THE RUPEL PASS.
SALONICA. May 29
The .Rupol Pass is practically the key ro tho Soros-Demirhissar Plain, and constitutes the "neck of the bottle" of Ihe Struma Valley. It is also the inosi direct route to Sofia. ■ • • Tlie commander oi' the Kula position was unable to bear the mortification' of seeing the Bulgarians invado Greece. He did not obey tho local general's orders, and opened fire on the Bulgarians, who replied but did not advance. When categorical orders from Athens were received, tho Greeks cva-cuatcd Kula (five miles north of Rupel).
Only one German division remains oil the Salonica front, but the Bulgarian troops have boon "stiffened" by a proportion of German officers and noncommissioned officers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8462, 30 May 1916, Page 5
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