The sun., 1916-01-12
MontcncGrins Lose Mount
Lovccn. Dominating
Seaport of CattarO.
ITALY FACES GRAVER
DANGERS IN ALBANIA
Native Tribes Likely to
Join Forces With Teu-
tonic Allies.
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Mount lovccn. the Gibraltar Of the
Adria,!c." dominating the Austrian port
OF Ca,taro. has been taken by the Aus-
trans This news Is contained in an Of
neal announcement made last night at
Nennl.
The Vienna announcement Is as fol-
lows:
On the Montonegrin front Mount
lovcen has been captured.
We occupy the Karst Mountains
and the Rerane heights. We captured
tverty-s'x cannon, four mortars and
large quantities ot ammunition and
var material
TIE latest Montenegrin official state
m.ri concerning the situation at Cattaro
received here says:
For the last four days the Austrians
have been delivering furious attacks
OF our Mount l.ovccu front. Sup
ported by a hurricane OF uninterrupted
arc from warshps and the forts OF
tat;aro the enemy advanced as far AS
o.g FIRST line Of dcfe1ccs. oar troops
iepu,Sed him time after time. inaictng
enormous losses. but at night. as the
result pl q utsptltle sluEElt. III
which the enemy resorted to asphyx-
,ating gases. the Austrians were en-
ahied TO occupy our positions at kuk
AID Retatz.
The morale OF our troops Is ex-
cellent Notwithstanding privations of
al' sorts The fighting continues.
Commenting on the Austrian an
nouncement Of the capture of Mount
Loycen. the Times says
II II is true that Mount LOvcen has
been captured "A position of great i'm
ror;ance has been lost to- the Allies.
With Lovcen in Austrian hands Cattaro
and the bay of Cattaro would he in
valuable to the Central Powers, and the
whole balance Of power in the Adriatic
affected The Austrians would long ago
have created first class naval base
there but for the fact that modern guns
or Mount lovcen command the whole
Borche di Cattaro."
A strong Austrian squadron has been
bottle up in the Bocchc di Cat,aro.
as the %!ndiLg channels leading from
,he town to the sea are called. since
April Of last year. Individual units OF
tals fleet have been able TO slip out OF
'1e bay and to return. pursuit by the
o.l.ei Mediterranean fleets being pre-
.ultd by the narrOWness of the chan
els ami the fortticatIons OF Nermatz.
On the coast. The chic: aim Of the
Nout,regr.ns was to seize the town OF
t,''arp ana the heights commanding
the 'Bu'cne' and thus compel the sur
... '' # the fleet
The fall If lovcen is the most i'm
'ttat success thus far achieved in the
Austrian invasion OF Montenegro. tho
sweep Of which extends from the river
Tara i'm the west to the lpek region
10 ~. east II is "A success which, II IL
tagkly admitted here. foreshadows far
IN, H.ug consequences.
" 'o for the Austr!ans the taking OF
Mount l.pNCeu means merely the safety
o. '.,.~ seaport. this first blow struck
'hr invaders on the Adriatic coast Is
scored here to Ne the sorerunncr of a
s.Ios II other moves contemplated by
tle Ap>triaus and Bulgarlans. Anxiety
it.a'ding the invasion Of Albania. con-
."ranC which little has been heard OF
.Htc. - revived and military critics are
again oentr.ug attention on Scutari.
.uratzp and AVluua. the chief goals of
" .Nvad,r ~. At Av.ona a strong Italian
am, l. expected to try to halt the Bull
g.~s There is no concealing the fact
.p"-Ner. that the fear IL becoming e
more and more general In military circles
nat ltalys Intervention" in the Bal
Tru'on- and Bulgars from pushing their
easA "a tho Adriatc TO successful
conclusion.
tn" Austrian feet in the Cattaro
sh. consists of four battlesh!ps. two
cruisers and considerable number of
'r-pcdo craft. Cattaro also has served
ne Austrans as their chief Submarine
Ilse
Tho actual serious bombardment OF
Mount lovccn At the hands OF the Aus
mans b"sdn on December 90 Since
'her they made steady though slow
''hdNdv IN the arduous task Of reducing
ne MoLt"ncgrin mountain batteries.
austrian warships in the "Bocche" par
f'ra'"i in the bombardment Two
Gays a-o an official Montenegrin state
'"H' '1resuadoWed the early fall Of the
eh'r" l"ygen position, admitting the
'- ot me southwestern peak.
The Rome correspondent OF THE Sun
'"'"sraph"d the following this after
room:
The Austr'aus have conquered Kuk.
me ,'I'hwestern peak Of Mount lovcen.
N".h Vas defended by only 5000 Mon
,'hrrnrs without artillery. The de-
.'hd'rS were driven back and the Aus
"ts repeated their attacks with the
NOS violence
u is feared that the Austr!ans will
N'' efI IN COnuuerng the entire noun