The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-10
ENGLAND HAS FAVORED
QUITTING THE BALKANS
That Deve at the War
c's J" Paris
w. BY GENERAL ''FFsE
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r.. sch Would Remain Thereand Assist
Servia FIGHT Her Battles; War
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Paris, France, December s.-The
American vessel Communipaw, W. Il,
was reported to have been sum- py
submarine Of Padruc, Tripoii. Is
believed TO have been lost Greek and
italian vessels answered the steam
er's distress signals, but did not
manage to get any trace of the
steamer or to- pick up any survivors.
George Alexander WAS the captain OF
The Inflated vessel, and the steamer
was headed for Alexandria. The ma
t'onlity Of the submarine that sunk
The vessel has not been determined.
London, Eng, December s.-An
Athens dispatch to THE Daily News
states that Greek torpedo boat,
which steamed out In response TO
calls by wireless from an American
vessel, which was struck by sub
marine, found nothing but wreckase.
Sofia, Bulgaria, December 8.-On
both banks Of the vsrdar river the
French have been worsted by the at
lacking Buig1rians. This statement
was made officially by the war office
today.
GsrIln, December s.-The capture
Of French position Of more than
500 yards In length on hill No. 1893,
North Of sousin, In the Champagne
district, was announced by the Ger
man army headquarters. Four coun-
ter attacks In which heavy losses oc-
CURED, were repulsed.
Paris, France, December S.-That
England favors the withdral OF the
forces of the allies from the region
of the Balkans, and that this is much
opposed by the other powers. is re-
ported to have developed at the war
council which held It's third meeting
today. A French general II quoted
as stating that even IL England does
take her forces away from Salonika,
the French will remain I'm the Bal
kans and continue to fight for Servia
II is stated that Sir John French
suggested the withdrawal OF the
troops, but that General Joffre and
representatives of all the other allied
powers opposed Il. II Is known that
for long time past, England has not
been satisfied with the affairs In the
Balkans. Speeches have been made
by members of the British parliament
stating that the Balkan campaign
was very unsatisfactory, and that the
expeditionary forces landed there
were far too small to accomplish any
thing.
German Advance Checked
Paris, France, December S.-The
German advance in the Artois re-
gion has been checked by a rain OF
French shells. Fighting continues for
the trenches that we're captured by
the Germans yesterday In the Cham
payne region.
Berlin, Germany, December s.
The Germans yesterday captured
from the French 500 yards of trenches
in the Champagne region north OF
Souvain. The ground that was TAX
en- yesterday was held today.
Austrians Sink Vessels.
Vienna, Dec. S.-The sinking or a
French submarine boat, the Fresnel
ard six steamers and six large and
several small Montenegro sailing yes.
sells in the lower Adriatic sea of the
coast of Albania Is related in the Off.
cial communication issued here.
All the vessels were loaded with
war material, which were either try.
ing to land on the Albanian coast or
to convey there.
Five of the steamers and the sail.
ing ships were sent to the bottom by
the Austrian cruisers Novara and Aus.
trian torpedo boat destroyers at San
Giovanni di Medur, which lies In the
Gulf of Drin to the north OF Durazzo
They were engaged In discharging
{ munitions.
| One Italian steamer armed with
three guns and an Italian motor yes.
sci were sunk while on their way from
Brindisi to Durrazzo. These were
loaded with munitions.
! While the Austrians were engaged
in sinking these vessels at San Clio.
vanni di Medua twenty guns on shore
bombarded them heavily, but, the OF.
fetal report says, without success.
Recent reports have been to the eff.
feet that Italian forces had been land.
ed at Avlona. Albania. to enter the
Balkan campaign with the entente
allies and the report Of the putting
ashore of munitions and OF artillery
attacks from shore, against the Aus
! trian warships seemingly gives verify
, to the previous accounts.
viii Not ReiinquIsh Belgium.
Amsterdam, Holland. December s.
That Germany has no intentions
! whatever of relinquishing Belgium
was announced today at the city OF
Liege, In an address by Count Schulz
enberg to the citizens of that place.
He gave this address at the unwilling
of statue to General Emmerich as
the 'conqueror OF Belgium" and the
count said: what General Won EN-
merich has conquered, we will re-
tain"
Athens. Greece, December s.-An-
glo- French and Greek officers had q
| lengthy conference today at Ssloniki
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