Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-10
SERBTANS CRUSH
ADVANCE GUARD
TeutOn Force Crossing Danube al
Belgrade Partly Destroyed
and Partly Captured.
ANoTHER ARMY LosEs HEAvILY


LONDON. oct. e.-The advance
guard Of the Austro-Germans who
creased the Danube at Belgrade. has
been partly destroyed and partly cap
tured. and those who entered Serbian
territory across the Save, have met
with enormous losses, according to
an official dispatch received tonight
by the Serbian legation from Nish.
The dispatch says:
con the northern frontier the enemy
has crossed the Save at Yarak, the Isle
OF ProaEarska. at zabrez. opposite os-
truanitxa, and at the great isle OF Gig
anlla and on the Danube at the Belgrade
fortress, az the Quay and at Ram.
The advance guard which crossed at
The Belgrade fortress has been partly
destroyed and partly captured.
Pinned 60 River Brink.
AT Yaraka, Zabrez and the isle OF
Proagarska, after several fierce attacks.
the enemy has been pinned TO the very
brink Of the river with enormous losses.
At the other crossing points the struggle
continues.
'.At BelErads. two officers and over
100 soldiers were captured. Of whom
eighteen were from the 2O4th infantry
regiment Of the Forty-third German d.
vision Among the captured were also
soldiers OF a Prussian brigade belonging
60 the Fifteenth army corps. which
came here from the Italian front"
ne AnRlo-French force which was
landed At salonih n making it's way
northward to assist the Serbians and TO
protect Macedonia from a threatened
Bulgarian invasion.
The landing Of British and French
troops is proceeding despite the change
In the Greek government. The ministers
Of entente powers at Athens have asked
Greece to define Sta policy with regard
TO the Balkan situation, but the new
premier. Alexander zaimis, has answered
that he will be unable to do this until
q meeting Of the cabinet IL held He
said that Greece will maintain a policy
Of benevolent neutrality" toward the
allies unlese forced into the conflict.
WomId Threaten Greece.
The press and public of London and
Paris, with the experience OF the sud
den change In Buigaria's attitude fresh
IN their memory. are demanding that
steps be taken 10 see 70 II that a similar
change does not take place in Athens.
II has been suggested that the appear
ance Of an allied fleet In Greek waters
would have the effect OF holding Greece
In line.
Allied fleets are already reported off
Bulgarian ports IN the Aegean and in the
Black Seas. and In view OF the possi-
bility OF Russian landing on the Black
Sea coast Of Bulgaria. II IL stated that a
Turkish army Is being sent there so that
tho Bulgars viii not be called upon to
fight their old friends and protectors.
What assistance italy will lend It's
allies In the new venture forced upon
them In the Balkans is not disclosed. nor
has any change in the policy OF Roumania
been announced.
Tho German press suggests that the
allies despite the landing OF troops In
saionh are pFcparing for more energetic
operations against Turkey in the hope
Of smashing Il before oermanic assistance
arrives and that Italy may take part In
these operations
Three Months Left
There still are three months OF good
weather ahead Tor any new move against
the Dardanelles OF for operations in other
parts OF tho Aegean district. while the
Russians under Grand Duke Nicholas are
expected 70 force matters in the cau-
casus and the British to push along TO
Bagdad.
A renewed offensive by the allies on
the western front has not yet material
ized. the recent French attacks In Cham
pagne and Artols apparently having been
simply local attempts 70 capture points
of vantage which brought about furious
German counter attacks. This is parti-
cuiarly true OF the attack against the
hin OF Tahure, IN the center OF the Ger
man lines In Champagne. which has been
almost continuously under German fire
since its capture by the French.
A somewhat similar situation seemingly
has arisen on the eastern front. The
Germans several times have shown sisns
Of developing q bis attack against
Dvinslk. but beyond gaining q few yards
Of trenches they have made no progress.
while from that region right down 20
ualicia the Austro-Germans have been
engaged In meeting strong Russian at
lackA
winter VIII Ala Arnaies.
with Poland's mud again osogsfng the
wheels OF tha armies, Il "a doubtful
whether either side win be able TO make
an important move for SOME weeks. But
winter. with its hard. frosen ground. is
expected to bring a renewal OF the Of
fensive by one side or the other.
The German mercantile marine IN the
Baltic Is beginning to feel the effect OF
The submarine warfare there. Virtually
all German shipping in that quarter is
being Held up by British and Russian un-
aerwAter craft. and the ferry services
between Germany and Scandinavia ere
being carried on BY neutral vessels.