Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-11-13
AuSfr0-Germans Made to Pay
Dearly for Every Foot
of Progress.
FRENCH STILL MAKING GAINS
Kaiser,s Troops unable to Withstand
Heavy Bombardment in West
Italian Attack Continues.

London, Oct. 27.-The Serbian
troops, which have been so gallantly
holding tnpe little northeastern corner
of their country, where the Austro-Ger-
man and Bulgarian armies are about
TO join, are being slowly forced back,
as the pressure upon them becomes
greater. In fact, all along the north
ern and eastern frontiers of Serbia the
invaders are making steady progress,
although at great cost as the .Serbians,
now that they have reached the hills,
are making them pay heavily for every
mile covered.
Serbs Hold in South.
1T is only in the south, where the
French have Joined hands with Ser
bians, that the Bulgarians are being
held Here the French and Serbians
are entrenching themselves and await
ing reinforcements, which they hope
will enable them to drive the Bulgar-
ians out of Macedonia
Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign
minister. today told the house of COM
mons that Great Britain's offer to cede
Cyprus to Greece had lapsed, as Greece
had not fulfilled her treaty obligations
10 Serbia. The British minister at
Athens is reported to be making rep
reservations to Greece with respect to
the use of Saloniki as a base for the
allies, and also with regard to Greece's
future action.
French Extend Gains
On the eastern and western battle
fronts, as in Servia, heavy fighting
continues. In the Riga and Dvinsk re-
gions of Russia. the German field mar
shall, Won Hindenburg. undaunted by
repeated failures during the past forty
days to reach the Russian fortress on
the Dvina river, IS making another fu-
rious determined effort to achieve his
aim. Reports today were that he had
made further progress, particularly
near Illiukst. Along the rest of the
line, through the provinces of Wilma,
Grodno and Volhynia, and in Galicia,
there have been battles at many points
with the advantage first on one side
and then on the other
The Italians still are carrying on
their offensive against the Austrians,
while the struggle in the Champagne
region of France, begun when the
French captured a portion of the La
Courtine works from the Germans,
some of which the Germans have re-
captured, still is in progress. The
French claim they have extended their
gains here by taking an adjoining
trench north of Massiges
Threaten BuIear Flank.
London, Oct. 26.-While the Austro-
German and Bulgarian campaigns in
Northern and Eastern Servia are being
carried out. according to the plan, de-
spite fierce Servian resistance, and the
Bulgars who crossed the Timok and
hold the town of Urahavo are separat-
ed from the Germans who crossed the
Danube near Orsoya by only few
miles, in the south things are not go
ing so well for the invaders in the
latter region.
The French troops have joined
hands with the Serbs and, according
to French accounts, the severe defeat
on the Bulgarians at Krivolak, forty
miles north of the point where the Sa-
loniki-Nish railway crosses the Serbo-
Greek frontier, places the Bulgarians
who reached Istip. Neles and Uskup
In rather an awkward position. fur
Their advance of the allied army would
seriously threaten their flank. In fact,
unofficial reports state that the ad-
vance of the French, who are being
closely followed by the British, has
already caused the retirement of the
Bulgars toward Strumitza
Germans Short of Men.
British correspondents in France
have Just disclosed the fact made
known to them by the British staff
that even after the Anglo-French Of
fensive in September the Germans
had the greatest difficulty in obtain
ing reinforcements to meet that ad-
venture and had to call upon men
Just returned from Russia for rest to
NIL the gaps in the western lines.
From this it is argued that the Ger
mans cannot spare great many men
for the Balkans. especially as the
Russians are keeping them fairly busy
from the Baltic to the Rumanian Dor
der.
Cuts Off Allied Aid
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 25.-The Bull
garian troops have completely con-
Quered Uskup. according TO an official