Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
'P|ROT FORTRESS,
| KEY TO N|SH, IS IN
| HANDS OF BOLGAR'
Teutons Trying to
Ring Around Munitiol
City of Kraguyevatzl
SERBS MEANS OF ESCAPE
GROWS CONSTANTLY L
Fighting of Sanguinary G
acter Between Austrians ar
Montenegrins on Drina.
ATTACK By GERMANS IN WI
! Despite Coming of Winter, Their
More Activity on Rus
sian Front.
BY GERMANS IN wi
Despite Coming OF Winter, Their
More Activity on Rus
sian Front.

LONDON. October 3l.-The Ser
fortress OF pirot, described as the
to Nish. Is in the hands Of the
garians. while the AuStro-Germans,
vancinE from the north. are endeaf
ing to form 4 ring around KraGu%ev
the Serbian arsenal Thus, besides
dangering both the Serbian war col
tal. and the town where the Serb
munitions are manufactured. the q
trail powers with Bulgaria are narrt
ing the gap through which the Serb
army in the northeast must escape
simultaneously the Austrians are
lacking Montenegro to remove. If pi
sible, the danger of having an enGrNl3
army on their flank. Little has been
said about the fighting between the
Austrians and Montenegrins along they
Drina River. but apparently 1t is OF y t.
most sanguirary character, as 1t toob
the Austrians with fur superior equip
mcnt more than n week to force ri
crossing of the river at one point
alone, that south of VisheSrad.
ALLIES OCCUPY HILLS
SURROUNDING STRUMITSA
The Anglo French troops are firmly
establishing themselves along the
southern end OF the Nish Railway, and
crossing into Bulgaria. have occupie
the hills surrounding Strumitsa, IL
though the capture of that town, whid
has been reported, is not officially con-
irmed.
The allied fleets. too. have again
hombarded the Bulgarian towns on thu
Aegean Sea. While these efforts tnkI
some OF the strain off heavily trfe-S IT,
Serbia. there Is no reliable lnformntiof
as to the movements OF the grea
f1,. - t.
ports continue to circulate. chiefly fir
German sources, of II Russian ar
which is TO march across Rounanit -
the rescue. But of the British a.
French re-cnforcemcnts no news
been received. II is possible that
addition to direct assistance. tho allie
will try indirect means, whereby til
Austro-Germnn may be prevented FROM
sending rc-cnforccmcnts to Serbia
ITALY ALREADY HIGGINS
GENERAL OFFE
Italy has already undertaken thYy0qR.o|.
general offensive. and there is tai&l
of another offensive on the western
front. The Germans seem to have ann
ticipated this. as on Saturday nigh
they launched n genera! attaclA ii
Champagne over front of about tiyl
miles in an effort to recover groun
which the French recently took frot t5S
them They succeeded in recapturin4 T.
the Butte dc Tahure. but, according -
the French account. they were repulset
everywhere else. suffering eXtremelYH
heavy losses, and to the north OF Id
Mcsnil, they actually lost one of theirX
own trenches.
AS usual, the attack was preceded
by an artillery bombardment. and pk
French report speaks of masses OF I'M
fantry being decmated. ThertE. ais
mas been some Fighting In Artois ~.
Despite the coming of winter, thE 80
mas been more activity on the Russ
'front.' True. there has been IL lull
the fighting in Courland where
Germans have apparently failed to "a ~
itiEa or Dvinsk or to improve to
marked degree their position. but IL
believed they are preparing for a
other drive. 1t must be made soorf
however. as snow is already tallin
ana the movement OF heavy artillery
becoming more difficult.
GifHM.>NS NOW ENGAGED .uH@( -
IN COUNTEROF1 1lcNsa
Along the Stry the Germaus are -
Gared in n counteroTensivo. and !!
recovered some territory which
erai lvanoff took from thcnf. Fur
south, IN c;alicia, the Russians 80
returned to the offensive. and, acc
ing to Vienna. have made unsuccej
attempts to cross the Stripa ~ =
The Turks report increased actiVSS
Of their allied artillery and warsliiY
In the Dardanelles.
nI LGAItIA NOW REGARDS