THE FIERCEST BATTLE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 8

THE FIERCEST BATTLE.

THE WAR IN THE BALKANS., SERBIANS DESTROY MOST IMPORTANT RAILWAY. •' Times'' and '' Sydney Sun'' Services. * (Received December 2, 8 a.m.) LONDON, December 1. The "Berliner Tageblatt" describes the battle of Pristina as the fiercest in the Balkan campaign. The enemy lost 20,000 men, and the retreating Serbs destroyed the railway which," passing over the mountains, through defiles and across streams, gave continuous opportunities for damage by the Serbian moun- ';;■; tain dwellers. t '■'", Probably months will elapse before rail connection with Vienna and Constantinople is repaired. An Amsterdam message states that several train loads of labourers have left Cologne to repair the.Serbian lines.