In the Balkans
■ ALBANSAN OPERATIONS. I i I ENEMY ADVANCE ON DURAZZO. ! SERBS' REARGUARD ACTION. ENEMY PUT TO FLIGHT. I | The Higb Commissioner reports:— London, February 9 (1.55 p.m.) I The Serbians announce that Austr u; troops are continuing to advance on Durazzo. On February I, a mountain brigade of Austrians in co-operation with " number of Albanian bands, came into contact with some Serbian troops acting as a rearguard, and violent and bloody fighting ensued. Next day the enemy succeeded in pressing the Serbs but the latter receiving rein-
forcements, re-took positions lost in a night attack, putting the enemy to flight. The battlefield was covered with "the bodies of the enemy, and 100 prisoners, mostly Hungarians, were taken.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 55, 10 February 1916, Page 5
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119In the Balkans Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 55, 10 February 1916, Page 5
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