New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-03
onlv Serb Avenue of Re
treat Is Now Over
land Up Thar.
ALLIES MAY LAND
MEN AT KAVALLA
transports Reported Off Greek
Port in Move Against
Dedeaghatch.
~, cas., 10 no T1sun,l

,.In~ Nov. by the capture OF
- announced from Berlin to-day,
-. cormars have closed the last rail
:. NJ, from Nish and forced upon the
60 armies retiring from Kraguyevatz
=. task Of immediate retreat If they
80 -. % be saved from Teuton envelop-
nent
-, 5ener9s. iu the opinion Of mill
~ experts here, on the strength Of
-. rosit,ons % the west Of Cacak'
.o,se,inr the new line of retirement
v.llcv oil the Ibar, and on how
W Up. - 81 a start they have on the Ger
mans. s.,-.- cha Tber II ia pointed
ny 49, will be- a new possibility of
o.r ,r;tb the Allies advancing north
uA.vsH LANG the Nardar River. For at
s,,..,r;,,a. about eighty miles up the
~. snother branch Of the Salonica
-osd begins, which joins the main line
al Uskso ~ .,,;or The
p.icsrs are attempting 20 advance up
-. Witrovit7s branch to a narrow de-
az through which the railroad passes
:. Ksrkanik. and from which, once IN
.s,ir hands. they would be practically
ire1purgab.e
Serbs in Grave Peril.
v;,b nothing but rough mountain
,,,Ss At their disposal, the retirement
~ the Serbs promises 10 be slow and
ss,sr6ous. but even the dlmcuIues
vii have their advantages IN lnterpos-
;,r resr-ruard actions and safeguard
nc the TANKS Of the retreating column.
Aside from the Bulgarian menace at
,,s southern end Of the lbar route. the
s.,b. are still confronted with the
Danger Of flank attack from the Aus
trisrs. In case the Montenegrins can
No longer hold them on the Drina.
put that the Montenegrins are grim
II holding on 20 the river, and IN spite
n Austrian attacks have succeeded at
several places IN advancing, is lndl-
,,;ss in an Of cial statement from the
Cettinie War Office issued to-day. Al
garors 100 Austrians, including an
oscer. four guns and a quick-hrer,
were captured, according TO the re-
mart while more than 400 dead were
l,it on the field.
The Germans are also attempting by
AZ advance from Milanovac, which was
weupied two days ago, TO cut in at the
I'D Of the Ibar Valley, where II crosses
he Caesk-Krusevac line, midway De-
,rsen these two places, and thus inter-
npt the Serb retreat In pursuance
A this pIsn Berlin announces that
u,s 10 the south OF Milsnovac has
been taken.
N is generally believed here, how
eter. that the main Serbian forces are
already out OF the Kraguyevatz hills
ard well on their way toward the lbar.
Bulgarians Nearing Nish.
The Bulearians also continue to make
progress, although it is doubted here
Tia; they have yet penetrated within
cannon range Of Nish, as was reported
from Sofa Yesterday. The hills on
both sides Of the Nishava, below Prot,
are still giving trouble and are only
surrendered after the severest fighting
by the Serbs.
Berlin reports that a new exped4-
tonary force of the Allies is about -
be landed az the Greek port OF kaValla,
which lies eighty miles east OF Salon
lea and only a few miles west OF tne
Bulgarian frontier.
E1per.s here. however. are incline i
70 doubt a landing so far from the
ssloniea base. with which there Is no
ul connection, especially as the Al
lied force at the latter port IS still none
100 strong.
Later, when Bulgaria, rather than
Serbia, can occupy the Entente atten-
ton. Ksyalla might furnish base Tor
operations against Dedaaghatch and the