The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-13
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LONDON. iycC. Ia -icITiht l'tt Su"u
fighting continues TO mark thu retreat
q: the allied forces In Serbia to the
Greek frontier. The British army par
;icularly has been subjected 20 violent
onslaught, Its left wing. failing back
20 the Nardar Rive. has carried gu,
this mo, -rnent In the face of attacks by
overwhelmingly superior forces.
The War Office report on these opera
tion-, issued to-day. says:
After sustaining violent attacks de-
llvered ny the enemy In overwh.lm-
ing numbers the Tenth Division sue
cee1ied with the help OF reenforcements
in retiring to a strong position
stretching from Lake Dorian west
wand toward the Nardar Valley In CON
junction with our Allies
The division IL reported 10 have
fought well against very heavy odds.
1t Is largely due to the gallantry OF
the troops. especially OF the Munster
Fusiliers and the Dublin Fusiliers
as well as the Connaught Rangers.
that the withdrs wal was successfully
accomplished
Owing TO the mountainous nature or
the country IL was necessary TO place
eight field guns for the purpose of
defenc" In positions from which II was
!mpossele 10 withdraw them when the
retirement took place,
Our casualties amounted TO some
1900 men.
A correspondent az British headquar-
ters IN Macedonia emphasizes the splen-
did tenacity OF the Irish. He says:
"They proved to be better than the
Rulgarians with the latter's faVoritt
weapon, the bayonet. and saved the sit
uation, which was serious. owing 10 the
hot gruelling Of the Bulgarian gums and
the partial exposure OF the British fianl,
In the retirement.
THE enemy's superiority in uumbers
especially in their mountain guns. coud
not fail 10 predominNe in the long run
We are entirely unprovided with these
indispe sable weapons and We retired tt
| the second line. Ii IS difficult 70 eNag
| gerate our stand. because had the Bul
garians succeeded in pushing through IA
they doubtless hoped they would. the,
would have cut the retreat Of the mai
| BODY of the French ~ well as Of tn,
British which probably would have Leo
| to n grave reverse
The Rotterdam correspondent OF th'
Daily Mail. telegraphing yesterday
| says
THE Frankturtor Zeifnn0 declare
| that the Macedonian campaign will II
all probability he successfully conclude,
| before the Allies can send reinforce
ments. The German papers take tn
view that the Allies armies are In
trpn and that their complete defeat Il
only a matter OF IA few days"
Berlin announces that tho allied re
| tirement across the Greek frontier al
ready has begun. The Bulgarian Wa
Office states that tho Anglo-Frencl
forces are desperately resisting q
every position"
| Tho Athens correspondent OF tn,
Times telegrsphs:
'Te,egrams from Salonica state tina
the Germans and Bulgars occupie,
Guevgheli on the morning OF DecembeI
II. but subsequently evacuated. only I
few Bulgars remaining. The German
and Bulgarian armies are at Mirovca, I
few miles to the north. The French ar
Keeping them at a distance with thei
artillery In order TO facilitate the re
movsl OF stores 20 Greek territory. IN,
capture OF Guevgheli. however. Is i'm
minent"
THE Athens correspondent Of tn
Daily Erpress teiegraphs:
"rhe Rulgarians occupied Guevghel
on December IL"
The Salontca correspondent OF tn
1ymes telegrafh~
| 1.-TWO fOrmidhDie bulgarian dhsauu
were delivered upon the British yester
day north OF Lake Dorian. The enemy
losses were terrific, His massed bat
talions were mown down by our machin,
guns"
The Daily MaiPs Salon1ca correspond
ent tslegraphs:
"Major -lien. Sir Bryan Mahon arrive,
here after spending several days inspect
ing the Anglo French front. He sait
ne ID much satished with what he say