The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-11
ANGLO-FRENCH ARE
FORCED BACK OUT
OF SERBIA
May Be Compelled 70 Fall Back 10
Base at Saloniki
THEIR REAR is IN DANGER
With French and British Forces
Driven over Greek Frontier Stu
alton Becomes Acute.

London, Saturday, Dec. 11.--A dis
patch to Reuters Telegram Company
from SaIoniki says
1T is reliably reported here thai
German forces under General Won
Gallwitz occupied Gievgeli on the
railway line short distance north Of
| the Greek frontier in Serbia, Friday
morning. The force includes two di-
visions"
Gievgeh was the base Of the allied
forces on Serbian soil.
Berlin, Dec. 10, (by Wireless to
Sayyille n Y)--According to infor-
nation received. in military quarters
here, the Anglo French expedition in
the Balkans has continued its retreat
and has now entirely evacuated Ser
bian territory
London, Saturday, Dec. 1.-THE
Ango-French forces have begun a
general retirement IRON Southern
Serbia and it is suggested that their
destination is the region Of Safoniki.
This retirement was necessitated, rot
only by the superior forces which the
BuIgarians and Germans opposed TO
the Allies. but to threat of an out
thanking movement from Petfoyu,
where the Bulgarians have arrived.
and also to danger to their line OF
communication from Bulgarian lrre-
gulars who had crossed the Greek
frontier
Both the British and the French
forces who are well supplied with ar
tilery and machine guns, engaged in
four days battle in which they in
hieted very heavy losses on the Bul-
garians who fought with desperation
and the greatest courage. Attack
after attack was repulsed, but the
Bulgarians still came on, and each
evening the Allies fell back to new
positions where events Of the day be
fore were repeated.
The question now arises whether
the Bulgarians and Germans will fol
low the Allies across the Greek front
ier and what attitude the Greek
Government will adopt
Berlin. Dec. 10, Thy Wireless to
Sayville, L. I)-Reports from Con
stantInople say that well-organized
Senussi tribesmen and Tripolitanians
have occupied the whole Vilayet of
Tripoll
The Senussi forces also entered
Kasasyrt, where they are reported to
have routed the Italians. The Ital-
ians are said to have lost 5000 men
killed, and to have abandoned large
quantity Of arms and ammunition
The headquarters of the attacking
forces, the reports add. are in Suk-el-
Dshuma, one hour and half from
the town OF Tripoh
London, Dec. 10.--The rush of
last minute men" who desire TO es-
cape the stigma of being forced to
Join the colors, if conscription
should be adopted, continued today
the last day but one of the trial per-
IVA lpi INC U-iiI vi iJSluN , ftCiulllNS
plan Lines formed at the recruit
ing stations as early as o'clock this
morning and remained there all day
In the central recruiting bureau of
the war Office, close at hand, hun
dreds of applicants were awaiting
their turn to face the examiners.
A similar line up, extending to the
sidewalks. was found at every re-
cruiting bureau. In the east end of
London the applicants consisted Of
costers. In ST. Paul's church yard,
desk workers, Office helpers and thin
chested men OF the city type waited
Men who evidently We're surrender
ing good positions predcminated in
the better residential districts
At the Scotland Yards station the
officials were surprised by the arriv-
al of 200 civil service clerks
The new recruits draw heavily up
on the forces of the banks and the
insurance and commercial houses, as
well as upon government and muni-
cipal departments.
Although the majority Of those in
line We're youths and men in the
twenties, there was a considerable
proportion of middle-aged men and
some obviously past the limit of for
ty years.
ThiIdrAn Crv