BULGARS IN FULL FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 1, 26 September 1918, Page 5

BULGARS IN FULL FLIGHT

DISORDERLY RETREAT ON WIDE FRONT DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IMPENDING \ By Telegtaph-Preei Aesodation-Copyrlelit. ■;'.•..• •■■-.■:■ ..■ ; (Rec. September.2s, 8.40 p.m.; - . : . London,-' September 24: A Frenoh Eastern communique 3tates ; ; "pur pursuit continues on ifce whole front from Monastir to Veles. The. enemy's columns, closely, pursued and harassed.by our!cavalry, machine-gunned mid bombed by our aeroplanes, .are falling back in the greatest disorder towards Velee, .Ishtip, and Str-.im-nitza. The AUies are driving, back th 6' enemy upon the Albanian roads. The French cavalry entered Prilep and'found the town intact. Immense, booty has been'seized. . The Franco-Serbian-forces arn progressing noithwards beyond v the Prilep-Gradsko road, and threaten the Prilep-Ve]es road. In the centre, the Serbians who crossed the Vardar by a number of undamaged bridges be- j tween -Demirkapu,and Gradsko have established a big bridcehoad north of the river. We occupy Enishoba, Kara Hadjali, Voishan, and Ibrili. The right ■wing of the Allies, operating on both sides of the Vardar, has reached' a line from Petrovo to, Pardovica, Chevarlj, and Kara Ovular. The number of prisoners, continues-to increase. A considerable quantity; of undamnged \ bootyjias .been found, everywhere. During' September 22 twelve"guns) including several heavy guns, were captured,', and also a number of new, aeroplanes, motor-cars, and big petrol ana food dumps."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.- - Renter. ■ ' , : ........ ..--.._ <. ' BRITISH CAVALRY HEADING FOR STRUMNITZA ■ ■: (Rec-September 25, 8.40 p.m.) ■ ./ : ,; ; .../) . '■-..', . London, September 24. . : A British official report from. Salonikti states: "Our pursuit of .the gars on tho, Monastir-Doiran .front continues. The Ando-Greek forces ha-7e reached .a line from Pazarli to Furka and Smekvica, where they touch the-Franco-Greek forces. Our is heading for Stmmnitza. Three 6-inch guns, a mountain battery, and some field guns were captured."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. . ' ' SERBIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE I r.; "..' . . . . ; . . : London,' September 21. ■A Serbian communique, issued on Monday' evening states: "Our troops on Sunday continued to cross the Vardar. We made contact with the enemy towards Prilep. The Serbians reached' the Very steep massif of the Vrenska range, and at several pints are on the pradsko-Prilep.road. Tho enenjy_ continues to burn village's and his own stores. Nevertheless a great quantity of war. material has been captured, includiu" soveral railway trains."—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-H«uter. ; V ; Tp BULGARIAN OFFICIAL REPORT • . London, September 24. A Bulgarian communique states: "As the result, of our front giving way oetween the .Cerna aud the Vardar our adjacent units were withdrawn to new positions south of, Prilep and north of Doiran."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable AssnReuter. ' I BULGAR COMMUNICATIONS, THREATENED (Rec. September 25, 7.25 p.m.) _ .'■ ,; i \ . London, September 24, 9.30 p.m. . Keuters corrosiwndent on the Salonika front states: "The British line hae been advanced seven miles to the northern shores of Lake Doiran. The cavalry is pushing tho Bulgars on the Stnunnitza road, their only line of oommuncation.. The Serbians have ciossed the Vardar on a fifteen-milo front ' This line of communication is now in the hands of, the Allies. Over half of the GradHko-Prilep Wood is held by tho Serbians, who , are pressing towards Prilep."—Reutor. ■ & BULGAR ARMIES SPLIT IN TWO ; '. . , IN FULL RETREAT ON 100-MILE FRONT. (Rec. September 25, 8.40 p.m.) ' ■' " n ', nW ■■■)-' i- v ' London,, September H. UeneraJ U iCspereys: astounding success is proving more important every hour. .The Biilgar armies are split in two and nro in full retreat on a hundred miles of front. A few detachments of General Teoderof's army arc attempting to deay the British, who ha ve reac h e d Karn- Oglular, north of Lake Doiran, but General Tesof's army j s j n u ttor disorder, thronginc all tho roads and mountain tracks. The' men are without food and in a lamentable condition. They are trying to get to the Babiuia Pass before the Serbians reach Voles. Several companies of Gorman nwchine-gimners, sont post-haste to stop the debacle, fired their machine-guns into tho backs of the flying Bulgare.— Reuter. THE NET CLOSING IN -~ (Rec. September 25, 10.20 p.m.) ;• m U n ..., , . , London, September 24. ■ The British cavalry arc pursuing tho Bulgars along the Struinnitza road, which is the only line of communication the Tetreating Bulgars are ablo to n 6 -' JSf re n 1S t arall r y a u fal ' asMti P. but. only a road beyond Islitip. It is difbcult to see how the enemy can extricate himself, as the Serbim advance guard is within striking dmtanco of the road. A certain number of Bulgarians may join the Austrians in Albania, but it is known that tho Albanians are unfriendly to them.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. BRITISH CAPTURE DOIRAN TWENTY SERBIAN VILLAGES LIBERATED. ■ ■ (Rec. September 25, 11.40 p.m.) m, ~ ,'. , ,;, .-, • London, (September 24. The Italians have liberated twenty more Serbian villages. The GraecoBntish forces'have advanced ten miles and captured Doiran."—Aus.-N Z Cable Assn...,-','.

CAN THE SERBIANS TURN THE BABUNA PASS? TKEMENHOUS POSSIBILITIES IN THE AIR. (Rec. Septeinor 25, 10.10 p.m.) ; London, September 2-1. General Maurice, writing in the "Daily Chronicle , ," says: "Tho prospects on tho Salo.mka front depend on the Serbians at tho apox of the salient. If they reach Veles they will turn tho Babuna Pass. It is reported that the Bulgarians havo a light railway from Veles to the Babuna Pass which may help to rally them. Probably tho Bnlgirs will fall back on the Doiran front to the Belashvtza Range, where they can feed an army from the Sofia-Sero railway. Only born mountaineers, capable'of enduring the greatest hardships, could achieve what the Serbians have done."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.