The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-19
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.

Friday, NOV. liking constantine
has defied the war party in Greece
and dissolved parliament An election
is set for December 10.
A great battle has begun, according
Athens dispatch, between the Anglo
French-Serb forces and Bulugars. The
line extends from within 20 miles Of
the Albian border TO the vicinity of
Strumitsa.
Berlin claims 100 Serbs captured
with enormous military supplies. and
thinks most of Serb army will be made
prisoners.
Earl Kitchener's destination is said
to be Greece.
Petrograd says Won Hindenburg has
lost so much ground that the Russ war
office considers Riga and Dvinsk safe
FOR the winter.
Winston Churchill has resigned his
new post, chancellor of Lancashire. in
army in France.
Saturday, Nov. t3.-Chief interest
in military operations continues to
center upon the Balkans. The Teutons
continue eating their way along, but
the Serbians are now fighting in the
mountains and the progress of the in
vaders has slowed up.
e-- In Southern Serbia increasing, re-
sistance by the Serbian forces oppos
ing the Bulgarians and the increasing
0f prit icI,
give hope to military observers in the
allied capitals that the enveloping op-
erations by which the Serbians seem
ed likely to be cut off from retreat,
may not, after all. succeed.
Teutonic submarines continue active
in the Baltic The British Den of
Crombre of 5000 tons has been sunk
somewhere in the Mediterranean.
The Italian steamer FirenZe has
been torpedoed somewhere on the
Egyptian coast. Six passengers and
fifteen of the crew are missing.
Sunday, Nov. 14.-Serbians continue
to fall back from mountain range to-
mountain range before the Austro-
German advance Berlin reports 1000
or more prisoners daily.
On the Morava river the Serbs have
made a stand and are resisting the
Bulgaians.
The British and French are making
some progress to the south.
King Constantine, replying to a pro-
test of the central powers against the
landing of troops at Saloniki, says th.t
it is an open port, and neutrality is
not being violated.
Italy has joined the allies by send
ing a warship to Saloniki.
Berlin reports a great success on
the Styr river, claiming the Germans
have pierced the Russian line and
taken 1900 prisoners.
Italy, in communication to the neu-
trail powers, denies that the Ancona,
sunk by submarine, carried any sol
diers, reservists or war munitions Of
any kind.
Austro- Hungary declares officially
that the liner refused to halt when or
dered.
Austrian flyers shelled varona in
Italy killing about thirty persons.
Monday, Nov. 15.-Winston Church
ilIs explanation of failures of British
military enterprises at Antwerp and
the Dardanelles somewhat allayed
criticism of his work as head of the
admiralty department, but until Kitch-
ener and Admiral Fisher can be heard
from the statement is taken with re-
serve.
The interest in the war still centers
in the Balkans, where Berlin reports
$500 Serbians taken.
The position of Greece gives the en-
tente allies, who suspect King Con-
stantine as plotting a Teutonic coup,
much concern.
Lord Kitchener's trip is mainly to
get show down from Greece, it is
said
The Russians are pushing their ad
vance near Dvinsk, and as Berlin
makes no report, Petrograd's claim of
gains are accepted.
Along the Styr River Germans are
or the offensive, and had made some
Sans.