The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-13
MOUNT LOVCEN
NOW OCCUPIED
BY BULGAR|ANS
ALLIES ARE MUCH ALARMED
AND HAVE BEEN CRITICISED
FOR DELAY IN MEETING
THE ADVANCE.

LONDON, Jan. 12.-The announce
ment OF the occupation of Mount Low
cen in Montenegro by the Austrians.
although it is not confirmed from en-
tente sources, is generally accepted
here as true. Uneasiness. which is al
ready felt expressed in Italy, is re-
flected in the English and French
newspapers.
The loss Of Lovcen from the point of
summit dominates Cattaro Bay, the
Austrian laval base. Before Italy en-
tered the war the French had estab-
lished a number of guns on the noun
tain and had prepared emplacements
for heavy guns which could have
swept the bay.
Austria by selling it, forestalls this
danger mad is in commanding posi-
ton with regard to Cettinje, the CAPT
tai Of Montenegro, which is little
over six miles distant, although shell
tered by intervening mountains.
The Austrian advance considering
the distance to be covered, was much
slower than that made in the Teuton
conquest of Servia, but in considera-
ton OF the formidable obstacles which
the mountainous character of the coun-
try presents, it is conceded that the
invaders are making steady progress.
The question is being anXiously
raised as to why the entente allies
did not long ago send aid to the
Montenegrins. and in particular why
Italy, which is more acutely affected
by this Austrian invasion, had not
taken preventive measures.
The AustrianS are only ten miles
from the capital of Montenegro, cal
cuiating the distance over the exist
ing roads A successful blow at the
heart of the country may have ef-
feet, it is said by military critics, Of
! isolating the troops who are defenE
ng the northeastern frontier.
In Champagne the Germans hold a
slight gain, made as the result of the
determined offensive of last Saturday
and Sunday. The rench military
authorities say that the German
forces which delivered the ATTACK
lost heavily, as with three divisions
they advanced in face of the French
al tillery fire, which took a terrible
toll
From the eastern front it is report
ed that a comparative lull at pres
ent prevails. Special dispatches af
firm that the Russians have been so
successful in consolidating their new
positions that the Austro-Germans
have begun to remove the supplies
from the bases which they had es-
tablished in preparation for the ad-
vance which they intended to make
in the coming spring.
The British forces under Gen.
from Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris,
each time being repulsed with losses,
according to the current statement by
the Turkish war office. The official
communication says this force is sur
rounded.
1t was announced in London yester
day that the British relief force com
ing up the Tigris was at a standstill
more than twenty miles down the
river Turkish unofficial advices have
claimed the defeat of this force with
heavy losses. The British declare they
have the better Of the situation and
that the halt of Gen. Aylmer's relief
column is because of weather condi-
tions and the necessity of removing
their wounded by river.
A long range naval battle in the
Black sea between the Turkish war
ship Sultan Selim, formerly the Ger
man cruiser Goeben, and the Russian
battleship Empress Maria, is reported
by Constantinople The latter was hit
by the Turkish vessels fire, but the
Sultan Selim was undamaged, it is de-
clarcd.
Constantinople claims that consid
erable losses were suffered by the en-
tente forces in their evacuation of the
tip of the Gallipoli peninsula. Parties
of the retreating troops were wiped
out, the Turkish statement asserts
The General offensive in the Cham
payne on Sunday was preceded by a
twenty-four-hour bombardment, one
of the heaviest the Germans have yet
developed against the French lines, a
Paris dispatch states. A prompt
counter attack gave the Germans no
time to organize the positions they
carried and negatived their effort the
dispatch adds.