VIOLENT BULGARIAN ATTACK FAILS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2885, 25 September 1916, Page 7

VIOLENT BULGARIAN ATTACK FAILS

. SERBS SECURE PRISONERS FRENCH TROOPS NOW DOMINATE FLORINA The High Commissioner reports :— , v i '„. ■ , , , „' London, September 22. 'too vm A Irench ofocial report from Salonika states:; "Before™ the 'Vardar' mid the Conin. a violent Bulgarian attack at Zborsko (? Svoroko) tailed ' with sanguinary losses. ' d " eu 1,. A h ) v°i re * kn i , Ul ° Brocl ,tlio Serbians have arrived in the neighbourhood ot Vrbeni, and have captured ouo hundred! prisoner _ Worth of llormn. an enemy attack was Broken by the fire of the French ■ infantry, which took all the ground north-west of Amensko, and progressed ■as l«v as tho heights dominating Fiorina and Pople Road." ' » lLS! >™ ■ BRITISH WARSHIPS SHELL THE ENEMY. Austrslian-Ncw Zealand Cable Afisooiation. '•i . . , P , ~,, nn; , •„„ .. ~ , ~ „ London, September 22. i h'j 0" «'sbalomka-Strunia front our warships shelled satisfactorily the enemy at Nee-hbri (north of the Sores Road) On the Doiran front there is increased artillery activity." V- xtr^ maa c<,mnmniquo states: " Tna fightin's'nafi reawakened cast of tho r > .1 BULGARS SET FIRE TO FLORINA BEFORE EVACUATION. (Kcuter's Tclojram.) „' , ■ . ' ,„,.,- , London, September 21. Router's Agency at Salonika reports that the Bulgars set fire to part of Fiorina before evacuating the town. : ■ALLIES ATTACKING THE DEFENCES OF MONASTIR. CTJhe Times.") .(Rec. September 24, 5.5 p.m.) London, Septoraber 23. '< Mx. Ward .Price reports that there are threo main linps of strong defences at Monastir, and the Allies are attacking tho first, '.fho second, and stronger, runs to the other sido of the former Greek frontier, from Kladoshnitza Kremian to Starkoogvob. ENEMY'S TRENCHES RAIDED AT SEVERAL POINTS. . Auefcralian-ITcw Zealand Cable Association. (Bcc; September 21, 5.5 p.m.) r. . London, September 23. The War Offico, reports: "We successfully raided tho enemy's trenches at several points on the Struma-Doirati fronts. Naval • airors-ft homhed transports near Drama, apparently with good results." OPERATIONS HINDERED'BY BAD WEATHER. j (Rec. Septemher 21, 5.5 p.m.) • \ , London, September 23. Bad weather has hindered operations on the whole Balkan front. BALKAN NEWS THROUGH AUSTRIAN SPECTACLES. (Rec. September 24, 11 p.m.') 'London,'Septcmbor 24. A Vienna communique say 6: "We took prisoner 529 Rumanians near Hcrraannstadt. Our first line near Holzmeugen was forced back. "We blew up the summit of Monte Cimohe, taking prisoner 391." DIGNIFIED RESOLUTION OF SERBIAN PARLIAMENT. (Eenter's Teleeram.) Corfu, Septemher 22. The Serbian Skuptschiua (Parliament) has passed a resolution declaring that though, oppressed by sorrow, hut having kept faith with the ideals and oause of humanity, Serbia, with head erect, confidently surreys the future.