Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-23
AustrO- Germans Now IS
Miles from Danube,
Says Berlin.
AUSTRIANS AND ITALIANS
CLASHING in BIG BATTLE
Rome Reports Austrian Line
Has Been Pierced in Sew
eral Sectors.
ITALIAN FORCES LOSE
HEAVILY, SAYS VIENNA
Hindenburg Checked in Riga
Drive-French RepuIse At
tacks by Germans.

Tie Austro-German forces are
making rapid advances in Serbia. ac-
cording to an official report from
Berlin today. It is declared that the
Teutonic troops are operating in7
places thirty five miles south of Che
Danube A passage has been forced
across the river Drina in the region
of Visegrad, about eighteen miles,
north of the Montenegrin border. saysI
the statement, which adds that
Serbian positions between Lukavipo]
and Kosmaj, twenty-five miles south
of Belgrade. have been taken bv)
storm.
The Bulgariaus also continue fo]
make progress, Berlin announces. It|
Is said that the Bulgarian troops hava|
occupied Negotin and Rogeljev1.
through which the allied forces must
pass to join the Serbs.
Serbs Reported Check.
An earlier announcement made bx
the Serbian minister at Athens said
that the Austro-G German invasion izi|
the north had been halted tempO-|
rarily and that at points the TeutonicI
forces had been driven back.
A great hattie is in progress on theI
italian front. Advices from Rome and
Vienna indicate that the offensive|
movement OF the Italians, undertaknfzI
presumably to relieve pressure on the1
Serbian front, Is under full headway.
An official communication from Rome]
states that this move is in progreas3
on the Tyrol and Trentino frontierH'
along the whole front to the sea.
The latest reports from ViennH
state that the Italians were reDufatQ
! with heavy losses, although they st4<A
ceeded In reaching the Austrian poet
tions In some places. The Italian staff|
however, announces a series OF iu1~
portant successes. 1t is stated the
Austrian line was pierced in several
sectors and that many Austrian POSI-
tions were captured.
French Repuise Attacks.
German troops are following rpI
their recent offensive movements 6n|
the French front, but apparently mol
fighting Of great Importance has del
veloped.
The official report from Paris today|
mentions three German attacks and
says that in each instance the at
tacking parties were dispersed. I'm
Lorraine French forces occupied 3k
German trench.
The latest official news nrom Petrol
grad gives some indication that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's drive.
toward the Baltic port OF Riga haf.
again been checked and that, neare1E
the center Of the German line Ger
man counter-attacks have been ~:
pulsed.
Fighting on the left bank of tfd
Styr continues, and the Russians as-
sert they have made further captured
.af n Vna mn nf RIM
casus lively actions, In which caV-Z
airy is taking an important part, ard
reported. Vienna acknowledges AUS
trian troops have retired In Galic1tI
under the pressure of superior Rus
sian forces.
ny the United Press.
BERLIN, via London. Oct. %.
Rapid Teutonic advances In Serbia
were announced in war office re'
port issued here this afternoon.
Instead of remaining stuck fas1
along a line twelve or fifteen mile<2
south of the Danube, and windinps
with the river, the German and Aus
trian forces were said to be operating
In places, some thlrty-five miles soutf
of the stream, with the Serbians rek
treating before them.
TN the region of Visegrad "a tow1
just on the Austrian side OF the SerlN
frontier and eighteen miles north q
the Montenegrin border) we hav{1
forced passage across the rfycW
Drina," said the report.
I'VE have stormed and taken thu
Serbian positions between Lukavivl
and Kosrnaj twenty-five miles 81
most due south of Belgrade).
BulEars Take Towns.
General Gallwitz has driven thU
Serbians across the Jasenica ana
elected them from Alexandrovak
(twenty-two miles southeast of So3
mendria, on the east side OF the MO-
rava river.
"The Serbians are retreating alsl
| from the Kosutica- -Slatina line. b.
1.-THE Bulgarians have occupie
| Negotin and Rogeljevo (in the soutf
ern part of Serbia, through whicU
the allies will have to pass If thet
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