Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-27
ITALY REPORTED
AS GOING TO AID
OF SERBIAN ARMY
EXpeditionary Force Said to
Be Landing at AvlOna,
Albania.
Bull LGARIA'S AMBITIONS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVE
Main Teutonic Forces Preparing
to Attack French and
British.
HIT AT MONASTIR ABANDONED
Important Military Developments
May Now BE Looked For
on Nardur River.
HIT AT MoNAsTIR ABANDONED
Important Military Developments
May Now BE Looked For
on Nardur River.

Especial Cable to The Times -Dispatchl
LONDON. November 2G.--Italy has
gone to the aid OF Serbia. according TO
reliable information reaching here.
An cXpeditionary force already is re-
ported landinGt at Avlona. Albania
believed. have led the Rome govern
ment to act.
The Serbian army having been driven
back to the borders Of Albania and
Montenegro. where they are being at
tackled by the AuStro- -ticrman forces
the Bulgarians. with the assistance of
General Won GallwitX's forces. are now
giving their attention to the Anglo
French troops. Important military de-
vciopmcuts may. therefore, be looked
for on the Nardar River
The RulGarS appear to have ahan-
don"d indefinitely, for the time being.
their advance on Monastir in order to
attack the French positions on the
Cerna. where lighting has already been
reported. SO far tho French have held
their positions. but dispatches from
Saloniki hint that it may he necessary
to withdraw from krivolalI to the
southwest, where British French re-
endorsements arc being concentrated
While the results OF these movements
are being watched with some anxiety,
better news. from the allies point of
view. comes from the northern from
tier OF Roumania, where a big Russian
army is masSing.
Is TO COMMAND
ARMY OF INVASION
- 70 tod h.,t
kuropatkin is to command this Rus
sian army OF invasion, which will
either be scnts up'the Danube or al
lowed passage through Roun.auia To
attack Narna from the land side
Other Russian forces are being or
ganizcd at Odessa an' Scbastopol. and
doubtless Will be sent either to the
Bulgarian or Turkish coast.
II is reported from Switzerland that
the AuStro-Gcrmau forces are sending
-cnforccmcnts to the Balkans TO meet
this new Russian offensive but other
sources state that these re-cnforce-
mentS are cn route To the front because
of the fact that the Balkan campaign
is having II direct effect on all fronts
In Galicia the Austro- German armies
are attacking, in the hope of com
pclling the Russians To divert u part
OF III" fcSSarabian army thence.
While the Austrians opposing the
Italian offensive on the Isonzo are un-
able 10 get assistance. they are coun-
terattackinS with terrific fury. and thus
far have prevented the Italians from
capturing GortHia. which has been
hard pressed for nearly a week
Late reports from McSopotamia show
that the British hold the battle field
of Ctes!pohn. and that the Turks are
retiring to Dis lah within ten miles OF
BaEdad. Prisoners taken by them
have been increased to 10000 while
the British wounded alone number
100. Troops engaged in this fighting
are undergoing hardshipS unknown in
other c"mpaie us, there being a short
age of both food and water.
The Turks are showing more activity
in the Gallipoli Peninsula. where, with
new supplies "f ammunition, they made
an attach on the allies positions. with
out. however. making any gains.