The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-11-04
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
BULGARIAN CITY
Troops Land at Varna-SheIIed
by Fleet.
TEUTONS TAKE SERBIAN CITY
Loss of kraguyevatz Is Severe Blow
to King Peter as 1t Contains
Greatest Arsenal in the
Country.

London, Nov "A Bucharest dis.
patch to the Times says it is report
ed in official naval quarters that the
Russians have forced landing at
Varna on the Black sea coast of Bull
garia.
A Bucharest dispatch says Russian
transport fleet was sighted off Baliek.
Destroyers escorted the fotilla. APP
preaching the Bulgarian port of Var
ma, the transports dropped behind and
the warships began bombarding the
port. Paliek is on the Roumanian
Black sea coast, few miles from the
Bulgarian frontier. Varna is 20 miles
to the southwark.
Varna is the chief Bulgarian port
on the Black sea, lying about 200
miles overland from Constantinople.
The Russian landing probably will re-
lieve the Bulgarian pressure against
Serbia, but as it is a long distance
from the Serbian front no immediate
developments are believed likely.
Germans Take kraguyevatz.
The heaviest blow dealt to the Ser
bians since the beginning of the leu
tonic and Bulgarian invasion was suf-
fered in the loss of the great arsenal
town of kraguyevatz, the source of
practically all arms and munitions
manufactured in Serbia.
Jointly with this announcement,
made from Berlin, came the news that
the Bulgarian troops advancing upon
Nish had opened fire upon the outer
defenses of the city. Civilians have
been in flight from Nish for several
days, and one of the fiercest battles
of the Serbian campaign is expected
at this point.
French Repulse Bugars.
Repulse of the Bulgarians who at
tackled the heights around Krivolak on
the left bank of the Vardar river &C.
cupied by the French, was officially
announced in Paris.
The German capture of the Kra-
guyevatz arsenal, however is the most
important event of the day. kra-
guyevatz is SO miles below Belgrade.
1t is connected by branch line with
the BelgradeNisn railroad. Its popu.
lation in 1901 was 1880.
French and Bulgarians are engaged
in a great battle in the Strumnitza
and Krvolak regions.
BuIgar Force Trapped.
A few French advance posts scout.
ing in the direction of Veles retired
before Bulgarian attack to their base
at krivolak, where a division of
French troops were strongly in
trenched. The Bulgars then attacked
this position three times. The Bull
garians were caught in a crosstire OF
the French artillery and stopped
when they were met by a fusillade
from the infantry.
Finally the French charged with the
bayonet and the Bulgarians were
driven into the Vardar river, which
is swollen by recent rains, and many
were drowned.
1t is asserted that Kotchanic pass
has been reconquered by the French
and that the Veles district has been
freed of the Bulgarians, although the
town and railroad still remain in Bull
garian hands.
The fighting between Serbians and
Bulgarians in the Timok valley has
been desperate. A Bucharest disIat
to the Correre della Sera of Milan says
the Third Bulgarian regiment of in
fantry was almost destroyed, only so
men surviving Public buildings and
barracks at Wdin, Bulgaria, are filled
with wounded men.
This newspaper also states that 20,-
600 Serbans have taken refuge in
Roumania.