STRUMA VALLEY.
WEAK BULGAR DEFENCE. LONDON, November 3. •(Received November 4, at 8.50 a.ni.) Mr Ward . Price reports from Salonika : Opei*ations on the Struma began at davlight on Tuesday, October 31," the British attacking at half a dozen places. Ea-ch attack was carrier] out imlppendont.lv, with immediate and full success, resulting in the capture of Barakli-Djuma, which has now been mado thoroughly secure. ■ Since our capture of BalaZnYrkri on September 30, when 5,000 Bulgarians were put out of action, the enemy nave gradually resigned (lie mastery o'f the Struma Valley. ' Barakli-Djuma commands one of the principal roads towards Bulgaria. The resisted hali'-heartedlv, and fled »rom the houses in the village. We had veiy few casualties. It is significant that the Bulgarians have not made any real counter-attack. [The road to Bulgaria is nrobablv that through the Rupel Defile, from which the Struma emerges close to Demirhissar.]
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Evening Star, Issue 16263, 4 November 1916, Page 9
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