THE SERVIAN STRUGGLE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11438, 1 December 1915, Page 5

THE SERVIAN STRUGGLE.

BAYONET CAUSES HEAVY LOSSES Bucharest, Nov. 30. A Bucharest correspondent reports that the Bulgars heavy casualties were largely clue to the frequency of bayonet charges. Many officers of high rank have fallen, including the famous insurgent chief Tcherngpleff. The campaign designed and carried out by General Bijadjeff has won warm German encomiums.— Sydney Sun cable. HELPING THEIR FRIENDS. Berlin and Vienna have despatched numerous sanitary missions. Liberal hospital trains, eacn of thirty cars, have arrived. Munificent subscriptions have been sent to the Bulgarian Red Cross, Germany undertaking to pay Bulgarian expenses of the campaign. The objects of Toncbeif’s visit to Berlin and Vienna were to obtain 250,000,000 francs as a second option loan of 500,000,000 and also arrange for the immediate payment of 250,000,000.—Sydney Sun cable. SERVIAN TROOPS IN REFUGE. JUNCTIONING OF FORCES. Salonika, Nov. 30. Eighty thousand Servian troops have taken refuge. Montenegro and Albania are preparing to reconstitute their forces, and it is hoped that 300,000 will junction with the Servians in tho Monastir district. A BRAVE-KING. OF A BRAVE NATION. Rome, Nov. 30. The newspaper Secold reports that King Peter was present at the battle of Pi rot. He advanced, sword in j hand into tho firing line, and urged Ids soldiers on till the end of the day, when he became exhausted and fainted.—Times and Sydney Sun j Service. DESPAIRING NOVELIST. THE POSITION NOT HOPELESS. Rome, Nov. 30. Tho Servian novelist, Mydan Uskokovich, who has committed suicide, left a letter saying he was unable to survive Sorvia’s death. Her fate was too unjust, and she deserved a better lor. SNOW IMPEDING OPERATIONS, j ; BULGARIANS STILL ADVANCING. i Rome, Nov. 30, i On our Servian front there is calm. The Servians have not been attacked 1 at Monastir. Tho Bulgarian operations are impeded by snow. London. Nov. 20. The Bulgars are marching on Monastir. They have crossed tho Carr,a- : son river. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. HOC MAN IA IMPRESSED. London, Nov. .30 The Times’ correspondent at Bucharest .states that opinions differ as to tho date of inauguration of the Russian offensive. Some time may ; elapse before the troops destined for : the Balkans can arrive on the Dan- ; uhe. Tho attitude of Roumania, : which is uncertain, will largely be ; influenced by the number of troops j the Allies can muster on the Benin- 1 snla during the next few weeks, i Tho Allies’ more decided attitude i towards Greeco and the arrival of | the Czar on the Danube have im- j pressed Roumania.