The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-06
JOIN IN
SMASH At SERBS
All Armies Allied With Central
Powers Operating Against
the Balkan Nation.
DANUBE RIVER TO Be OPENED
Mines and Other Distractions Being
Rapidly RemoVed-Russians Bonn
bard Varna-ItaIians Busy.

LONDON, oct. 2S.-The forces of all
the countries allied with the central
powers are now operating against the
SerVians and the British and French
in the southeastern theater of war.
Turkish artillery has entered the
fray in Southeast Servia in the neigh
borhood of Strumitza, and, according
to Berlin, in cooperation with the Bull
garian mountain artillery has "done
great execution" against the Anglo
French troops.
Bulgarians Almost in Control.
The capture of Zajecar and Knia-
jevats, near the Bulgarian frontier,
northeast of Nish, gives the Bulgar-
ians control not alone of the Danube
region and the northern reaches of
the Timok river, but of the railway
running south to Nish
Mines and other distractions in the
Danube are being rapidly removed and
traffic on the river, it is expected, will
soon be restored.
Varna is Damaged.
On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
Russian warships have been lombard
ing Bulgarian positions. Varna, the
chief port, was considerably damaged
by the shells of the Russians, accord
ing to the report reaching Rome from
Bucharest.
The Greek minister in Paris has in
formed the French foreign office that
reports that Greece would demand the
withdrawal of the allied troops from
Saloniki are unwarranted.
The Italian Offensive.
Udine, Italy, Oct. 29.-News of the
great Italian offensive all along the
Isonzo front is being brought down by
the wounded and the men of the con-
Voys which are escorting Austrian
prisoners to the rear. In three days
more than three thousand prisoners
have passed through Udine, which
gives some idea of the magnitude of
the operations.
Northern SerVia Doomed.
London, Oct. 28.-The German army
which crossed the Danube at Orsova
has joined hands with the Bulgarians,
who invaded Servia near Prahovo, and
the central powers now have an open
road through northeastern SerVia and
Bulgaria to the Aegean sea and Con-
stantinOple. They are thus in a posi-
ton to send guns and munitions by
river and railway to their Bulgarian
and Turkish allies, who will be greatly
strengthened thereby.
The invasion of the northern por
lions Of Servia by the Austro-Germans
continues, while Bulgaria is putting
forth strong effort to secure control
Of additional sections of the Belgrade
Sa1onih railway.
So far as the north is concerned,
Servia. it is feared by her allies, is
doomed, but in the south, reinforced
by the British and French, who are
now fighting by her side, Servia is
using all her strength to throw the
Bulgarians back. After the French
victory at Krivolsk, the SerVians, ac-
cording to the Athens report, were
able to reoccupy Veles, an important
railway and road junction just south
of Uskup, where a big battle still is
in progress.
1t is argued here that if the Bulgar-
ians can be held in the south until
Anglo-French achievements, which
are now on the way, arrive, Bulgaria
may yet be robbed of Macedonia, on
which she has set her heart But the
allies also would have to make an at
tempt to block the German road to
Turkey and their big attack may be
directed elsewhere.
Can't Weaken other Fronts.
The allies, however, are depending
on their own resources and arranging
to throw into the Balkans as many
men as can be spared. At the present
time they cannot weaken the other
fronts, as the Germans are showing
considerable activity. The latter have
made still another counter attack in
the attempt to recapture La Courtine,
in Champagne, which the French re-
Gently took from them. Strong Ger
man patrols were observed in the Loos
region, but were dispersed.
Serbs Hold in South.
London, Oct. 27.-The Serbian
troops, which have been so CALAMITY
holding tnpe little northeastern corner
of their country, where the Austro-Ger
man and Bulgarian armies are about
to join, are being slowly forced back,
as the pressure upon them becomes
greater. In fact, all along the north
ern and eastern frontiers Of Serbia the
invaders are making steady progress,