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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 4 July 1913, Page 7

TREACHERY.

AND SHARP REPRISALS. I BULGARS ROUTED. DRIVEN BACK TO THEIR LINES. KING CONSTANHNE'S STORY. OP BULGARIA'S PERFIDY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. July 3, 11.15 p.m.) | London, July 3. King Constantino of Greece, in a message to the "Daily Mail," says that the Bulgarian commander at Salonika on Sunday intimated that he was leaving the town. "This," states the King, "indicated the intentions of the Bulgarian staff, which had been designed to keep inactive, at Salonika, for as long as possible, the entire division of the Greek army. The Bulgarians, moreover, clearly showed their intention to disregard their solemn engagements, and create by consecutive and unexpected strokes, this situation enabling them to paralyse tlie Greek and Servian, armies, and intimidate and override the Allies. "Since the first Bulgarian attack on Panghaion, in May, upwards of fifteen thousand refugees had poured into the Chalcidean Peninsula and .to Salonika. The Bulgarian army had respected neither property, nor the honour, nor the lives of the Greek population. • After the flight of 40,000 Mussulmans from the Bulgarian horrors—Bulgarians whom the Greeks had maintained for six months . at Salonika —it was now the turn of the Greek population to escape from the Bulgarians' inhuman tyranny." King Constantino adds: "The story of the fight at Guevglieli contains terrifying details of tho ill-treatment of the Servian prisoners and population. Tlie Bulgarians burned the villages of Stogarovo, Guvezna, Berovo, and massacred old men, women, and children.

"An order was given to tho Greek army to-day to advance and malto the position safe. This is merely a necessary mieasura o£ defence, to isafeglnard the higher interests of tho nation and the humanity standpoint." • Greece's Note to tho Powers accused Bulgaria of attacking, to secu.ro possession of the disputed territories, pending the Tsar's settlement of their differences. The Greek troops will advance until they have seized tho territories evacuated. Servia and Bulgaria have addressed the Powers from ttiedr respective standpoints. The Powers strongly urge all throe to avoid bloodshed and to resort to arbitration. SERB'-BULGAR CLASH. THREE DAYS' BATTLE. (Eec. July 3, 11.15 b.m.) Belgrade, July 3. It is officially stated that the Bulgarians began tho attack on Monday night with their whole artillery, upwards of 250 guns being in action. They .drovo back the first Servian lines, and reached the Servian positions at Ovtchepolye. Servian reinforcements are arriving, a tnttle raged for three days, and still continues. The Bulgarians have been driven back to tho line of demarcation, namely, to tho rivers of Zletovskn. and Bregalnitza. It is semi-officially stated that a hundred Bulgarian battalions took the offensive along the Ketkibukweishtib line, and attacked with' great vigour, but were repulsed, the Servians delivering a dashing counter-attack, pursuing the Bulgarians towards Kochana and Ishtib. The whole Sorvian force engaged did not exceed forty ' battalions and eighty guns. The Bulgarians wero driven through) Ishtib, with heavy losses, towards Ovtchepolye. Servian reinforcements met the Bulgarians at Dernak, and Potrishino, behind Kochana, where a great fight ensued, the Bulgarians suffering heavily. Servians captured Retkibukwe, an important hill. Two Bulgarians hoisted the white flag hoping thereby to gain time, which was used in somo instances to make bayonet charges. The fight at Ovtchepolye was a desperato one. Tho new artillery decimated tho Bulgarians, and over four thousand surrendered, their losses being enormous. Tho Servian casualties amounted to two thousand. The Bulgarians. forded across the Zletovska and Bregalnitza, and assumed tho defensive. The Crown Princo Alexander fought in the Gluimadia Division, which captured ten cannon, as the result of a bayonet charge, while a whole company of infantry was taken prisoners. The newspapers state that on Saturday the Bulgarians secretly concealed thirty gunsl near the Bregalnitza Bridge, at IsHtib. Their commander, on Sunday, induced the Servian commander at tho other end to havo his brigade photographed together, declaring that peace was assured, but on Monday they suddenly opened fire with thirty-six guns, compelling the Servians to abandon their entrenchments, and to occupy exposed positions. Reinforcements enabled tho Servians to repel the aggressors. Meanwhilo, tho Servian Brigade Commander, Major Vasitch, had been killed, while a detachment near the bridge, with all its officers and non-com-missioned officers, wore wounded. It is reported that the Servians retreated at the outset, and left their wounded in tents, under the safeguard of the Geneva Convention, but the Bulgarians finished them off with thef bayonet. GREEKS OUST THE BULGARIANS. (Rec, July i, 0,10 a.m.) Salonika, July 3. After a four-hours' artillery duel at Langhaza yesterday the Greeks silenced the Bulgarian guns. The Greek infantry occupied the heights, and then, fixing bayonets, pierced the Bulgarian line. ' The Bulgarians attempted to occupy the heiglits at Kilkish, but the Greek artillery scattered them, gaining possession of the whole plain of Kilkish. The Greeks also occupied Avremhissar. A BULGARIAN NOTE. GREECE AND SERVIA WARNED. Sofia, July 2. A strong Note from Bulgaria has been presented to Servia, It says that, despite the fact that Bulgaria had ordered her'troops to cease fighting, the Servians had advanced on Ishtip, and insists that Servia must restrain her troops within twenty-four hours, otlierwiso she will be held responsible. A similar warning lias beon sent to Greece, which will bo held accountable for tho safety of the Bulgarian garrison at Salonika. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE CALM. London, July 2. The Stock Exchange. i« calm >Ua situation in ike Balkans,