Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
BULGARS RETIRE
|ND|SORDERW WHILE
SERB|ANS ADVANCE
King Ferdinand's Men Said to
Be Retreating Toward Mon
astir on Macedonia Front.
KAST0RIA GIVEN UP,
SAYS ATHENS REPORT
Malkanidze and Malareka Also Said
to Have Been Taken
by Allies.
DEAD COVER BATTLEFIELDS
DEAD COVER BATTLEFIELDS
British Keep Enemy Under Steady
Fire and Raid Villages-Ber-
lin Admits Re
verse.

LONDON, September I6. -
The Bulgarians are falling back
in disorder toward Monastir, pur-
sued by the victorious Serbians,
according to an official statement
issued at Serbian headquarters.
The Bulgarians have given I'D
the town of kastoria, southwest
of Florina. according to advices
from Athens. The Bulgars, how
ever, have occupied the heights of
Coryba, fortifying them against
possible advance of the entente
forces in that sector.
Bulgarian forces on the Mace
donian front, says the official
statement issued today by the
German army headquarters staff.
have occupied new position
after losing Malkanidze in bat
tie with troops of the entente al
lies.
Serbian Communication.
The text of the Serbian statement
follows:
After two days artillery preparations
and the occupation of the enemy's ad-
vanced posts our troops carried out a
decisive attack on the principal Bull
garian positions, in the direction OF
Florina, which was crowned with COM
plete success. The Bulgarian positions
at Malkanidze and Malareka are now in
our hands and Gen. Boyadjeiffs army is
retiring in disorder toward Monastir,
purs1ed by our victorious troops.
I'VE made a large number Of prison.
ers and captured twenty-nine guns, IN
cluding several of heavy caliber,
great quantity of munitions, hfty
limbers and quantity of rifles Severai
of the captured guns are now turneo
against the BulgariaEs. whose losses are
enormous The field of battle is Strewn
with enemy corpses and prisoners state
that one Bulgarian regiment iost 1.5o0
men as a result of our bombardment
Our troops have already descended into
the plain of Florina.
British Active on Right Flank.
British troops are engaged in active
operations along the Struma front on
the right flank of the allied position at
Saloniki, but apparently are not maxi
ing any forward thrust in force in this
region. Today's war office announce
ment on the fighting in Macedonia re-
ports raids on villages east Of the
Struma occupied by Bulgarians. Near
the allied center in the vicinity OF
Doiran the British guns are keeping up
a continuous fire upon the Bulgarian
positions says the statement which
follows:
tacbments crossed the river and at
tackled Dzami Nah and komaja, captur-
ing some prisoners. our mounted
troops raided villages of the upper and
lower Gudeli, in the Lake Tahinos
region.
.tOn the Doiran front our artillery Is
a steady bombardment OF
enemy positions.
Germans Admit Loss.
The latest German statement says:
After violent fighting. Malkanidse.
east of Florina, was conquered BY the
enemy In the Moglenica sector the
enemy's attacks We're repulsed. East OF
the Vardar British detachments, hay-
ing obtained a footing in German
trenches, were elected again."
British naval aircraft raided railways
and troop concentrations within the
Bulgarian lines of communication be-
yond Kavala, between August 70 and
August 81 according to report issued
by the admiralty tonight. Considerable
the report states, was done to
the railways, rolling stock, petrol and
other depots, and troop concentrations
at Berk, Drama, Okjilar, Kavala, Porna
and Angista.