The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-27
ALL ALLIES MOVE
TO AID Of HARD
PRESSED SERBIA
But Teuton, Turk and Bulgar
Armies Have Little Kingdom
in Iron Ring
BRITAIN'S OFFER OF
CYPRUS WITHDRAWN
+ allure of Greece to Comply
With Terms Causes John
Bull to Break Off Bargaining
For Support


London Oct 26.--Ilse principal
success achieved by the invaders !,
of sertis au,ipo tho ,.s, .,.a,,.x
10" 'ioors Is the capture oy inc
Bulgarian extreme right OF the
city of Ncgotin. and of the town
or pr.no,o , ~. n.,, r,,
o' '"1 D"o. i"is
places them in the immaculate VI
entity OF the. left wing of the
Austro- German chain OF armies.
which Is advancing southwest
Ward from orsova. Military OBJ
scrers mere agree that Junction
OF ttie Ieatons win tficir Bai-
kan allies is matter OF a COM
parat1vefy snort time, perhaps oT
hours. This junction. Is designed
ny inc INVADERS 10 nave the uual
object of closing the Iron Ring
and OF exer'fng a strong impress
sion. II not pressure, upon Rn-
mania, near whose border these
armies arc operating.
OF the Teuton armies that advance
Ing in the center. on both sides ct tho
Morava, mas made headway. accord
ing 10 Berlin and vienna. Ihe Austro-
Ge-mans nave reached Markovac, six-
teen miles due north of kraguievac.
Nhe hAN " t'ca 1aNb w fAAat eait Sfh0A VA
the Oriental Railroad. This advance
represents gain of sixteen miles in
two days, since they took Palanka.
Buigars Making Progress.
In the face OF this undated pro-
gress of the invaders on ali sides, for
the Bulgarian center in the Timex
Valley. also made further headtfay.
the eyes of the entente@.,owers are d.
rected with renewed hope to the two
yyatH hA N y.R f.n i1sz
pressed little Kingdom, FrlEota's, on
the Saionica-Nish Railroad. and Ro-
bova. eight miles south ~ Strurn-
nitza. At both places the Ere nch
troops, after defeating the Buigarlans
in their first onrush. have firmly es.
tablished themselves. but their Eal-
kan adversaries have now turned at
hackers. and reinforcements are sore-
ly needed.
Realizing this need, Great Britain
dispatched today one brigade from
Salonica to Dorian (forty miles north
west OF Salonica).S Thess troops. the
first to be sent into action In the Bal
kans. are now on their way, with
forced march. to relieve their french
allies and then to undertake, in con-
junction with them. strong attack
upon Strumnitza.
Other Anglo-French troops are ex-
DeCteQ To pTVtccQ ohsS W ASAAASt~"
the French at Krivollak, with the view
to regaining control of the salonica
Nish railroad. now in Bulgarian HANDS
between Krupili and Nranje.
The defense of Bulgarian's Black Sea
coast has been intrusted to Germany.
according TO a dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Co. which asserts
that 5000 German soldiers from Con-
are replacing the Bulgari.
Ill 1A%
Turk. Move to Aid Of Bulgaria.
simultaneously 1t is reported from
Athens. In confirmation of previous
that Turkey, too, has sent
troops to aid Bulgaria against the
naval attacks from the Russian feet
Both Italy and Russia are reported
in unofficial dispatches to be preparing
to send troops TO Serbias aid.
Reuter- dispatch from Malta says more
Italian classes are being summoned
to the colors to make this possible,
while the Petit Parisen. of Paris,
learns Russia is shortly to dispatch
strong forces TO the near east
Meanwhile Greece and Rumania, 81
pecially the former, remain objects o.
anxiety OF the British
press and public, and from all indt-
cations from the government itself.
The cabinet met today and Il Wal
presided over by Premier Asquith.
whose condition 10 much improved. Ths
Balkan situation and the report OF BIZ
Ian Hamilton, on the status OF ths
campaign were the ehiAf
topics OF discussion, but up to late
hour tonight no details of what vas
said or decided by the ministers had
altered through.
offer to Greece withdraw.
Not long ate. the cabinet session