The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-24
SERBS PRESS ON
BULGARIAN BASE
Railway From PriIep to Grad
sko Cut at Junction With
Main Line.
$4,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Many Bulgarians Deserving
Serbians Capture War Ma
terial in Forward March.

London. Sept. 24.-(12:07 p.m.)-
Il. N. S.)-The victorious Serbian
army in Macedonia has advanced to d
total depth OF sixty miles and has
taken more than 10000 Bulgars and
Germans, together with 140 guns. ac-
cording to latest advices from the
front. Three OF the guns are man,
moth railway cannon.
Both the Bulgarian armies and the
German divisions rushed to the aid OF
the Bulgars are In full retreat.
Rewarded With Success.
Success is rewarding the entire
forces Of the allies along front OF
more than ninety miles between Mon
astir and Lake Doiran.
Monastir and Ghevgeli have been
liberated from the artillery fire of the
Bulgars and Germans.
Serbian troops have taken the
Drenska mountains, eight miles from
Prilep, and have succeeded In cutting
the strategic railway line between Pri-
lep and Gradisko.
While the total advance Of the Ser
bian troops has reached a depth OF
sixty miles, In one day they swept for
ward for a distance Of twenty miles.
Cavalry detachments have crossed
the vardar river between Krivolak and
Demirkapu.
Burn Villages.
The Bulgarians are firing villages
and stores of war supplies In their
precipitate retreat, while allied tanks
and aviators are relentlessly pursuing.
Italian trg6ps. operating on the left
(west) wing, have advanced more than
ten miles and have liberated twenty
villages.
Greek forces also are highly success
full. having advanced ten miles In the
valley of the Vardar.
British forces have taken Doiran and
are progressing In the region three
miles north of Lake Doiran.
Franco Serbian forces are tri-
umphantly advancing toward Prilep.
Babnira and Gradsko.
In the center the French and Serbian
forces have passed the mountainous
regions, which were considered i'm
pregnable by the Bulgars, and are
sweeping northward upon the Nardar
valley. They have succeeded in cut
ting the important railway line from
Priiep to Gradsko at its junction with
the main line from Saloniki to Uskub.
Continued successes in this region
render 1t extremely probable that
great portion of the Bulgar forces may
be cut OF by the allies. -r
Northeast of Monastir new positions
have been taken and still farther
northward the Serbian forces have
thrown their advance guards across
the Vardar river.
Smashing Ahead.
Italian troops along the western ex-
tremity of the battle front are smash
ing ahead in the direction of Prilep,
the great Bulgarian base.
The retreat of the enemy Is growing
more precipitate as their rear guards
are being steadily harassed by the fast
advancing forces OF the allies. Allied
ayiators are reported to be doing great
work by flying low over the disorgan-
lied enemy troops, bombing them and
spraying them with machine gun fire.
Allied cavalry units also are very ac-
tive.
Villages and depots, as well as trans
ports, are in flames In the wake OF the
rctreating enemy.
Gross River Vardar.
London, Sept. 24.--The Serbian
troops continue to cross the River Var
dar northeast of Monastir and are in
contact with the Bulgarians. says the
Serbian official statement of Monday.
The Bulgarians are burning villages
and stores of material. The Serbians,
however. have captured great quanti-
ties OF material.
Bulearians Desert.
Paris, Sept. 24.--(Havas.) s.)-Many
Bulgarian troops are deserting, accord
ing to advices from the Macedonian
front. 1t is reported that $50 men
from one regiment have been executed
at the command Of German officers.
Around Prilep the Serbians are on
the Gradsko- Prilep road to the north
east, while to the southeast they have
reached the steep massif of the Dren-
ska mountain range.
Captured PIateaus.
London, Sept. 24.--G:22 p.m)-
Serbian troops continued their prog
ress across the Vardar river, capturing
the Drenska and sPlanina massifs and
reaching points on the important
Gradsko- Prlep road the war office an
nounced today.
The text OF the statement follows:
Crossing the Vardar we have con-
tinued our progress and have captured
the massifs Of Drenska and Planina. |
We have also reached points on the |
Gradsko- Prilep road.
I'VE succeeded in capturing several
trains along the Vardar Plain railway
line"