Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-12-15
Drive British Across Frontier
Allied Troops Appear 10 Be in No Danger
of Being Cut Off From Base.

ersd 10 to one 10y the Bulgarians,
who we're we'll supplied with am
munition and gus, the British
forces in Serbia have been able to
reoross she Greek frontier and now
are SAID to have an open pathway
| efore them back to their base at
Saloniki.
Along tho Albanian frontier and
in Montenegro the B%ulgarians and
Austro. Hungarians continue. al
though slowly. their gains against
the remaining Serbs and the
Montenegrihs.
On the other war fronts there
have been no battles Of great mag
nitude. Artillery bombardments
have prevailed almost exclusively
on the French, Russian and Aus
t~fo.lsalian lines.
The Turkish attack on Kut E.
Amara, where the British retreat
ed from the Bagdad region. has
been repulsed with heavy losse
and British achievements are be
ing pushed forward to that point
The destruction of q Zeppelin
airship in the Libau region is re-
ported from Petrograd. The en-
tire crew of the airship was burned
to death.
London, Dec. 13.-The British
and French troops have success
fully carried out their retirement
from Serbia ACROSS the Greek from.
tier, and bv an arrangement with
the Greek Government a clear
road has been left for them to fall
back on Saloniki. which is being
organized as . base.
The German official report Of
today claims that "approximate-
ly two English divisions were an
nihilated" during the retirement,
bus this is consid ered here an ex-
aggeration. Accounts from Ath'
ems and Saloniki say thu retreat
was carried out in an orderly man.
FER and without heavy losses. By
the destruction of railway bridges
aud roads, and by stubborn rear
guard actions, in one Of which TWO
companies of the Innisk iiling reg
i'm MT sacrificed themselves to
save their comrades. the Bulgar.
ians we're kept at a fairly safe dis.
taLcs.
The question now arises wheth-
er the B%ulgarians and Austro
G ,rmaps intend to follow the
British and French troops into
Greece, and what action the Greek
Governments will take should they
d. 70 The impression gained
from dispatche, emanatir 6 in
Athens 10 that neither the Bul.
gsrians nor the Turks. who also
arc reported to have arrived near
the frontier. would be welcomed
in Greece. and that. therefore, if
it has been decided to follow the
Entente Allies the task will be
undertaken by Austrians and Ger.
mans.
However. with the railway de-.
stroyed, it may be some days be-
fore Greece is oelled upon to take
action, and by that time the An
glo.Fiench forces should be safe
IN the d~efenses of Saloniki and
under the guns of their ships.
The remnants of the Serbian
army are still resisting the Aus
TRANS aud Bulgarians in Albania
while the Austrians are making
v.ry slow progress in their effe rts
to everwhelm Montenegro. where
heavy fighting continues.
Only small actions have taken
place on the eastern and western
fronss. On the Gallipoli PENN
sula a fall of snow is impeding the
operations, although the Entente
Allied shipe keep things lively for
the Turks wnoss attempt at an Ct.
fensive last week seems to have
failed
A British official report says
that the Turkish attacks at Kut-
Ella nara, where British reinforce.
m4nts axe arriving, have been re.
pulsf d. The attacks were made
from al sides, but the British DO.
,ei.ion was 30 strong thas the Turks
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