Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1918 — IPEK IS CAPTURED [ARTICLE]

IPEK IS CAPTURED

FRENCH TAKE CITY AS MONTENEGRO 18 INVADED. No Soldiers of Allies on Soil Since February, 1916—Serbs Open Way. London, Oct. 18. —Serbian troops engaged in ousting the? Germans and Austrians from' Serbian territory have captured Krushevatz, according to advices received here. This town is 30 miles northwest of Nish. The French eperating to the west have captured Ipek, Montenegro, about t<fa miles west of the Serbian border. Paris, Oct. 18.—Austro-German forces In western Serbia have retired Into Montenegro and have evacuated the town of Diakova, on the SerboMontenegrin frontier, according to an official statement from the French war office. French forces have entered the city of Pirot in Serbia, according to an official statement issued at the war office. Pirot is on the railroad between Nish and Sofia and is 12 miles from the Bulgarian front. London, Oct. 18.—Serbian troops, continuing their energetic campaign for driving out the Austro-German forces remaining on Serbian soil, have captured the town of Alexinatz, on the Morava river, 15 miles northwest of Nish, says a Serbian official statement received here. Thirty-two guns have been taken in the fighting beyond Nish.