SECOND EDITION BULGARS CROSS THE FRONTIER

Nelson Evening Mail, 29 May 1916, Page 1

SECOND EDITION BULGARS CROSS THE FRONTIER

SURRENDER.' OF 'GREEKS • -DEMANDED. ENEMY ACTIVITY IN' G&EEK, MACEDONIA. <Pke9s Association.—Copykiuht.) (Rec. May 29, 2.20 p.m.) S'ALONIKA, May 28. ■Twenty-five thousand .Bulgarians crossed the frontier and occupied the Rupel Pass. They demanded' t ! ha surrender of the Greek fort and earth'works at the entrance .of /Struma Gorge, near Demarhssar, giving the. garrison two hours to retire. • . The: Greek outposts-made a lively "resistance, but the foi ; ces finally withdrew, ■upon instructions from, Athens. The Bulgarians then occupied the station and •bridge at Demirhissar. There is considerable "enemy activity on the banks' of the M'esk, near Xaiithia, •where pontoons are collecting. Everything points to, an important movement an' Greek Macedonia. i ) EXPLANATION BY GREECE. • .;(Rec. May 29, 2.20 p.m.Y ATHENS, Mayi -28. The Premier and the War Office held ■an important conference,' and tlje withdrawal of the troops. They -in'fprmed the Allies that ihey. were jiistifled in the. evacuation of Rupel [Pass,,owing to a German and Bulgarian threat to, occupy iit forcibly.