Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-14
CLEAR ROAD LEFT
FOR ALLIES T0FALL
BACK ON SALON|K|.
They Successfully Carry
Out Their Retirement
From Serbia.
PURSUING BULGARS KEPT
AT FAIRLY SAFE DISTANCE
Question Arises, Will Austro-
German Forces Follow Retreat
ing Army Into Greece?
SERI;IANS STILL RESISTING
Only Small Actions Have Taken
Plnce on Eastern and West
ern Fronts.
Only Small Actions Have Taken
Place on Eastern and West
ern Fronts.

Although outnumbered ten to one hy
the Gulgarians. who were we'll supplied
with ammunition and guns. the Brit
iSh forces in Serbia have been able to
recross the Greek frontier and now
are said TO have an open pa;hwa.. "c.l
to the sea
Along the Albanian frontier and ia
Montenegro the Buigarians and a., tro-
liunSarians continue. although slowly.
their gains against tho ming Serbs
and the Montenegrins
ON the other war fronts there have
been no battles OF great magnitude.
Artillery bomhardments have prevailed
almost exclusively on -. French, Rus
sian and Austro-Ftalian lines.
The Turkish attack on ku,-yl- .AIuarv
where the British rctreated from the
aedad region. has been retuIs-,. with
heavy losses. and british rc-rutorce-
Incnts arc being pushed forward TO -
point.
The destruction OF Zeppelin air
ship in the l.ihau region is rc;,,rted
from Petrograd. The en,.rc cie =
the airship was burned t. death
LONDON. December l2.-Thc British
and French troops have successfully
carried out their retirement from
Serbia across the Greek frontier. and
by an arrangement with the Greek gov
ernmcnt Il clear road has been left for
them to fall back on Saloniki, which is
being organized as a base
The. German official report of to-day
claims that Approximately two Eng
lish divisions were annihila:cd" during
the retirement, but this is considered
here mn eNagEeration. Accounts from
Athens and Snloniki say the retreat
was carried out in an orderly munner
ana without heavy losses. BY the de-
struction of railway bridges and by
stubborn rcar-guard actions. in one OF
which two companies of the InniSkill-
ing Regiment sacrificed themselves to
save their comrades, the Bulgarians
We're Kept at II fairly safe distance
The question now arises whether tho
Eulgarians and Austro-Ciernlan forces
intend TO follow the British and French
troops into Greece, and what actio.: the
Greek government will take should
they do The Impression gained
from dispatches emanuting in Athens
is that neither the Bulgariu..s nor tho
! urES, who also reported to
have arrived near the front would be
welcomed in Greece, and that there
iore, If II has been decided to follow
the entente allies. the task will be un-
dertakcn by Austrians and Germans.
MAY BE SEVERAL. DAYS
BEFORE GREECE MUST ACT
However. with the railway dcst owed.
1t may he some days before Greece is;
called upon TO take action. and by that
time the .\nglo-Frcnch forces should
he safe in the defenses OF Saloniki and
under the guns of their ships
The remnants of the Serbian army
are still resisting the Austrians and
BulEarians in Albania, while the Aus
trians are making very slow progress
IN their efforts To overwhelm Montene-
gro. where hea lighting continues
only small actions have taken nlace
ON thet eastern and western fronts. ON
the Gallipoli Peninsula IL fall OF snow
Is impeding the operations, although
the entente allied ships keep things
lively for the Turks. whose atte, ut Mt
an offensive last week seems to have
failed
y british Official report SAYS that
the Turkish attacks ut -cl-Amara
where British endorsements are ar
rivinS. have been repulScd The at
tacks were made from all sides. but the
british position was so strong that
the Turks were unable TO make any
Impression on it,