THE BALKANS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1915, Page 5

THE BALKANS

NISH UNDER THE GUNS. KRAG-UIEVATZ CAPTURED. Berlin, Nov. 1. Official.—The Austro-German forces have captured Kraguievatz (CO miles south-east of Belgrade) where the Serbian arsenal is. .An unofficial dispatch from Sofia slates that the exterior forts of Nish are under the fire of the Bulgarian artillery. BULGARIAN REPORTS. OF FURTHER SUCCESSES. Amsterdam, Not. I. A Bulgarian communique claims to have captured the Trzibata Ridge, from which roads lead to Nish and Bela Palanka. They also claim to have captured the town of Grecfjiea, at the junction of the Vrania-Lcscovatz road and the road through the Vlassna valley. We "found 19,000 rifles, 950 casks of powder, and 15,000 esses of cartridges ?,t Uakub.

AN IMPORTANT PHASE. RUSSIANS LAND AT VARNA. Kceeivnd Nov, 2, 5.5 p.m. Bucharest, Nov, 2. K is reported in official naval quarters that the Russians have landed at Varna.

EFFECTS OF BOMBARDMENT. iIUCH DAMAGE DONE. Received Nov. 2, 10.15 p.m. Bucharest, Nov. 2. Refugees from Varna state that the bombardment damaged the Armenian and Greek quarters and the barracks, the marine arsenal and the naval docks. Shells also damaged a wing of King Ferdinand's chateau. ON THE FRONTIER. BULGARS STILL ATTACKING. Received Nov. 2, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Nov. !. A communique states: The Bulgaria:: from Ishig reconnoitred towards Krivnlak, hut withdrew 'before tho outposts without fighting. Tliere is intermittent skirmishing between Sabrovo sjid th:Bulgarian frontier, where the enemy t:-e using large calibre guns.

FRENCH HEAVILY ENCAGED. ALLTED TROOPS AT SALONIKA. Received. Nov. '2, 5.5 p.m. Salonika, Nov, 1. The Bulgarians, strongly supported by artillery, attacked tin-" I'reuch on Saturday in the Krivolak sector. The French, defending the right bank of the Vardav, made a strong resistance. A sanguinary fight ensued for several hours, but the result is unknown. Berlin, Nov. 1. _ A telegram from Soa states that 70,000 Allied troops have landed at Salonika, of which .10,000 are French.

NO NEWS FROM NISH. AUSTRIANS REPORT FURTHER ADVANCES. Received Nov. 2, 9.20 p.m. Athens, Nov. 2. There is an absence 0 f news from Nisli. _lt is unofficially stated that the Serbians attacked the Bulgara at Voles, but the Bulgarians are now advancing, and the Serbians are fortifying a defile at Pripcl. Probably the' Bulgarians will junction with the Austrians at Mitrovitza. Vienna claims that the Austrians east of Vissegred are advancing further into Serbia, and that the Germans have penetrated from Milanovantz. towards the north and north-east. UNDER VON DER GOLT2. TURKS REPLACE BULGARIANS. Received Nov. 2, 5.5 p.m. Bucharest, Nov 1. T'ive divisions of Turks, under Genera! Von der Goltz, have replaced the Bulgarians on the Dubrudja frontier. The Bulgarians have destroyed several roads towards Silistria.

IN ROUMANIA. ; GERMAN MINISTER CAUGHT SPYING. RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA STRAINED. Received Nov. 2, 9.30 p.m. Paris, Nov. 2. Roumanian advices state that Hcrr Busch, the German Minister at Bucharest, paid suspicious visits tn strategic points in Roumania, and photographed the military works. He refused to state his name, and was handed to the police. He was then identified and released. Reports from Zurich state that the third Austrian war loan is a failure. It is proposed to ask the Emperor to subscribe £130,000 sterling. Vienna papers refer to the possibility of a grave situation between Austria and Roumania regarding the proposed use of the Lower Danube for transport of Russian troops to Bulgaria. If Roumania permits this, Austria will consider it a breach of the Danube treaty.