The sun., 1916-10-06
SERBS CROSS CERNA
IN MONASTIR DRIVE
Allies Advance on Slope Of
Baba Mountains Command
ing Important Valley.
BRITISH HOLD YENIkECI
Berlin Admits Successes of
Sarrail's Army at Both.
Ends Of Line.
BRITISH HOLD YENIkECl

PARIS. Oct. 5.-Gen. Sarrails strokes
gains the Bulgsr-German wings In
Macedonia have compelled more retreats
to-day. In western Macedonia the Bui-
gars have had to relinauish more Ser
bian territory. and In eastern Macedonia
the British who crossed the Struma are
becoming a real menace to the whole
Bulgar left wing.
To-night's French official statement
telling of the fighting in western Mace.
donia, where Serbs. French and Rus
SLAMS have been driving Jack the Bul'
Sars steadily toward Monastir, says:
Army of the East-The battle Is
being pursued In our favor along the
entire front. The allied advance
guards have begun to cross the Germs
In the region Of Dobroveni n Brod.
and are advancing. despite frost on
the slopes of the Bapa Mountains and
have reached the towns OF Buf and
Iopli.
Ccrnn an Important strea M.
The Cerna. which the Serbs already
had crossed at one point. Is OF consider
able strategic Importance. and hows en-
t,rel, In Serbia. The Baba Mountains
are partly In Serbia. partly in Greek
Macedonia, approximately fifteen miles
west OF the Cerna. Buf is in Greek
Macedonia two miles south OF the Ser
bian boundary. II marks the advance
furthest north OF the extreme allied LETT
flank.
To-day's British statement covering
the tightiag on the eastern MACEDONIA OF
Struma front the Occupation
Of all the important village OF fenikeu'
,Jenikoi). near Seres. and the Demr-
hissar-Drama railroad that the British
hope TO cut. The British now hold a
considerable strip Of territory on the left
eastern, hank OF the Struma. The
statement says:
The fighting at yenikeui, which
ended Yesterday morning. resulted in
complete success for our troops. Not
only did We hold the portion OF the
village south Of the Sores road but
We also occupied the portion north OF
the road. Thus the whole village now
is In our possession.
The remainder of Wednesday was
without incident n WAS spent rom
solidating our new position. which ex-
end from the Orljak bridge along
the Sores road to Yenikeui and thence
back to the river through both the
K%arajakeui villages.
Allies Hold Wise Hills.
berlin admits substantially all the
successes announced by the Allies anc
makes the admission that the Nid}t
Planina tthe Nize hills) 10 held BY ths
enemy" This plateau and range OF
SUBMITS. almost directly east Of Mon
astfr. practically dominates the Cerna
Valley. Its possession by the Allies ex.
plains their rapid progress and success
In crossing the Cerna. Tho German
statement admit. that all Of Yenikeu
has been lost to the British. multiplying
an earlier Bulgar statement which sait
that the British had been unable to take
the village
Evidence that the Italian troops II
Albania. far to the west OF the western
most extremity Of the present front. are
hestirrins themselves and preparing ts
enter the big Macedonian battle IL con
tanned in an official statement from
Rome. II tells ~ the advance OF Italian
troops southwark in Albania toward tn
Serbo-Franco-Russian left fan IL
Macedonia. The statement follows:
Albania-On Tuesday our cavalry
units from A~rgyrocastro advanced to
~Georgucgates and Ediskopi and Epis-
kopi in the Drynos Valley. which they
occupied. while the other cavalry units,
moving from pelvino. established COM
munication with the Argyrocastro gar
rison,