The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-12
Austro- German Army Not Only
Takes Principal City Of Bal,
kan State But Destroys Three
fourths Of Famous Stronghold
.FRANco-BRlTlSH TROOPS
ARE RUSHING TO RELIEF
While Germanics Hew Path For
|. Relief Of Constantinople, King
Peter Disputes Ground and
Anslo-French Pour Into Greece
tA.socia,sd Press BY Federal wireless,

II ONDON, October IL. - The
IL Austro7German army Of in
xasion is in full possession of Bel
grade, the Serbian capital, and
-three-fourths of the city is re-
ported to be in ruins. Advices
here say the Austro-Germans are
in possession of the heights sur
rounding the capital as we'll as
the city itself.
Paris is authority for the report
that three-fourths of the city. has
been destroyed. Six thousand
shells were rained in on Belgrade,
according to this report, and
many historic places are now
crumbled ruins.
Berlin Says Damage Small
Dispatches from Berlin, while
not contradictory are not as posi-
tive. "A German report says:
dispatches from the Serbian
front say that Belgrade has been
damaged by the heavy lombard
ment of the last week, but that
the damage is small, Part of the
civilian population remains"
In the more than a year of bonn
bardment Belgrade had under
gone at the hands of the Austrians
little damage had been done, com
paratively speaking. For the last
six months the population had
been living in security which APP
preached that of peace times.
Now, if the report from Paris be
true, many are homeless and have
lost all they have.
Allies Rushing To Relief
Coincident with advices here
saying that the westward advance
of the Teutons is in full swing
and that the forces of the English
| and French are marching across
Greece to the relief of the Ser
bians as quickly as possible, re-
ports come from Athens which
| say that the fighting continues
: desperately.
| The Serbians are making no at
tempt to halt the Teutonic ad-
vance, appreciating their own in
feriority, but they are making the
enemy fight for every fc1t., OF
1 ground. Rear-guard attachments
are pouring in CALLING fire on the
f'eutens at every step, appreciat-
ing what the delay will mean un-
til the Serbian main army; can
| reach their mountain positions
ana join forces with the Anglo French
expedition. - f.
Pitched Battle In Future
r IL is not expected there will be u
pitched battle for 4 fortnight, accord
4 ing to news obtainable here This
may be significant as indicating the
time when the Serbians are expecting
] 10 be reinforced by their Anglo, Frenc h
allies and when they will make their
stand in their recently prepared noun
4 tain positions. ..- e..
y Germany is aiding her new ally, Bul,
] garia, TO resist attacks on the ,princi-
pal Bulgarian port, 'Xarpa, aud at Bur
gas. Russian warships bombaTded Va,
ua four hours one day last week 80
u Petrograd reports that Submarine
bases have been established at Varna
and Burgas. The submarines are pre-,
sumed to have been taken overland u !
put together in Bulgaria. 1t is thought
a they will be used in an attemot to- do,
stroy units of the Russian Black Sea
feet as well as defend the ports OF
Bulgaria. = .r.A ~ u.s.
I Troops Pour Through Greece r.
The British .and FEonch "ontinua, "
p0nr in fourteen Thousand troops a day
at salonika, Greece, and these forces
are being despatched to the Serbo-feil-
tonic front as rapidly Ms they land.
j. In this connection The Mail this
morning publishes an editorial which
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