Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-11-20
Advance of!Austro-G Germans and
Bulgarians Toward Nish
Continues.
QUIET ON WESTERN FRONT
Four Big Battles are Under Way in
the East-ItaIian Offensive Against
Austrians Successful.

mans and Bulgarians continue their
advance in Servia and are daily draw
ing closer to Nish, making the posi-
ton of the Servian army in the north
mere precarious. 1t is believed here,
however, that the Servians will be
able to withdraw to the mountains and
resist the invaders until the assist
ance which the Entente Allies have
promised draws some of the pressure
from them
The British and French troops
which were landed in Saloniki already
are doing this in the south, and news
of Russian contingent which is vari-
ously reported having landed in
Varna or to be approaching Bulgaria
through Rumania is awaited anXiously.
Big Battles in East
On the western front, except for
some fighting in Champagne, there is
little to report. On the eastern front
at least three or four big battles are
in progress. The Germans continue
their efforts to approach Riga from
the west, the Russians are attacking
west of Dvinsk and among the lakes
south of that city, while attacks and
counter attacks are almost continuous
on the Styr river in Volhynia and
are claiming the advantage.
Italians Drove Back Austrians.
Udine, Italy, Nov. 3.-Offcers and
men who were engaged in the great
Italian offensive against the Austrians
and who have arrived here concur in
the statement that definite results
were obtained by the Italians. The
Italians, they say, gained on an aver
age between one and two miles all
along the extensive front, while the
strategic line, especially in the neigh
borhood of Seibusi, Casteliuvo and
Sdraussina, was favorably straighten-
ed, the new line being solidly protect
ed by the three important position of
San Michele, San MARITIME del Carso
and Poljane, where armored trenches
and refugees, cut into the bare rock,
were taken inch by inch in hand-to-
hand struggles after preparation by
the Italian artillery.
Take Serb Arsenal.
London, Nov. 2.-Kraguyevatz, in
the central part of North Servia and
Servia's chief arsenal, is in the hands
of the Germans, marching south from
Belgrade; while from the Northwest,
the West and East the Austro-Ger-
man and Bulgarian armies are method
ically pushing their way into the little
kingdom and drawing tighter the ring
about King Peters soldiers, who,
since the invasion, have been valiant
ly endeavoring to hold them back.
Another step toward the capture of
Nish, the key to the railway lines run
ming east of Constantinople and south
to Saloniki, is recorded by the Bulgar-
fans in the capture of Bala Palanka.
Cannonading on Greek Frontier.
In the South, near the Greek-Serb
border, where the French and British
troops are aiding the Serbs, there have
been intermittent cannonading and
outpost engagements on various sec
tors, but no fighting of great import
ance has occurred. On the heights
around Krivolak. a Bulgarian attack
was repulsed by the French.
From all sides the Germans, Aus
TRANS and Bulgarians are slowly clos
ing in on the Servian armies, the posi-.
ton of which grows graver daily. They
are fighting fiercely, however, to save
their country, and have inflicted such
losses on Field Marshal Won Macken,
sens force that he has been compelled
to send for achievements and leave
the more serious work of invading the
eastern and southern part of the coun-
try to the Bulgarians, who have had
more experience in mountain warfare
such IS the Servians are waging.
dispatch to the Times from Buch-
Arrest says: 1T is reported in naval
quarters here that Russian troops
were landed at Varna, in Bulgaria, on
the Black Sea, Friday
French Lose Trenches
Paris, Nov. Herman troops in i'm
portant masses made a thoroughly or
ganized attack last night along a front
of almost five miles in the Champagne
district and were subjected to serious
check. with heavy losses, the French
war office announced today. 1t is as
serted that the assaulting forces were
hurled back along the entire front of
the attack, extending from the vicin-
ity of Hill No. 195 TO the position of
La Courtine." except that they sue
ceeded in reaching the summit of
Butte de Tahure-
Train Hits Car; Four Dead.