South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
French Forces Which Tried to
Cut Their Way to Relief
of Defenders Are
Thrown Back.
EMPEROR IN CHARGE
OF TEUT0NIC ALLIES
Field Marshal Won MaCkenzen
Will Go to OardaneIIeS to
Direct Forces There,
Says Report.

PARIS. Nov. IA news agency
dispatch from Bucharest states that
powerful Russian fleet, consisting OF
three superdreadnaught and 13 other
warships. are bonn harding the Bull
garian Black sea coast.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE supreme
war lord. Emperor William. is now
said TO be directing the operations Of
the Teutonic allies in the Balkans per
lsonallY.
One of the outstanding features OF
the near eastern situation today is the
presence there of the kaiser and Lord
Kitchener. the British secretary OF
state for war.
1t is reported in a Reuter- dispatch
from Athens that Field Marshal Won
Mackenzen, who directed the Austro-
German drive through northern Ser
bia, will go 10 the Dardanelles 10 take
command OF the Turkish and German
forces.
over a line that stretches more
than half way across New Serbia,
bloody battle is raging with success
favoring now one side and again the
other With the aid Of reinforcements
the Bulgarians have captured Babuna
pass and Isvor from the Serbians.
French forces which tried to cut their
way through to the relief Of the Serbs,
were thrown back
Sofia reports that the French have
lost heavily in the fighting on the
Tcherna river.
Forced Woodward
A Salonika telegram states that the
Bulgarians, after making brave
stand. were forced nOrthward along
the Tcherna by the French, and that
the Bulgars are trying 20 resume the
offensive southwest of Strumnitza-
O. v-F.f a
tains south of NeleS (koprulu) -
menaced with destruction unless help
arrives soon. The Bulgars massed a
big force there with many guns in an
attempt 10 open up the way TO Mon
astir.
The news today indicates that the
earlier advices reporting the Bull
garian force at Uskub, is so strong
that it was able to spare troops To
reinforce the army Of the Katchanik
front.
Further north the advance guard Of
the central Bulgarian army which oc-
cupied Pristina is said TO have been
expelled
PristiDa is IS miles northwest OF
Franje.
Although the German and Austro-
Hungarian war offices report further
progress in northern Serbia, the ad-
vince Of the Teutonic forces in the
past few days has been negligible.
SOFIA (via London, Nov. IL
The Serbian town OF Prokuphe, 20
miles southwest of Nish. has been cap
tured by the Bulgarians. it was offi-
cially announced today by the Bull
garian war office.
The war office also announced the
capture Of Z 200 Serbs.
(These 1000 prisoners are evident
~ the same as those mentioned In the
official German report last Saturday,
The following is the text OF the OH
cial Bulgarian report:
ION Saturday the Serbs retreated 10
the left bank of the MOrava, destroy
ing bridges after them.
King Peter was with these retiring
forces Crossing the Morava our
troops captured Prokuph. where We
took six mortars, 10 ammunition carts
and 1000 prisoners.
AT Grejesco we took 80 railway
carriages.
ION the right bank Of the Nardar
river al Karassa we repulsed French
attacks and captured three officers, 80
men and two maMms."
BERLIN (by wireless). Nov. H.
Capture Of 1000 more Serbian prison
ers was announced in tOday's official