The Washington herald., 1914-09-16
.SERVIANS REPEL
INVADING FORCE
Austrians Said to Have Lost
10000 Men in Effort to
Re-enter Servia.
DEFEATED IN DISORDER
Fierce Battle Ragged Two Days at Con-
huence of Drina and Save
Rivers.
DEFEATED IN DISORDER
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Special Cahle 10 The Washington Herald.
London, Sept. Ia Reuter- dispatch to-
night says it is learned that the next
| Servian movement will be in the di-
rection from .Semlin toward Budapest.
capital OF Hungary. An army Of 10000
Servians Is now in Hungary. The Aus
trians are entrenched at all strategic
points to oppose the Servian advance.
Another large Servian force is march
ing on Frushkagora 10 secure the posi-
ton of the Servian left flank in Bosnia.
The Servians are reported to be besieging
Vishnegrad while another Servian ad-
vance is approaching Sarajevo.
| The Servians at Focha have affected a
junction with a Montenegrin force from
Herzegovina. 1t Is claimed that the
Austrians in this vicinity have fallen
back along the whole line and that their
next stand will be at Sarajevo.
Nish. Servia, Sept. Ian attempt Of
an Austrian army of 5000 men to invade
and Save rivers resulted in disaster for
the Austrians, who lost 1000 men.
The Servian victory. the latest of a
long series OF Servian triumphs, was
fought on September s and .. and the
result was announced ofiiciaIly by the
government To-Day.
FOrcedSI lack Across Save.
The main battle was fought in the
angle formed by the confluence of the
Drina and Save rivers. The enemy OBJ
tanned some advantage at the beginning
of the action, but after a violent bonn
bardment by our artillery, and repeated
assaults by our infantry. the Austrians
recrossed the Save under cover of dark
-
tillery fire covered the retirement OF
the Austrians, but they left behind a
Howitzer battery, a field battery, six
machine guns, and q heavy quantity OF
munitions.
IAN attempts of the Austrians to
cross the Drina at other points failed,
the enemy being repelled in disorder.
The Austrians sustained enormous losses
and their troops could not stand before
our bayonet charges.
The seventy-ninth Austrian regiment
alone lost 5000 men. Many bodies are
being carried along the current OF the
Save. Along the entire front the Aus
trian casualties were 1000 men.
This battle was< one of the most
fiercely contested OF the war, and the
defeat of the Austrians is one OF the
greatest consequence to them"
1t was the object of the Austrians to
throw troops into Servia 1t several Diff
ferent points for an offensive campaign |
which would draw the Servian forces |
south from Austrian territory.
ServInns Destroy Orsova.
sThes victory is attributed chiefly to the
splendid bayonet charges of the Servians, |
but the accuracy of their artillery fire |
was another factor. The Austrians are
alleged to have turned their machine |
guns against their own men to prevent
their retreat.
Servians have bombarded and destroyed
the Hungarian station OF Orsova, on the
Danube, a short distance above where
the river quits Hungarian territory. thus
cutting communication between Hungary
and Roumanla.
Orsova was the route by which general
officers and sailors reached Constantl-
nople. II lies at the extreme northeastern
part of the Seryian border.
Athens, Sept. 15.-The Servian Legation
today that the army invading
Austria under command OF Prince Alex
ander had defeated the Austro-Hunga-
rian army near Petrovarandick, at the
foot of Mount Fruska-Gora. This is
eight miles north of the Servian border.