Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-05
FRENCH HOLD POINT NEAR KRIVOLAK WHICH
 IS KEY TO CAMPAIGN
In Aiding Serbs the French Have Been Occupied Most ly with the Work of Hold ing Strong, Natural Forts.

KRIVOLAK, Serbia, Jan. 5.-krivo-
 lak is the debarkation point of the French armies in the field in the Bal kan campaign-a sa village, it is small and unclean, with more the character or a Turkish or a Bulgarian than
 Serbian town. There are no accomo-
 dations for anybody. The railway sta
 tion. with it's chimney knocked down
 by.a Bulgarian shell, is the most i'm
 posing building. To the east is the Vardar, still swollen with rains, shift ing. uncertain, narrow, deep. To the north where the Vardar bends in westerly direction, is what the French call "The English bridge"-a pontoon structure for the building of which the British army lent men and ma terials. To the southwest is a hill, commanding as an artillery position every nook and corner of the curve the river. To the nor thbeyond the Vardar is the key of the whole French position-the mountain of Kara Hod- zali.
 Strong as the point is naturally = and the French Balkan campaign so far has almost confined itsel ito the tactics of occupying and holding IT possible the maximum number of strong natural positions - it is open to hostile bombardment from the hills on the opposite shore of the river A few moments ago half dozen large calibre shells fell in the river near the English bridge. Just now one has fallen on the hillside to the south east of the station. Constantly the bridge, the station and the railroad are the mark of Bulgarian long range artillery But the mark is too dis tant. The Bulgaria nartillery fire gen erally is excellent, but it lacks the scientific accuracy of the French, and as yet the Bulgarians have no aero planes to verify their fire as have the French. So Krivolak remains unharm- ed. Shortly the hills to the east are to be cleaned of their batteries. Then Krivolak will be tranquil.
 The journey from Saloniki to Krivo- lak, by the single track railroad seems interminable. Fifteen hours to do 70 miles. The French complain bitterly that the delay is in the Greek end of the line. Already French engineers are doubl tracking the railroad from the Greek-Serbian frontier north.
 There are no fixed train lines. Ev- erything is subesrviated to the trans port of troops, munitions, supplies. On the return journey it is the transport of the wounded of armies needing repair. of empty rolling stock, of which there is too little. There is crowded with officer scharged with the communications of the various armies engaged-for the telegraph wires are uncertain also with sanitary oif1- cers, medical officers. commissionary staff and few civilians. bound for Greek villages between Saloniki and the frontier The station at Salonih is a military one. couple of miles | from the town. in the midst of fields f Towering with the tents of the Brit ! ish finally beginning to move towards the front
 The trai his long-all freight cars save the one reserved for the more | distinguished. But almost all of the freight cars have their human load | as well. The men sleep on straw on the floor throughout the wearisome journey.