Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-13
Many Troops Must First Be
Landed to Assure the
Victory in Campaign
REPORTS ON SERBIAN
FRONTS CONTRADICT
Berlin Announcements Deny
Gains Claimed By the
Entente Soldiers

Milan, Nov. 12.-There is grave
reason to fear that the main body
OF the Serbian army which has
been fighting the German and the
Bulgarian right wing has been
cut off between kraIievo and Nish,
says dispatches received here
from the Secolo's correspond
ent.
It is possible, the dispatches
say, that as the southern Serbian
army is holding at katchanik, the
retreating columns may escape
the tentacIes Of the invaders, but
It is considered significant that
no news has been received from
the re-reatinn Serbian army for
five days.
London, Nov. IA Reuter- dis
patch from Athens says Saloniki
telegram to the PATHS. states that
the French have inflicted a severe
defeat on the Bulgarians near
veIes and that the fall Of that
town is considered imminent.
Veles Is about twenty-seven
miles southeast Of Uskub on the
railroad to SaIoniki. A success
full French cavalry raid which
reached the environs Of the city
led to an erroneous report that It
had been captured Wednesday.
London, Nov. 12.-All doubts as to
what road Greece would choose out
Of the muddle caused by the divergent
views of her political leaders and as
10 how the policies Of the Skouloudis
cabinet could be rendered compatible
with the opinions of the adverse ma.
|ority in the chamber today were dis.
pelled by public dissolution of the
,famber of deputies.
Publication Of the decree in Athens
was received with calm despite the
act that all elements hoped to avoid
elections at the present difficult mo.
nent The Greek government, it ap-
pears, considered dissolution the only
possible means Of securing for itself
'ull and unrestricted liberty Of action.
Greek officials in London and at
other points continue to assert that
1reece's future actions depend solely
IN military and not political consid-
erations. AS soon as Greece is con-
ho oil
nave produced enough troops to make
possible successful offensive against
Bulgaria and to remove the danger
with which Greece would be confront
I'd if she entered the war inadequate
y assisted, Greece will, so say her
In Europe, immedi-
ately range herself on the side Of the
allies and render all the military CO.
operation of which she is capable.
Today's news from the Balkans
makes it appear there Is a distinct
that the Anglo-French and
Serbian forces may succeed in gaining
| part of the Nish railway as far as
Jskup.
An accounts received here of the
recent fighting in the neighborhood
If Veles state that the Bulgarians are
n full retreat after enormous losses
Ind that the freshly arriving allied
roops are expected to push the ad-
yantage already attained to success
ul conclusion. In this case the Bull
,arians probably would have to aban-
lon the Uskup-Kutanova line and the
whole southern portion of the railroad
would revert to the entente allies.
General Summary.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen is
PRESSING the pursuit of the Serbians
n the mountain districts of central
Serbia.
Already the Serbians have been
lriven from the first OF the ridges
outh of Kralievo, according to today's
,ficial report from Berlin, while
outh of Krusevac and elsewhere
long the winding lines General Put
lik's troops, stubbornly fighting, have
,een pushed further back into their
lilly defensive positions.
The fall of Veles, in southern Ser
ia. is imminent after a severe defeat
inflicted on the Bulgarians by the
french. according to a Saloniki dis
,atch. A report received on Wednes-
Eay that Veles had fallen into French
lands was the next day shown to be
On the French front Paris reports
pirited exchanges by artillery in the
icinity of Loos. while near Bus in the
Artois district German batteries we're
ilenced by the French guns.