SMASHING BULGARIANS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15617, 27 September 1918, Page 7

SMASHING BULGARIANS

FURTHER SERVIAN CAINS. Enormous Supplies and Many Guns Captured. (Ana & N.Z. Cable Assn. & Reuter.) Received September 27, 2.50 p.m. LONDON, September 26. A Servian communique reports: The Servians on the 24th gained a most Important success on the left bank of the Vardar, and reached Krivolak and the outskirts of Ishtip. In this region we captured a colonel commanding a Bulgarian regiment, and a considerable number of prisoners, also four howitzers, three mountain guns, and a hundred waggons with their teams. Gradsko station, which was defended by the Germans, was captured, with enormous supplies, including mountain guns, mostly heavy. Northwards of Prilep we are pursuing the enemy near Izvor, where he was completely routed and is retreating. We here captured a great number of waggons with material. An enemy battery which attempted to come into action was attacked by our machine-guns, the men killed and the guns taken. Complete German ma-chine-gun sections, which were also captured, complained that they were abandoned intentionally by the Bulgarians. The Germans are continually compelling the Bulgarians to return to the fighting line. At Troyali the enemy set fire to the depots, and the flames spread to a hospital. Over one hundred Bulgarian wounded perished. It is confirmed that the Bulgarians continue to commit atrocities on our captured soldiers.