Evening star., 1915-11-02
Drawing Net Around Nish.

LONDON, November 1.-The
Austrian, German and Bulgarian
armies are drawing the net more
closely about Nish.
In the south the French assert
they have inflicted considerable
losses on the Bulgarians, who are
reported to have been thrown
back on the right bank of the
Nardar.
A dispatch to the Times from
Bucharest says:
ct is reported in naval quarters
here that Russian troops were
landed at Varna, in Bulgaria, on
the Black sea, Friday.
The bombardment of varna did much
damage, especially in the Armenian
and Greek quarters of the town. ac-
cording to Bucharest dispatches to the
London morning papers. The military
club. marine arsenal national bank and
English cotton factory were damaged
or destroyed, while the barracks out
side the town and the naval docks were
damaged
King Ferdinand's chateau of Ruxino-
grad had one wing destroyed and the
ancient monastery in the grounds
where the king and queen reside in
preference to the palace, was also de-
molished.
1t is said that the majority Of the
troops at Varna are Turkish, under
command of German officers.
The military experts in the London
morning papers say that the fall OF
Kraguyevatz. the Serbian arsenal, was
not entirely unexpected by the Serbian
general stat and that suitable meas
tute another locality for the manu-
factuse of munitions of war. They also
Say that the indications are that a
channel Of supply to the retreatine
Montenegro.
The Daily Telegraph's military corre-
spondent asserts that there Is little to
fear from the menace to the rear OF
the Serbians as the mountainous ma
ture OF the country offers opportunities
for elusive tactics and skiilful maneII-
vers in which the Serbians are vel
versed. while the consumption of am
munition in the mountain warfare IL
much less than in fighting on the
plains Thus. he says. the Serbians will
be enabled to conserve their supple.
Of both men and bullets, and thai
moreover the campaign from now or
Will offer the German massed artiller,
FORMATIONS and heavy guns few oppor.
tunities to make themselves felt
New Anglo-Freneh Expedition.
AMSTERDAM. November 2. via Lon
don, 1:25 pm.-A new Anglo-French ex.
pedttion to the Balkans Is announced
by the Berlin Tageblatt. This newspa.
per publishes a telegram from Sofs
stating that British and French trans
ports With troops have appeared of
Kayals Greece
Kavala is on the north coast of tn.
Aegean in Greece. about twenty mile,
west of the Bulgarian border. II i,
eighty miles northeast of the Greel
port of Saloniki, where the first de
tachments of British and French troop,
were landed for the Serbian campaign
kavala Is the nearest Greek port t.
the Callipoli peninsula, and might b.
selected az the landing place in cas-,
French and British troops were with
drawn from the peninsula for servic,
against Bulgaria. A Berlin dispatcl
ban front brought in by way of Sa
loniki. had been sent from the PENN
sulax
few miles north from KavaIa IL tn,
railroad which runs from SaIoniki +,
the Bulgarian port of Dedeaghatch.
Troops From the Gallipoli.
BERLIN, November 2. by wireless Z,
Tuckerton. N 1.-THE French troop
which have arrived in Serbia by wa,
of Saioniki. Grece, came from the Gal
hpoh peninsula, according to a dis
patch from Sofia to the Overseas New
Agency. The French contingent. tn
message adds. was composed exclusive
ly of French Chasseurs dAfriaue an,
the Foreign Legion.
French soldiers taken prisoners b.
the Bulgarians after the latter had re
pulsed an attack, the advices state ha,
good rifles. but were poorly equipped
ROME, November 2. via Paris-Aus
tria- Hungary, declares the Messaggero
fs arming Albanian bands with a viey
TO harrying the rear Of the Serbian
army and assisting the Bulgaria.
forces to reach the Adriatic.
The Austrian effort, the newspape
asserts, 10 being hampered by the atti
lude Of Essad Pasha. provisional presi
dent Of Albania, who 10 friendly to tn
9erbians. and ID at present in contro
n central AlbantA