THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN
FIGHTING ON THE SERVIAN FRONTIER SEMLIN ABANDONED :,;'"! (Rec. September 27, 10.30 a.m.) Milan, September 25. , The Servians' abandonment of Sem-. lin, the Austrian town opposite Bel-' grade taken by them a few weeks ago, was due, to their determination to devote their wholo strength in occopying ttio Bosnian railways. The Servians captured the fortress town of Svornik, on tho Austrian side of the Drinsi, after a sanguinary struggle. The Hungarians loft two thousand dead, The Serb losses were *Iso heavy. (Rec. September 27, 5.20 p.m.) Nish,' September 26. _ Semi-official.—Desperate fighting cbnbinues between Svornik, Loznitza, and Mitrovitza, on the frontier between Serbia and Austria. At tho frontier town of Shabatz 'the Servian position is satisfactory. The Austrian commander at Semlin demanded tho surrender of Belgrade nnd the.Servians replied by shelling tho Austrian monitors on the Danube. >
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 5
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138THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 5
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