The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-19
BRITISH CABINET ABOUT TO FALL
BALKANS


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ATHENS, Oct. 1e.-A bloody battle
between Serblans and BuIgarlans still
ragged to'ay along the ten mile north
and - - line between the Serbian
town. Slranla and Rlstovatz.
z he is about thtrty-fve miles
w tho Serb-BuioarIan's frontier
4 .wo thirds Of the distance north
. from the Sero-Greek frontier,
= Jng the SaIonlka-Nish railroad. The
'-truggie 10 for possession Of this line,
which the Buig7rs seek to cut, as a
means Of delaying the aIlles' north
ward advance to the Serbians aid.
North Of vrania, telegraph eommunl-
cation was broken.
NOTICE TO GREECE.
ATHENS, Oct. 17.-(Delayed.)-The
British and Russian ministers today
notified the Greek government In a
friendly way, Of the allies determina-
ton to send heavy reInforoements to
the Balkans. They discussed also
with the foreign minister the Serbo-
Greek treaty systematically, but plain
Iy lntimating that the allies could not
endorse the Greek Wow that the pact
did not require Greece to 90 to Ser.
bla's aid against Bulgaria.. ..
DESPERATE RESISTANCE.
LONDON, Oct. f9.-The Serbians
were putting out their last ounce Of
strength today TO delay the Austro-
German drive from the northward to-
ward Consta ntinopIe and to repuIse
the Bulgarian Invasion from the east.
Dispatches referred to the presence
Of aged men, Of many women and chill
dren on the Serb fighting lines.
These lines were giving ground un-
der TeutonIc pressure, BUT only bit by
bit. Every foot Of the INVADERS pro-
gress was being resisted. The broken
country favored the Serbs. They were
admittedly losing heavily, but the Ger
man and Austrian losses were declar-
ed to be proportlonateiy far heavier.
Accounts conflicted as to develop
nents In the serb-euiearian cam
paian. The Serbian version was that
the buioarlans had been beaten back
AZ most points, especially In tho
VranIa region where the Invaders were
trying to cut the Saionlka-Nish rail-.
road. Tho Bulgarian story was that
an advance was being pushed every
where. Occupation Of the vranIa dis
trIct and extensive progress In north.
eastern Serbia were specifically men.
toned In Sofia OFFICIAL reports.
Tho allies chief worry 10 lest the
Bulgarian attack cripple the Serbs In
holding back tho Austro-6erman drive.
From StrumnItxa, the southwestern
Bulgarian town already In Franco-BrIt-
ish hands, Il was expected an allied
force would be pushed northward.
Sofia, the capital, so as to
distract the Bulgars from their west
ward advance. |
The allies strongest hope was that
the Serbians might succeed in delay
ing the Austro-Germans long enough
to give the British and French, and
the italian also, II was thought pos.
sibie, FREQ hand In operations
against constantinopIe.
The belief was growing that the al.
lied plan was to strike eastward from
Enos against the Turkish capital. For
this movemnet there are railway facili-
ties and while Turkish opposition Is
looked for, It was thought scarcity Of
would render this COM
ineffective.
On the western front, II was sur
missed from heavy German concen-
tration In campasne and the Vosges
that fresh drive was about to be at
In these districts. Otherwise
there had been IIttie change.
In the east the Germans were re.
ported to have made unImportant
gains between Riga and Dvinsk, but
along the rest Of tho limo, south to
the Roumanian frontier, the Russians
we're said to be on the offensive.
VILLAGES CAPTURED.
LONDON Oct. 1e.-capture cf
long list Of obscure villages a few
miles inside the eastern and north
eastern Serbian frontier was claimed
today In an official Bulgarian report
received from Sofa via Vienna and
Berlin. The Morava valley, It was
asserted, had been occupied by the
Buigars In the Vrania region. All
along their line, said the report, the
are advancing.