BULGARIAN RETREAT.

Evening Star, Issue 16848, 25 September 1918, Page 6

BULGARIAN RETREAT.

! TO BABUNA-VARDAR LINE. SERBS CROSS THE RIVER. BRITISH MOVE ON ENEMY FLANK. NEW YORK, September 24. (Received September 25, at 8.50 a.m.) The Serbian advance continues across the Vardar. The Bulgarians are deserting wholesale. (Received September 25, at 9.10 a.m.) The Anglo-Greek force has advanced north of Lake Doiran and joined the Franco-Greek force. The Bulgarians aro fleeing. Australian and N.Z. Cable As*oci»tion »nd Reuter. LONDON, September 24. (Received September 25, at 10.40 a.m.) A Serbian communique, issued on the evening of September 2-5. states: Our troops yesterday continued to cross the Vardar, where they came into contact with the enemy. Towards Prilip the Serbians reached the very steep massif between Vrenska and Plainina. and at several points are on the Prilep road. The enemy continue to burn villages and their own stores; nevertheless, a great quantity of war material has been captured, including several railway trains. Bulgarian communique: As a result of our front giving way between the Cerna and the Vardar, our adjacent units were withdrawn to new positions on a line running southward of Prilep and northward of Doiran. PRILEP CAPTURED. NEW YORK. September 24. (Received SeptemW 25, at 12.50 a.m.) French cavalry have captured Prilep [Prilep is over 20 miles north of Monaster and 25 miles south-west of the Vardar at Gratsko.]