New Britain herald., 1915-10-19
BULGARIANS TAKE VRANYA:
 CHECK ADVANCE OF ALLIED
 REINFORCE RCEMENTSFOR SERBS
Teutons Gain Ground South of Belgrade; Austrians Capture Serbian Town of Obre- n0vatz--G Germans Repulse Russians ITALY AND FRANCE FORMALLY
 DECLARE WAR ON BULGARIA

French Repel Three Assaults With Hand Grenades by Kaiser's Forces Allies Inform Greece They Will Send Troops to Balkan Front-Two German Steamers Torpedoed By British Submarine
 Bulgarian troops have captured the Serbian town of Vranya, on the Nish- , saloniLi Railroad line, it was an- nounced by German army headquar- ters today
 Cutting of this line means the checking of the advance of allied re- Inducements for the Serbians from Saloniki. Vranya is about fifty miles south of Nish.
 Austrians Take Obrenovatz.
 Berlin also announces the capture by the Austrians of the town of Obre- novatz, on the Save front of the Ser bian war theater, and a further ad-
  Belgrade.
 : On the Riga front, in Russia, the Germans report storming several po- sitions south of the city and repuls- ing Russian attack northwest of Jacobstadt.
 Non-CommittaI Reply.
 A non-commlttal reply was given by member of the government in the British house of commons today to a question designed to bring out if Lord Miners suggestion that the Gallipoi Peninsula be evacuated by the allies found any official support. David Lloyd George, the British minister of munitions, leading in the house of commons told a questoner that the subject of how Italy could best cooperate in aiding Serbia "In the common cause" was under dis cussion among the allies.
 German Steamers Torpedoed.
 The torpedoing of two more Ger man steamers in the Baltic by a British submarine is announced from Stockholm. One of them, the ore carrying Pernambuco was sunk.
 The entente powers have informed Greece, in a friendly note, that they , intend sending large endorsements to the Balkan front, it is stated in Ath- ems advices.
 Declares War on Bulgaria.
 Italy has been added to the list of powers that have declared war on Bulgaria. A formal declaration by Russia is believed to be imminent. .., Field Marshal Won Mackensen is > reported in Nish despatch to have been notified by the Austrian general in the Semendria section that he could not accomplish his task unless he received heavy endorsements im- mediately.
 German Attacks RepuIsed.
 The Germans have again been at lacking the French lines northeast of FSouchez. Three determined assaults last night with hand grenades were repulsed, the Paris war office reports, There has been little activity of a pro- nounced sort along the rest of the western front.
 Capture by a British submarine of the Swedish steamer Nike, carrying ore from Sweden to Steettin, Germany is reported from Sweden. The prize / was taken into the Russian port of Reval
 May Be Further Changes.
 The possibility of further changes in the British cabinet, following the resignation of ST Edward Carson, the attorney general, announced last night, is being discussed in Great Britain.
 Premier Asquith is i'll, an official bulletin and a few days of complete rest for him has been necessitated.
 Austrians Take Obrenovatz.
 Berlin, Oct. 19, via London, 1:46 D.