Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-22
TEUTONS LOSE HEAVfLY;
SERBS HALT ADVANCE
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frontier, IS miles northeast OF Uskub
and 30 miles south of VFanje
Though they admit the main Anstro-
German advance still progresses, the Ser
vians have repulsed the invaders near
Trnowsizi and south of Belgrade accord
ing to advices from the fighting zone
today
Down along the Timok and Nisava Val
leys, in northeastern Servia, the brave
troops of King Peter are receiving hard
blows.
There is fighting almost within cannon
shot of the Rumanian frontier at that
point.
The fortified city of Pirot. just inside
the Servian border on the Sofia-Nish Rail-
way, is being bombarded. With tho Ser
vians out of Pirot and the Timok Fsiley,
virtually all of the northeasternl'part Of
the country would be clear foprthe. pas
sege of German troops and SUPPLIES into
Bulgaria and thence to Turkey + 81
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who went
to the front, Is now upon Servian sou
with his army. which is fighting west Of
Egri Palanka. rs.v
Strongly reinforced, the Seryian army
has taken the offensive against the Aus
tro-German and Bulgarian armies at sew
eral points with marked success. the Ser
vian Legation at Athens annorneAd 70
day. .- pi1i sG
"Austro-Ger operations have been
arrested at certain points by 'ouretroops
who took the offensive and rspulsed the
enemy" said an official statements issued
at the legation. THE Germans have az
vanced only a few miles south of Bel
grade, where they have constructed en-
trenchments to resist our attacks y
Bulgarian troops who entered Nranle
were later driven out" (This propaoy
refers to early fighting at Vranje, as lais
reports indicate that Vranje is now neia
by strong Bulgarian forces0 .Sl.os :.
Turkish cavalry, has appeared az va
lessa, where the battle between, seTyians
and Bulgarians continue" ,,s..yrs
The legation denied reports thai inc
Bulgarians had occupied KuplanoVa'
Prot and Valessa, but IT Is beneYe9 ne'o
that Kumanova has been captures.
Bulgarian troops are said ~ 20
strengthened to the fortificationss AZ tns n
passes In the Rhodope mountains On 'n'
Greek frontier. n IN =.
Pressed back on three sides by the
rapidly advancing Teutonic-Bulgar forces
the Servian army is retreating soutn any
east, fiercely contesting for every noun
tain and valley and waiting for the oo'
layed aid of the Anglo-French, treops
From the north and northeast tne isu- -
tons are pushing forward with nss ~
armies from various points along Ins
Austro-Serb border. their main advan''
being along the Belgrade-Nish TallwAya
The Serbians have evacuated lsup a'f
the line they were holding in that isslon,
but have succeeded in checking we ns.
vance of the Teutons at TrueWslzi' pOu'A
OF Belgrade. - a. %.
In the Trnowsizi section. south Of 70.
jarevac, the Serbs were said 70 Nv
made a fierce counter-attaek, innlcuss ~
5000 losses. killed and wounded on as Va
Teutonic forces, which were comp'''@
10 retreat toward Semendria.- ,....
To the westward a German ols,s,sr' a.sr'
advancing from Belgrade ON LesAo.s,' ~
was said TO have been hanked ~ M
servian artillery. losing thiFd d'~ =
| strength. tat.s..,,,s
The bulk Of the Teutonic army IgnS' ss,'
slowly but steadily south along lhs "a
grade Constantinople Railroad
through the Morava valley ~