New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-29
Invader SeiZeS Town
Thirty Miles from
Stronghold.
FRENCH LAND
100000 MEN
Defenders Retake Uskub
and Begin Advance
on IStib.
BRITISH SEND GENERAL
Turks Attack at Strumnitza-
Russia Names Bulgarian
Leader Of Army.
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UdtIAc Ou WHICH HdHRS INC HlaSSty
Of the Oriental Railway and the fate
Of Serbia is fast approaching.
From the north the Teuton armies
are still pushing slowly up tho
Morava Valley. From the east the
Bulgarians have pressed to within
thirty miles Of Nish and, II Is re-
ported, have taken PROT pivotal
points on the road from Budapest
to Constantinople.
Meanwhile, the Allied forces are
advancing into Serbia, driving back
Gar Ferdinand's troops as they
batter their way north. Railway
communication between Salonica and
Veles has been established once moro
and the road5ed cleared Of the in
vader. Franco-Serbian troops, after
retaking Veles, are reported to be
marching upon Istib, and Uskub has
been recaptured by the Serbians.
Invader and defender are rapidly
nearing each other. With the rail.
road free, the Allied forces can b
brought up to Veles, in the heart Of
the battle zone. The rush Of the
Bulgarian invasion Of. Macedonia
was possible because the country has
few natural defences. The counter
rush Of the Allied forces is possible
for the same reason.
Danube Cleared OF Serbians.
On tn Danube the last Serbian
positions have been wrested from tho
defender. With the junction Of the
invading armies accomplished, the
river will be reopened speedily for
traffic. Vessels already are remov-
ing mines and other obstructions,
and communication between Hun
gary and Bulgaria and Turkey will
begin soon.
But travel along the river is
necessarily slow, and the real OBJ
jective of the Teuton allies must be
the Oriental Railway. Whether
Serbia can hold out until the Allies
have made their strength felt sutfi-
ciently to divert the Bulgaria. at
tack TO the north is the crucial ques-
ton on which the outcome Of tho
campaign depends. The Allies are
forcing back the southern forces
constantly, but the Bulgarian threat
TO the railway has become imminent.
Now, if ever, must come the su.
preme effort % the Allies. Rumania
and Greece cannot be persuaded or
bribed to come to the aid of Serbia.
That was made clear at the meeting
Of the Italian Cabinet Council last
night. Serbia can be saved only by
quick and vigorous action by the
Entente powers.
15O,OO0 french Landed.
France, distressed by Cabinet
troubles, is reported 10 be sending
more troops to Salonica. According 20
German dispatches, the French have al
ready landed 10000 men, with 100 big
guns. at Sslonica.
Where the British expedl,ionsry
force is stationed remains a mystery.
But the indications are that Britain,
too, has a large force in Serbia, for,
although General Monro. appointed to
command the Gsllipoli operations. Is
already on the Balkan front, Major
General Sir Bryan Mahon, who gained
fame a. the leader of the columns
which relieved Mafeking, in the South
African war. has been sent % coop
crate with the French.
Russia, too, is doing her part in the
effort to relieve the pressure on the
Serbians. The Cars Black Sea feet
has again begun the bombardment OF
the Bulgarian coast, concentrating its
attack at Vsrna, where. il was re-
ported, Russian expeditionary force
from Odessa would attempt a landing.
The statement issued at Petrograd
says:
"In the Black Sea. on the 2sth. our
feet bombarded the batteries and har-
Dor works Of Narns, while at the ssme
time syiators dropped bombs on tho
port Enemy submarines attacked our
ships, but without success
Russians Shell Narna.
A Bucharest dispatch 90 the Stefani
News Agency. filed yesterday, says:
"A Russian feet arrived at o'clock
this morning of the Bulgarian coast"
the correspondent writes, and inn
medistely began a bombardment OF
Varna. Shelling WAS still proceeding
az IL o'clock. Considerable damage has
been done 20 the town"
General Radko DimitrAg, says the