Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-13

London, Dec. 12. 1915 p. m.-The Anglo French troops, who last week began their retirement from their ad- vanced positions in southern Serbia are now approaching, if they have not crossed, the Greek frontier and the attitude Greece will adopt becomes more and more important.
 Despatches from Athens and news available in London indicate that the matter which was left to the Greek and allied military authorities at Sal oniki, is being amicably arranged and that the allies will be allowed to re- tire to that city without any inter- ruption on the part of the Greeks and will be permitted to remain there. Questions Seriously Occupying Greece
 Questions which are seriously oc- Cupying the Greek government have to do with the use of the railways, which are needed for the Greek troops and the damage that might be done to them with the object of impeding Bulgarian pursuit, should the Sofia government decide that the British and French forces are to be followed into Greek territory. The Greek gov ernment has good evidence of the eff fective manner in which the French engineers destroy railways, in the work done along the line north of the Greek frontier. So well was this ac- complished that the Bulgarians were greatly delayed, having to use roads covered with snow with the result that the French continued almost un- scathed
 Withdrawal Of British Difficult.
 The British who have advanced farther from the railway to the north east of Lake Doiran had a much more difficult feat to accomplish when re- tirement was decided on and suffered more heavily. They were faced by greatly superior forces and, according to an official report issued tonight, their successful withdrawal to a po- sition extending from Lake Doiran to the Vardar valley was largely due to the gallantry of three Irich regiments, the Munster Fusiliers, the Dublin Fusiliers and the Connaught Rang CTS.
 The British casualties are estimated at 1,5G0, while they were forced to leave behind eight field guns, which had been placed in position to cover the regiment and could not be remov- ed.
 Fall Back On SaIoniki.
 What the next move will be is known only to the allied staffs, but it is generally believed that the Anglo French forces will 9all back to Saloni- Ri, where endorsements are arriv- ing which will be fortified. There are also reports that the allies have land ed division at Kavala, 90 miles along the coast from Saloniki and near the Bulgarian frontier, but thereis no con- firmation of this. If it is true, the ob- ject doubtless is to secure the rail- way and prevent the Bulgarians from sending troops westward into Greece.
 Continue Attacks in Albania.
 '"The Austro-Hungarians continue their attacks on the Serbians in the Albanian mountains and on the Mon tenegrins in the hills, but apparently their advance is much slower than it was in Serbia, the positions being easier to defend.
 Despatches from Fetrograd indicate that the Germans are withdrawing their center to what is known as the Bug River line, which, however at many places is considerably north east of that river. This withdrawal is due to their inability to secure com- plete control of the Lida- -Baronovit- chi railway, which was necessa- ry for the successful holding of the advanced positions which they reach ed after their great drive of last sum- mer. They have evacuated Slonin, lying to the west and Baronovitcvhi and Kobrin, just east of Brest-Litovst which they are making the center of their new lines. These are being very strongly fortified.
 This suggests that the Germans hope to create a stalemate in the east as they did in the west and that, if they cannot break through, they will make it just as difficult for the Rus sians to do so.
 Increased Artillery Activity.
 There has been increased artillery activity on the western front and the arrival of colder weather may off shadow attacks from one side or the other. It Is generally believed that the Germans will make the attempt this time, as they have brought up a large amount of artillery
 There is no further news from Me- sopotamia while the Gallipoli official accounts simply repeat the story of artillery engagements.