ALLIES AT SALONICA.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 88, 12 May 1916, Page 2

ALLIES AT SALONICA.

The Salonica correspondent of the 'Petit Parkien' says: "Our African chasseurs captured a Prussian sentinel, whom they brought into our lines. "He turned out to be a soldier of tho Landwell r.

"All the Bulgarian troops, according to this prisoner, have been replaced, or will be soon, 011 the Macedonian front by German troops. He aW> says that great motor convoys cover the roads every day between U.skub, Istip, Veles, and' different parts of the front. He confirms the rumors that' there m a great friction between the Bulgarian and Austro-German forces. The Bulgarians accuse their Allies of wishing to have tliem all massacred. "When interrogated on the desertion* in the Bulgarian army, the prisoner replied that there is a veritable epidemic of suicide among the soldiers, both into the interior and abroad. In conclusion, according to prisoners, the Austro-German army, in .anticipation of an offensive, is accumulating considerable supplies of food and munitions,'' The correspondent adds: "Never have I derived a more cheerful impression from the spirit of the Allied troops than during the past two days. The violent attacks on Verdun produce not the slightest impression on them. In the striking phnase of a 'poilu' of the motor transport corps, with whom I spoke to-day, the men have confidence in the 'engine.' All here await events calmly and serenely, whether for the offensive or for the defensive.''