29 AUGUST 1914, Page 3

The Servian Press Bureau issued last Saturday a statement as

to the Austrian defeat of the day before on the Drina. It describes the Servian success as a "great victory," and says that the Austrians were being pursued. "They offer no resistance and are fleeing precipitately." The Austrian losses are said to be enormous. The official Telegraph Agency of Vienna says, in a message sent on to the Times from Venice, that Austria-Hungary, on account of the Russian intervention in the Servian War, is forced to turn her attention to the north-east. The attack upon Servia is henceforth to be regarded as a" punitive expedition." This is a clear admission of defeat. No doubt Servia will also regard herself henceforth as conducting a "punitive expedition" against Austria-Hungary.