THE BALKANS.
RECAPTURE OF MONASTIR. COMPLETE ALLIED VICTORY. London, Nov. 20. A Paris eomnmnique says (hat the battle which has been proceeding since tiie 10th lrom the Cerna River to Lake I'rcspa has ended with a complete Allied victory. Yesterday witnessed the conclusion of the vast, enveloping movement of the Germans and liulgars defending the region of Monastir. It was a bold Serbian advance that forced the enemy to eva' uate the last positions before Monastir. French cavalry entered the town on tin- heels of the enemy's rearguard. French and Russian infantry followed. U e pushed north of Monastir and are pursuing the enemy without respite. London, Nov. 20. The recapture of Jlonastir will have a great, military and political etTect, and will help to j-e-establish the Serbian bar : rier to German expansion to tlm Aegean Sea, forming a base for an offensive* against Demirkapu, which the Bulgarians have abandoned, dispelling serious obstacles to the junctioning of the Allies in Macedonia and the Italians in Albania
ON TRANSYLVANIAN FRONT. ROUMANIANS EULOGISEB, London. Nov 20. Mr. Donohoe. writing in the Daily Cl. -i nieie from Bucharest, states that lie vi-ited the Roumanian front line in Moldavia and Transylvania, including the Vulcan Pass and Tirgtijiu, where the Roumanians practically annihilated the lltli Bavarian Division, v.liich wai. sent specially from Kovel with the Kaisers telegraphed benediction to "Strafe the Roumanians.'' The Bavarians flel panic-stricken, and the booty included notov-cars, machine-guns, and field [ ieees. ■ The Roumanians are splendid soldiers and are fighting with magnificent tenacity and heroism. THINGS SUDDENLY MOBILE. SERBS FIGHTING DAY AND NIGHT. v London, Nov. 20. Mr. Ward Price, who is at the French front, writing on November l(i, says the breaking of the Bulgai line of defence has the same effect as the quick thav.'-l ing of a frozen river. Things which lr.ive been stationary for six weeks art' suddenly mobile. Everybody is moving and transport is increasing. There is abominable weather, with teeming rain, and raw, penetrating cokl on the mountain aides, whero the Serbs are pressing en ",n a loom of white snow and through hall-couper-ling fogs. The Herbs arc lighting day and night unrelieved, and must be nearing the limit of even their cast-iron frame.-. Hardships are stamped on their drawn faces but the French soldiers' nearness tr- Monastir is sustaining them. Eleven hundred Germans were captured by the Serbs at Bukri. and tliev ar < not pleased alter boasting for a year that they hat' wiped off the nation from the map. They state that there is no fuel left ill Mey.asvv.
SERBIANS' FINE WORK. HOW THE I! AMP ARTS WERE TAKEN. Received Nov. 21, 9.15 p.m. London, Nov. 20. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent with the Serbian headquarters states that heavy rain and fogs hindered Thursday's operations, wliieh, however, were energetically resumed. The northward jusb was made on Friday, in fine weather, resulting in the capture of Hil} 1212. The Serbians in the evening carried the crest of this formidable position from tiie east. Others, assisted by a French contingent, drove oil the enemy from the western slopes. The entire mount, whose strength is only second to that of Kajmackalan, was tlien in our possession. Only Hill 1378, also eastward, of Monastir, remained to be captured before the Bulgar-Germans were completely ousted from the mountain ramparts barring the road. The attack on Hill 1378 began on Friday, and was quickly successful, enabling the Serbians to triumphantly reenter Monastir. BULGARIAN COAST BOMBARDED. London, Nov. 19. The Admiralty report that the British seaplanes and aeroplanes, on the ISth, on ;he Bulgarian coast, successfully bombarded Karjani, Fravista, and Serrultos.
GIVE AND TAKE OPERATIONS. | London, Nor. 20. A Enssian communique states: Roumanian attacks in the region of Kimpoluug were unsuccessful. The Rcmmaniari.s advanced northward in the region of /jlbehst. The enemy attacks southward of the Roterturm Pass were repelled The Russians continue to retire in the oin" Valley, owing to the pressure of superior forces THE ENEJIY LOSSES. Rome, Nov. 20. It is estimated that the losses of Germans and Bulgars in the Monastir region lau- 30,000 DIFFICULTIES OF ADVANCE. Reuter Service. Paris, Nov. 20. While there is great satisfaction at the fall, of Monastir, some experts strike a note of warning against excessive jubilation owing to the immense difficulties 'confronting a further substantial Allied advance. RUSSIA WILL PUNISI-I BULGAETA. Petrograd, Nov. 20. A semi-official statement denies the Bulgarian falsehood that the Russians and Roumanians massacred the Bulgarian inhabitants of Dobrudja. It. says that Russia would not degrade herself l,y avenging on a defenceless population Ob black treachery of the Bulgarian Government. Towards Bulgaria she lies invariaDly been a protector. Russia is frmly resolved to punish the treacherous Bulgarian statesmen and to hold Bulgaria as a sovereign unit responsible for an unprecedented crime.
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