Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-09
bULGARS PROTEST
|. SALON|K| LANDING
|NSTRONG TERMS
Representations Made to
Greece While UItimatum to
Nish Is Believed Near.
TEUT0NIC ADVANCE
REPORTED CHECKED
Serbs Claim infection of Enormous
Losses on the Forces of
Invaders.
FIRM WITH KING CONSTANTINE
British Minister Plainly TeAs Ruler
That Entente Expedition Will
Continue Over Gre
clan Soil.
TEUT0NIC ADVANCE
REPORTED CHECKED
FIRM WITH KING CONSTANTINE

LONDON, October o.-Strong
representations are said by the
Central News to have been made
by Bulgaria to Greece against the
landing of French and British
troops at Saloniki.
Petrograd reports say it is
learned on good authority that
Bulgaria will send Serbia an ulti-
matum demanding the cession of
Macedonia as a preliminary to
declaration of war.
Bulgaria is reported to be pre-
pairing a flank attack on Serbia,
carried out in conjunction with
the Austro-German invason. She
is concentrating cavalry, supported
by heavy artillery under German
command, in the direction of
Koestedil, southwest of Sofia,
near the Serbian border.
According to official Serbian
advices, the Austro-German at
tack has not Won much of an
initial success, the invaders hav-
ing suffered large losses in cross
ing the Save, and now being
pinned to the brink of the river.
Many Germans are among the
prisoners, and some of them are
said to be members of a Prussian
brigrade which formerly was
operating against Italy.
Advance Guard Suffers.
The advance guard of the Austro-
Germans who crossed the Danube at
Belgrade has been partly destroyed
and partly captured, and those who en-
tered Serbian territory across the Save
have met with enormous losses. ac-
cording to an official dispatch received
by the Serbian legation from Nish
The dispatch says:
"On the northern frontier the enemy
has crossed the Save at Yarak, the Isle
of Progarska, at Zabrez, opposite Os-
trusnitza, and at the great Isle of Ci-
ganlia. and on the Danube at the Bel
grade fortress, at the quay and at Ram.
The advance guard which crossed at
the Belgrade fortress has been partly
destroyed and partly captured.
Enormous Losses Reported
AT Yarak, Zabrez and the Isle of
Progarska, after several fierce attacks
the enemy has been pinned to the
very brink of the river with enormous
losses. At the other crossing points
the struggle continues.
lat Belgrade two officers and over
100 soldiers were captured, of whom
eighteen were from the 204th Infantry
Regiment of the 43d German Division.
Among the captured were also soldiers
of Prussian brigade belonging to the
18th Army Corps. which came here from
the Italian front"
Allies Will Land 10000.
The ministers of the entente powers
have notified the Greek government
that for the present the entente allies
intend to land an expeditionary force
Of slightly over 10000 men. tits stated
that Austrian agents are watching the
landing carefully and claim to know
the exact composition of the force.
King Constantine of Greece was told
plainly by British Minister Elliott dur
ing the audience granted him Thursday
that Great Britain and France were de-
termined to push through the military
expedition now being landed at SALON.
Xxi. The Athens correspondent of the
Gfornale D'Italia says the views of the
uuadruple entente governments were
EXPLAINED to the Greek ruler in very
energetic terms by the British diplo-
mat.
The official news agency in Athens
has announced that there was no foun-
dation for rumors circulated in some
quarters that the new Greek cabinet
intended to protest against the land
ing of allied troops on Greek soil
Bulgar Forces Moved.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Saloniki says: '"Thirty-two thousand
allied troops have landed up to Thurs
day evening and the landing contin-
ues. The Bulgarian forces on the Greek
frontier have been ordered to move
to the Serbian frontier. The Bulgarian
assertions, it is said, have reached q
total .. 1000"
Only today have the English news
papers been permitted to announce that
brig. Cen A B. Hamilton is in COM
mand of the British forces which have
been landed at Saloniki.