New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
Allies PREPARE
10 BATTLE FOE
ON GREEK LINE
British Guns Halt Bulgars
twenty Miles from
Border.
FRENCH DYNAMITE
BRIDGE ON VARDAR
c,rtra, Powers Have Million
Men for Balkans, Says
Bulgar Premier.

london, Dec. 1.-The Allied forces
-. ,,ill holding a line in Serbia cross
- ~. vsrdar River 20 the west of
no NJ their retreat to their new posi-
gon, being effected without great diff
IL, according TO dispatches tonight
49,. Sslonica. Adviccs from German
-.v on tho contrary, have been that
~. ,.,-sa, was greatly harried by the
Bulgarians.
The British public received a shock
1, ~. form Of Saionica dispatch stat
go tbs, Gievgeh had been occupied by
go divisions Of German troops. Later
.,,4, however, state that this i'm
Ysa,t nosition is not yet within the
tps,Ss Of the invaders guns. Gievgeli
- =, ,hs Greek frontier, near the Var
-, River. and commands the railroad
north from Sa,onica.
H,vss dispatch from Athens states
that reports from Salonica are that the
pnlvaHans. reinforced by the army Of
csnersl Boyadjieff, occupied & part OF
re Messages of Demir-Kapu. A battle
ysstsrdsy on the Strumnitza front be-
;w.en tho Bulgarians and British, the
,,,.sr OF whom received reinforcements
Win heavy artillery, continued all day
yitbout significant results. In the
meantime the British are preparing a
new line Of defence In proximity to the
Greek frontier.
Before leaving Demir-Kapu the
French destroyed a tunnel and bridge
over the Vardar River. French rein
iorcsments continue to arrive at Sa-
lonies.
Bulgsrs Twenty Miles from Border.
There is no report yet that Teuton
or Bulgar troops have crossed the
Greek frontier. The current statement
a the Bulgarian War Office traces the
Franco British retirement as far south
as the Rabrovo-Vslandovo line. Nalan-
oovo is about twenty miles from the
Greek border.
The following report of these opera
tons was issued by the Bulgarian War
Office to-day:
The French concentrated near Pc
trovo part of their troops from
Demir-Kapu and Gievgeli. On
Wednesday fighting was resumed on
the Petrovo- Msrovka front. Our
troops captured several positions on
the heights and drove back the
French 70 the Nardar.
Our column which advanced
through the Nardar defile defeated
the French rear guard near the viii
lage Of Klosura, taking 100 prison
ers. The column advancing on the
left bank of the Varda attacked the
French positions near the Boluovoda
estuary. The French retired 10 Ora
deem. and after desperate street
lighting there TO Udomo.
yalandoyo Line Held.
Our troops captured a strong posi-
ton on the Protan-Memili line. which
the Franco-British troops fortified
the first day after their arrival. The
enemy is retiring south of the RAJ
drovo-Nalandovo line.
This communication, whose date Of
issue is not given, evidently refers to
fighting Of several days ago which oc-
cured on Serbian territory. Unofficial
cable dispatches Yesterday said the
French and British had quit Serbia.
This report, however, has not been con-
hrmed
Simultaneous attacks from the
northwest and the east, on both banks
Of the Vsrdsr, by four Bulgarian divi-
SONS against the Allied troops, re-
doubled in violence on December 9 and
10" says a Salonica dispatch to the
Paris Temps" "The enemy directed
bis efforts especially TO the attack on
be east
"The retreat Of the Allies TO their
ntg positions was affected without
rsat difficulty. 10 the north, the
french evacuated Gradesk, Strumnitza
Station. Of which the bridge was de-
stroyed, and the village of Navidovo,
and constructed bridgehead at the
confluence fthe Nardar and its tribu-
t1ries, the Patrovska and the Bojimia.
here the enemy was stopped.
Bulgars Mass on East.
80 the west the Allies are holding
he enemy on the Petrovsk, between
tie villages Of Petrovo and Milakovo
and the Vardar.
10 the east the Bulgars msssed
eit Of their forces, two out of four
DIVISIONS, against the British front.
hey attacked furiously south Of the
aty Of Strumnitza. on the line from
kosturino through Rsbrovo 20 Valan-
eoTo The British occupied new posi-
n,ons, where they were supported by
ffsaeh contingents.
The Anglo-Freneh line on the east
ank OF the Yardsr is now approx
ssts!y Indicated by the course of the
ever Boiimia, the left tributary Of
rs Vardsr, the villages OF Dedeli,
lta'ti and Dorian, the last on the