LIGHTNING BLOW OF THE SERBIAN ADVANCE.
BULGARIAN ARMY IN FULL RETREAT. RETIRING ON FORTIFIED LINE FIVE SOLES FROM MON ASTIR. j,„ New Zealand Press Association.—Copjright-lf lAmtralian and N.Z. Cable. AttociatiM.] £"Th. Times."] (Received 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, October 5. He Salonika correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" reports that seven Serbian villages have been liberated from the invader. At nightfall on Wednesday the whole Bulgarian army wa6 in full retreat towards new lines prepared about five miles south of Monastir. After defeating the Bulgarians on Mount Nidza the Serbians carried out a lightning offensive, occupying Kenali, with the Russians on their left, while the French infantry and artillery, holding the centre, pushed forward upon Monastir Plain, the Bulgars abandoning hills and villages.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 239, 6 October 1916, Page 5
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