Evening star., 1916-10-21
BU[GARSFLANKED
BY SERBS, IS CLAIM
Campaign for Monastir Nets
Further Allied Gains, IncIud-
ing Several Villages.
FIGHTING is DESPERATE


LONDON, October 21.-Paris today
announces further gains against the
Bulgarians in the bend of the Cerna.
southeast of Monastir. where the Ser
bians have pushed well to the north
of the river, following their recent
passage at Brod. Several villages have
been captured. Unofficial advices also
report the Serbians. assisted by French
troops, attacking in the Kenaii region
to the west along the Florina- -Monastir
railway.
Kenali is less than ten miles from
Monastir. The Bulgarian position here
is declared by entente military COM
mentators to be virtually outfinaked
by the Serbian capture of Ve1yselo in
the Cerna sector, six miles northeast
of Kenali.
official statement reported the Serbians
checked in their Cerna valley cam
paign.
OF Great Importance.
The battle fro Monastir. Serbia. takes
first place in the news of today in the
London newspapers. The Serbian ad-
vance is regarded as of the greatest
Importance to the whole entente pro-
gram against Monastir. The battle
also has been taken up by the Serbians
allies late dispatch regarding the
situation comes from Reuters Athens
correpsohdent, under date of Friday
1t says:
There is desperate fighting in the
Kenali sector where the Serbians are
attacking along the entire line. sup
ported by the French The struggle
went on all day yesterday and has not
yet been concluded"
Bulgars Chased by Cavalry.
The British press representative
with the Serbian army. in a dispatch
dated Thursday, says:
THE sudden thrust of the Serbians
across the Cerna river has driven the
Bulgars out of the villages of Brod
Dradilovo and Velyeselo, and the
enemy is being chased by cavalry out
of sight behind the hills. The Kenali
parable to the trenches of the western
front in strength, and against which
determined frontal attack proved in
adequate last week, are now, geo.
Serbians on the Bulgar left flank are
well behind the main alignment of the
Bulgar front. Today's offensive, in
fact, surpassed the expectations even
of the Serbians themselves"
Description of Battle.
The British correspondent gives the
following description of Thursdays
battle:
"The days fighting began at 8 o'clock
in the morning. Artillery. infantry, and
cavalry all played their parts with un-
usual faithfulness to the old traditions
Velyeselo was in Serbian hands by noon,
and although this was as much as the
staff had hoped to- attain by the whole
operation, the Serbians kept on. The
capture of Brod followed Immediately,
and by night the new Serbian line in
cluded Gardilovo also. with the cavalry
still further in front.
"At the beginning of the days fight
ing every advantage rested with the Bull
garians. They held the higher line be-
yond the river with slopes so steep that
they could roll rocks down on the at
tackers. There was a two-hour artil-
lery preparation from s to 10 o'clock
Then suddenly a great cheer went up,
and at 10 the Serbian infantry began
their advance. They could be recognized
from great distance. as every man had
a big square OF white calico fastened
to the back of his blue coat and the
leading men carried white and red flags
with which to mark the farthest point
reached. so that the artillery could see
and avoid shelling them:
while the Serbian infantry advanced
ND one crest the artillery began pound
white flags began to mark the Serbian
van carried forward to that point Then
the cheering broke out with redoubled
force, as far beyond the white flags the
observers could see dark figures running
fast down hill. They were Bulgars in
flight"
British Shelling Seres.
BERLIN, October 21.-Fifty persons
have been killed or wounded by the
British long-range cannon which has
been shelling the Greek Macedonian
town of Seres. says a dispatch from
Sofia received by the Overseas News
Agency The message adds:
''The bomba rdment of Seres is being
repeated with the same regularity as
that in Belgium. where civilian inhab-
itants have been injured. Seres. as is
generally known, is not occupied by
Bulgarian forces"
Italians Occupy Lyaskoviki.
ROME, October 21.-Italian forces
have occupied the town of Lyaskoviki.
on the southeastern frontier of Albania,
the war office announces. The state
ment reads:
"In the Iskeria mountains east of
Premeti an Italian detachment occu-
pied Lyaskoviki, on the high road be-
tween Janina Greek Epirus) and
Koritza southeastern Albania).