The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
BULGAR COAST
BOMBARDEDBY
ALLIED FLEET
Shclling Extends Over 3
Miles From Port Lagos
to Dedcagatch.
INVADERS CLOSE IN
ON SERBIAN ARMY
Special Ca6ie Despatch to Tnr St>

Special oa6ie Despatch to Tue stN
LONDON. oct. 22.--Bulgaria's .F,gean
coast is under fire from the allied war
ships The bombardnent began yester-
day and is concentrated upon the thirty
eight mile stretch between Dedeagatch
and Port Lagos
simultaneously IL is gathered from un-
censored news dispatches that the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet has begun bonn
bardment OF the Bulgarian Black Sea
coast. especially the ports OF Varna and
Burgas
Up to late hour tonight the official
! press bureau has given out no statement
with regard to this new phase of the
Balkan operations. The following official
statement was issued in Athens this
! afternoon:
The bomba rdmert OF the Bulgarian
coast from Dedeagatch to Port Lagos,
distance OF thirty -eight miles. was
commenced on Thursday by the allied
| fleets
shortly after this report had been re-
ceived the Central News Agency's corre-
spondent in sofia transmitted this brief
bulletin given out by the Bulgarian Ad-
mlralty:
The British fleet shelled Dedea Catch
to-day.
Bombardment Resumed.
This statement shows that the attack
from, tho sea havip yaaterJay was ra
sumed to-day. and it is generally be-
lieved here that the concerted lombard
ment will he continued and probably Is
in progress now.
OF the seaports under Are interest
! centres upon Dedeagatch. the principal
Bulgarian outlet to the .Egean 1t is in
the immediate vicinity of the Turkish
frontier. shortly after the Allies de-
ciared war upon Bulgaria. Turkey was
reported IA despatching 10000 men To
Dedeagatch 10 aid the Bulgarians in de-
! Tending IN. port against "A landing from
the allied warships.
II was the concession by Turkey 70
Bulgaria Of territory along the railroad
! from Dedeagatch to- Adfianople that
was chiefly instrumental in bringing
about the Bulgaro-Turkish agreement
which eventually resulted In Bulgarias
/ joining the central Powers. Dedeagatch
! is connected by rail with Salonica.
The belief that the Russian Baltic fleet
, is cooperating with the Allies in a gem
/ eril naval attack on Bulgaria is based
upon II statement yesterday in the Petro-
grad newspaper Vcchcrner Vremyu that
Russia Will attack Bulgaria immo-
nlatrly,' and upon despatch from
Athens of the previous day TO the effect
that the Allies have postponed their
: bom1ardm"nt Of the Bulgarian pests
/ pending participation by the Russian
/ fleet As sofia to-day admits the shelf
( ing of lsedeagatch. the Russian partic!-
/ patton evidently is an accomplished fact.
Black Sea Ports Important.
! The Bulgarian Black Sea ports of
| Nafna and Burges are the principal OBJ
! jeciives Of the attacking fleet. both being
outlets of vital importance for Bulgariu
! Between them lie the coast cities of
B ia!ata and Mesembria. and south Of
Burgas is Gozopolis.
Immediately after the Bulgaro-Turk-
Ish agreement had been signed bulgaria
/ began to strengthen the fOrtifications of
/ l'edeagatch and along the railroad. A
strong force is known to be concentrated
for the defence Of the port
, The bulgarian armies Of invasion in
Serbia made important headway to-day
I IN their efforts to gain complete control
} OF the Salonica-Nish railway. According
I To the German War Office they captured
kumanovo and kIpr!i ,Geles). both on
the southern sector of that railway, and
are closing in on Uskub. twelve miles
southwest of kumanovo and about twen-
! ty-iive miles northwest OF Kuprili
The fall OF kuprili is confirmed in a
despatch to the Times
\ message from Nsh to the Serbian
Legation in Athens says:
THE Serbians have repulsed the Aus
i tro-Germans ON the north Serbian from
tier. with enemy casualties of 10000"
II is denied in this message that the
Bulgarians captured Vranja, Vlasatine
and Inajavatof. The message. however.
confirms the report that Istip and
kozane are IN the hands OF the Bugars
Victory Yet Possible.
\ personal message from Premier
pastch accompanied the communication.
saying that ultimate victory may be
expected II sufficient help arrives soon
Berlin claims that besides taking the
two important cities on the vital Serbian
railroad line the bulgarian forces hght-
ing further south, not far from the Greek
! frontier. have driven tine Serbians across
the Nardar southwest OF Strumi,za.
In conflict with the Serbian assert ion
that the Teutonic invaders in northern
/ Serbia have been repulsed il the claim
made by the German War Office to-day
that Gen. kosyess's Authro- ,;erma n
troops have reached the ArnaJeyo line
| as far as the Slatina Mountains while
: Gen. Won Gallwitz Is reported to have
advanced to Selevac, Savinovac, Tro-
novca and a point north OF Ranovac.
A despatch from Bucharest tends to
support the Serbian assertion of an
| Austro-German check. II states that
while the Invasion continues on the
whole the Teutons were repulsed near
Trenowsizi and south OF Belgrade. los
ing 5000 in killed and wounded in n
counter attack by the Serbs south OF
Pozarevac. 1t is asserted the Teutons
were driven back to Semendria.
Despite this and other local successes
the despatch adds that the Serbs have
been unable to stem the tide OF the Teu-
tonic invasion which is proceeding
through the Morava Valley along the
Oriental Railroad.
The Serbian Government will remain
in Nish, although that city IL in grave
peril the Serbian legation here stated
to-day.
The Serbian army. now cut Off on two