THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

SERBIANS' PLANS. MAli FORCE BIG ENEMY RETREAT. ' Received Oct. >ll, 8 p.m. C London, Oct. 11. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at y Athens reports that there was stern j' lighting all day long on Sunday on the Allies' left. The Serbs were particularly heavily engaged. " Monastir is not of great military im- y portance, but it opens the way across I the Cerna rjjer, the capture of which will force a big enemy retreat, and probably compel the abandonment of the , famous Babuna defiles. This will free v a large portion of southern Serbia. The Serbians' main effort is devoted j to the capture of Chouke height, the remaining eminence of importance in the y Ka.jmakalan range. Good progress has v already been made at Chouke, which is the key to Monastir. c Received Oct. 11, 10 p.m. a 'Paris, Oct. 11. \ The enemy on the Struma evacuated 5 Cavdarani, Ormanli and Haznatas. There { were sharp combats on the Cerna bend. ) The Serbians took 818 prisoners. ] Aeroplanes bombarded Monastir. c HT AVY BULGARIAN LOSSES, e Rome, Oct. 10. ] The Agendi Nazionale says that the j Bulgarian losses in west Macedonia are 1 30,000 and they are exceedingly heavy j 011 the Struma and in the Dobrudja. Bui- c garia is entirely without reserves. j A BULGARIAN REPORT. ■ London, Oct. 10. A Bulgarian communique states: ( Enemy battalions crossed the Cerna be- ( tweeu Scotchivii and Cenali.