The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-23
Serbs lnAict Heavy Loss on
.Teutonic Invaders, Who Still
Advance
BULGARIAN ARMY
MAKES RAPID GAINS
Serb Government Yet at Nish
Although City Is Declared
to Be in Great Peril Ger
mans o!ay French Woman

London, Oct. 22.-Bulsarias
Aegean coast II under fire from
the allied warships The bonn
bardmcnt began yesterday and Ia
conferred upon the thirty eight
mile stretch between Dedeagatch
to Port Lagos.
Simultaneous it is gathered from
bits of uncensored news dispatches
that the Russian Black Sea fleet has
begun a bonn bard ment of the Bugar-
ian Black Sea coast, especially. the
ports Of Varna and Burgas,
Up to late hour tonight the Of
ficial press bureau had given out no
statement with regard to this import-
ant new phase of the Balkan situation.
The following official statement WAS
issued in Athens this afternoon:
The bonn bardment Of the Bull
garian coast from Dedeagatch to Port
Lagos. distance OF thirty-eight miles.
was commenced on Thursday by the
allied f1eets's
Shortly after this report was receive
ed the Central News Agency's cores
pendent in Sofia transmitted this hrief
bulletin given out by the Bulgarian
admiralty:
The British feet shelled Dedea-
Catch today"
This statement shows that the at
tack from the sea. begun YESTERDAY.
was resumed today and Il j. generally
| believed here that the concerned bonn
ba rdment will be continued ana pron-
! ably is IN progress now
Clo~c to Turkish Frufye1ers
OF the seaports under fire ia the
centers upon Dedeagatch the Bull
garian outlet to the Aegean II Is IN
the Immediate vicinity of the Turkish
frontier. Shortly after the Allies de-
ctared war upon Bulgaria. TURKEY wsts
I IT. - f,N
Dedeagatch to assist the Bulgarlans
to defend the port against possible
landing OF the allied troops
After the BulEaro-Turkish agrees
ment had been signed, Bulgaria began
/ to strengthen at fever heat the fortih-
cations of Dedengatch and of the rail-
road strong force is known to he
/ concentrated for the defense of the port.
Dedeagatch is the terminus of the
Belgrade -Constantinople railroad and
/. also connected by, rail with Saloni-
ca.
The belief that the Russian fleet In
CO operating with the allies in a gem
sraI naval attack on Bulgaria is based
upon a statement in the PetroGrad
newspaper yecherner Vremya that
Russia will attack Bulgaria immedi-
ately," and upon dispatch from
Athens under yesterdays date TO the
effect that the allies have prepared
their bombardment of the Bulgarian
ports predicting participation by tho
Russian feet" AS Sofia today admits
the Smelling of Dedeagatch Russian par
ticipation evidently La an accomplished
/ fact
| yarna and Burgas Attacked.
J OF the Bulgarian Black Sea pnrts
Varna and Burgas are the PRINCIPAL
detectives of the attacking feet. both
being outlets OF vital importance for
~ D. 49,. IT,
cities OF Gelata and Mesemhria. and
| south Of Bursas Ia Gozopolis
The Bulgarian armies of invasion In
Serbia made important Roadway today
In their efforts to gain complete con-
troll of the Salonica Nish railway. They
captured. the German war ONCE claims.
Kumanovo and Kiprili. (velee). both
on the southern sector Of that railway
and are closing In on Uskhb. twelxe
miles southwest of Kumanovo. and
about twenty-five miles northwest Of
Kuprili.
The fall OF Kuprili is confirmed In
a dispatch to the Times.
A message from Nish to the Ser
/ bian legation In Athens says:
! The Scrbians have repulsed thA
Austro-Germans on the north Serbian
frontier. with enemy casualties of
SO, 900"
1, Is denied in this message that the
Bulgarians captured yranja. vlasatine
! and Inajavatof The message. how-
ever confirms that Istip and Kozane
are In the hands OF the Hulgars.
Help Needed by Serbs.
A personal message from Premier
Pasitch accompanied the communk-
cation saying that ultimate victory
may be expected IL sufficient help ar-
rives soon.
! Berlin claims that besides taking
the two important cities on the vital
/ Serbian railroad line. the BufyariRN
forces fighting further south. not far
from the Greek frontier, have driven
the Serbians across the vardar. south-
west of Strumnitza.
In conflict with the Serbian ass&r-
ton that the Teutonic invaders Iii
Northern Serbia have been repuIsed
| is the cAim made by the German VIM
ONCE today that General K0eresss
Austro- German troops have reached
the Arnajevo line as far Is the Haa-
tina Mountains. while General vOM
G;allwitx Is reported to have advanced
to Selevac. Sayinovac, TronovcA A1sA
point north Of RAt1ovAc. saSg gss
A dispatch from Bucharest tents I
to support the SerbiAn claim df ~
Austro- German check. II STATES 4194x
while the invaston continues ~
whole, the Tsutons wAre repOlee6