BALKAN SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 5

BALKAN SITUATION

CATTARO FORTS DESTROYED BOMBARDMENT FROM SEA AND LAND . '■-.... (Rec. "August 26, 9 p.m.) Rome, August 25. It is reported that the | allied fleeta and the Montenegrins l from Mount Lovchen destroyed the fortifications of the Austrian naval base at Cattaro. .

i An Exchange' telegram from Cetinje J / states that tho French authorities at i Scutari, in Albania, sent thoir entire j , contingent to tho aid of tho Moutene- , grins, instead of a detachment as ;, France ordeied. The Italian troops ! havo also boon withdrawn, and Scutari, • which is now defenceless, is in a state I of anarchy. 1 , ..MONTENEGRIN SUCCESS. I AUSTRIANS FORCED TO RETREAT. I Rome, August 25. ! A telegram from Banciovanei states that 30,000 Montenegrins had a series 1 of successes on tho Herzegovina fron- ] tier. | After a fierce b a y°not fight at Gra- . novo, a small town in Western Mon- ! tenogro, just over the frontier, the 1 'Austrians retreated, leaving 300 dead [ and many wounded. '< Ono hundred and fifty prisoners were j- captured. Tho Montenegrins also had heavy losses. 1; {'. AUSTRIAN MONITOR SUNK. .' , . London, August 26. I A telegram from Nish atates that an Alistrian monitor struck a mine near i Drsova, on the Danube, and was blown ' up. Tho crew porishod. ; BELGRADE BADLY DAMAGED. ! (Rec. August 26,10.10 p.m.) i ■_ ■ , Nish, August 25. i v Few buildings in Belgrade remain un- ! damaged: A portion of the Palace was f burned. TURKISH FLAG HOISTED IN ! .. ALBANIA. 1 . ; ' Rome, August 25. j. A. Valona message states that the inj surgents' entered the city and hoisted the Turkish flag. '.BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE. • ' ' Sofia, August 24. The Prime Minister, M. Radoslavoff, ! speaking in the Sobranje, said that Buli &. a "a and Rumania had settled all mis- }. understandings'/ that relations with ; Turkey were,amicable, and that a com-" 1 mereial treaty would come up for ratifiV cation. Relations with Greeco had been 1 definitely re-established. M. Sueshoif promised support to the Government if it did not depart from strict neutrality as on a similar occasion.