Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-21
BULGARIANS AND
GREEKS IN CLASH
Slavs Said to Have Crossed the Bor-
der Into Epirus and Killed
Several Officers.
ATHENS QUICKLY SENDS AID


PARIS, Dec. 20.--Fighting be-
tween small attachments of Greek
and Bulgarian troops is reported in
a dispatch from Brindisi, Italy. to
the Havas News agency. IL is said
several Greek officers and soldiers
we're killed or wounded and that the
Greek government is hastily forward
ing reinforcements to the scene OF
the fighting
The dispatch says that the disturb
ance occurred In the province OF
Epirus. at the western end of the
Serbo-Greek border.
a Bulgarian advance guard is said
20 have penetrated Greek territory after
an encounter with Greek outposts, re-
sultlng IN lively fighting.
iyrhe Greek press maintains silence In
regard to these Incidents" ME dispatch
continues. 'but the government IL dls-
turbed. Greek attachments have been
sent hastily to Koritza and Cogradespl
to Reinforce the garrisons there"
Say MOntenesrins TreacherOns.
BERLIN, Dec. eO.--(By wireless TO say
Vile -Tho Overseas News agency quotes
the Austrian official report OF December
70. as charging that the Montenegrins az
some places held up their hands. waving
flags and advanced near 10 the Austro.
Hungarian lines. when they suddenly
threw hand grenades. The statement Is
quoted as saying:
The treachsry found corresponding
treatment"
The agency quotes the Turkish state
ment for December 10. as saying that In
the Mesopotamian campaign the enemy
again used dunn dun bullets"
German version of Ypres Fight.
BERLIN, Dec 2o-(via London. l--icn.
tentc allied monitors yesterday sheiled
the German Positions at westende On
the Belgian coast, but where finally
driven away by land batteries. says the
official statement issued today by Ger
man army headquarters The statement
adds that German aviators attacked the
town Of PoperinEhe. near Ypres. numer-
Gus hostile troops being concentrated
there.
The statement follows:
Western theater; Fire from our coastal
batteries drove off the enemy monitors
which, shelled westende yesterday. on
his front there was lively artillery az
, ivIty.
One OF our air squadron attacked
Poperinghe. where numerous troops OF
he enemy are gathering.
AN English blplane was shot down In
Nm aerial fight near Bruges. The &C.
,upants were killed.
Eastern theater; The situation is
Unchanged.
Balkan theater In the fighting north
sast OF Tara. previously reported. three
mountain and two field guns were cap
ured
~ Near Mojkovac fighting continued sue.
,essfslly for the Austro-Hungarlar
.roops.
French official Report.
PARIS. hec. 2o.-The French war OF.
flee this afternoon gave out a report on
the progress lof hostiIities. reading:
In the Artols district, there has beer
fighting with hand grenades north OF
Boiae-En-liache. Between the isommC
and the Disc the artillery has been &C
tive. In the region OF Fay we hav,
sllenced a battery Of the enemy. g
''On the north bank Of the river Aisn'
we yesterday evening evacuated the small
outposts We captured on December 10.
In the woivre district. AT the forests
OF Mort Mare and lie Prete. French bat
ierles bombarded the communication
trenches Of the enemy. There has beef
also cannonadlng In the sectors O
Nomeny and Of Bioncourt in Lorraine