Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30
RUSS TROOPS SAIL
FOR BULGAR PORTS
TO BEGIN INVASION
Serbians' Position More Des-
perate-Kraguyevatz Ar
! senaI Is Threatened.
KING FERDINAND's MEN
HAVE RETAKEM VELES'
Prot in Complete Control of Enemy.
French Forces Occupy
Strumitsa.
MONTENEGRINS IN BATTLE
Storming of Austrian Position and
Inhiction of Great Losses on
Foe Are Claimed Near
Visegrad.
KING FERDINAND'S MEN
i HAVE RETAKEM VELES'
MONTENEGRINs IN BATTLE

LONDON, October 3o.-The
position OF Serbia is becoming
more desperate daily. Nish is
threatened by the Bulgarians,
while the Austrians and Germans
are gradually opening the way to-
ward the great Serbian arsenal
at kraguyevatz Rome reported
that the Serbian capital has been
removed ito certain point
According to the latest official
reports from Sofia, the Serbians
are in retreat in westerly direc-
ton all along the Bulgarian front.
Bulgarians assert that they are il.
possession of Negotin, Brza Pa
lanka, Zajecar, Kniajevats> and
several villages in the Timok val
ley, which gives them a startegi-
cal position of primary import
ance. The complete capture OF
Pirot is now claimed by the war
office at Sofia.
The Bulgarians have recap
tured Veies (Koprulu), Serbia,
according to the Athens CORE
spondent of the Times. Veles is
twenty-three miles southeast Of
Uskup, and is on the railroad line
between Uskup And Saloniki.
"It is learned from a good
source that the French after. 4
three days fight have occupied
Strumitsa,' says dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company
from Athens, "and advanced thir-
ty-two kilometers (about twenty
niles) into Bulgarian territory.
The Bulgarians lost heavily"
Large contingents of Russian
troops have set sail from the
Black sea ports of Odessa and
Sebastopol for the Bulgarian
coast, the Berlin Tageblatt says.
Fleet Prepares Way.
The dispatch, teIegraphed to the
Tagesblatt from Bucharest, says that
the etransports are conveyed by a strong
squadron. The recent attack by Rus
sian warships on the Bulgarian Port of
varna, according to this account, was
made in preparation for an attempt to
land troops
dispatch from scutari, Albania,
says:
Near Visegrad (Bosnia) the Monte
negrins have stormed the enemy's po-
sition near Susagora, which comma nds
the whole region, and established them
selves firmly They inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy and took many
prisoners"
Montenegrins Attack.
The Montenegrin legation in Paris
today received the following official
dispatch:
"A great battle between Montenegrin
and Austrian troops began south of
yisegrad October IS. The result Is not
yet known.
ne SloHtcHcst dttdChcQ the A US
trians enegetically at Cora, iniicting
large losses and making a certain num-
ber of prisoners. There Is violent
artillery fghtine along the Drina and
at Grahoyo"
Opens the Road to Nish.
SOFIA. October 27. via London, Octo-
Der go tdelayed).-The fall of Pirot
this morning "wednesday was a Sc
we're blow to the Serbian army. since
the reduction of this strong position
leaves open the road to Nish and in
vites strong Bulgarian advance
toward the center of Old Serbia
The capture of Pirot followed three
days of desperate h2hting ending at
nightfall October rs. During the night
the Serbs evacuated the city, sacri-
fcing all their heavy baggage and leav-
ing huge stores OF ammunition and war
material in the hands of the Buigars.
1T is asserted here that the Serbian
losses were extremely heavy.
serbians Retreatlne.
The fan of Pirot and Zajecar. to-
gether with the junction made by the
Austrian, German and Bulgarian forces
north Of Negotn, has rendered the
position of the Serbians. il is consider
ed here. extremely critical. Serbian
forces near Mitrovitza and Prishtipa
are retreating north in the direction of
Novipazar with the purpose evidently
of joining the main groups of their
army in the interior. where 1t is said
state of siege is rapidly approaching.
since the Serbs are on the verge of
being completely cut off.
The capture of Zajecar was of dis
tinct benefit to the Bulgarians, as 1t
was Of Importance to the Serbians both
as a frontier fortress and as a railway
Junction
Serbs Hope for Aid.
Most of the prisoners wear citizens
cIothin1 wlkh military oYarcoatS and