SERBIAN VICTORY NEAR MONASTIR

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13726, 15 November 1916, Page 6

SERBIAN VICTORY NEAR MONASTIR

fi Brilliant offensive ;With the fm^o DEFENDERS-FLEE IN,DISORDER, ■■.

(Australian and New Zealand Cable Association,) , LONDONj November 13, The Athens correspondent of The Daily 'Chronicle gives details of a brilliant. Serbian advance since the 30th September. . The Bulgars had ample time to fortify the network of precipitous mountains nortliwards of their Macedonian armies. At dawn on Friday the Franco-Serbian artillery began shelling the Bulgar. front, leading the enemy to expect an attack along the whole sector; instead it was the Serbians' objecj; to drive the Bulgars / from the formidable Chuke heights. This was a difficult under': taking, but it was completely successful. The batteries concentrated their fire on the heights and the Serbians commenced, a converging attack, advancing on a two-mile front from the south 'and a two-mile front.jrpm the,east. The3ulgarS'made.,a;:Stout and: prolonged beating' back tbiffiifst assaiilts|bu) the , Serbians by seven o'clock in the evening" had,captured 'the last and topmost height, 1400 feet up, having inflicted sanguinary losses. ' The survivors ,6f the defending in' disorder. UiutTalian and New Zealand Oahl Association.) ~...,,.. PARIS, November 13, A communique says: Supported by an intense, fire from the. .French artillery the Serbians in the loop of the Cerna, after!a ; sanguinary fight, compelled the Germans and Bulgarians to abandon the village of Iven and fall back two miles northward. Five enemy counter-attack's were repulsed in disorder and with considerable loss. The Serbians, assisted b.v the French, have also made fresh progress north of Yeliselo. Up to now more than 1000 prisoners have been counted in the latest attacks. , . The Allies have taken 6000 prisoners and captured 72 guns and 50 machine guns since the offensive began. • • (Australian and New Zealand Oablo Association.),, \ LONDON, November 11, 'A Serbian communique says: We not only broke .the counter-attacks against Cuke, but continued our victorious advance northward, pursuing the beaten enemy. Bolog'is entirely in our hands. We have captured 56 guns, exclusive of trench ordnance, since the 14th of September. ,' (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association and Reuter). Received November 14, ll.Mp.nv : ' '"' ~~' LONDON, November 14, General Sir Douglas Haig reports: We are attacking • astride the Ancre river, and have penetrated the defences on a front of five miles. We captured the strongly .fortified village ■ of St. Pierre Divion. The attack was delivered before daylight in a thick mist. The enomy's losses were severe. Three thousand three hundred prisoners have already been counted, and more are coming in. The fighting continues. The German line captured at Loos was exceptionally strong.