Licking Valley courier., 1915-10-28
WARSHIpS SHE'LL
BULGARIAN FORTS
English and French Fleets Bom-
bard Coast on the Ae-
gean Sea.
RUSS ATTACK ON BLACK SEA
Serbian Forts Defending Uskub Are
Under Fire Of Heavy Bulgar Guns
British Troops Reach Serbia
Prepared to Help.

Prepared to Help.
Geneva, Oct. 25.-A dispatch from
Sofia received here says the Bulga.
rians have captured the town of Kop-
rulu, on the railway line south OF
Uskub.
London, Oct. rs. = An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Salopiki
states that the Destovo bridge, on the
Nish-Saloniki railway, between Salo-
niki and the Serbian frontier, has been
destroyed.
London, Oct. 25.-Harbor works,
the railway station and shipping 10
the harbor were destroyed when
feet of English and French warships
bombarded Dedeagatch, 1t was otii.
cially announced by the admiralty.
London, Oct. 25. = English and
French warships are bombarding the
Bulgarian coast on the Aegean sea-
Russian warships are bombarding
the Bulgarian coast on the Black sea.
British troops have reached Serbia
prepared to help King Peters army
against the attacks of the Bulgars
Forts defending Uskub, the most
important railway town in central Ser
bia, are under the fire of heavy Bul.
garlan guns
The Serbs are putting up magnif
cent fight, but thus far have been un.
able to stem the advance of the Ger
man, Austrian and Bulgarian armies.
Foregoing we're the outstanding fea
lures of the military situation in the
Balkans as revealed in dispatches re.
celved here from Athens, Saloniki. Blu
charest and Berlin
Forts Badly Damaged.
For forty miles along the Aegean
seacoast of Bulgaria British and
French warships from the Darda
jnelles feet are hurting shells into Bui
garian defensive works The forts de
Tending Dedeagatch have been badly
damaged. II is reported from Salonili
On the Black sea coast a severe ar
tillery duel is raging between the ar
tillery shore batteries and the Rus
sian warships.
German gunners are manning Bul
garian artillery at critical points. The
Bulgars have rushed an immense guam
tity of heavy artillery to the Serbian
frontier near Strumnit2a, where the
Saloniki.Nish railway runs close tc
the line with the idea of bombarding
the road to prevent the transportation
of Anglo.French troops northward.
Buluars Dominate Railroad,
At least one hundred miles of the
Saloniki.Nish railroad line is either
in possession of the Bulgarians ol
else is dominated by the Bulgarian
artillery.
The rejection by Greece of the OF
fer OF the island of Cyprus to holl
the allies has aroused intense pes
simism in official circles OF Londoi
and Paris. While Greece has not madt
any definite step toward helping til,
Teutonic powers she has refused al
the overtures of the entente powers
There is a strong fleet of British an,
French warships in Greek waters.
French Official Announcement.
Paris, Oct. 25.-Allied warships BON
barded the Bulgarian coast and tn
port of Dedeagatch on Thursday after
noon, the French. ministry of marin
announced. The bombardment re
suited in the destruction of milltar
posts on the coast. The official state
ment issued by the ministry of m;
rine follows;
''In the afternoon of October 81 n
lied warships bombarded the war,
houses, magazines and approaches I
the port of Dedeagatch without firin
on the residential section of the cit.
in addition they destroyed ce
tain number of works and militar
posts OF observation on the Bulgaria
coast"
Bombardment Fallure-Soha.
Sofia, Oct. 25.-Bombardment Of III
port OF Dedeagatch by the Angl
French feet was a complete failui
from military viewpoint, the Bulg
rian war Office announced, adding thi
no real damage was caused.
Attaches of the war Office expressC
the belief that the bombardment WI
ordered for the political effect that
might have in Greece, rather than
the belief that It would interfere wi
the Bulgarian campaign in any wa
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