THE ALLIED OPERATIONS
IMPORTANT PROGRESS BY TB!E SERBIANS Australian-New Zealand' Cable Association. '• .(Rec. August 29, 8.15' p.m.) / Paris, August 28. A French official message state6_ that tho Serbians eastward of the River Coma have made important progress in the direction of Vetrinik- "We pulsed threo Bulgarian attacks between Banica and Lake Ostrovo, inflicting serious losses. The Bulgarians have occupied various .localities which were abandoned by the Greesk westward' of Kavala, Tho British monitors bombarded enemy gatherings- at the mouth of tho Struma." The communique dfenies tho Bulgarian communique of Saturday, which stated that tho Serbs were defeated at Kukoroz. Instead, we ' repeatedly defeated the Bulgarians. '
HOW THE SERBIANS SAVED THE SITUATION. • (Rec. August 29, 8.45 p.m.) London,' August 28. Mr. Jeffries, writing from Athens, says: "The Bulgars' schenio was to rapidly overcome the Serbians and descend with a fast army corps to Old Greece, oven perhaps towards Athena, hoping that the general disorder would severely embarrass General Serrail, .Although tho SorbLis' were only eight thousand against sixty thousand, they saved tho situation." .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2863, 30 August 1916, Page 5
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172THE ALLIED OPERATIONS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2863, 30 August 1916, Page 5
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