The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-19
Report From Athens Tells of an
Allied Victory
GERMANS DENY ALLIED CLAIMS
Declare That the British and French
Have Won No important Victory
In Battle Along somme.

ant town in northwestern Macedonia,
was carried by assault by French
troops yesterday according to an Of
fetal statement isued last night. The
Bulgarians are retiring in disorder in
the direction of Monastir, the state
ment adds Servian troops also have
gained success in the region of Lake
Ostrovo.
The statement follows: East of
the Cerna Servian troops have reach
ed the approaches to Mt. VentriniH
and repulsed violent Bulgarian at
tacks. Taken under barrage and ma
chinegun fire enemy contingents suf-
fered heavy losses Further west,
Servian detachments continue to ad
vance despite the difficulty Of the
ground and have with single rush
carried along the crest Of Kamakca-
Ian, the first Bulgarian line, which was
strongly organized and defended by
numerous wire entanglements Enc
my counterattacks launched during
the night were repulsed completely.
Northwest of Lake Ostrovo Servian
infantry continues the crossing of tie
river Broxda while the artillery ener-
getically bombards Bulgarian posi-
tions on the right bank.
"On our left wing Franco Russian
troops engaged strong Bulgarian
forces on the Rosna Florina front.
After desperate struggle. lasting
through the whole day OF the 17th and
all of the following night and despite
the desperate resistance of The 5ul-
gaIians, who delivered series of
counter-attacks and cavalry charges,
our troops gained brilliant victory.
The town OF Florina was carried by
assault at 10 O'Clock this morning by
French troops and is entirely in our
| power. The enemy is retiring in dis
order in the direction of Monastir."
Dispatches reaching London de-
| scribe the operations which resulted
in the capture by the allied forces of
Florina. According to Reuters Sa-
lonica correspondent the Bulgarians,
in extending their line so far south as
| the region of Lake Ostroyo with limit.
ed forces, played bold. but danger.
Gus game. Success would have com,
promised the whole allied line, but
lack of success was bound to prove
costly by endangeIing the whole Eul-
| garian right.
The first wayering among the Bul'
garians, says the dispatch. was caused
by the unexpected pressure OF the
French and Russians on their extreme
flank and the Servians. proiiting hy
| this indecision. attacked energetically
on the 18th and 18th. At first the Ser
Wan infantry made little impres
sion on the well-entrenched Bulgar
ians, but after strong bombardment
with high explosives, the ServianS
carried line after line of trenches
compelling the Bulgarians to abandon
the whole of their advanced posi-
tion along the Malkandze range, viii
80 guns, including two heavy guns
The whole Bulgarian right wing fel
back and the allies obtained com
mand of the ranges dominating tn,
Florina plain.
London. Sept. l9.-News of n new
series OF battles In the general neigh
borhood of Halicz in Galicia. accord
ing to dispatch from Petrograd. end
an almost unprecedented period o
quiet extending on all the Russian
fronts except that in Asia Minor
where the Turks without marked sue
cess are steadily repeating their ei
forts to launch an offensive agains
the left flank of the Russian Caucas
iap army.
Thus after weeks of suspended az
tivity Gen. Brussiloff has energetioa
ly resumed his campaign against Ler
berg. Halicz. which obstructs the wa
to that city from the soe<Ieast, /
again subjected to the most violen
pressure by the Russians, who ar
throwing the most weight OF their a
tack north of Halicz on the Narayu'
la river. where they are attemptin
to cut the railway from llallcz alon
the Narayuvka to podvyscke. II
believed by Russian officials at Petr'
grad that the left flank of the army {
the German general. Count Won Botl
mer, will soon be obliged to give wa
before the herceness Of the Russian ol
slaught. leaving the way to Halle
open from the north
1t is noteworthy that in the first
the present series of battles. in whic
the number of German prisoners tal
EN- argues defeat for the entire Ge
man division, all three arms of n
Russian forces contributed almo
equally to the result. Russian ca
airy particularly distinguished itse