GREAT SERVIAN VICTORY

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 5

GREAT SERVIAN VICTORY

AUSTRIAN'S ENORMOUS LOS3E3

St. Petersburg-, Sunday

The Servian army routed a force of 110,000 Austrians, and pierced the Austrian centre by using Napoleon's favourite tactics, The Austrians fought in a bend of the river Drina, with their backs to the river, and suffered enormous losses

The Sarvian soldiers farced an entire division of Außtrians into a valley, and tha Servian artillery 'fire from the surrounding heights massacred thousands of Austrians

Dispatches from Nish state that after a battle lasting four days, the Servians defeated " tha Ausirians, who crossed the Drina near Lcznitza. There were heavy losses on both sides.and many Austrians were taken prisonsrs The Austrians, when retreating from fhe Drina, abandoned rich booty, including 40 pieces of artillery—mostly Howitzers—and ammunition, field hospitals, and kitchens

An official message from Nish reports that the Servians have captured Gorazda, ' a town .on the river 'D'rlria between Montenegro and Servia, and are advancing upon Visegrad, another town in the Bame locality It is reported that the battle at Loznitza lasted four days, and that 25.U00 Auatriana were killed and wounded, and that 10,000 prisoners were taken. Trains of wounded are arriving at Vienna