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nc oficial statement says:

The official statement says:
From the Struma TO the yardar
there has been an intermittent can
nonade without any infantry action
except some patrol engagements.
West OF Vardar the Serbians cap
tured Bulgarian trenches between
Kovil and Vetrenik and made apprec-
liable progress in the direction OF Kali
makcalan northeast of Lake 0s-
trovo).
Northwest of Lake Ostrovo the
Serbians captured a height west of
Hill 1900. Their advance guards
reached the first slopes of the NAL
kanidze
Fighting continued south of Lake
Ostrovo.
AN enemy aeroplane was brought
down by one of our machines near
| Bardovtze."
: German Balkans Plan.
London, Sept. IA. GAS p. MIA
I Wireless Press dispatch from Rome
says that the general council OF the
I central powers at the headquarters of
the German emperor an offensive cam
| paign in the Balkans was mapped out
and that Germany will send 100000
men and Austria 100000 for this pur-
\ pose.
J The British have made further prog
! ress on the SOmme front north OF
! Ginchy, it was announced officially
! today.
THE general situation is I'M
! changed" says the statement. South
| of the Ancre there were the usual ar
! tillery bombardments on both sides.
/ heavy artillery being particularly ac-
4 tive in the neighbOrhood of the Poz-
| ieres windmill and south of Thiepval
1 Some further progress has been made
! by us north of Ginchy.
| "Near SOuchez we carried out a
7 successful raid last night, taking some
prisoners"
There has been considerable activ-
| ity on both our Struma and Dorian
! fronts" says today's official report
/ regarding the Macedonian campaign.
our patrols have been active on the
east bank of the Struma"
Danish Mail Seized.
Berlin, Sept. Il. Thy wireless to
/ SayvilleD The Danish mail on board
| the Norwegian liner Kristianiafiord.
| from New York to Bergen, was confis-
| Gated by the British authorities at
/ Kirkwall. according to a report 10 the
1 postmaster general Of Denmark. the
/ Overseas News Agency announced to-
/ day.
Repeated and violent assaults
]
front yesterday were repulsed within
sanguinary losses for the allies. the
war Office announced today.
RepuIse by Rumanians-
Petrograd. Sept. IA (via London,
/ 2:55 p. m.)-Rumanian troops have
repulsed a series Of attacks by the
Germans and Bulgarians in Dobrudia,
the war Office announced today.
Near Silistria, on the right bank OF
the Danube, fighting is still proceed
ing" the statement adds.
German Attacks Fail.
Paris, Sept. Ia moon. THE Ger
mans made vigorous efforts last night
to drive the French from territory
captured recently on the SOmme and
Yerdun fronts. The war Office today
announced the repulse OF several as
saults north and south OF the Somme
and east of the Mouse at VauX- Chapi-
ire wood
Americans In Danger by Rioting.
Athens. Wednesday, Sept. - (via
London, Sept. IA. 1925 p. mD-The
British legation today informed Gar
rett Droppers, the American minis
ter, that the Greeks have surrendered
to the Bulgarians the last OF the forts
defending the seaport OF Kayala, In
northeastern Greece. Several OF the
! forts were occupied some time ago by
/ the Bulgarians. Warships OF the en-
tente allies have removed ], 500 Greek
soldiers TO Thasos
New creek Premier!
Athens, Sept. b. (7.lO D. m. via
London, Sept. IA, 1925 a. m, delayed
M. Dimitracopulos has asked King
Constantine 10 allow him As hours in
which TO consult his friends before
deciding whether he viii undertake
the formation OF "A new cabinet The
former minister OF justice also wishes
TO sound the ministers OF the entente
NJ. Dimitracopulos lis known 10 have
declared that his acceptance OF the
premiership will only be made on the
basis that he Is given full power 20
1 control the national policy OF Greece.