IN THE BALKANS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 27 August 1914, Page 8

IN THE BALKANS

BELGRADE BATTERED. BY AUSTRIAN' ARTILLERY. Received -((, O.+O p.m. Xisli, Auugst *2O. Few buildings in Belgrade remain undamaged. A portion of tlie Palace was burned. •'SOMEONE HAS BLUNDERED.'' FORTIFICATION'S OK CATTARO DESTROY'ED. Keceived :>(>, 0.40 p.m. Rome, August id. It is reported that the Allied lleets and tlio Montenegrins on Mount l.ovcehen destroyed the fortifications at Cattavo. An KxcJiaiifji- C.'tfinje telegram says that the French authorities at Scuta-ri liavn sent their entire contingent to t'ettinje to aid the Montenegrins, instead of sending a detachment as Frame ordered. Italian troops have been withdrawn from Scutari, which is now a defenceless anarchy. MISUNDERSTANDINGS REMOVED. Soiia. August 24. M. Radolavnir. in tlie Sobranje, stated that Bulgaria and Roumania have settled ail misunderstandings. Tlie relations with Turkey are. amicable. The commercial treaty ami tlie ratification of relui ion ■> with Greece have definitely been re-established. AI. Suesholf, Leader of the Opposition, promised to support the Government it they did not depart from strict neutrality oil a similar occasion. MONTENEGRIN'S AT WORK. AN AUSTRIAN FORCE DEFEATED.

Rome, August 25. A telegram from Banciovanci states that 30,000 Montenegrins report a series of siieee».-.o« on Uio Ilerzegoviniflll frontier. There was tierce bayonet lighting at Grahovo, and the Austrians retreated, leaving 300 dead, many wounded, and 150 prisoners. The. Montenegrins al'o had heavy losses.