SERVIAN ADVANCE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1577, 22 October 1912, Page 5

SERVIAN ADVANCE.

FORCE OF 120,000 MEN ACROSS FRONTIER. MOVING ON USKUB. Belgrade, October 20. The Servians are advancing on Uskub. They are meeting wita little resistance

along the road, which) is almost impassable. A. force of 120,000 men has crossed tho frontiers. A cold rain is rendering operations, very difficult. Arnauts ambushed seventy Servians at Comitajis, killing them all. The troops have captured Egrijsalanka. They took several bridges along the railway lino before the Turks were ablo to blow them up. VARNA BOMBARDED. TURKISH FLEET ON BULGARIAN COAST. DIVERSE RUMOURS. Sofia, October 20. A telegram states that three lattlesllipe harmlessly bombarded torpedoors in the roadstead of Varna at ten miles rringc, and then sailed away. Constantinople, October 20. The Turk 9 aro blockading the Bulgarinn port of Burgas, fifty-tlireo miles southwest of Varna, on the Black Sea coast. The fleet arrived at Varna at C o'clock, and began bombarding at 2 in the afternoon. They nre searching for torpeloers, two of which took refuge in Varna. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BLUFF THE POWERS. (Rec. October 21, 9.55 p.m.) Sofia, October 21. Five Turkish, battleships reappeared at Varna on Sunday. In a semi-official announcement the "Miv" states that the intervention of the Turkish fleet is intended to bluff the Powers into negotiating - with a view to neutrality in the Black Sea. ALBANIANS CUT UP. AMBUSHED BY MONTENEGRINS. DESPERATE FIGHT. Podgoritza, October 111.-, Hassim Bey and Jlahmud Begovie, with 2000 Arnnuts (Albanians), marched from Plava and Kossovo to reconquer Berane. The Montenegrins ambushed them, nnd after a desperate fight tho Arnauts wore cut up.' Hassim Bey and 280 men' wero captured and taken to Podgoritza. PLAVA AND GUSINJE CAPTURED. Podgoritza, October 20. The Montenegrins captured Plava after two days' fighting. From Plava the Montenegrin troops marched on Gusinje, which they also captured.

SUCCESSES BELITTI,ED. (Rec. October 21, 9.10' p.m.) , Constantinople, October 21. •The War Office denies the reported capture by the Montenegrins of six battalions and eight quickh'rers. It is stated that Tusi ,ia an unimportant village without fortifications, and held by only 300 troops, who were merely sent to watch, the Montenegrin movements, and retired when the Malissori attacked them in the rear! A small rearguard was' captured, and eight worthless bronze guns. The War Office also declares that i,nly skirmishes have taken place on the Bulgarian frontier. '