Servia's share in the war be-wan on July 29 with the simultaneous destruction by the Servious of the bridge to Semlin, and the bombardment by Austria of Belgrade, whence the Government had already removed to Kragujevacs. Montenegro at once signified her intentions of throwing in her lot with Servia iby ma borg, al-marcis were pressing into Bosnia, The history of the next three months is one of desperate endeavours Servians and Montenegrins to Serajevo. Again and again it appeared as if they might do so, but always they were baffled, though there is no doubt that they continually inflicted the most irksome losses on Aust Towards the end of November the German generals appear to have decided that an end must be made of Servia once and for all, and large forces were massed upon the Drina before which the Servians fell back, ultimately evacuating Belgrade, which was occupied by the enemy on December 1. The Servians, however, reformed at Grotzka, fell upon the advancing enemy and, as even the German press has been unable to deny, inflicted on him a signal defeat, capturing large quantities of ammunition and guns and numerous prisoners. Ry the middle of December the Austrians had again been chased over the Drina, and the Montenegrins with unquenched vigour were besieging Vishegrad. What might, in Napoleon's phrase, be called ''the open sore" of the Balkans is by no means staunch-
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