Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-10-21
AUSTRO- GERMANS HASTEN
DRIVE TO c0NSTANTlNOPLE
Tcuton Tactltians Are Aiming TO Get
Through BY Shortest Possible Route
TO Bulgarian. Territory, Belief
MonteneprIns and serbIana
Offer stubborn Resistance.
pstrograd, Oct. 2O.--capture Of $500
prlsoners In scattered engagements
aion0 the eastern front Il announced
In the official war office bulletin.

London, Oct 2o.--A late edition Of
The Evening News publishes the fol.
lowing dispatch from Athens: "Ths
6ulrarIans have been repuIssd along
the whois line. The Serblans ars now
considered secure and the Allies are
advancing against the HuluarIans. The
Allied troops are being rushed to the
front hastily
london, Oct. 2o.---A dispatch 70 the
Chronicle from Rome says:
1According to ! Bucharest telegram
the ssrbians took 1000 prisoners and
four nuns In the 0ornaoco sector. Tho
enemy's losses In killed and wounded
aiso were very heavy. The serblans
were victorious In the Timex region
or Northeast Serbia, taking 900 prIs-
onsrs.
Paris. Oct. Acknowledgment Of tre-
mendous Teutonic pressure to the
southeastward, rather than due south.
through Serbia and Semendria. In
arousing the suspicious here that the
AuBtro-German tacticians are aiming
now to get through by the shortest
possible route to friendly Bulgarian
territory.
The drive across Serbia In this d.
rection. would be but rs or so miles
1t the narrowest point of Serb terri.
tory. Thence. after crossing the
Timok river, presumably unopposed,
there would be an overland march OF
about So miles To the nearest railroad
connection with Constantinople.
SERBS strongly Reinforced.
There liz heavy lighting in the Ris.
tovac-vranya district OF Serbia. Ac-
ccrding to reliable news from SaIoni.
nj. the Serbians have been strongly re-
inforced Beyond vranya telegraphic
communication ID interrupted.
Report has II that the Allies already
have occupied tho important stragetic
town Of Strumitza on the extreme
southwestern part OF Bulgaria. across
the Greek border and that landing
has been made by them In Turkey at
Enos. In the mouth OF the Martha
river, short distance southeast OF
the Bulgarian port OF Dedeagahatch.
While Enos In q shallow water port
and It's environs are unhealthy owing
TO the marshy country surrounding the
city, tho Martha river In navigable at
this season Of the year by barges az
Tar as Adrianople.
suhhornly Oppose Tsutons.
All along the lire the Eerbians and
their Montenegrin nelghbors. who also
are being attacked. are offering very
stubborn resistance to both Austro-
Germans and Bulgarians. and while
they have given mp number OF towns
and positions. they have not yet reach.
Cd tho line on which they expect to
make their stand.
The nulgarians, SO far as can be
learned. made progress only In tho
xlotokopska valley, near the River
Morava. north OF the town OF vranya,
where they blew up bridge. There
n mo confirmation, however, OF the re.
port that they cut the railway In this
district, the bridge which they de-
atroyed being q small wooden one
near the railway. The Bulgarian force
which penetrated the valley Ii not a
large one.
Surprise for Central Powers,
The Italians. according to the lat
eAt reports. will not send contingent
TO the Balkans, but cooperation Of
their navy In the Aegean, where an
Allied fleet has already gathered, Ia
looked for.
The point at which the Russians will
strike has not yet been disclosed. The
expectation is, however. that the AL.
lics have a surprise for the central
powers and that steps are being taken
10 bring Turkey to her knees before
assistance can reach her.
6lx Men Rob Train: Escaps.
New York. Oct. 1a--Six men held
4 M and robbed West Shore train In
unu0rafraw and than nScannA In -.