BULGARIANS COMMIT ATROCITIES DESPITE ARMISTICE
SERVIAN PRISONERS MURDERED OR CARRIED OFF.
CATTLE AND OTHER PROPERTY REMOVED IN RETREAT.
Auttrslian and N.Z. and Renter.
LONDON, Oct. 1L
The Press Bureau announces: Tho Servian headquarters staff states that during the evacuation of Servia tho Bulgarians carried off cattle and other property, contrary to the armistice stipulations. When quitting Ochrida the Bulgarians removed 5000 Servian prisoners whom they ill-treated or murdered, leaving their bodies at the roadside. Escaped prisoners state that only 2000 of those prisoners crossed the Bulgarian frontier.
A Gr.eek communique states: In East Macedonia wo reached Kavalla, which is in a lamentable condition owing to Bulgarian atrocities.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16980, 14 October 1918, Page 6
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