Second Edition. In the balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 72, 24 November 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. In the balkans

ALLIES FORCES AT MONASTIR. FRENCH TROOPS GREAT JOURNEY. BL i.ui>NS uivi vtN BhCK FRQb/.V.G.t ASTIR. Um-JEU I'liCEo A ,: 8;>01 AT.OJf. (Rec.'raJ 1.5 G ,p.n..y ' Salonika, November 23. Tli/ 1 A nglo-Riusiau and French marines who have assisted in the defence of Belgrade since October, 1914, reached Mona stir on November 16th and following days. General Picot, the ■ French Commander, states that he left Belgrade a few minutes before the German occupation, first destroying their guns. The French contingent, *by forced marches, reached Monastic without the loss of a single man, | although they suffered much hardship in crossing the Albanian fastnesses with their trackless paths, through the most inhospitable region in the world. The*-contingent had only bread for food. The situation at Monastir is unchanged and the Bulgarians are still arrested south of Pfilep. It is reported that von Galhvitz, with an Army • Corps, is coining to the aid of the Bulgarians against, the Anglo-French. The Serbians, on the morning of the f 21st, drove hack the Bulgarians round for eight kilometres. | The enemy, casualties were ten htousand. «