THE BALKANS SITUATION.
FRENCH AND SERBIAN SUCCESS ENEM Y PLUNDERS HOUSES IN NISH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Iteuter'e. LONDON, October 16. A Serbian communique reports: In the course of fighting the Serbians carried the heights north of Nisn and made progress, especially on th leit bank of the Morava. French cavalry entered Piron Australian and N.Z. Cable A6auela , 2oJl (Received October 17, 11.43 p.m.) i lie 1‘ raneo-Serbians found the houses ana shops in Nish plundered. A valuable library was burned, national monuments destroyed and churches ransacked and damaged, 'fie Bulgarians had killed or interned all the clergy. The Allies continue to advance towards the Danube. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, and Iteuter’e. LONDON, October 16. A. kronen Eastern communique states that the Allies are continuing to advance towards northern Serbia. The Serbians captured Velike and Vesterbae massif and reached twenty kilometres northward of Nish, taking prisoner a large number. Australian -s.nd N.Z. Cabin Association and Eeuter's. LONDON, October 16. An Italian official message- tsates: In Albania w e occupied Birana.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19181018.2.27
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5003, 18 October 1918, Page 5
Word Count
173THE BALKANS SITUATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5003, 18 October 1918, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in