The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-18
THE GREAT STRUGGLE in SERVlA
BALKANS

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel J
LONDON, Oct. 1e.--That the Bull
! oarians have cut the Nish-Saionika
railroad at vrania was said In Salon.
ika dispatches today to be persistent
! Iy reported there.
I Vrapia (vranja) Servian town, 10
abor - shty miles northeast OF strum-
nit no Bulgarian stronghold whose
cS 4 by serbo-Franco-Brltish forces
announced In dispatches from sa-
I + "a via London early today. It Is
8 y miles duo south Of Nlsh and
2 out ten miles west Of the Serbo-Bui-
}, ,arlan frontier.
If tho BuIaarians have taken Il, they
must have done SO by striking across
the border to the north Of the point
where their own territory was In
vaded and assuming that they can
hold their positions, tho allies access
to kish by rail- Is blocked.
ALLIES PRESS FORWARD.
LONDON, Oct. 1s.-The allies
pressed northward In Bulgaria today.
Tho Austro-Germans smashed their
same time. The allies progress was,
III sIi0 ISiiShS owl Abo' shS wv
tons. The Serbians still resisted the
latter desperately. The allies had not
yet been strongly opposed.
Strumnitxa's fall gave tho allies
| control Of the SaIonIka-Nish railroad
for fifty miles northward from Sa-
ionka, about third Of the distance
to Nish, saIonika advices said. strum-
nitza, the Bulgarian stronghold, 10
twenty miles east Of the railroad, but
1t was reported the Serbo-Franco-
British forces were spreading west
ward and securing tho line at the
same time that they advanced north
ward.
Their object was believed to be to
extend their front sufficiently to reach
Nish and strike at Sofia, the Bulgart-
an capital at the time, giving them
line a little more than sixty miles
long. :.
! About another third OF the distance
between saIonika and Nfsh, however,
there were Indications there would be
! . fierce struggle.
At this point, the Buigarians were
across the Serbian frontier and II
was reliably reported they had cut
/ the railway at the Serbian town OF
Vrania (vranja).
1Src " not SOOneFp u WAS dSSutuSu
they would make a stand.
Strumnitza's capture, was preceded
by tho repuIse Of the force Of forty
| week to be trying to cut the railroad
between Hudovo and vIiandovo, on
tho Serbian side Of the Greek from
! tier. The allies drove these invaders
! eastward into Bulgaria and disIodsed
! them when they took refuge at Strum-
nitza.
News that Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen, commanding tho Austro-Ger-
mans In northern Serbia, had called
for more men. gave much encourage
ment here. Though 1t was admitted
he was advancing, military experts
were sure he himself considered his
progress too slow for safety.
Won Maekensen's line, at latest ac-
counts, extended from Belgrade east.
ward to GoIubatz, about a fifty mile
! front. It was repulsina the Serbs, bit
by bit, but its progress has been very
slow.
The BuIsarians were on tho often
sve In places, all along tho Serbian
| eastern frontier and across 1t, here
and there, especially in the extreme
northeast, southwark to the vicinity
Of Strumnitza, where the allies had
been repuIsed. Much Of the fighting
| 10 in the mountains, the weather has
turned very bad and the troops suffer
! intensely. Losses are heavy every
where.
LANDED AT ENOS.
ROME, Oct. 1e.-The allies landed
troops at Enos today, according to tho
nt~h L4r - ~
Dcdchasatch railroad.
Enos ls on the gulf Of Zeros, In TUr-
kIsh territory, opposite tho GalllpoIl
peninsula and the railroad referred to
would be needed for operations In Tur-
key or Bulgaria.. Its southern ter
minus, Dedehagatch. has been BuIgar-
ian since the first Balkan war.
BULGARS CUT RAILROAD.
PARIS, Oct. 1s.-Eulaarians have
penetrated Serbian Macedonia and cut
the SaIonika-Nlsh railroad, the Aus
trian press asserts, It was stated In
Geneva dispatches received here to.
day, confirming reports from saIonIka,
ALLIES TOO Glow.
PARIS, Oct. 1s.-Despite Strum.
nitza's capture from tho BuIgarians
no pretense was made here today that
the allies are yet In sufficient force In
the near east to maintain continued
effective assistance to the Serbians
against their Austrian, German and
Bulgarian enemies. ...
The elements hero and In London
which believe it one Of the most vital
necessities Of the war to check the
'teutonic drive through the Balkans
were bringing strong pressure to has,
en- reinforcements. There was much
criticism Of the delay.
Whether Italy will Join this partIcu