A SERBIAN HERO.
DEFENCE OF
ROME, November 21
The "Tribunal" correspondent at Monastir paints a tragic picture, of the f-ierbiaii Colonel Vassitz, with a mere •jkandf ul of troops, determined to cover tho retreat of the; panic-stricken civilians when the Bulgars were drawing in on the doomed city. Colonel VasKitss armed volunteers and advised the .Allied •. .-.iriKiils to depart. Two Serbian officers, despatched to Salonika to ask aid from the Allies, said with tears in their eyes: "We cannot hold out any longer. There are no more men and no bread. We shall bo totally exterminated. Wo have been unable to sato Serbia."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8303, 23 November 1915, Page 6
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103A SERBIAN HERO. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8303, 23 November 1915, Page 6
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