The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-30
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
From Sundays Salt Lake Tribune

The Serbian defense against the
Teutons on the north and the Bull
parians on the east has been sus-
tanned at the vital points and although
the Serbs have lost ground on both
fronts they are still in a position to
offer a vigorous resistance. Obvious
ly the hopes entertained in Berlin,
Vienna and Sofia that Serbia could
be crushed like house of cards are
not to be realized.
The delay of the Allies in sending
heavy reinforcements can partly be
explained by the fact that they were
well informed as to the strength of
the Serbian defense. They realize
that it would be worse than useless
to strike few feeble and ineffective
blows in aid of the Serbians and that
if they can concentrate great force
at some vital point and strike a
smashing blow which will insure
substantial victory they will gain a
political as well as a military ad-
vantage.
During the week the Allies have
been marking time at Saloniki. al
though some French and probably
some English reinforcements have
gone forward into Serbia. The
French have been in contact with the
Bulgarians near where the Greek.
Serbian and Bulgarian borders meet.
After battle at Ghevgheli, in which
they won victory, the French. per-
haps for strategic reasons. failed to
occupy the Bulgarian town of Stru-
mitza, which lay open before them.
Their purpose is to guard the rail-
road along the Vardar river in Ser
bia until such time as a French and
English army of considerable power
can advance from Saloniki and begin
agenuine drive against the Bulgars.
Meantime the Allies have been en-
gagged in negotiations with the gov
ernment at Athens. Great Britain
offered the rich and populous island
of Cyprus to Greece TO induce her to
begin military operations against Bull
garia, but King Constantine and his
cabinet refused the offer in deadly
fear of Tuetonic vengeance. The
Allies must now decide to initiate
their military operations in the Bal
kans without the help of Greece, and
must be ready to ward off Greek
attacks should the Tuetons succeed in
in their invasion of Serbia, for King
Constantine would be eager to join
the Central States If the allied cam
paign should prove failure. Wheth-
er he could induce his people to back
him up is another question. The
chances are there would be revolu-
ton.
What the actual situation in Ser
bia is can only be conjectured. That
1t is not as desperate as some have
imagined is attested by French
officers who inspected the two Ser
bian fronts. They found that the
Tuetons had driven back the Serbs
only about fifteen miles from the
Danube and had not yet penetrated
to the principal defenses. For a
week the Tuetons have been held
practically in check, but now they
have begun another drive from the
northwest. pressing against the left
flank of the Serbians and bending it
back somewhat,
The Bulgarian invasion. which has
taken on sensational aspect, has not
been as successful as the surface in
dications seemed to indicate. Un-
doubtedly the Bulgars have reached
and crossed the Nish-Saloniki rail-
road at several points. thus cutting
communication between the two
cities, but the points at which they
were successful were the least i'm
portant from strategic standpoint
along the entire railroad. If the
Allies push forward in sufficient
strength soon the Bulgarians will be
caught in a wise, the Allies striking