The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-24
SERBS CAPTURE
SEVERAL TOWNS
FLEEING ENEMIES ABANDON
EQUIPMENT an THE MAcEDoN-
IAN FRONT WEST OF MoNAsTIR.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
ITALIANS REPULsEATTAcKW WEST
OF MoNAsTiR, AND FRENCH
TROOPS OCCUPY KRoNI.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lopdon.-Austro-Ge forces in
southwest Rumania have captured
Craiova and the Rumanians are re-
treating. In the jul valley Ruman-
ians are outflanked at Craiova and
seemingly must be caught in the viso
OF the Austro-Germans from the
north and south. The Teutonic allies
are advancing in the Alt valley. where
Petrograd admits the Rumanians are
retiring southwark.
Berlin reports that German posi-
tions on both sides of the Ancre and
in the st. Pierre Vaast wood were
shelled heavily by the allies. There
was a revival of artillery activity in
the Champagne. Bombardments and
minor infantry attacks have oc-
Cured in the Italian theater. Ac
cording to Paris, the entente allied
troops north Of Monastir are still
pressing the Germans and Bulgars.
West of Monastir, Italians have re-
pulsed counter attacks delivered by
the Teutonic allies. An unofficial dis
patch from Salonik says the Ser
bians have captured seven villages
west and northwest of Monastir.
Berlin also reports the sinking of
French guard vessel and seven mer-
chantmen by German submarine in
the English channel. The French min
istry OF marine denies that any French
war vessel has been sunk there.
London.-German troops in Walla.
CHA have advanced as far as Craiova
and are in possession of the railroad
to Bucharest, 120 miles distant. Situa-
ton in Rumania rouses gravest con
Germ in allied war capitals.
Entente armies are pushing on in
Serbia following evacuation of Mona.
stir by the Germans. Several villages
north of Monastir occupied, but the
city itself has not been entered yet.
British and French positions on the
Somme and Ancre heavily shelled. say
Paris and London. No important in
fantry activity reported.
Italian statement admits further
gains by Austrians in the Carso. where
u.
Paris.-French troops Sunday cap
tured from the German and Bulgarian
forces the chief southern Serbian
town of Monastir. according to an Of
ficial announcement made by the
French War Department.
The temporary capital of Serbia
will Immediately be established at
Monastir. Considerable forces of
Serbs are with the entente allied
troops who have occupied that town.
News of the occupation of the Ser
bian town of Monastir by French
troops was received in Paris as one
OF the most important of the late de-
velopments of the war. 1t came too
late for general comment in the
French press.
| 1t Is pointed out In Berlin that Mon
astir is likely to be very uncomfort
able place for the entente allied
troops, as the new Bulgar-German po
sitions command the town in the
same manner as 1t was previously
commanded by the enemy guns.
LIE Temps points out that the sue.
cess is likely to have n great influ.
ence on subsequent developments in
the Balkan campaign, us the place
commands all the practical routes be-
tween the fgean sea and the Adri-
attic sea.
The fall of Monastir, the newspaper
says. involves the early fall of Och
rida, twenty-five miles northwest. and
the region of the Macedonian lakes,
and assures an eff 'ctive junction Oh
the army at Saloniki and the Italian
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