The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-14
Allies Have Successfully Car
ried Out Retirement
from Serbia
SERBIANS ARE STILL
FIGHTING IN ALBANIA
Whether the German, Austrian and Bull
garian Forces Will Follow the Anglo
French Expeditionary Army Is Not
Known

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE British and
French troops have successfully car
ried out their retirement from Serbia
across the Greek frontier and by an ar
rangement with the Greek government
a clear road has been left for them to
fall back on Saloniki, which is being
organized as a base. The allied mil
itary authorities today took over a
portion of the customs house at Salon
Xxi
The King of Greece in the course of
an audience accorded the members of
the diplomatic body at Athens on Sat
urday gave personal assurances which
are regarded as satisfactory This in
formation is conveyed in a dispatch
from Athens to Reuter- s Telegram com
pany.
The German official report claims
that approximately two English di-
visions were annihilated' during the
retirement, but this is considered here
an exaggeration. Accounts from Ath-
ems and Saloniki say the retreat was
carried out in an orderly manner and
without heavy losses. The destruction
of railway bridges and roads, and by
stubborn rear guard actions, in one of
which two companies of the Inniskill
ing regiment sacrificed themselves to
save their comrades, the Bulgarians
were kept at fairly safe distance.
The question now arises whether the
Bulgarians and Austro- Germans intend
to follow the British and French troops
into Greece, and what action the Greek
government will take should they do So
| The impression gained from dispatches
emanating in Athens is that neither the
| Bulgarians nor the Turks, who also are
reported to have arrived near the from
tier, would be welcomed in Greece, and
that therefore if it has been decided
to follow the entente allies the task will
be undertaken by Austrians and Ger
mans. However, with the railway de-
stroyed it may be some days before
Greece is called upon to take action
and by that time the Anglo-French
forces should be safe in the defenses of
Saloniki and under the guns of their
ships.
The Saloniki correspondent of Reu-
ter's Telegram company, in a despatch
dated Sunday relative TO the fighting
in Southeastern Serbia, says:
"The evacuation of Doiran and
| Gievgeli was completed today and the
Bulgarians are reported to be within
J i've miles OF the bTeeh. IrOnTlPF, IOl-
/ lowing very slowly in the wake Of the
/ allies. -
The newspaper L'Opinion iii Salon
Xxi asserts that Bulgarian troops are
preparing to cross the Greek frontier
and that Greek troops are moving
toward the threatened point, appar-
emily with the object of disputing a
| Bulgarian invasion.
| The remnants of the Serbian army
are still resisting the Austrians and
Bulgarians in Albania, while the Aus
TRANS are making very slow progress
in their efforts to overcome Monte
negro, where heavy fighting continues
Only small actions have taken place
on eastern and western fronts.
The following Russian official com
munication was issued yesterday: = In
the region west of Lake Boginskoie a
detachment of our troops, having out
fianked the enemy dislodged a half
company of Germans at the point OF
the bayonet from the village. of Voyns
uny, capturing an officer and some sol
diers and q machine gun
On the Gallipoh peninsula a fall OF
snow is impeding the operations, al
though the entente allied ships keel
things lively for the Turks, whose at
tempt at an offensive last week seems
to have failed.
British official report says that tn,
; Turkish attacks on Kut el-Amara