MONASTIR NOT TAKEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1915, Page 5

MONASTIR NOT TAKEN.

BULGARS FEAR FRENCH ARTILLERY. Athe.ns, Nov. 3. The reports that Monastir has fallen are premature. The Bulgarians are attempting flanking movements with a view to isolating the .Serbians between Yeles and Krivolak and cutting off their retreat towards Albania. The main body of the southern Serbians is falling back to Perlepe and Monastir. Tbe Bulgarians have abandoned the attack on Krivolak, fearing the Frpnch artillery posted on the heights.

STILL ADVANCING. SERBIANS RESISTING ON THE MORAVA. Received Nov. 4, 9 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov: 3. The Auitro-Germans have reached Usice, fifty-five miles south-west of Taraguievanz. The Serbians are offering stubborn resistance on both sides of tiie Morava.

THE LANDING AT KAVALLA. A GOOD STRATEGIC MOVE. « WILL THREATEN BULGAR COMMUNICATIONS. Received Nov. 4, 8.55 p.m. London, Xov. 3. The Globe, commenting on the landing at Kavalla, says that it h the 01% offensive strategy the British have yet devised, except that in the Persian Gulf. Kavalla, is a wide bay, :ind the roadsteads offer uneliorage for the jvliole Allied fleets. It is the terminus of three good roids, and the landing should oblige the Bulgarians to mass a division at Skidie, another at Lissa, and a third force at Dennihisha to protect the Struma valley. Otherwise the Bulgarians at Strumiiitza will find their easiest retreat cut off.

If the Bulgarians at Dennihisha violate Greek neutrality they could march to Doiran and cut off the Franco-British communications with Salonika. There is only an antiquated quay at Kavalla, capable of accommodating four lighters simultaneously.

CREEKS FIRE ON FRENCH. .A STOKT FROM BERLIN. Received Nov. 4, 9 p.m. Amsterdam, Nor. 3. A Berlin wireless says: The Greek army, excited, fired on French troops who were retreating to Greek territory before the Bulgarians. IN BESSARABIA. RUSSIANS POURING IN. Received Nov. 4, 9.66 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 4. German newspapers state that many Russian troop trains are arriving at Reni, in Bessarabia. RUSSIANS CROSS THE DANUBE. ROUMANIA PASSIVE. Received Nov. 4, 0.55 p.m. Paris, Nov. 4. Le Petit Parisien's .Salonika correspondent states that Russian troops, with guns and munitions, have already crossed the Danube. Roumania is passive.