South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-01
R0UMANIA TO HELP
ALLIES, SAYS REPORT
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test official statement, claims that vic
tories in the northeastern corner OF
Serbia and IN the Morava valley. How
ever. no claims Of successes are made
in the south where the AnglO-French
forces are at grips with the Bulgars.
An Athens dispatch to The Times
states that the British troops are en-
gagged in fierce lighting on the Giev-
keli- Dorian line. This indicates that
the Bulgarians have invaded Serbia
southwest OF Strumnitza and is con-
tradiction 10 the Anglo-French claims
OF success at Strumnitza-
Bulgaria is again being attacked
from the sea on two sides.
Shell Bulgarian Port.
1t is reported from Bucharest that
Russian warships are again Smelling
Varna while the Anglo French fleet
continues 10 shell Dedeagatch and
Makri at intervals. The menace OF
a Russian invasion on the Black sea
coast is now so marked that the Bull
garians are preparing TO sink mer-
chant ships in the Varna harbor.
In his statement in parliament to-
morrow on the conduct of the war,
Premier Asquith will probably make
mention OF the attitude Of Greece and
Roumania and may make a prediction
as 10 their future policies. II will
certainly touch on. the operations in
the Balkans which are so important
to the British empire.
Bucharest dispatches continue TO
favor the allies. The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at Bucharest
writes that King Ferdinand at a re-
cent audience, made il known that he
is not opposed TO the realization Of
the aspirations of the Roumanian peo-
pie. The Roumanian king has evil
IDENTITY placed himself in the hands
OF the Roumanian people and parlia-
ment.
Another dispatch from Bucharest
says that. at a meeting Of the Rou-
manian headquarters staff. two-thirds
of the generals declared in favor OF
entering the war on the side of the
entente powers.
PARIS. Nov. An official report
on operations In the Balkans, issued
by the war Office today. reports skirm-
ishes between the French and Bulgar-
ians in southeastern Serbia. 1t also
states that the Bulgarians are making
use Of heavy artillery.
The official report follows:
Army of the Orient-The Bulgar-
ian forces which occupy Islip sent a
olak on oct 81. This company fell
back before our advanced posts with
out fighting.
There have been unimportant
skirmishes and an intermittent can
nonade between Rabovo and the Bull
garian frontier, where the enemy
used one piece Of large calibre but
without any result.
The day of Oct % was calm in
the sector of the KrivOlak There
were patrol combats and an inter
mittent cannonade. In the sector 20
the north Of Rabrovo and Krivolak. a
violent cannonade has extended in the
direction Of VeleS"
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Nov. Further
gains for the Bulgarians in northeast
ern Serbia and i'm the valley Of the
Norava river were reported by the
Bulgar general staff in an official
statement issued today. Great stores
of war materials were secured By the
Bulgarian army that occupied Uskub.
The text OF the official report fol-
lows:
Southwest Of Kniajevatz we ha -
occupied the crest of Tresibaba noun
tain In the valley OF the MOrava
river the Bulgarians have occ Lpied
the region of Katchanik. The attempt
ed advance of the Serbs was chez ked
by our troops.
I'VE captured two mountain guns,
and a great quantity of ammunition.
Twelve thousand rifles, $50 boxes OF
powder, II 1000 boxes of cartridges and
other war material was found in Us
kub by our troops who occupied that
Serbian city"