GREEK VOLUNTEERS FIGHTING WITH THE FRENCH
HEAVY BULGARIAN LOSSES AT FLORINA. (Australian and N 7. naW» A*«viafinn.\ LONDON, Sterol 19. The Baaly
pondenit says the firsit regiment of (V'eek Salonika volunteers, under the Gtreek 'Colonel' Ora-vani., participated 1 its the taming anovemjeaiit, fighting- ait Essisu, sauih of Fiorina. They received- the French commander's praise. A French, official reports says the Serbian curtain and machine gun fire aA Vetrenak subjected! ifchie counter attacking Bulga-riams to heavy losses. The Serbians, pursuing their advance further wesit, despite the difficul'ies of the ground, dashingly captured! the powerfully organised Bulgarian first hne on Kajmachaiaimi crest, A counter-it-tack was repulsed.
The iba*tiei on tine Rosma^l'!lorina front was fierce duaing the whole of Sunday night. Large Bulgarian ibices after a desperate hurt, futile resistance vainly mruiitiplied' their counter-attacks and cavalry charges. The French carried' Fiorina at ten o'clock in tihe morning.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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