The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-10
IEUION-oUlGAR
STEAM ROLLER IS
STILL OPERATING
British and French Rolled Back
Day After Day In Balkan
Zone of War
PREPARING FOR LAST
STAND AT SALONICA
Elaborate Defensive Works
+. Are Being Erected Against
Time When long Siege May
Begin

Londan. Dee. a.--The hrst phase
II the battle between the Buixnr-
iaAs ana the French British forces
In the southeast corner OF Serbia
has resulted In the allies being
forced to withdraw from two prfn-
ctpnl salients ut their front. In
the Csrder valley the Bulgarian
onxush compelled the French, after
violent two days G9htiLs to give
MP their positions In the Demir-
Kapu ravtne. ON the SaionicA-
Nlsk railway, To the southeast
Of tAts r~sine another Bulgarian
array violently attacked the British
posit1ons westward Of Lake Dorian.
a.ad, according TO ofaeixl Britain
Admission. forced the defenders to
retreat taree successive times In
~ many days.
All along the front the Franco Brit
fAh forces are now under attack, CON
stantly Increasing In violence. The
extent Of the consequences of these
two defeats suffered by the allies can
not yet be determined as the battle
is still raging.
The Bulgarian victory over the
& kGELH al CeaHiE -AApo 1n t4As.aeQ pg
Sofa in the following passage CO to-
days ol.cial report,
Our troops continued their pursuit
Of the French on both siAes of the
vsrdar River. Re recovered the rail-
Way station At psmir- Kapa and are
now twelve Kilometres cas-; Of tbs
Asatton.
nulsartaa Claim CenArmed.
This Bulgarian claim I. confirmed
by a dispatch from the allied Mace
dcnia headquarters saying that the
ticns north OF pemir -kapu gorge. and
ire abandonment of the Krivolsk and
Eavadar must be regarded as strategic
fyt4-s~~
This same dispatch adds that the
f,emss- kspa tunnel and the bridge
were blown up by the French who
retired slightly to the east and essah-
fsshed cioser connections with the Brit
ssh forces
The French war ONCE in an ofyfcial
statement issued today does not ad.
nit the withdrawal from the Dernlr-
Kapu positions. II aAserts that all
Bulgarian attacks failed. but adds tina,
lighting Is in progress IN front OF the
bridgehesd Of Gradico. Gradico Is on
ode .-4-cAs. slightly to the south OF
De mtr -Kapu.
Resorts from the Balkan front to-
day contain frequent references to In
.sensifying concentration of Bulgarian
forces In the strunsnitxa region. tbs
object Of the attacks on the British
here being 70 infiet decisive defeat
before achievements can be brought
up for Bulgarian invasion.
Germany Cavalry Arrive.
German cavalry has appeared around
isfip. and even further south, In thu
Strumn!tsa region. foreshado~ins a
concentrated offensive against the al.
lies.
a saloniea dispatch says the allies
arc making elaborate preparations for
che defense OF Saionics. Fortified tions
ana trenches ara being constructed
around the Creek seaport and artillery
% mounted on every hill and eminence
Four important cities fell today into
the hands OF the BuIgarfans pursuing
the remnants or the Serbian army~over
the Montenegvfn and Albanian from
tiers. Eei..n announced that Dtakova,
Ii northw4 stern Montensgro. and Dr.
bra ana Struga. on the Albanian hor-
DER. and uehrida, in tho southwestern
eorner Of Serbia, were captured.
The Austrian campaign in Monte
negro Is making only slow progress
nj successes Of = definite nature being
anratnced today. The German war
Office ASSERTS. however. that these cp-
arsti III. are progressing favorahly for
the invaders All indications are that
the .IonteneSrins. defending every
inch Of ground in the steep mountain
pAsses OF their little kingdom. are
rendering a resistance equal in heroisu,
ri1d tenacity to that which the invaders
-nTIf tn SgrpfA.