Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-03
ClosiFg il on Ti9 Serbs
Trying 10 Reach Riga and Oyinsk BY 0it-
teIent Route, Fighting In the West.

London, N 1.-The German
have occupied Kraguysatz, th
arsenal town of Serbia. whil
their Bulgarian Allies are push
ing their way through the noun
tains to Nish, Servla's war cspl
tai. From all sides the Germans
Austrians and Bulgarians ar
slowly closing in on the Serbian
armies, the position Of whicl
grows graver daily. They ar
fighting fiercely however to saw
their country and have inflicted
such losses on Field Marshal Vol
Mackensen's force that he ha
been compelled to send for re-
lnforcements and leave the mor'
serious work of invading tht
eastern and southern part of th'
country to the Bulgarians, who
have had more experience in
| nouLtain warfare such as the
Sorbians are waging.
From the jonction of the Danu.
be aud. Timok rivers in the north
east to Uskup, in the south, tbs
Balgarians are moving westward,
di living the Serbians out of the
sowns into the mountains but
from Uskup southwsrd they have
been shocked, as the Serbians in
shat territory have been reinforc.
ep by the French and British with
modern guns and with gunners
who gained valuable experience
in France and Gallipoli.
Beyond the forces landed at
Ssloniki, which German estimates
places at 10000 men, there il no
news of further assistance being
sent by the allies to Serbia.
Russian transports have BEEN
reported off Vsrna but the report
Jacks confirmation. There is,
howsver. evidence in dlspatohes
from Bucharest that the people of
Roumanis at least desire inter-
vsution aud -thHs pressure il Being
brought on the king aud cabinet
to induce them to join the allies
aud permit Russian force to at.
tack Bulgaria from the east il.
Greece continues her friendly neu.
trsllty.
The Germans, having failed
in two months of almost incessant
attacks to reach Riga and Dvinsk
by various routes, are now trying
along the railway which skirts
the shores of the gulf of Riga
from Tokum and have, according
to their reports, reached a point
west of Schlok. This is a very
slight advance and much low
ground, over which it is diff cult
to move, lies between them and
their objective.
In ths Dvinsk sector, both to
the west and southwest of that
city. the Rassisns have begun an
offensive, apparently in anticipa-
tion of renewed attacks by the
Germans and they are also on the
mCve in the lake district east o1
the D'insk Wilma Railway and in
Volhynir and Gallcia. The re-
suit Of those various battles hai
not been disclosed, if, indeed,
they are concluded. Those at the
se uthern end of the line are doubt
less designed to prevent the Ger
mans and Austrians from sending
endorsements to Serbia.
In France the battle for the
Buttle de Tahure, which the Ger
mans recaptured from the French,
is still in progress, without chang
ing the positions of he two
armies. There has been some
fighting at other points in th'
west. What the attacks on thi'
front have cost is shown by q rs-
port issued by Fi'ld Marshal Sil
John French tonight. He say
that the published lists of th'
German casualties disclose tina
seven German battalions whicl
took part in the Loos fighting
presumably a German counter.
attack, lost 80 per cent of thei
strength,