The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-17
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weston NsvspaSsr Unisa News ssrvtes-
Lnndon. Dec. 1.-THE SsEviass have
occupisa Belgrade after . fisrcs bat'
tie. according = dispatcAes from
Nish.
The Austrians captured BelgraAs
Dec. 2 after having besieged 1t siacs
July 20. bombarding from battssaes
near semlin and from moaitors on the
Danube. A large portion Of the city
was said to have been destroyed By
the fire of the Austrians.
When war was declared the Servtan
government moved from Belgrade to
Kraguyevats and later went farther
south to Nish, where It remains.
A striking feature Of the days offt-
cial news IL the candid admission by
the Austrian government Of the defeat
Of the Austrian army In Servia and ap-
parently OF the abandonment Of IT.
third attempt to invade the territory
of its smeil Slav neighbor. While at-
tributing the failure to the enemys
superior force, as all government bull
letins explain failures. the Austrian
war office announces plainly an s1'
tended retirement and heavy losses
New decisions and measures con
sequently will be taken to repea The
enemy" says ths Austrian statement
Apparently that means that the Aus
trian army directed against eervia
Will assume q defensive line.
The Servians claim to be pressing
home their victory with moro captures
of prisoners and to have driven part
Of the invading army across the DrinA
river. Moreover, they express coanr
dence that they are about to retahs
the capital and expel the nvadsrs
from Servian territory.
The progress oe the war In northern
Hungary is less definite.
Sundays German wireless report
with candor equal to that Of tho Aus
TRAN bulletin spoke Of the severe re-
sistance" which the German and Aus
TRAN arms are encountering In South
Poland and in Galicia, adding that It
was evident tho Austrian forces In the
CaSpathians are not numerically
strong enough to clear the Russians
out Of Hungarian territory. But tAs
Austrians claim that they are driving
down the northern slopes oe tho Car
pathians the Russian invaders, who
were last week in occupation ot ssv-
eral tov.s south oe that mountain
range.
Poland 10 fast becoming anothsr
Belgium in point Of suffering. while
the opposing armies drive each other
hack and forth, occupy and rsoocupy
cities and villages and inflict upon the
inhabitants bombardments similar to
those suffered in Belgium and north
ern France.
More than 500 Polish towns have
been ruined, according to various 40
counts from the correspondents. =.
The French official statement given
out in Paris reports comparative quiet
In Flanders and artillery exchanges Of
relatively minor importance else
where. In the Meuse, German bat
teries are said to be moving to the
north. In the Woevre district the
French captured . trench and re-
pulsed two counter attack. Tho ad-
vance Of the French line into Alsace
has brought it to q point north Of
Altkirch. and about ten miles to the
east Of the frontier.
The troops in France and Belgium
are suffering from a plague Of mud
and damp. which causes them greater
discomfort than did the cold wave at
the end Of November. with its post
tive hardships Of frozen fest and
hands, and effectually vetoes any
movements On big scale.
The Turkish army has not asserted
itself nor has 1t engaged In any
great battle Enver Pasha has taken
command of the Caucasian army and
Talaat Bey has succeeded him ~ MIN.
ister Of war