Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-13
Berlin Announces More
Positions Are Captured
South of Belgrade.
BULGARIANS REPULSED
AT ZAITCHAR, SAYS NISH
Report of Russian Victory in
the GaIician Region Con
firmed.
MAY FORCE AUSTRIANS TO
FALL BACK ON LEMBERG
Advices Indicate French Are
Developing New Offensive
in the Champagne.

by the United Press.
PARIS, Oct. 13.-Russia is preparing
TO land great army on the Bulgarian
coast, according to the Rumanian
journal Universal today.
BY the United Press.
PARIS, Oct. 13.-Bulgaria declared
war against Serbia Tuesday, said a
bucharest dispatch received today.
by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 10, via London. 3.3s
D. m.-The Austro- German invasion
of Serbia is making progress, the
war office announced. although the
Serbians, by their resistance are in
terfering to some extent with the ad-
vance. A village and other positions
south of Belgrade have been cap
tured.
by the United Press.
ATHENS, via London, Oct Ia
The Serbians today repulsed Buiga-
rian attempt to take their positions
south Of zaitchar, on the railroad be-
tween Nish and Proehovo.
by the United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 13.-That the kaiser
is already on the Serbian front has
been repeatedly rumored, but verifica-
tion was still lacking today.
! LONDON, Oct. 13 (Noonl l.-Ths
issue between Bulgaria and Serbia
apparently has been joined squarelx
/ A. la reported unofflclaily that BuI-
! hAa n11lurnd xxsot a.
Known here of the progress Of hos
Titles between THESE combatants be-
yond the fact that Bulgaria has in
vaded Serbia and Is said to have suf-
| fered reverses in the opening engage
ments.
| In Northern Serbia the Austro- Ger.
man invaders are meeting with stub
born resistance.
The report from Petrograd yester-
day OF an important Russian success
in Galicia has been confirmed official
! ly. General Ivanoff has broken the
4ustro-German front along the
Strlpa, taking 1000 prisoners and 4
number of guns If the Russian vic
tory is~as definite as is indicated by
the official announcement the Austri-
ans may be compelled to fall back on
Lemberg. Such a retreat would be
certain to have considerable moral
effect in the Balkans. where the con-
| tinued neutrality of several states is
believed to be due largely to the
severe reverses suffered by Russia
during the summer campaign.
Hard Fighting Around Dvinsk.
| In the Dvinsk region desperate but
indecisive fighting continues, with the
| offensive shifting frequently from onA
side to the other. Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg evidently intends to con
! tfnue his attack. as II is reported
reinforcements for his army are on
the way to the Dvinsk front
! From the western front come re-
| ports bearing evidence that the
French are resuming the offensive in
the Champagne. Paris claims slow
! but steady progress accompanied by
| the capture of a few prisoners and
heavy losses for the Germans A
German correspondent at the front
states that a great fight in which all
| arms seem to be engaged is now pro-
ceeding in the Champagne, which Ia
regarded as an indication that the
French intend TO resume the offensive.
BY the United Press.
VIENNA via Berlin and London.
Oct 1S.-Austrian and German troops
are attacking the Serbians today al,
along their front on the south banks
of the Danube and Save rivers and
the east side of the Drina, said an
official statement
The invaders, il was asserted, con-
troll the hills overlooking all the river
crossings.
Hot resistance by the Serbians was
admitted.
The Austrians took credit for the
advance southwark from Belgrade
and the capture of Mount Lipar, but