MON ASTIR DESERTED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144851, 1 December 1915, Page 3

MON ASTIR DESERTED.

HOSTILE FORCES ADVANCING. (Received Dec. 1, 8.30 a.ra.) SALONIKA, Nov. 30. The civil authorities abandoned Monastic on Saturday. It .is reported that i the Avvstro-Germans from Mitrovitza have joined up with tho Bulgarians, and are now advancing on Monastic where only gendarmes and three army officers remain. The Serbians are retreating iu good order. News from Sofia states that tho assembling (ji Turkish troops iu Thrace is viewed askance. Various frontier incidents are already reported between the Bulgnrs and Turks. (Received Dec. 1. 8.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30. A Bulgarian communique says:—Wo occupied the east of tho Serbian position on tho Perlepc-Monastir front. FEARS OF INVASION. CAUSES EXCITEMENT IN ' BULGARIA. (Received Dec. 1, 8.25 a.m.) BUCHAREST, Nov. 30. The impending Russian invasion has caused consternation among the people of Bulgaria. Four German battalions are at Rustohuk. Bulgarian troops at Varna aud Dcdcagatch have returned to the Dohrudja frontier. PRO-GERMAN PAPER. SOUNDS WARNING NOTE. (Received Doc. 1 (< 8.25 a.m.) ATHENS, Nov. 30. The Government journal Neonasti states that the Central Powers have declared that they will consider whether they ought to respect Greece's neutrality in the event of M. Skouloudis yielding to the Entente's demands. THE SERBIAN RETREAT. (Received Dec. 1, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30. Tho Daily Mail’s Salonika correspondent say a that tbo Serbian army at Kossovo has scattered. A portion has been captured and tho remainder has reached .Montenegro. Tho Serbians retreating to Monastic encountered enormous difficulties, efiictly from tho committajis (irregular Bulgarian forces).