The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-29
BUI3EAR ARMY OPENS
WIDE ROAD 10 NTSH

London Oct 28,-The Blisarian
central army of invasion in Serbia has
| broken the stubborn resistance of this
Serhians after a weeks violent fight-
ing and has captured Zaitci,ar and
, kniazevas, the two places that havA
, been thus far the main obstacles In
| the road to Nish. Both arr on the
Negotin- Nish Railway, south of the
Timok Valley. The Southern point,
kniazevas, is about thirty miles from
Nish, to gain control of the Oriental
| Railroad
Further south. due east of Sish, the
| Bulgarians took the height Of kren-
ovaclava. about fifteen miles northwest
of the strongly fortified city Of Prot.
The Daily Mail learns from its
Salonica correspondent that Pirot, too,
lis in Bulgarian hands. but this is nor
confirmed in the official German state.
ment telling of the Bulgarian gains
! The Teuton invaders also claim
| continued advance" although the
Roadway is not specified Since
October % they have taken 2.033
prisoners.
| Kragujeyatz. the chief Serbian
arsenal, is closely menaced b. the
central Teuton army sweeping south
ward on both sides OF the Morava.
| The French forces in the South, CO.
! operating with the Southern Serbian
army. are reported in Salonica dis
patches TO be driving the bulgarian
| before them. one report claims tn
capture of uskub by them.
Heavy French ReinforccmcntsI
/ Bucharest advices state that $50.
900 French troops, with 100 big gur,f
/ have been loaded at Salonica.
/ The first hint as to how the Bus
garian-Teutonic junction in the bon'
OF the Danube is to be exploited come
in a dispatch from Budapest. whtc
says that the Germans are prepartn
| to use the Danube for transportattos
Of large quantities of coal and an
munition to Turkey and to cows
overland parts of submarines an.
electric equipment.
! The Daily Mails correspondent
! learns from Vienna that the junctic
of the Bulgars and Teutcns alreaG
has resulted in clearing the Danubes
Serbians. all the Danube ports betn
in the invaders hands.
/ The Athens correspondent OF III I.
Daily Mail telegraphs under yestef
days date that the French Serbia
trooIs in the south are forcing hNr
the Bulgarian left wing along tl.sg
Bregalnltza river to Istip. folIowtn4s
up the complete defeat Of the Hut
, garians are said to be fleeing In dit i
order.
! The same dispatch asserts the Sci
bians have been reinforced from tftS
south and that the Serbian withdraw
| from Lskub was carried out in perfet II
| order. The Bulgarian left has sine
been turned and the Serbians aroun
| Uskuh reinforced. the BulEarianE ~ 8
| said to have found unteu2ble ant
after a severe attack by the Serbian
retired towards Istip.
Other unofficial reports insist thx d
the French forces are meeting Wit
remarkable successes and that N
| Bulgarian rank and file have not w
recovered from their amazement ts
! being opposed BY allied troops, Ilsss
southern Bulgarian army's morale
asserted to be shaken.
/ Sir Bryan Madhon has been rlAces n
| In chief command OF the British t0fetF
| In Serbia, It was announced IN tfsS
j House OF Commons today by H1ree
J. Tenant. parliamentary unde
secretary for war.
south African Veteran.
The announcement Was greeted Ntt n
satisfaction "a Sir Bryan ID one ~ IA
| military idoIe. He led the A NJ
4 Mafsking relief ouanuan ii "a
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