BATTLES WITH THE BULGARS
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(Rec. January 23, 7._4p p.m.) i
Londqn, .?;ftuvs.rj[, 2-1. j The Gazette : contains ;_a ,dispatchi ;fr.p,m General Milne, -describin_g :tjie dm-' portant part tie British played in the; 'offensive ,la.st September' agailst ithej Bulgarians ibetween jjake P.oiran ;»n.d| .the Vardar. The Biiitiqh lought .sun-i ■gumary .battles ;.on.'.September Iβ ,andj 10, 'suffering ,and .Inflicting .severe] losses in assaults ..on ..dominating and elaborately fortified heights.of P .Ridge | and iGfrand Qouronrij. These battles' .served -,the ...o.bjeot, which, was ;to pin.! down the Bulgarian ireseraee, so that! they would hot be available to oppose i ■the great ■atta.Qlj ) \w.hichl iurst rthipugh .and led to rthe utter fle-j feat ,of the enemy. • -. | The '.dippatch incidentally .that -when the new of .the iivith Turkey ,was received .General Milne -w.aß actually on the river Marr [ jtza, -rptfy tfl occupy Aijrianople, .njliilei .■the First Hellenic Corps was eclielqned between Kav.alla and Prama, xeady tp participate-in a .general ■■ advance .on Cable As.s"-
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 102, 24 January 1919, Page 5
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161BATTLES WITH THE BULGARS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 102, 24 January 1919, Page 5
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