. Tho sltua- WM tion was unchanged, however, by tho WM tactics adopted by the commander, WM Colonel Vasslc. He permitted the WM Bulgarians to advance as far as the WM Perlepp road and then fell upon them WM with all his forces, smashing through WM their first and second lines with the WmwM bayonet, drlvbig the Bulgarians be- WM yond Kotzlak. wM On the following days the Bulgari- , WM ans attempted to recapture the lost po- WMWM sitlons but the Serbians, although 1 poorly supplied with food and muni WM tions, were able to hold them back. . WM CK) WM