SERBS FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1915, Page 5

SERBS FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

PITILESS SLAUGHTER. WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE FIRING LINE. Received Nov. 9, 11.55 p.m. Ijondon, Nov. 9. News has been received from the Near East of the fiercest actions on the front. The Serbians and Bulgarians at Babona slaughtered each other pitilessly, and the ground was covered with heaps of elaiti. The fight lasted three days, but the arrival of French artillery demoralised the Bulgarians, while the British cavalry accentuated the panic. Officers declared that though the Bulgarians obtained victories, one-third of their army was hors-de-combat. There were great rejoicing in Sofia at the occupation of Nisli and Krahevo, but these were followed by a wave of depression owing to the great number of wounded who were brought in to Sofia. Wounded officers speak of the incredible ferocity of the fighting. The. Serbians defended Nish with unprecedented stubbornness, and few were taken prisoner. Women and children fought in the first line. HUNRIDDEN. GREEK PRESS WON OVER. Received Nov. !l, 11.50 p.m. Athens, Nov. 9. Eleven out of the sixteen daily newspapers ill Alliens have been won over by German bribes and the influence of the Queen's entourage. Pro-German influences arc pervading the army. France is lending Greece 1 GOO thousand sterling, besides twenty thousand tons of Hour. NOTES FROM ATHENS. TWO-THIRDS OF SERBIA OCCUPIED. Received Nov. 9, 11.5 p.m. L-ondon, Nov. 9. Latest Athens messages show that two-thirds of Serbia is occupied by the invaders. Rushka is the new capital. The Serbians blew up all tlie tunnels on the Bclgrade-Nish railway. The Germans claim to have captured three thousand unwounded Serbians and ten guns at Krushevatz and found fifteen hundred wounded men in the hospital.