New Britain herald., 1915-10-15
,BRITISH HAVE LOST NEARLY
 100000 MEN IN ATTEMPT TO
 FORCE THE DARDANELLES
~1S957, Including 1,lS5 Officers Have Been Killed---Serbia Officially Declares
 War Against Bulgaria.
FRENCH CHECK VIOLENT GERMAN
 ATTACK IN LORRAINE REGION

~.. pedo Boat Destroyer in Baltic : Germans Capture Another Serbian
 town-Bulgarian Forces Also Take
 Several Positions-Greece Being
 Financed by Allies.
 operations have reached almost the 100000 mark. An official statement ln London today gave the figures as B6,899 up to Oct. g, of which number E Greece will not intervene in the war on behalf of Serbia at present. 1 She has officially notified the British government to this effect, Premier Eaimis, in declaring that the Greek government holds that intervention by ~<Greece in the present circumstances Is not called for under the treaty with Serbia.
 Violet Artillery Battles.
 Intense activity chiefly on the part of the artillery, has prevailed along the western front. Today's Paris report mentions in particular violent - artillery battles before Loos and Northeast of Souchez, and concen- tration of German fire on the French lines east of Auberive in the Cham :, pagne, near the western end of the new advanced positions of the French.
 The heavy guns on both sides also o.,;o points between the Artois and Cham pagne districts, the sector of Lihons, . hear Chaulnes, and the Nouvron .Rlateau and other points along or hear the great bend in the line being j mentioned.
 German Attack Checked.
 Tn Lorraine the Germans made a violent attack near Letricourt, which the French fire is declared to have checked There has been spirited trench fighting in the Vosges, with aSolent cannonading in some sectors.
 A German torpedo boat destroyer was sunk by a British submarine to- day in the passage connecting the Baltic with the North seas, known as the Sound, a Copenhagen despatch states. A German cruiser and an- other destroyer in the vicinity hastily steamed away southward, the des- lpatcM adds.
 British submarines recently have been active in the Baltic near the scene of the incident of today, sev- era1 German steamers having been sunk by them.
 .a Serbia Declares War.
 Formal announcement was made today that Serbia had declared war on x Bulgaria.
 . AThe first war statement issued by tie the Bulgarian general staff, dated Thursday night accuses the Serbians &Nof initiating the offensive. It de- clares the latter on Tuesday made a ~salrprise attempt to obtain possession of strategic points in Bulgaria com rnanding the route to Sofia, but were defeated and driven back.
 z press despatch from Nish to Paris ! TgcIares the Teutonic forces have not V 1. o., i-ossed more than four miles south Of the Danube at any point, while the Bulgarians are being held along the border.
 Allies Financing Greece.
 Greece is being financed by the en- tente allies to an extent sufficient to pay the expense of keeping her army naobilized, according to an Athens des- ghtch to Milan. The sum of $6,000,- { 900 already has been advanced, 1t Is declared.
 British Losses in DardanelIes.
 London. Oct. 15, 1:13 D. m.-The total of British casualties at the Dar- 2 danelles up to Oct. 9, according o etficial figures given here today, was ~-SS,S99
 { Of this total the number of men :. Killed was 1S,957, of whom 1, 1855 were Casualties of the Australasian con- tingcnts were 29,121.