, 1915-10-23

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have captured V anja, aud in he BregalnitzA
valley we have captured kochana.' This
signifies that the Nish-Salonica railway has
been cut.
A German official statement says: ''Th0
Au>tro- HungariAns under General Won no
yess have captured Obrenovac. South OF
Belgrade the Germans and Austro- Hunga-
rians, after a battle, have reached ths heights
east of Varnnio, south Of Ripnuo and south OF
Grocka on the Danube. General Won Gall
wiz has captured the region west OF Scene
and the villages Of Vobanj aud MHlakriesha
on the plateau of Lnursc, and those south
east Of Bozevac az far Us Minljenovac have
been wrested from the enemy. General
Bogatcheff has been rushed forward, via
Inowo, towards Mieiecal, in the direction OF
the valley of PROT"
An Austrian official announcement says:
Attacks by the allied armies ale ID progress
everywhere in the Mcva region, which for its
greater part is IN our possession. The Aus
tro-Hungarians sent over on both sides at
the mouth Of the Kolubnr river have cap-
tured Obrpnovnc and The heights southeast
thereof. They also stormed W til the bayo-
net the Gypsy mount"in south of Crock" aud
effected u junction with the German divisions
successfully advancing on both SIDES Of the
lower Morava. In the three days lighting
for the possession Of the AyalA mountain and
ths positions north Of Grocka we captured
rs Serbian officers aud 1000 men.
A Russian official COMMUNICATE states:
Following our recent success on the middle
Slyra, we have captured Cznrtorysk, taking
prisoners and mAchiDe-guns, and near the
KQluadin firm IN turning the German flank
we captured rs officers and 700 men OF
the FIRST kronprinz Grenadiers, and took
q oN., ,ml - hDn,I abvl,-Av N1r mo
exnsperuted by the almost general use Of
explosive bullets BY the Germans, bayonet-
ing numerous members Of this regiment.
On the Styr, above Czartorysk, the Austro-
Germans have been put to flight by a renew
nj of our vigorous attack and we have
stormed the villages of Brzk8 and Rudnla,
capturing prisoners and machine guns, the
number Of which have not yet been ascer-
tanned"
A Berlin oficinl bulletin announces: "Sou'h
Of Riga our troops have stormed several
enemy positions and reached the DonDA, east
OF Borkowitz, Russian attacks northeast of
Jacobsta1t have been repulsed. IN the re-
gion of Smolli q French biplane piloted by "a
Russian and equipped with q British ma
chine-gun was shot down by one OF our
battle planes. The battle reported to be IN
progress ON the Stry is taking q course ia
YOuFAO16 10 us.
An Austrian official bulletin Gays "Ihe
Russians have continued THEN attacks in the
swampy and wooded region on the lower
Styr, Near Bojusl"wk, northwest of Derazoo,
the enemy thrice successfully STONED the
positions Of our Honved division, but was
put to flight BY our fire, and in hand-to-hand
fighting we captured 3 officers and over 500
men. A Russiun division advancing via
KuIkioyitcbi has been repulsed on the enst
bank OF the Styr. In the region Of Cz"rto-
rysk some OF the enemy reached the west
bank of the Stty and the fighting continues"
A despatch from Stockholm. dated Oct.
18th, says that the German steamers Per-
numbnco, Soderhamn, Johannes Russ and
Delalfyen have been torpedoed III The Baltic
Sea, off Oxeloesuud, by u British submarine,
and that according 10 reports from various
stations four other German steamers have
been sunk by British submarines outside Of
the southern Stockholm archipelago within
The last tweuty-four hours, but their names
are unknown.
A despatch from Copenhagen states that
n German mine-layer guarding the entrance
to the Langelaud Belt WAS tolpedoed by a
British submarine Oh the eighteenth, all on
board the mine-layer losing their lives.
The Wilson liner "Aleppo' has been