ALLIES AT SALONIKA

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 13

ALLIES AT SALONIKA

The Salonika correspondent of the Petit Parisien says: "Our African Chasseurs captured a Prussian sentinel, whom they brought into our lines. Ho turned out to be a soldier of the Landwehr. "AH the Bulgarian troops, according to this prisoner, have been replaced, or will be soon, on the Macedonian front by German troops. He also says that great motor convoys cover the roads every day between TJskub, Istip, Veles, and different parts of the front. Ho confirms the rumours that there is great friction between the Bulgarian and Aus-tro-German forces. The Bulgarians accuse their allies of wishing to have them all massacred. "When interrogated on the desertions iu the Bulgarian army, the prisoner replied that there is a veritable epidemic jof suicide among the officers and of deI sertions among the soldiers, both into the interior and abroad. In conclusion, ■ according to prisoners, tho Austro-Ger 7 man 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 phrase of a 'poilu' of the motor transport corps, with whom [ spoke to-day,^ the men. have confidence in the 'engine.' All i here await events calmly and serenely, , whether for tho offensive or for the defensive."