Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-13
Retreat From Serbia De
clared Rout By Teuton
Reports, :s.: i:
BRITISH LOSE 1900 MEN
With Reinforcements Arriving Brit
ish and French Will Make Stand on
Greek Territory.

1 4.
| London Dec. l3--The Anglo French
troops, who last week began their re-
tirement from THEN: advanced posi-
tions in southern Seryia, are; now ap-
| preaching, if they have not crossed
the Greek frontier, and the attitude
Greece will adopt becomes more and
more important. Dispatches from
Athens and news available in London
Indicate that the matter, which was
left to the Greek and allied military
authorities at Saloniki, is being ami
cably arranged and that the allies
will be allowed to retire to that city
without any interruptions on the part
of the Greeks, and will be permitted
to remain there:
Questions which are seriously occu-
pying the Greek Government have to
| do with the use of the railways, which
are needed for the Greek troops, and
| the damage that might be done to
them with the object Of impending
Bulgarian pursuit, should the Sofia
Government decide that the British
and Fyench are to be followed into
| Greek territory. The Greek Govern
ment has good evidence OF the etfec-
tive manner in which the French en-
gineers destroy railways in the work
! done, stong the, line north of the
Greek frontier. So we'll was this &C.
complished that the Bulgarians were
greatly delayed, having to use roads
covered with snow. with the result
| that the French escaped almost un-
! scathed
! The British who had advanced fur
| ther from the railway to the north
east of Lake Doiran had much
more difficult feat to accomplish
when retirement was decided on, and
suffered more heavily. They we're
faced by greatly superior forces, and
their successful. withdrawal to 2 posi-,
ton extending FROM Lake. Dsiraq;,,t TO
the ygrdar Valley was largely due to
the 'gallantry OF three: Irish regl-
ments, the, Menster.. Fusiliers, thse
Dublin Tusiliers, =.and; ;the CoRhsught
Rangers. + - 2 =
The British casualties arc estimal,
ed. at 1900, while they were forced
to leave behind eight field gans which
had been placed .in position TO cover
the retirement, and could not be re.
moved; !: :! s.; ;&E =
What the next move .wlIl, be Els
known only. to:ths allied ssetfsI bat|it
/ is generally believed that the Anglo
FRENCH forces will fall hack to saio-
niki.: where :reinforcements are:arriy-
ing and which will be fortified There
also care reports that the :allies 'hayye
landed division at Kavala 90 miles
along the coast from Saloniki and
near the Bulgarian frontier, but there
is no confirmation of this, If it Is
/ true. the object doubtless is to secure
| the railway and prevent the Bull
garians from sending troops west
ward into Greece.
I The Austro- Hungarians continue
their attacks on the Servians in the
Albanian mountains and on the Mon
tenegrins in their hills, but apparently
their advance is much slower than il
was in Servia. the positions being
easier to, defend.
Casualties aggregating 1900 and
the loss of eight field guns, which
they were unable to remove from en-
placements, are told of in an Official
communication issued this evening
dealing with the retreat of the Brit
ish Tenth Division from Lake Dorian
Servia, in conjunction with the Frer
French.