Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-30
SERBS REFORM
BATTLE LINES
FOR Defense
Forces Evacuate Monastir
to Join Scattered Por-
tions Of Army.
NEW BATTLE LINE
NEAR FRONTIER
Armies Defeated But Still Unbroken
and undsmeralixed-Au Austro- German
Campaign in Serbia Apparently At
standseiIl-Aetivity on Other Fronts
Shows Revival During Past Forty
Eight Hours.

London, Nov. 30. - Monastir, In
southern Serbia, has been evacuated.
Serbian troops. having accomplished
their purpose Of delaying the enemy's
advance until the civil population OF
the town had time to escape, have now
left the city and are retiring in good
order.
Bulgarian occupation Of the town Is
apparently only q matter Of few
hours.
Tho the Teutonic campaign against
Serbia Is described by the central
powers as finished. they have not ac-
complsshed. according to the general
belief here, the more important aim OF
entirely crushing the Serbian army.
Tho defeated and worn out the Serb
ian forces are said to be still unbrokn
and undemoralized. and are reported to
be reorganizing their units on the Al
banian and Montenegrin frontiers pre-
paratory to fresh action.
Campaign at standstiiI.
Either bitter winter weather has re-
tarded the central powers in their pro-
posed new enterprise against the
Franco British troops in the Strumitsa
region or the rapidly developing Rus
eian menace from the direction OF
Roumania has caused them to abandon
it. In any event their campaign has
: come q = atAndstAl.
Other fronts during the lest forty
eight hours have shown generally re-
vived activity. sir John French re-
ports successful British air attacks on
German positions along the Belgian
coast and other parts of the German
western front. involving destruction OF
a German submarine over the Belgian
coast and raids on an aerodrome and
ammunition factory behind the Ger
man lines.
French troops fighting in the
Souchez district succeeded In driving
the Germans from crater made by
successful mine explosions, recorded in
the German communication Of Satur-
day.
British RspuIss in Mesopotamia.
The varying fortunes which have af-
tended General Townsend's Mesopo-
tamian expedition have not yet been
recorded here in sufficient details to
4 make the situation entirely clear. It
Goes not appear that there has been
any further fighting since the British
advance on Ctonimon. but the British
troops have again fallen back to the
1.gr!s, having been outnumbered by
the Turks. and are now occupying
more easily defended positions.
A ON the north Poland front. after
crushing German attacks, the Russians
l,nx,A vnoAn lnro1 0airc Yroor Y110,1S at
occupying an eastern suburb Of the
town and advancing to the German
trenches south Of this point.
oenoral rrsneh in London.
Field Marshal Sir John French was
in London yesterday and conferred
with Premier Asquith.
So far 20 the public knows Field
Marshal French has not been in Lon-
don before since he paid a secret visit
to the capital in January. He con-
ferred with French officers and minis
ters ct Calais on July 6.
Earl Kitchener was In Paris yester-
( day. There have been reports that a
] plan was on foot to place General
JofSre. the French leader. in supreme
command OF the allied forces on, the
western front, but London has denied
this stAtemank
fss Kitchener Reachss Home.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener re-
4 turned to6ay from his trip 20 the near
east. Earl kitchener will meet his coli
leagues pf the war cabinet on Thurs
day. ~ that stime he will convey u
them the result Of his observations al
4 the vaxious hattie fronts.
''The hesis Of Greece's reply il Z
I neutrality which will continue benevo-
Tent % the entente so long az the SOW
efeienty rights Of Greece are not In
.fringod and noyrestrictions Of mill
tary character are imposed" tell
esraphs the Athens correspondent Of
{ Reuters.
osrb oMicials at ecutari.
s Arrival Of Premier Patitch and other
members Of the Serbian government a,
sScutarl. Albania. is announced in a,
0fEicial statement by the Montenegro
war office under today's date received
here. The statement says:
Premier Pstitch and members Of the
Serbian cabinet arrived ON Nov. %. a,
I Scut9ri which vii: be the seat Of the
Z government