The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31
NAVAL BATTLE IN THE BLACK SEA
BALKANS
BY Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent

10y Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, Oct 3O.-German, Aus
trian and Bulgarian invaders gained
more ground on the Serbians today,
but there was promise that power
! full help for the Serbs was near at
last.
Roumanla was reported to have
agreed to let Russia cross her soil to
strike the Austro-German left flank
and invade Bulgaria from the north.
| The allies were hopeful that the
Roumanians would take an active part
in the struggle, too, by sallying into
ITransyIvania against the Austrians.
For her services, 1t was said, Russia
would cede Bessarabia to Roumana.
/ Russian transports were reported
also on their way from odessa and
i Sevastopol to make landing on the
| Bulgarian Black sea coast, but this
! fleet bucharest had heard, had been
attacked by Turkish warships and the
! fiqht's outcome was unknown.
| Accounts here were that Greece as
we'll as Roumania, had been neatly
won over to the allies and would help
Serbia against Bulgaria. -.-..
/ French troops and few Serbs, most
of the latter, are in the north fighting
| the Austro-Germans, were moving on
! lstib to attack tho BuIgarians who
! were reported, though without con-
firmation, to hold Vilcs, on the Nish-
ss:s.onika railway, with their lines
i stretching east from there.
i Confirmation was lacking of re-
/ port that the French had taken the
Bulgarian town of Strumnitza but II
was certain they were a few miles
across the southwestern Bulgarian
| frontier.
! A News Agency dispatch here said
British forces had joined the Serbians
sat the front" This was supposed to
mean the southern front. It was not
thought they could have reached the
/ iAustro-Germa an line.
Berlin fficiaI accounts told OF a
continued Teutonic advance aad said
"the BuIgarians are continuing their
pursuit Of the enemy" The report
, omitted to mention names OF places
but Nish admitted that the Serbs were
"retirns In good order" With even
small reinforcements It was declared,
they could "hoId out for many weeks
SERBS IN GOOD SHAPE.
T LONDON, Oct. 3o.-Nfsh dispatches
/ tonight asserted that the arrival Of
even a small body Of allied reinforce
ments will enable the Serbs to with
stand enemy attacks "for many
weeks" 1t was stated that the Serb
ian morale continues excellent The
Serbs continue to retire in good order,
the enemy having not yet reached the
first line defenses.
CAN'T HOLD OUT LONG.
! LONDON. Oct. 3o.-Greece cannot
remain neutral much longer, in view
Of the vital Greek interests threaten
ed by the tevtonc allies, said a mes
sage from Athens tonight to the Ex-
change Telegraph company. The ar
tente powers troops, it was said, will
clear up the situation. The message
denied reports of a possible dissolu-
tion of the Greek parliament.
REPULsE BULGARiANs.
! LONDON, Oct. 3o.-serhians. with
British troops, who had affected a
junction with them, have repuIsed the
Buqarlans at VeIes, it was announced
tonight. The BuIsarian's losses were
/ reported very heavy.
! The French also were skrmishing
with BuIqarians near RabroVo.
/ VeIes (aIso called keuprili) has
been reported alternately In Bulgarian
and Serbian hande for several days.
It is an important Serbian town on
the Nish-SaIonika railway about 100
miles south of Nish. eighty-five north
east Of saIonka and sixty west of ths
BULGARIAN frontier.
BLOODY FIGHTING.
LONDON, Oct. ao.-BIoody fighting
between Montereorins and Austrians
was proere essing Thursday In the ten
hy-ten mile quadrangle in southern
| Austria bounded by the Serbian and
Monteneqrin frontiers and the Drina
and Linn rivers, advices tonight de-
cIared.
The Montenearins tried to demor-
aIize the Austrians' drive eastward
| from Vicearad against the Serbians
/ bv attacking their rInht flank. The
! Austrians counter attacked In an ef-
fort to -epuse the Montenegrins
across their own frontier. At latest
accounts the Austrians were on the
offensive, with the Montenegrins,
strongly entrenched. helding their
own and intiictina heavy losses.
In the meantime the Austrans were
reported driving the Serbians east
ward on the Iatter's own side of the
Drina.
! SERIOUS, BUT NOT DESPERATE.
I ROME. Oct 3o.-The Serbian s..ua-
ton Is serious, but not desperate, re-
ported the Idea Nazionaie's cores
rondent in the Balkan war zone, to his
parer tonight. -.
The saIonika-Nish railroad, he said.
is held by the allies from Salonika
about eiehty.five miles northwestward d