BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1916, Page 5

BALKANS.

THE BULGARIAN ADVANCE. FRENCH LINES BOMBARDED, Salonika, May 30. Important Bulgarian forces are concentrating at Nevarakop. The Greeks still hold the town of Demir Hissar, but the inhabitants have left. The enemy is bombarding the French advanced lines at the Vardar. GENERAL SARRAIL'S CONTEMPT. A BULGARIAN BOMBARDMENT. Paris, May 30. The Petit Parisien's Salonika correspondent states that General Sarrail, questioned on the enemy's artillery activity, shrugged his shoulders and remarked: "All this is merely to conceal the relieving of the troops, and is wasting a lot of munitions of poor quality without result. We shall leave them alone for the present, but reply if they become annoying. They have used 2850 shells in a week at one point, and killed one of my men and wounded another." THE OPEN GATE. . OTHER TOWNS THREATENED. Received May 31, 9 p.m. Salonika, May 31. Bulgarian concentrations are threatening Seres and Kavala. The Allies view the invasion with equanimity, the policy of throwing open the gates of Macedonia being deemed to concern Greece alone. Twenty-five Bulgarians were killed and forty-five, including three Germans, wounded in tl:e fighting at Kula. GREEK TREACHERY? OR ANOTHER BERLIN ME! Received May 31, 9 p.m. London, May 31. Berlin messages state tiiat Bulgaria is operating in Macedonia in accordance with an agreement with the Greek Government. A PLEA FOR PROTECTION. Salonika, May 30. The inhabitants of Seres have petitioned the Government for protection, owing to the Bulgarian invasion. They point out that powerful bands of comitadjis have appeared in the Drama is interpreted as preparatory to an advance on Kavalla. GREEKS HOLD HISSAR. / Received May 31, 5.5 p.m. London, May 30. The Salonika correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that the Greeks continue to hold the station of Demir Hissar, The Bulgars have taken up the heights within two miles of the towr.j i-.nd their concentration at Nevrok.ip foreshadows a continuance of the Bulgarian advance in Eastern Macedonia.