Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-31
HARD FIGHTING
NOT NEEDED TO
RETAKE vALJEvO
End of Third Austrian Invasion.
of Servia Is Accomplished.
With Comparatively Little.
Trouble,

(Assoeaied Press CorresponJanre.)
Valjevo, Serbia Jan. 14.--'rhe Ser l
bian reoccupation OF Vaiievo which I
marked the end Of the third Austrian 7
invasion OF Serbia, was accomplished I
without extensive fighting in the inn K
mediate vicinity OF the town. The |
Austrmns il Is true, had prepared |
elabortteIy for the defense of Val !
ievo and their artillery commanded /
all the usual approaches. But the /
serhians presented only a small dccoy \
squad at the main roads, sending I
their principal forces around thef
hills by footpaths and secret routes
10 The rear and flank of the Austrian /
positions.
They took the Austrians complete I
~ by surprise. after scattering rear
guard of Hungarians quietly by thet
bayonet. The towns defenders. at-F
tackled from both front and rear.
abandoned trenches and fled Retreat
changed TO rosh when the Serbians
turned on them their own cannon
from the heights, Smelling the. Aus |
trian rear guard in it's flight. and
killing hundred of them at onei
epDt. as they rounded the top of al
hin Just ontside the town.
The entry Of the Serbian army waal
not imposing. The mon were tool
much i'm earnest for much display or
hilarty. Some Of the old population
rot ont faded flags and hung them
aloft in welcome. and there was al
committee of old men representing
tho municipality to receive the gen
eral and welcome the returning sol
ders. but in the main the entry re-
sembed the return to a bereaved
house offer 0 funeral. The dead hay
everywhere, Serbian as well as Aus
trian. and as for the wounded--it
was many days before they had all
been gathered up from the fields and
hills of the countryside and placed
under surgeons care.
Invaders Plans Collapse.
Along the roads, there was plenty
IA indicate the collapse of the invad-
ers' plans. Countless cans of food
and pieces of discarded or broken
equipment lay in the wheel tracks,
and here and there could be seen the
CLEAN of a uniform almost complete
w concealed by the mud. At the en-
trance to the town was a great heap
of broken artillery, ammunition, pro-
visions, baggage, cartridge cases ana
personal effects, which the Austrians
plan to burn had been followed by
the pressure of the oncoming enemy
The Serbians advanced too hastily
to bring up much of their own aftli-
lery. but they had no difficulty m
manning the Austrian batteries whieh
they had captured, guns, horses ana
ammunition wagons The use of these
Austrian guns against their late own
ers added the last incentive to the
hastv departure of the invaders, for
the Austrian infantry easily recoghiz-
cd the shots fired toward them from
their own guns, not only by the po-
sltions of the batteries. but also py
the characteristic reddish purple
snoke of the Austrian powder.
In some of the trenches the Serbs
gathered up the shovels left behiho
bv the Austrans and began at once
completing the defense works, Tor IL
was generally believed that the Aus
TRANS would soon reform and re-
turn in an effort at counter-attaek'
Tho Serbs expressed great contempt
for the novice Notifications erected
NV the Austrian recruits, for the
Serbs have been building trenches all
through three wars, until the science
Of this mode of defense is as familiar
10 them as target practice.
w fhn
Anstrians left stabbed in Valtevo m
Guided large numbers of Tyrolean
mules. never before seen in these
narts. but excellent. sturdy animals
and invaluable for artillery purposes.
In all parts OF the town were to be
seen coaches and cabs, brought from
Trieste and other cities to do military
duty. and now abandoned, their
shafts pointing desolately skyward.
Close behind the Serbian soldiers
came groups of refugees hurryng
hack ia their homes, which they had
left when they fled before the Aus
,rian advance. Their oxen We're yok-
ed M to every conceivable species OF
wagon, and their wagons We're pileu
high with every conceivable species
of household articles
There was a great smashing OF
dishes when the Serbian women got
back into their homes. for these peo-
pie are almost superstitious as to me
cleanliness of their crockery ana
kitchen ware, and it seemed to be the
general opinion among the house
wives that nothing which had been
,,eaa hy the Austrian invaders was
suitable for use again in preparing
Serbian meals.
Within u day or two the town was
almost swamped with prisoners, for
the Servian troops had spread fan
like over the countryside, and were
sweeping in Austrian stragglers from
everywhere
The Real Trouble.
Manv women are worried because