SERVIAN ARMY INVADES AUSTRIA

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 5

SERVIAN ARMY INVADES AUSTRIA

GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN ARMY MONTENEGRO DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA (Rec. August 10, 10.5 p.m.)' '"'*.■ ; . London, August 0. Morning. The 'Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Nish, the present capital of Sorria, telegraphing, via Salonika, states that.the Austrians so far havo failed to invade Servia. sGrcat enthusiasm prevails among the officers, who now expect Servia to realise well her national aspirations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and secure a port on the Adriatic Sea. ''''■, All men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-fire havo been pressed for servicej and mobilisation has' yielded a force of 450,000 men. Many , raw recruits, who need Officers and clothes, are being formed into bands of irregulars, andthrown into Bosnia, in order to foment a revolution. Tho actual army numbers 260,000, veterans of two campaigns, Tie concentration is being mainly directed towards the Sarbo-Eungafian frontiej near the Danube, nresumabl? to junction

with the Russians. The Staff Officers announce that the concentration was completed on Angust 7, when a forward movemont was initiated. The Servians entered Bosnia near Priboi, and cut oft tho retreat of a body of Austrians. The main body of tho Austrians retired to Vishegran, 43 miles south-east of Sarajevo, which place they are fortifying. (Hoc. August, 10, 3.40 p.m.) m, ,„, „ , „ R °m e > August 9. Hie paper II Sccolo' states that.the Hungarians crossed tho Danube, but " were driven back, losing five hundred men. Many were drowned, . RUSSIANS CROSS AUSTRIAN FRONTIER, ■ _~ _ , St. Petersburg, August 9.Tne Russians penetrated the Styr Valley, driving off an Austrian advance guard. ....■■' The River Styr crosses'the Austro-Rnsaiah frontier at a point sixtv miles distant from Limberg, a city of 200,000 inhabitants, and the capital of the Austrian lioyince of Gahcia. lhe Austro-Hungariau Eleventh Army "Corns has its headquarters in the city, mi , , . , • ,„, . Paris', August 8. lhe Austrian cavalry occupied Olkusz, in Eussian Poland, ten miles from the frontier of Galicia, and came in touch with the Siztli Rus'siau Army Corps. _, _, '■-~',.„ , Paris, August 9. lhe Government has been informed that parfof the Austrian mobilisation is directed against the French frontier, and has requested Austria, to declare her intentions. AUSTRIANS BOMBARD MONTENEGRIN SEAPORT. . mi , i . , ~,-', sti Petersburg, August 9. The Austrians began the bombardment of Antivari, tho Montenegrin seaport on the Adriatic on Saturday last. (Rec. August 10, 3.30 p.m.) , London, August 9. . The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent states that Montenegro has declared war on Austria. ,