New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

prisoners and lao guns have been
counted
The Serbian Official statement to day
reads:
"On the 22d (Sunday) our troops
continued to cross the Vardar where
they are in contact with the enemy.
Toward Prilcp Serbian troops have
reached the very steep massf of the
nrcnska mountain range. and at sew
eral points are on the Gradsko-Pri-
lep road.
"The enemy continues to burn vll-
lagos and his own stores. Despite this.
however, great quantities of war mate
rial have fallen into our hands. On
the Nardar railway line (uskub to
Salonica) we captured several trains"
Bulgars Still in Flight
The statement issued early to- day br
the British War Office reads:
THE pursuit of the retreating BNl-
garans on the Monastir and poAvan
fronts continues. The Anglo Greeks
have reached the line Bazarli-Furka-
SmokVltsa where they are in touch
with the Franco Greek forces"
The French official statement regard
ing the Balkans says:
"Our pursuit of the enemy continues
on The Whole front from Monastir to
Nclos. Enemy columns. with our ad-
vance guards on their heels. harasscd
by cavalry and bombarded with machine
guns by the Allied aviators. have re-
treated in great disorder in the direc-
tion of Veles. lstip and Strumtza
con the left wing the Allied forces.
debouching on the Monastir 'front.'
drove back the enemy on the roads to
Albania. French cavalry entered Prilep
on September 23 and found the town
intact. They seized immense stores
Further north Franco Serbian forces
passed beyond the road between Prilep
and Grodsko. menacing the Prilep-
Nelos road
Bridge Not Damaged
in the centre Serbian troops who
crossed the Narder by several undam-
aged bridges between Demirkapu ana
Grodsko established a wide bridgehead
north of the river. We occupy En,-
shoba. Kara Hodjali. Noyshan ana
Ibirlij
"On the right wing the Allied TROOPS
operating on both sides of the Vardar
have reached the line of Petrovo- Par
dovica. Chinarli and Kara Oghurar. on
Lake Dorian.
ION September % about ten cannon.
several OF which were OF large calibrc.
were captured. AT krvolal, the Ser
bians. in addition to booty previously ,
reported. captured airplanes and nine ,
automobiles. as well as large depots
Of petroleum and supplies"
The London newspapers this morn
ing comment on the Balkan advance
as an astonishing achievement. and
more surprising one than General AL
lenby's operation in Palestine.
The Bulgarian front had proved it.
SELF impenetrabe so often that the
first news of the attack week ago
aroused no eager expectation. The /
geographical difficulties had been so
repeatedly explained mountain ranges
twisting and doubling up on each other
II bewildering fashion, the lack of
roads and the existence of innumerabla
ravnes - that the people here had
come to regard the possibilities Of
his front limited. Now. in view OF
and the immense losses the Bulgars
already have suffered, the commenta-
tors anticipate further big successes
by the Allies.
Front 100 Miles Long
The whole line is in rapid move
mont on front of hundred miles,"
says "The Daily Telegraph y while the
wedge separating the two Bulgar az
mics threatens their destruction.'
"The Daily Graphic" assumes that
one Of the chief aims is the capture of |
cskub. the main avenue for an lnva-
ION of Bulgaria and thinks the move
ments now in progress are tending
swiftly TO such consummation. The |
newspaper also thinks that it will be /
dificult for the Bulgarian army with I
ITS base at Prilep, to escape q big dis
aster.
The Serbians have performed one
OF the most wonderful feats in military
history, deed comparable to the
breaking of the Wotan line" says "The
Daily Mail" "They have stormed DO