The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-12-04
PROGRESS OF THE WAR

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the last week-the Italian attack on
Gorilla and the retreat of the Serb
ian army. The Italians are nov
shelling the inner Notifications of
Gorilla with hundreds of guns of
heavy calibre, and although they
have not yet rendered the place I'M
tenahle they seem to have excellent
chances of capturing this important
strategic position within a few days.
The reports from Berlin and Wen
ma in the last two weeks have shown
a peculiar condition in Serbia which
appears to have escaped general at
tention. The reports told of places
occupied and several thousand Serb
ians captured each day. but there
was no indication that either the
Teutons or the Bulgarians were in
contact with the main Serbian army.
The advance of the Teutons and
Bulgarians, considering the difficult
ties of the country had been extra
ordinarily rapid. and yet the retiring
Serbian army seemed to have slipped
out of the trap which was to
close on them from the north. the
east and the south. When the Ger
manic Allies burst into the Kossovo
plain from three directions they evil
IDENTITY expected to find the Serbian
army. but it was not there. Instead
they found only a ear guard. which
retired to the westward after offer
ing slight resistance. The expected
stand in Kossovo plain had not been
made. Where. then, was the Serb
ian army?
King Peter and his advisers, after
the big battles in the north and
around Nish, decided to begin gen.
eral retirement and to leave only
rear guards to hamper the enemy.
The first move in the retreat was the
retirement of many thousand Ser
bians into Montenegro to strengthen
the Montenegrin line. This retire
ment was to the westward. The
main army fell back to the south and
then moved westward at about the
point where Montenegro and Albania
join. The Kossovo plain was left to
the eastward. The retreat of the
main army. after it had abandoned
the important cities of Mitrovitza and
Pristina, was westward through
what is known as the Obilge divide.
Southwest of this divide is another
plain. Therefore, when the Teutons
and Bulgarians looked for the Ser
bians in the Kossovo plain they found
them already in the mountains and
the other valley to the westward. a
valley protected to the north by the
Tschitsckawiza and to the south by
the Truolpewa mountains. Mean
time. the Serbian real guard was
fighting on a line between Pristina
and Mitrovitza, the latter point being
the northern terminus of the Uskup-
Mitrovitza railroad. When the rear
guard was pushed back to the west
ward upon the main army the Ser
bians finally were off the last rail-
road line held by them. They then
formed along the Sitnica river, the
heights on the western bank of which
the Teutons have just taken.
In the south the French and Eng
fish have about 100, 900 men holding
an extended line from the Bulgarian
border westward. The French have
advanced northwest of Krivolak,
their principal base and have DC
cupied a village from which Krivolak
was being bombarded by the Bull
garians.
The Allies have landed altogether
at Saloniki about 150. 900, but all of
these are not at the front in Serbia.
The Germans and Bulgarians are
now concentrating for an attack upon
the French. English and Serbians
from Strumitza on the east of Mon
astir on the west and hope to drive
them back into Greece. For this
purpose the Teutons and Bulgarians,