AUSTRO-GERMAN ATTACK ON SERBIA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2589, 11 October 1915, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMAN ATTACK ON SERBIA

CONFLICTING REPORTS

'GERMANS GLAIMTO HAVE CAPTURED BELGRADE

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. Ootober 10, 3 p.m.) i a .• Nlsh, October 9. ; OCTbian commtunque says the enemy orossed the . Save at Yarak and -Other pointß, and crossed tno Danube near the Belgrade fortress and' at Ram capturbd^^ 1 ' 8 "° 0 gUard ° n B?]Srade waa partly destroyed and partly Tho enemy made fiotco. attacks at the Save crossings.. We pinned him to : the brink of the river at several points,'inflicting enormous losses ■ ■ Tho struggle, continues at tno other crossings, r, , i London, October 9 . ,A;Berlm official message says that the greater part of Belgrade has been ; taken, tno Serbians retreating south. B1 d noff ?P a P® rs point out that British naval gunners are defending ■: . A . ■ ~ . , „ Amsterdam, October 9. An Austrian communique says the Austro-Germans' crossings of the Drina •Oave, and Danube are being continued. ;■ ' . ■ . . ' . v : ' " ' r ; 1 ': : 1 SERBIAN OFFICIAL MESSAGE. 1 m• i . ' i London, October 8. A Serbian official message states: — . . The, German crossings of the Save and the Danube were fiercely contested / There.were heavy .'.enemy losses[and many prisoners wereitaken,' " ■ GERMAN COMMUNIQUE, . r . ' ' ':i'Amsterdam. October 8. A German communique states ' Our crossing of .tho Drina, Save, and Danube is taking a favourable course . f. A number of. the-enemy .were made prisoner and . two machine "uns were saptured. South-west of /Belgrade we cptured three cannon after an eneafre)ne»t opposite Ram. . 1 ' " ■ i,/. , ,v''\ : ' A . -V.-- ■ • ESTIMATED STRENGTH OP THE AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS. Allied airmen in Servia report that only one hundred! /A'Ustro-Geman troops are .massed northwards of Serbia. : ' . The Bulgarians are 6hort of munitions, especially for ihe artillery,. . .'■ SERBIAN STATE OFFICES BEING REMOVED: m , _ ~ ~ , . . ~ .Sofia, October 8. • The Serbian Government is removing the most important State offices - and banks' from Nish to Prishtina. • THE LONG-EXPECTED OFFENSIVE (Reo. October .12, 0.5.a.m.) , , :• ■' . London, October 10. iJeuter states that a. telegram, has just been received which declares that there is no room for doubt that tho at.tack on Serbia is the long-expected German offensivo. The fighting along the whole frontier jh described as of the fiercest oharaoter. Heavy artillery is being employed. So far the onemy is being kept more or less in hand. .