IN THE SOUTHERN AREA.

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 110, 5 November 1915, Page 7

IN THE SOUTHERN AREA.

ENEMY THROWN BACK BETWEEN VELES & PRELEP

(Received November 5, 10 a.m.) m. r> ,-i t, • • , PARIS, 4th November. _ Ihe Fetit Paneien s correspondent at Salonika states that the Servians by an impetuous counter-offensive, threw back the Bulgarians in the defiles between Velos and Prelep. FRENCH TROOPS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED. (Received November 5, 10 a.m ) D , , ■ _ , ~ LONDON, 4th November. Keuter s agent at Salonika says the French are strongly entrenched on the heights on a mountainous front at Robrova, Gradno (? Gradetz), and Demirkapu, noldmg the Bulgarians at a distance. The first British contingent reached Ghevgheli on the 29th. FRENCH PROGRESS AT STRUMNITZA. The High Commissioner reports: — m , , ~ , t, , . . LONDON, 3rd November, 4.50 p.m. . Iwo battalions of Bulgarians, with two batteries, attacked the French at Krivoiak on Saturday, but were easily repulsed. On 2nd November, at Stramnitza, the French made progress on the southern slopes of. the frontier. (Received November 5, 11 a.m.) m. , j. , „ , . PARIS, 4th November. Ihe landing of French troops at Salonika continue without incident. BULGARIAN CASUALTIES 30,000. (Received November S, 10 a.m.) -n, m.. , ' , GENEVA, 4th November. The Tribune s correspondent at Bucharest states that the Bulgarian casualties on the southern frontier since the 29th October are 30 000 A Bulgarian communique claimß the capture of 600 prisoners and four guns southward of Strumnitza. °