South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-02
Small Hope is Held Out For
NiSh-LOndOn Expects City
to Fall Within Forty
eight Hours.
MORE TROOPS WANTED
BY Won MACKENZEM
Progress Made Against Ser
vianS Has Been Costly.
Bulgarian Losses Are
Said to be 10000.

LONDON, Nov. 2.-Austro- C erman
forces and the Bulgarians have all but
crushed Serbian resistance in the
northern half of the ravaged kingdom
but the victories cost Field Marshal
Won Mackenzen so dearly that he is
wildly calling for reinforcements.
With Kragavatz in their hands the
AuStrO- German and Bulgarian armies
I'm northern Serbia are driving against
Nish and, despite the Notifications
around the city and the British guns
defending it, small hope is held out
here that the Serb capital can hold
out for more than As hours against
the terrific fire.
However, this pessimistic news is
offset by reports TO the Times from
Bucharest that the Russian fleet has
succeeded in effecting a landing at
Varna and that Russian troops are be-
ing placed on shore there for an in
vasion of Bulgaria
Conflicting dispatches relative to
Balkan operations were received here.
Some indicated that the German al
lies were sweeping all before them
and others stated that, while the leu
tonic troops were winning in the north,
the Bulgarians were hard beset in the
south.
The following dispatch from Salon
ika was received:
The Bulgarians were attacked
north Of Krivolak and were completely
repulsed.
(Krivolak is on the Salonika-Nish
railway south of Vranje.)
Driven to River.
The French three times drove the
Bulgarians to the right bank of the
Vardar river.
1.-The Bulgarians attacked in force
for the fourth time but we're again
repulsed with heavy losses, suffering
especially from the cross-fire of the
French and Servian guns. The de-
tenders then attacked with the bayo-
net and the Bulgars were driven into
the river and many of them drowned.
Terrific fighting is in progress at
Strumnitza- The Bulgarians have
suffered heavily there but the French
losses were slight in comparison.
The Bulgarians attacked the
heights held by the French but failed
to make an impression"
The Bulgarian victories have cost
them dearly. 1t is said that the total
losses of King Ferdinands forces are
at least 1000 men in killed. wounded
and captured. Bulgaria is supposed
to have put only 10000 men in Ser
bia.
The political situation in the Bal
kanS has taken another mysterious
turn. according to a Central News dis
patch from Salonika- This telegram
asserts that the Roumanian cabinet
has resigned, but II does not point out
whether this is a good omen for the
grand alliance or the central empires.
CETTINGE, Montenegro (via
Paris), Nov. 2.-The Austro G rman
invasion Of Servia, by way OF the
Drina river, has been checked and
heavy losses have been inflicted up
on the invaders. according to the Of
fetal statement issued by the Monten-
egrin war Office today.
PARIS, Nov. 2.-The following dis
patch was received here today from
Lausanne:
AN order has been issued by the
German admiralty for submarines to
blockade the Greician coast"
SOFIA, Nov. British and
French transports carrying reinforce
ments for the allies Balkan army
have arrived off Kavala. Greece.
Kavala is near the Bulgarian frontier.