The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-26
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| October "a at a salient angle north o.
LIE Mesnil, in the Champagne, about
| $50 yards of our position fell tenn
porarily into the hands of the enemy
The French yesterday We're orlven oul
Five officers and more than LOU men
remained in our hands Northeast OF
lie Mensil the enemy still occupies
small German trench
ION Combreres height our mine eX-
blossoms were successful. French
mining in the Bots LIE Pretre ach1eVeu
no success.
Army of Won Hindenburg-Th
IlIoulxst sector again has been crosSeo
north of Illoukst. The village or kas-
imirshiki, which temporarily was tax
en- by the enemy Sunday, again Is
firmly held by u.s.
Russ Positions Stormed.
ARMY of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Russian attacks east of BaranC-
yichi and in the vicinity of our posi-
lions on the canal south or Lake
Vygonovskoye were repulsed.
! Army of General Won L1ns1ngen-
To the east of Kollzi and to the west OF
Czartorysk, the enemy posltion Were
stormed during the night OF Octoper
l25 general Russian counter attack
was unsuccessful Further progress
was made yesterday. The enemy leII
lir our hands four officers and 1,4oo
men and ten machlne guns
| 'In the Balkan Theater:
"East of Visegrad line of heights
Suhagorapanos has been reached.
IAN attack made by the armies OF
General Won kovess ana Gg rnerassin ul.
South of Palanka, the northern slopes
of the Raca Valley are, in our posses
sion, while further east MarKoVatsc
Laope and Kutsnevo nave peeh LAX
len by us. oco
During the past three days $50
Sarbians have been made prisoners;
There are no fresh reports TO han 111
regarding the army OF General DoS
adjieff (Bulgarian)-
Race to Constantinopie.
, London, Oct. 26.-The race for the
; road to Constantinople has reached
an exciting stage. The Bulgar1ans are
within a few miles of forming juno
ton with their Austro-German allies,
while the French in small force al
ready have Joined the Serbians.
The French are not yet in surrlclent
numbers to assume an actual offensive
5 in Macedonia but the rapidity OF the
= bulgarian advance in that region al
ready has diminished. Along the OF j
northeast of Vranya to the RumaniaIn
r border, the Serbians are yielding httie
Form a junction.
, Actual junction between the Bull
: garians and their allies, which may pc
L q matter of only a few hours, Will
soon show whether the Serbians are
: Il able to hold their mountain posluons
until the entente allies bring up strohS
|. forces
ItaIy is still hammerfng away Al
the Austrian front which is shaken but
, tunbroken. 1t is expected IN Lo 1es.
that the Italian offensive Will at Ieas,
prevent the Austrians from relnIorclns
their Balkan army.
, Russia, by her stubborn defense OF
Riga and Dvinsk and her continued
~s2 Sc Irnn
a ponents engaged busily along tne
4 whole eastern front In the We5'
: there is evidence that the entente aliles
e were again preparing for an or1enSlV =
which may prevent the Germans Irof'
= diyerting any of their forces there
o Turks Arc Concentrating.
J, The report that Turkish troops are
being concentrated at BurgaS' val NC
and other points on the Black SEE
coast of Bulgaria is reiterated IN al
10 vices received here today from Athens
a Reuters correspondent says the Turk
are to oppose Russian attempts to lan(
y troops having replaced Bulgarlans' De
cause it was feared the lat1er oo"i'
5isDatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company says:
give thousand German soldier
from Constantinople are repiaclnl
Rulgarians at points on the Black sea
The defense of coast has been entras1
ed to Germany" A.,
The Reuter- dispatch asserts tn
damage inflicted on Dedeaghatch. o.
the bombardment of an allied flee
last week was considerable The exten
of the property loss is due largely I
fire which. famed by a high vino
swept through the congested shlpp1n
quarter.
Prepare Advance on Strumitsa.
Sa1oniki. Oct ga brigade c
IN British troops will leave Saloniki to
Eday for Dorian Gao miles northwest c
4 Saioniki) The object of this NOV
\ so it is stated, is to prepare an advanc
Il on Strurnitsa in conjunction with tn
1 French movement by way of the Stur
| Valley when the allied offenslV
against Bulgaria is undertaken.
With Uskup in their possession IN
4 Bulgarians now hold with stron
forces the Nish-Saloniki railroad be
l tween Vranya and Uskup, a distanc
4 of so miles They have thus cut dire
L communication between Nish and 81
4 loniki, leaving open only the uncertal
I means of transit over the Monastil
1 PriStina lines.
The situation in Serbia is grave,
i course, but it is in no wise desperate
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