The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-19
Supposed to BE- About
to Attack Dcdeagatch,
Near BY i'm Bulgaria.
ADRlANOPLE RAILWAY
PROBABLE OBJECTIVE
Allies and Serbs Also Re-
ported 10 Have Taken
StrulmnitZa.
>D,c,a ,abie Dssp1'ch to Tn. stN

>Dr'fd' HCit DtspI'rk 10 iNE StN.
LoNDrN. oct. ls.--The Allies have
landed troops At Enos. on the .Egean
coast in European Turkey, according to
an unofficial despatch from Athens.
All the details of the landing are lack
ing. the strength OF the allied force. the
amount OF resistance. If any. and the
nationality of the troops participating.
hut the despatch states that the news
of the Decentralization Itself is trust
worthy.
The objective from this point H. so
clear az TO b, self-evident. according 10
opinion here. Enos is just within the
Turkish boundary. D-ieagatch, the
principal Bulgarian lEgean port, which
is supplied by the same railway,
Hes on the coast about mfteen miles 10
the west. The railway leads directly
10 .,drianople. ore of the chief centres
OH the Orient Railway from Belgrade
TO Constan,inople. which the Germans
are seeking TO clear, II the allies can
cut this railway "A: ..drianople and hold
II they will thus establish an effective
stumbling block between the Teutons
and their Turkish supporters
s~rbiRns Fighting desperately.
TNe grea, majority OF reports respect
Ing the Balkans are mere bits OF isolated
Information. very often vague. That the
Setbsrs are nghti.g desperately. both
against the Austro-Gcrmans and the
Bu!Sarlans. Is certain. The BuiGars are
said to have reached the Salonica. Nlsh
railroad at two points. the most north
eT!y being Nranja. where fierce fighting
continues while further south the Serbs
g. la - ba
vdd.rs. Neither side seems to have
gained an important advantage. The
Austru-tierindnS. who are meeting with
fierce resistance IN the north, have ar-
paren;ly advanced but twelve miles since
they crossed the Danube on October =
The Germans are meeting with enor-
nous difficulties, owing To the mountain
ous country, and are having to iight up
hil! all the time The Serbs occupy ad-
mlrahlc defensive positions. which they
are holding teiaciously, while extremely
bad road. in the valleys hamper the
German advance.
The correspondents Of the Frankfurtor
I'itpnD at Vienna spcahs of these
natural difficulties, while the Neae Freic
fr'ss" Silly Implies with secret satisfac-
tiou that the Germans are learning what
thu AuStrlins had 10 contend with in
, their earlier campaign against Serbia
The Bucharest correspondent OF The
/ Geneva Tribune telegraphs that the
Serbs are lighting TO tn. last man.
woman and boy. The women and boys
are even engaged in the front lines For
this reason IN. invading army Is giving
no quarter but is massacring every one
Of the Serbs, not even having made a
! single patrol prisoner.
Around Belgrade the Scrbians are
! sacrificing all in order To retain their
| positions. The enemys losses are said
, to have been terrible, the battlefelds
being covered with ;he dead and dying,
| Tn. Red Cross workers on both sides
are overwhelmed with work.
on the Drina and the Save the Ser
I bans are being forced back by weight
of numbers.
Reports from SaloHica continue to as
sert that French and Serbian troops,
| having driven the Bulgarians back from
| Dorian and Nala ndovo have crossed the
! frontier mountains and occupied Strum-
nitza, which is just within the Bulgarian
! line. There IL no official confirmation
! of this news, however.
berlin Reports small Gains.
! If the fall Of Strumnitza is indeed a
| fact. II means that the French. Serbian.
and possibly British troops have been
yict urous in their first combined en-
counter wit the Bulgarians The ef-
| feet upon The morale Of the Serbian
soldiers AS well As upon the French and
! British eXpeditionary troops would be
very great,
The Berlin War Onice to-day reports
slight advances on the entire Save-Dan-
ube front. In the extreme northwest of
Serbia the Serbians are said to be re-
| treating across the Macva plateau, while
| % l.lu I. hA Cor
preaching Cvetkov-Grob and the village
of Vroin.
Southeast of Pozarevac the Germans
and Austrians have occupied Bosevac
and have established front about
twenty miles south of their Danube
! crossing.
The Bulgarans have not made notable
advances. although they are said to he
progressing in the direction Of Egri Pa
lanka, ON the road from Kustendil Bull
garia to kumanOvo. on the Nish- Salon
lea railroad.
The battle between Bugarians and
Serbians, which began yesterday be-
tween Vranja and Ristovacs for posses
sion of the Nish-Salonca railroad, was
stiil continuing to-day, says a despatch
from Salonica, The Serbans had beer
substantially REINFORCED.
The official statement issued from Ger
man headquarters to-day says;
In the Macva district the enemy is
, beginning to retreat on the plateau
land.
Our troops are advancing south OF
| Belgrade against Cvetkov-Grob and
the village of Vroin southeast OF Po-
zarevac. we took Ornice and Bosevac
The Bulgarians haye occupied the
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