The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
"OLD SERBIA" GONE.
TcutOns Invade sanjRk Of Novi
BaSar-Cut Defenders Retreat.

Special cable Despatch ~ Tnr SuN,
LONDON. Nov. 2O.--The Austrian forces
on the right flank OF the .Austro-German
line In Serbia are swinging toward
Montenegro with the apparent object OF
cutting Off the Serbian retreat to that
country should the Serb,ans be driven
enirely from their own territory. as now
seems likely.
The Austrians. entering the sanjak OF
NoNi-Bazar. have coupled Nova Naros
and Sjenics, well across the border Of
the sanjak, and Raska. on the Thar River
at the border line between Old and New
Serbia and twelve miles northeast of the
town OF Novi-Bazar. At the same, time
they rave defeated the Mont.nesrins at
priboj, just inside the sanjak and in
Montenegrin territory twenty miles
southeast Of Nlsegrad.
The German official statement issued
to-day says:
Nova-Vares. Sjenica and Raska
have been occupied. In the var VAL
ley, Dren. and east Of the Kopaonik
region. Prepolac. have been reached,
Two thousand eight hundred Scrbians
have been made prisoners and four
cannon taken.
(pren is twelve miles southeast OF
Raska, on the western slope of the
kopaonik range, which crosses the bor-
der OF old and New Serbia east OF the
Ibar, n tributary OF the Morava. fowins
into the latter from the south
Advance TN PristinR.
The lates, Austrian statement TO be
received hCe says that the Austrian
advanced guard IL before Nova-Varos
and that the forts about Sjlen'ca are
under bombariment, while to the east
the Austrian advance ON Pristina con-
tinues. The Austrian statement says:
At Priboj the Montenegr'ns have
been again defeated.
The Austrians' ave entered the
sanjak. The advanced guard IN west
ern Serbia is before Nova-Naros. In
the region OF Sjenira the Austrians
are bombaTding forts on the kopaonik
heights.
The Austro-Geriuan advance In the
direction of Prlst!na l. progressing.
4 despatch from Amsterdam gives
the official bulgarian statement issued
at SOMA under date of November "
The statement follows;
The operations on all fronts are
favorable. The Bulgarians are every
where advancing. With a bpld IRON
tai attack. combined with skilful
m~an9uvring. We have seized Sonnicka-
Glava, an important strategic point AT
the Babuna Pass. which opened the
way ~ ! ~ y 'A''
garlan detachment occupied frilep on
November 10.
ON the Kacanik-Gilan front the
Serbian centre has been broken and
Gillian captured. bulgarian detach-
ments are now from fifteen To eigh-
teen miles from Pristina. We took
c,Oao prisoners, Is guns, ~ caissons,
5000 rifles and great quantities of
war material.
The army operating in the district
between the former Turco-Serbian
frontier and the sector OF l~eskorac
IL pressing the Serhians hard and has
reached the line of Administrations
capturing 500 prisoners.
There is still no official confirmation
from either side of the reported occupa-
ton OF MoHastir by the Bulgarians. II
Is generally felt here that the occupation
of Pr!lep by the Bulgars has mad'
Monast!r untenabie By the Serbiahs.
Tie French force in southern Serbia
seems to be in II fairly favorable posi-
tiosl, and 1t T. hoped that, II reinforce
nlonts arrive in time, the whole situation
will change for the better. The French
after rcpulsing Bulgarian attacks foI
three days. are now redouhling theii
efforts to occupy Veles tKuprili).
Little Hope for Allies.
Paris and Rome. however. reyart
the military position in Serbia as hope
less and the future of the Anglo
French forces there is discussed II
those capitals with some concern, \ 7
optimistic note Is sounded In d Reuter-
Agency despatch from Athens dateC
Yesterday. According to the CORE
spondent, persons arriving form tn
front describe the situation as les'
sombre thar reported. lie adds.
The Serbians are r~etreatlng in per
feet order and have lost no prisoners
The guns captured by the Bulgariani
are old pieces of little value and q
thousand pieces OF artillery remain II
the possesslon of the Serbians, Whose
morale is still good. The ultimate is
sue depends upon the timely arrival o
the Allies forces"