AUSTRIAN ADVANCE ON DURAZZO

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 5

AUSTRIAN ADVANCE ON DURAZZO

SERBIAN REARGUARD HOTfcY ENGAGED ENEMY SEVERELY HANDLED The High Commissioner reports:— London, February 9, 1.55 p.m. The Serbians announce that Austrian troops arc continuing to advance on Dwazzo. On February 1 a mountain brigade of Austrian®, in co-operation with a number of Albanian band's, came in contact with some Serbian rearguard troops. In the violent and bloody fighting which occurred next day the enemy succeeded in pressing the Serbians, but the latter received reinforcements, and retook by o night attack the positions they had lost, / and pul the enemy to fiight. The battlefield was covered with the bodies of the enemy. One hundred prisoners were taken, Hungarians. THEIR HOME IN EXILE. '' By Telcßraph-Presa Associatlon-Oopyriehl „,. .... , , Paris, February 9. Eighty thousand Serbian civilians have been landed in France and 30,000 in Italy. (Rec. February 10, 9.5 p.m.) ~ , . . Paris, Februarv 10. The "Petit Parisien" states that sixty-five thousand Serbians were landed at Corfu, and this wnber is expected to reach one hundred thousand within a couple- of days. • ' The evacuation o! k * 'bania will then be completed WILL THE ENEMY ATTACK SALONIKA? REPORTED CHANGE OF PLANS. c . , _ , , . „ Athens, February 9. borne circles affirm that the Austro-Germans have temporarily 'febandoned the campaign against Salonika and are directing all theis /efforts against the Italian front and against the British in Flanders, hoping to obtain some success calculated to influence neutrals. CLEARING OUT THE SUBMARINE LAIRS. . Rome, February 9. Ihe Allied fleets operating among the Greek Islands have suppressed' numerous provisioning stations for enemy submarines. (Rec. February 10, 9.25 p.m.) French detachments have occupied the Greek island of o 'of' Corfu. BULGAR CHIEFS AT GERMAN HEADQUARTERS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ASSEMBLING: , t ■D" W J- J .T, , ■ x, -n , , Amsterdam, February 9 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, M. Radoslavoff (Bulgarian Prime Minister) and General Jekoff nave arrived at the German headquarters. Heri von Beth-mann-Hollweg (German Chancellor) and Herr Jagow (German Foreign Minister) will also attend the conference. THREATENED BLOW AT RUMANIA V ALLIES MUST BE READY TO HELP. (Rec. February 10,; 8.5 p.m.) mt iitt t, • London) February 9. Ihe Echo de Paris" states that the latest information fnm Rumania indicates that the situation is developing towards intervention. M. Bratiano (tie Premier) is maintaining his policy of neutrality with difficulty. m, ~n ■ Romo, February 9. Ihe Corneie della Sera" believes that Germany is preparing a sudden blow at Rumania. "Therefore," it insists, "it is necessary that the Entente Powers should counteract the German movement. Rumania must be able to reckon on all assistance." WHERE THE RUSSIAN PUSH COMES IN. (Rec. February 10, 11.25 p.m.)' new TT V lVi 7 0f the '"lun-mar^^Lmi-+l?i n° < ™ sia !, s capture of the Uscieczka-crossing, to the west bmik ,of l-liTf t lss , l ; lns c^ (l llceu for a considerable time near the village head on the noTtjf-eas t"^bank ip Z va'ln?''' Z ' atta ° ked the P ° St Y,' lnilitar y correspondent states that Russia's nossesCadds the P° h" A " Stri f in E »'k»»'i'^'ntenable. +?,' u i r i i Pruth, owing to the absence of naturif'obstacles offers the best lino of advance, and if te Russians break throueh Bukowina thn Austro-German defences m Galicia will be outflanked, and probably abandoned."