Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-02
ARSENAL TAKEN
. By T[UTONS IS
BLOW TO SERBIA
Bulgarians and Allies Are Push.
p. Their Way Toward
Nish -.
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GERMANS STILL TRY
TO CAPTURE RIGA
Heavy Loses Reported on French
Front Where Activity
Is Resumed

London, Nov. 1.-The Germans have
occupied KraguyevatZ, the arsenal
town of Serbia, while their BulArian
allies are pushing their way through
the mountains to Nish, Serbia's war
capital. .. ,a-. ~, &r$,
From all sides, the Serbians, Aus
trians and Bulgarians are slowly clos
ing in on the Serbian army. the posi-
ton Of which grows graver daily.
They are fighting hercely to save
their country and have inflicted such
losses on Field Marshall Won Macken-
sens force that he has been compel.
ed to send for reinforcement and
leave the more serious work of invad-
ing the eastern and southern part Of
the country to the 'Bulgarians, Who
have had more experience. IN noun.
tain warfare such as the Serbians sSe
wsging. ,.rt5
~ Moving Westward.
From the. Junction of the. Danube
and Timok rivers, in tho northwest,
to Uskup in the south, the Bulgarlans
are moving westward, driving the Ser
bians out Of the towns and into thu
mountains, but from Uskup south.
ward they have been checked, ~ the
Serbians in tina territory have been
reinforced by the French and British
with modern guns, and gunpers WHO
had valuable experience il Gallig9li.
: Besides the sforc :anslsd 8e sx1onf
XII, which estimates place.e,at #,7AO0O.
there is no news OF further assistance
being sent by the Allies to the Ser
bians. .4,r& afgs
5-. TO Join AliIes7 ,.1
Russian transports have been re-
ported off Varna, but the report lacks
confirmation. There is, however; EVIL
dences in dispatches from Bucharest
that the people OF Roumania, at least,
desire Intervention and that pressure
is being brought on the King and cabi-
net to induce them to join the Allies
and permit a Russian force to pass
through Roumanian territory to at
tack Bulgaria from the east. Greece
continues her friendly neutrality.
Try New Routes.
The Germans, having failed In two
months of almost incessant attacks to
reach Riga and Dvinsk by various
routes, are now trying along the rail.
way. which skirts the shores Of the
Gulf of Riga to Tuknm, and have, &C.
cording to their reports, reached q
point west of Sclok. This is q very
slight advance.
In France, the battle for the Butt
de Thaure which the Germans recap
tured from the French Is still in prog.
ress, without changing the positions
of the two armies. What the attacks
on this front have cost is shown by a
report issued by Field Marshall Sir
John French tonight. He says that
the published list of the German casu-
alties discloses that seven battalions
of German cavalrymen, which took
part in the Loss fighting-presumably
a German counter attack-lost 80 per-
cent of their strength.
The war office announced today that
during the month Of October more
than 10000 prisoners were captured
on the Russian and Serbian fronts.
A dispatch to the Star from Rotter.
dam says: .-,...-e,, j., ~,,--~,-
at is understood that General Saub.
erzweig, military governor Of Brus.
sells, who is generally believed to have
been responsible for the final refusal
to grant the American minister's re-
quest of the postponement Of the exc
cution of Miss Edith Cavell, has been
removed from Office and a new Saili.
tary governor appointed"
The Bulgarian headquarters report
of October 80, as made public today
by the Over Seas News agency, says:
"The Bulgarian troops continuing
their pursuit of the enemy have taken
Bala Palanka, on the railway between
Pirot and Nish." f -
Protecting Suez. p
The Austro-Germans are preparing
a new offensive against the Sue5
canal, according to an Athens dis
patch to the Tribuna, which adds that
the British have made great prepara-
tions to meet such an eycntuality.
Among other things, they have flood.
ed the land along the canal, leaving
the Notifications just standing out Of
the water the defenders being sup
piled with provisions by gun boats.
Horatio Bottomley, member of par
Lament for the southern division Of
Hackney, in a lecture at Brighton yes
terday, claimed that he had the auth
ority of the Earl Of Derby, director Of
for saying that whatever
the Earl had thought before, he now
was convinced that the voluntary sys-
tenn Of recruiting would be saved.
A dispatch to the Times from Blu.
charest says:
1T is reported in naval quarters
here tnat Russian troops were landed
CONTINUED on pago tWo.)