New Britain herald., 1915-12-03
TEUTONS DEFEAT SERBS AND TAKE > l,200 PRISONERS
AuStrO-German Force Occupies Monastir King Ferdinand's
 Troops Do Not Enter City
RUSSIANS REPORTED
 TO BE IN BULGARIA

Italian Expedition to Aid Serbians
 Said to Be on Way-British Moni- tors Lombard Westende, Belgium
 Without Result - Montenegrins
 Evacuate Plevlje-Italians RepuIse
 Austrian Attacks.
 Scattered divisions of Serbians are still offering resistance on Serbian soil, southwest of Mitrovitza, to the Teu- ionic drive. In this region Berlin re- rorts the defeat of Serbian detach- ,nen;s, with the taking of more than 1,200 prisoners.
 Monastir, the southern Serbian city whose fate has been in doubt for days, is now apparently in the hands of an Austro- German force.
 Austrian Flag Raised.
 A Saloniki despatch giving this news says the Austrian flag was raised when the city was occupied and that the Bulgarians did not enter.
 According to Rome advices, it is de- clared in some quarters. there that the 'Ttalian expedition in aid of the Ser | bians, believed to have been forecast in Foreign Minister Sonninos recent cpeecr, is already on the way. Even tie number of troops said to have been landed thus far on Albanian soil is mentioned in some instances.
 British Bombard Westende.
 Bombardment of Westende on the Belgian coast by British monitors is reported by Berlin, which declares the attack was without result.
 Ion the western front there were only minor happenings.
 In Volhynia. the: Germans under General Won Linsingen are showing signs of activity. Army headquarters tells of surprise attack on Russian division on the Styr river which re- suited in the taking of a few prison CTS by the attacking forces. , A Turkish aeroplane dropped bombs on an allied torpedo boat which had stranded on the Gulf of Saros, off the Gallipoli Peninsula, according to the current report from Constantinople 4 headquarters A hostile cruiser was hit three times by shells from Turk ish batteries and forced to retire.
 Russians in Bulgaria.
 
 troops have entered Bulgaria. There is mo confirmation of the report. s" It has been assumed that a Russian concentration near the Rumanian border was for use in Balkan opera tions, but Rumana's continued neu- trality had blocked their passage by land or by way of the Danube into Bulgaria, if one were intended by such routes. There have been no recent indications of a Russian move by water.
 Montenegrins Quit Plevlje.
 The Montenegrins admit the evacu- alton of Plevlje in northeastern Mont enegro.
 } Quiet prevailed on the French front, Paris reports. Fog and rain have halted opera tions against Gorizia. Rome reports the repulse of surprise attacks by the Austrians on positions recently taken by the Italians.
 Snow is ten feet deep in the Cauca- sus zone of operations, according to Constartinoplc official report, which records the continuation of action against the Russians under these ad- verse conditions.
 t. Capture 1,2OO Serbians. Berlin, Dec. 8, by wireless to Say Ville.-Scattered Serbian detachments in the region southwest of Mitrovitzl near the Montenegrin border, were defeated by Teutonic forces in en- gagements yesterday, and more than 1,2OO Serbians were taken prisoner, 1t was announced today by German l army headquarters
 Text of Statement
 The text of today's German official statement regarding operations in the Balkans is as follows:
 Balkan theater of war: In the mountains southwest of Mitrovitza, successful engagements took place yesterday with detached enemy divis- ions during which more than 1,2OO SerSians were taken prisoner
 Teutons Occupy Monastir
 London, Dec. 3, 11:32 a. m.-Oc. cupatiOn of MOnaStir bv an Austro