New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-28
Battlefield in Seryia Maze
ofTrencheS with Home
ConVenienoeS.
CONTAIN BATHROOMS
AND BARBER SHOPS
co,,e,pondent in Hungary De
.eribes Peculiar Conditions OF
Contest to Crush Serbs.

90. meant much 90 the adversaries.
che Alsfro-HunGarian rmy
0''o, -.ts Roadway against Servia 1t
.'' ...-,. % AXE the Macva dis
Ras he', .L.-.. o.,1d no invaded
tr.ct. ana p''' a.. so,o
che Parasr.ca lenihNu'" D" ''1
.f,t, Dr,ra's mouth had 20 be
H'i.'
tasen. 60. ~.
The Austro-hIht'i'"'' w" tbo
.eeked 'fe Ser' ah pos -. -
Parasrica early TOO aug u.s., ,.'a.' go
however. that me ''r' .'''''. .'e,,.[ co.,-
costly. and Tor more va" -. nm, no
tented the"se.' "', .....,or nv he
called '"It %. '.' 49,, - an
end Of September 90 -. ~,
oare1- than ever ma, me j al Ss...,' '' -
Nacya would nave To ov $3.50 '.o;..-.
Servisr troops. and operations against
me irtrenc-uents and redo.4qDls on me
reliusuIa were resumed oMe. va. u III VI
end Of October me far"solC" W o. 80
Iv occupied AFTER Ho.. -.
a ugglc. and from lN"l ''iS w
advance ~ the AuSIIo- II e"e a. an
.roops. while slow, made sleauS Heau-
vay until NallevO was lh lhtII HaHus'
srj Kracuic.ac. the last ioFuhed posi-
,,,r Of m, Serbs
,t.tu.o I,derground CITY.
.....l,,;
The area pi .'e 'le $50. ~ Pr,iIos
nately Two ana one "A'L ~ u"IN....5 -.
T day rs lever SURFACE - .-,'Jt' -
hundreds OF miles OF I'' e,.e..''i' 80
redoubis' oomo- pI''-S '". 49, -
open passages from one 'le..Ou ~
other, the whole locallly having 'H' "p
pesrsnce OF a tremendous Hla1e' anu ~,
some parts the impression is conveyed
that g whole undergoing CITY nag
existed there az one time. NOT re" OF
The trenches have been use as graves
Tor the men and ANNALS out on (He
whole the 'utrencaments nave today
The appearance they had when sun oc-
Serb
In many places the trenches are only
fifteen wards apart. and in but a few
instances are they separated BIS more
,hsr fftv wards eloquent testimony Of
no severity of the struggle for their
session. So we'll constructed were
the trenches. shelter-ditches and bomb
proofs that field artillery was useless,
and so well defended were they by the
Serbs thar every attempt By the Aus
tro-Hurgariaus TO take them by iufan-
try attacks resulted boo terrible slauCn-
ter
I'm the end q practice. common IN the
wars OF the Middle Ages had TO be re-
sorted -counter-mlninC. The Serbs
mad intrenched themselves 20 a depth
Of from five 20 nine feet. had dug tun-
ucls from one position 10 another. and
where this was not feasible stout tim
Der had been used 20 make the
trenches safe against the field artil-
lery Of the Austr.anS. But the Aus
,rian sappers and pioneers dug deeper
tunnels 30 right angles 20 the Serv.an
trenches and parallels through which
their infantry would advance under
cover Of night.
C.,i.I S..b,... ".
I'D inns manner ground was gained
Oh one cat' 70 De Iost AGAIN perhaps,
% tAe 4oAoNlng day by a similar
mal1uFIe o. me SERBS. FOr about SIX
weeks TINS really subterranean war
Inc up Of teavv morta~ batterics Nv
The Austriars The resistance of the
Serbs continued however. As hereto
fore their trenches had 20 be taken one
go - s -.ne 5 ate.lLleIy , Len-
~ ~. -. 'toI Iii 1919 IN ,'S ,h
Se-,-sr $500 -I i.',,,J NV wy,
every soldier I'M them But dssb for
The position ay the Austrian infantry
trough, thc usual hail of small arm
and machine gun bullets. and added
hundreds Co the population Of the vas.
metropolis that Parasnica is to-day.
The dc'crm nation Of the Austro-
hungarian 20 take the Parasnica was
10 less fixed -lan the rea'lzalon OF
ne SERB ina'. WITH TINS position gone
ne tate OF the Nac"a. Servas richest
district, Vou.c Doe scaled. Inc Strug-
-ie therefore continued with undated
bitterness. and finally was carried into
'he open country beyond the peninsula.
Tho res,.t.,,, ~ .bc c.rbs collansed