Servian Success

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 14 September 1914, Page 5

Servian Success

CROATIAN TOWN' CAPTURED. Nish, September 11. The Servians liave occupied Semlin, after a bloody battle. (Semlin is a few miles east-north-east of Belgrade.) BELGRADE BOMBARDED AGAIN. Belgrade, September 11. The bombardment of the city has been renewed with greater intensity, and the city has undergone fresh damage. The Austrian fire was answered by the batteries and fortresses. AN" EFFECTIVE COMBINATION. Nish, September 12. The Montenegrins captured Fatalia, and joined the Servians near Visbegrad. Tin combined forces are marching on Serajevo. THE SERVIANS' SUPERIOR STRATEGY. SEMLIN TAKEN BY NIGHT. Received 13, 5.5 p.m. Rome, September The capture of Semlin was planned with great secrecy. While the Austrian* continued daily their bombardment of Belgrade, the Servians massed several divisions behind the hills four miles from Belgrade. Thev built, pontoons at night over the Danube and Sava, by which •the infantry and artillery crossed and stormed the fortifications.

SERBS AND RUSSIANS JOIN FGISCES. -MENACING GERMAN FLANK. Nish, September 13. Tin' Servians arc preparing to march on Budapest, where they will join the Russian* advancing westward, and tbns menace the Gorman flank. The High Commissioner reported yesterday: "The Servian capture of Se-mlin will end the bombardment of Belgrade." TURKEY' PLAYS A LOSE HAND. Rome, September 11. The Corricre Italia's Bucharest dispatch Mates that Roiinimiia, Bulgaria and Greece have agreed on eomnion action should Tnrl.ey act, in Liror of Gcrmanv.