THE BULGAR RETREAT

Evening Star, Issue 16847, 24 September 1918, Page 3

THE BULGAR RETREAT

ON BALKAN FRONT. VARDAR BEING CROSSED. ENEMY DESTROYING THEIR STORES. ITALIANS ENGAGED ON LEFT. Australian end N.Z. Cable Association and Renter. LONDON, September 22. French■ Eastern communique! Tho pursuit of tho defeated Bulgarums continues, despite increasing resistance by the enemy's rearguards. Sorb forces have reached tho middle of the Vahasha Valley. On tho left the allied troops have crossed tho Como, in the region of Cebren. They have captured the high summits of Poroa and Dzona. The Bulgurs are setting Ore to abandoned villages. One of their field batteries was captured intact. Our airmen are indofatigably bombing and, machine-gunning the retreating columns. September 25. The Franco-Serbian armies on Saturday, in the Drachoviso massif, broke the serious resistance of the Bulgarians, roinforeed by German troops. Pursuing their successes, the Allies pushed northwards and passed Voishan and Kavadar, in the direction) of Negotin and Demir Kapu (all on the Vardar). The enemy are destroying; material wholesale in tho direction of Gradsko and tho region of tho Vardar and Lake Doiran, where they are burning stations, munition depots, and aviation parks. The number of prisoners and guns captured is increasing. Tho Serbians captured a complete group of mountain guns and a battery of 105 imlimetre guns. Our aviators cb-dinne to harass the enemy. In the eastern part of the Oema bend the enemy have begun to retreat. Tho Allies have captured Pshanista. The Franco-Gr&eks north and north-east of the Dzena massif continue their progress in conjunction with tho Serbians. September 22. Serbian communique : We advanced over 20 kilometres (about 12 miles) northward, on Friday. We are now several kilometres north of Kavadar. We have captured 12 more guns. Gernian-Bulgar reinforcements are continually arriving, Australian and N.Z. On bio Association. LONDON, September 22. Italian communique: A report from the Macedonian front states that in the Cerna bend, in conjunction with a general allied offensive, tho Italians began a vigorous advance on Saturday, capturing tho enemy's front positions, ITALIAN THEATRE. Australian and N.Z. Cable .Association and Reuter. LONDON, September 22. An Italian official report states : The enemy attacked the salient of Point 703 at Dossalto, which was defended by Ozecho-Slovaks. They gained a footing, but were driven out with heavy losses, and the situation was completely re-established. THE VIENNA EXPLOSION. BERNE, September 22. Vienna advices state that only eight out of several hundred workmen were saved from the explosion at the munition factory at Woellersdorf; the others were incinerated.