Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-20

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Nov 20. by wireless te
SayviIle e-Announcemen was made b.
the war Office today of the capture qz
2,s0e more serbians.
The occupation OF Novavaros ana
saeniea in western Serbia near ihs
/ Apnfenegrin border IS reported.
Towards the center OF the TeutonIc
5 advance the town OF Raska. aI,51iE
twelve nliles northeast OF Sa4fpazaz.
has Been reached.
! Todayss statement also 1sporfe
bombardment Of Westen{.e. n Bzz=
g1nzn. by hostile monitors, which with
! drew when replied to by the Gernan
batteries on the coast.
The statement says. ssIn the Bas=
kan theater OF war Novaxards
Sienica and Rasl<a have been ocess-
pied. IN the Ivar valley the Dsi...
and east of the Kopaonik renxnr
Prepolac have been reached TIVE
thousand and eight hundred Serbiaus
have been made prisoners and four
cannon taken
Enemy monitors have bembarde1
Westende. They withdrew under tho
fire Of the German coast batteries :
BY the United Press.
BERLIN. via London, Nov. %
Flight or capture are the alternatives
the northern Serb army faces today
Headqnarter reports admit the
Serbs can get into Montenegro II they
move quickly. II they delay. hou;4
ever, for a last stand fight against
the Germans, who are closing Ia on
them from the east and north. their
only line Of retreat win be cut or.
The Serbs have been driven -
Kossovo Polye fthe plain OF the
Blackbirds) between Mitrovitza ana
Pristina- Montenegro is twenty miles
west. The country between them and
the frontier has not yet been occupied
by the invaders.
marches from the Radan district
thirty miles northeast OF the Serb
position
Austrians are pushing southwark
and Buigarians nnrthward along the
Serbo- Montenegrin frontier. II they
get between the frontier and the plain
OF the Biackbirds, the ring of steet
around the Serbs viii have been CONF
pleted.
The Austrians. at latest officis3
accounts, had taken Syenitzas forty
miles northwest of Mitrovitza- One
column has crossed Mount Jankov~
kamen. The Bulgars were about forty
miles south Of Pristina.
BY the United Press.
PARIS. Nov. 2o-wlth Monastir's
fan It is believed today the southern
Serb army's independent resisfance 70
the Bulgar invasion is ended.
The French and British are exA
pected TO have to do the lighting IN
this region henceforward. doubtless
assisted by the remnants of the SHAFT
tered Serbian forces Bands Of Serb
guerillas also are expected to continoe
desperate campaign.
Official news OF the Bulgar capture
of Monastlr is still lacking but re-
ports of Il are from numerous reliable
sources and have been received at all
the European capitals.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 20
The BuIgars, advancing from Prilen
on Monastir, Twenty-Five miles to fi'r
southwark. are understood TO have
brushed the main Serb force 10 the
westward If the Serbs are not al
ready across the border IN AIbani&
there is little hope that they VIII ~
able to retain foot-hoid on theirs
own soil many days
The Bulgars are not expected TO I'D
vance much south Of Monastifs a.
the town is less thsn ten miles f1f1Ns
the Greek frontier, which the Rul8af&
probably will be careful NOT to flz~
late.
Northwest Of Monastir dbsperAfe
fighting is again reported between ttf
French and Bulgarians. The French
are said to have renewed their efi9xt&
to take Feles, but no claim IS made
that they are gaining ground
Bulgar counter-attacks are report
ed on the Anglo French force NiiicH
is operating against Strufnnitza-
The impression here Is il>at tlls
allies are not yet in sulFlctsnt fofes
IN southern Serbia 10 aft es<ttlifti
and that their number 8Het b
heavily INCREASED before they c<9
wage i suprns ri offensive.