In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 19 September 1918, Page 5

In the Balkans

MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN. > ALLIES CAPTURE 4000. Preßo Association—copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.20 a.m.) New York, September 18. The Allies captured four thousand prisoners in Macedonia. BULGARS WEAKENING. ALLIED CAPTURE OF GUNS. Press Association—Copy right, Austra lian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 9.5 a.m.) . London, September 18. The Bulgarians are, weakening on the Balkan front. The Allies captured lifty additional guns: ITALIAN OPERATIONS. COMPLETE SUCCESS REPORTED. SPLENDID SERBIAN FIGHTERS. I Press Assn.—Copyright.—Australiun j and N.Z. Cable Asho, and Reuter, (Received 8.55 a.m.) a London, September 17. I ' |AI French Eastern communique states: The operations begun on the loth were continued to-day, with complete success. The breach made in the Doropolje-Yet renin vet- Vetrenk front was widened westward and eastward, and now extends "-over a front of twenty-five kilometres to a depth of seven. Westward of Sokol, the ■Serbians carried the fortified zone between Oradesnitza and Okol and crossed the river Ctiadesnitza throwing hack in disorder on the Bazimbey bridge enemy units, who were caught under the airmen's machine-guns. .Eastwards of Vetrenik, the Allies carried the Ohelo and Golobilo massifs and Zhovsko - defences. Over four hundred prisoners, over thirty guns, and considerale other booty were captured. The offensive continues, The ,Serbian troops fought with splendid •noral endurance, courage, and selfalsojn j|h« Bulgarian counter-attacks.