SERBIA'S GREAT STRAITS.

Evening Star, Issue 15968, 23 November 1915, Page 3

SERBIA'S GREAT STRAITS.

ISOLATED VICTORY GLASMED AGAINST BULGARS SOUTH OF MSSH. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 22. A Serbian .message announces an important victory. Several davs'' battle at Leskovatz, in the Nish district, resulted in the rout of the Bulgarians with enormous losses. AUSTRG-Gee&tAn PROGRESS. - STOUT RESISTANCE OFFERED. AMSTERDAM, November 21. A German communique states: The situation on tho eastern front is unchanged. General Yon Koevess occupied Novi Bazar. General Von Gallwitz and General BodjadjefFs right wine; are Jightim* for an exit to the Lab Vallev, 'north of Prishtina. We captured 3,800 Serbians on the 19th and 4,400 on the 20th inst. MONASTER DOO7/IED. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun' Services. LONDON, November 21. J ho 'Tribuna's' correspondent at .Monastic paints a tragic picture of the Serbian cause. • Colonel Vassic, with a mere handful of troops, is determined to cover the retreat of the panic-stricken civilians, while th« i closing in upon the doomed i ray. Colonel Vassic armed volunteer-; and advised the aided Consuls to depart' Two Serbian officers were despatched to Salonika to ask aid from the Allies Thev said, with tears in their eves : " W° catinot hold out any longer. We "have no men and no bread. We sh-11 '1 e totally exterminated, and shall'have been unable to save Serbia," BULGARIAN WEDGS PREVENTS ALLIED HELP TO .MAIN SERBIAN ARMY, London 'Times' and Sydney 'Stm' Ssrvices. Tl «-n -i T <?*V^~ S - *«™mher 21. I the Daily Hails' Paris correspondent says a .baikan telegram indicates that the Allies are too late, and little now remains of Serbia to save. It seems that tlm A lies havo been cut, off from th« mam Serbian army, which has to bear he brunt of the Bulgar-German invasion Heavy guns and motor tractors havo been sent from ■ Sofia with a quarter o f ■■ million rifles to arm the Bulgar reserve* " Trench military critics consider that this is a preliminary movement ihe Allies at Salonika, in the hope Q f dnvmg them into the sea. The first condition of safety for the Allies is the re moval of the Greek menace It' ;, absolutely necessary that 300.000 fred, oops should be landed immediately the iEgeau littoral. vemezelos speaks, where britain erred. BULGARIAN CONCESS [o\\s OFFERED AT GREECE'S EXPENSE. ATHENS, November 22. Air Ward Price interviewed M Venoezlos who stated: "The Germans are bound to be conquered in the end TJ le reserves from which they are drawing their resources are much smaller than those oi the Allies. The Germans hava ready passed the zenith of their strength" though they are powerful enough to m- 0 - iong the struggle for a Ion? time "The new battle-ground—the Balkan* —odors favorable conditions for the Entente Powers to detail lar-e. bodies of troops, and thus cut off Germany from lier ! ???? «i?- f me " and m in Tnrkny It tho Allies smash the Germans in Serbia a line of invasion will be open across the Hungarian Plain, which is Germain-"* weakest hank.

«■ £1 °, r. lle groatP*=fc admiration rV Sir Mwatd Grey, but.he made a mistake to chill Greek sympathies l.v offermthe Bulgarians Kavala without first ascertaining whether they would accept tho bribe. Ih e mass of Greets felt it would be too risky to accept Cvprns under conditions winch were likely to result in their forfeiting the rest of their ton"- . tory. RUSSIAN GENERAL ON NEAR EAST CAMPAIGN. THE DARDANELLES VEX TURK. BALKANS MORE PROMISING. PETROGRAD. November 22 General Shumsky, reviewing the Dardanelles enterprise in the ' Bo'iv.se Gazette/ assumes that General Monro's report favors withdrawal. y nm t j, e .standpoint of strategy the original landing at Galbpoli was open to serious objection as it was clear that tho ultimate J ate of the Dardanelles must be decided with that ot Berlin. Nevertheless, it attracted tho main body of Tuiks, and relieved pressure upon Egypt am j the Caucasus. _ Tho capture of Constantinople was undesirable, as it demanded a larger force than could be safely spared °' The first attack upon the strait proved that no fleet in the world could overcome the coastal fortifictions, however weakly defended. It was now clear that the Anglo-French forces were divided in*o three parts, while the enemy were in ■, single ( compact mass; hence General -Monro s report upon the necessity for leaving Gallipoli. General Shumsky states that it would bs more than inexpedient to leave the Balkans. Iho Austro-Gcrmans cannot bo permitted to strengthen their human resources by Balkan contingents, or to use the Balkans for a free passage into A«hi . .Minor and Egypt. General Monro evidently recommends tho concentration of the three groups of allied armies in the Balkans, wind, is imperatively demanded by tho principles of strategy. A victory in Macedonia would open the road to Constantinople more speedily than the slow siege operations on Gallipoli; ' ALLIES' SALONIKA BASE, j DISEMBARKATION CONTINUES. | PARIS, November 22. A communique states: The disembarkation of Anglo-French, forces at i Salonika continues.