The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
'SERBIA'S WORST FOB /
NOT AUSTRIAN ARMY
While Invader Was Driven
From Her Soil Typhus p;
Took Awful Toll.
PRODIGIES OF vAL0R


After an inactivity or SIX months ser
bia early in June took IN the burden az
tho var wbe,e sbe bad dropned q, In
~
De'e'hoer' s'rehs'"eh'"R "' "r'"sS"
and eastern frontiers and crossing ovoe
the Albanian Mountains TO the Adrtath.
In the interim she mad taken a much
'ee"' ''''' w
ury ana an army depleted by Two baakAa
wars she had been forced to bear tie
first blows of the great conflict and 10
meet the Austrian invaders at her bor.
ders. She had lost heavily in the fsld
and TO this she was compelled to add
thousands OF deaths from typhus. Hut
she had gained a signal victory-she a
clea red her soil of the enemy and he had
no, returned.
The Austri,ns almost Immediately
unon ,ha d.cIara,Ion NJ war began the
c%annonndinp of Belgrade from forts AZ
Sem,in and from ~gunboat. in the save.
The SerbIans checked their advance At
this poin, by destroying the railvay
bridge over the Save, which was the
connecting link with Hungary. and
mad. several offensive movements from
the capi,aI. one OF which resulted in
tho c.n,ure and holding for sevrai davs
~ Ser,Iin and apotber Il, the renul.a
NJ n be,yv ds,o chment ~ Austr,ans w,,o
,,,c,rn,.d IN forre a massage NJ thn
p,pube n, S~emendria. The Serbiana
knew tho strategic akn OF their
,n,,al c,tv and when tho bomba rdmenf
Increased In severity they moved the
ae,, NJ Government IN Sisb and made
K~rasuvevntz their military h~eadouar,era
Hard Task At DeIgrade.
ihe "uS'Iiahs io"r' INC capture os
neIs'aue q nun na'uet 'asn .nah tney
nhu ""'.l'".." " ae'ousu .nes .o"-
'nuy" '"e .annon"u,"s nI'"out In'er-
mIs,'on amu su,ve',u ue'sros'ns
"'o'' vi '"e puo' ""''''"e' "i !"
erty they did not enter the city until
,'r,,nand,o ,hn ~ ~%nn
aan, "a l,mnornr Eranc,s Io.e,h q 80
p .oyiny
.an, ,ba occ,sio,, ., TIA .,~x,,-.-,.s
,,,,v.rsnrv n, ,.our ra,,n ,.rrj, NC 80
i,y n, ynnr 60, ,ha inf,rna,,n, 49,
Hslrradc was occunied today nv ths
Ei,,h Avn Corns ~ Wv
Ths occunatinn hou,.ycr NO y. ~
durat,o, Twalv. dova ia,er ~. An.
,rt,r. ,,pd.r m. nrn,ec,,or -, ,ho ha,.
tories M s;emlin uer. f.einp acro.. tha
Save.
Tn. army that the Austrtaps baa
been cnlIcctEp for tho punt.hnopt ~
the Serbians invaded western Serbia
crossing the Save nj Mitrovitxa and Sha.
BATE. and on August Is was apparentlv
well established upon Serbian terri,ory
Bu, two days later IL met the main
body OF the enemy and in a battle
tina, ragged for Ave days along tho Ja-
dar the Austrians were routed. The
serbian success. however. was only
temporary. for the Austrian army. re-
tirinr to the border, was reformed rnd
Reinforced and II was again sent upon
us punitive expedition. BEFORE this
f"r'" the Serhitns, their artillery am
muhl'i"h ~'Nhausted' 'ell back and the
HuS'''"hS S"ept everything before Them
- $500
''"" """"'
For forty miles from tn frontier"
said an American who followed in the
wake OF the invaders. the country IL
deserted and silent as a tomb. Eighteen
towns through which W." passed were
utterly d"S ried, In every town saw
81" az I'VE walls riidl"d with bullets
Whlch had been execution places"
FINALLY on November IL the battle Of
Nalj"vo was fought and the Serhians.
driven from their last trenches. wcr" IN
fun retreat. Her. this peasant army
appeared At its best, The nrn had
been told that ammunition was coming.
They knew not from whore or how i
was coming. but their faith In its AZ.
rival ana in their final triumph remained
supreme.
ON the LIST Of December the world had
begun to believe that the Serbian re-
sis;ance was broken and that the Ans
trians had completed the conquest OF
thi,gs b,nnorsd s,Jaon,r In ~" Az,
place the ammunition that mon for
weeks had been laboriously dragging
through the snow over the mountains
from the Monten"Grin coast arrived. In
m" next place" the old King, crippled
with rhcumttlsns and worn out with
gnut, took his place beside the soldiers
ia tn" t~r'nch's. An emotional and SEN
tirnonlal people. they saw in the aged
ruler Who had come Ia lead them either
w victory or d'"'h one or their iegeu.
daly heroes "t kossoVo'
Il"s" peasants fell upon tho aston
l>H'd ana unprcphred Austrians with
IN" 'hsh anu spirit OF a NO" army.
l"'N 'r">l'h III" hlhIh oohy ana sent
~ ir'nhth'S hHHls across tie i'riha INTO
fsH.,' NV WY S''r'H'h the poSit'on
- ' '', 49, 49," now oecn
jrn,.. ,a,, 80 "'o ny NY
S,.lt,u, ,oaL ,o nnn
NJ ,n,. md s,ara, - nn,,o 90
rercnb,r n wbtio ,bo sr,"a un. 30;
going ON Tho old King NJ Inc head ~
his ,roons ,rt.r,d He,y,oI. wi ~
MONA rr,urninr IRON, ,Soir r.yns.s 'n
the country strewed his way with aow-
crs. Few nations have a more snlendid
story of overwhelming victory plucked
from disastrous defeat in twelve daya
p's'"se Deadly as War.
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