New-York tribune., 1918-09-27
Bulgars' Confusion
Increases as Allies
Drive 7ouard Uskub

LONDON. Sept. 26.-Thc reports re-
! ceived to-day emphasized the demor-
/ alization of the Bulgarians who are
retreating in confus ion, leaving behind
an enormous amount of material and
probably many thousands of prisoners,
as the Allied troops strain every en-
ergy to get to Uskub and thereby make
the victory complete.
1t is pointed out that the Bulgarian
men, is IN a very dangerous position,
but the victory will not be decisive. in
the opinion of the military experts,
until Uskub, the centre of Az the
enemy's communication lines. is capt
lieved the victory will be numbered
among the few decisive ones of the
war.
The renewed resistance OF the Bull
garian rear guards and the arrival of
German reinforcements in Macedonia
have not succeeded in stemming the
great Allied advance. British cavalry
TO day entered Bulgaria, opposite Kos
turini. thus avoiding the Bclachista
bar its progress, while the Serbians,
French, Greek and British troops
routed the Bulgarans from either side
of the great salient, which now
stretches far into Serbia.
The Serbians, who are taking the
leading part in the liberation OF their
country, are at the gates of lshtb. and
their cavalry. enteung the town of
Isvor, has cut the only remaining road
northward-that running from Prilep
to Vcles, and along. which a large body
- n,,l tod 70 l,n
tempting to escape. This probably Will
lead to an abandonment by the enemy
of the Babuna Mountains, which are
idered virtually impregnable.
Serbians Reach Ishtib
The Serbian official statement reads:
"On September "a Serbian troops
achieved a very important success on
the left bank (east) of the Vardar.
Of Ishtib (eighteen miles east OF Nclcs
on the Vardar and tnlrtEc ght miles
northeast OF Prilep) In this region
we captured {, colonel commanding q
bulgarian regiment and q considerable
number cf prisoners, as we'll as four
howitzers, three mountain guns, 100
horse wagons with teams and other
material.
"Gradsko staton. which Mas de-
Tended by Germans, has fallen into
our hands. with enormous quantities of
supplies, including nineteen gurs most
~ heavy ones of 210 m:iiimetres. To
the number Of prisoners 1--WE already
had taken we added two German Off
GERS and several soldiers.
con the right of Prilep our troops
have obtained very fine results. Near
Izvor (fftcen miles north of Prilep)
we are pursuing the enemy who is
completely routed and in retreat.
There, too a great number of wagons
with material have fallen into our
hands
"An enemy battery which attempted
to take up a position in order TO come
into action was attacked by our ma
chine guns. The men were killed and
the guns were captured. A complete
German machine gun section also was
made prisoner
"These Germans complained that the
Rulgarians abandoned them Intention
ally and said that the Germans had
continually compelled the Bulgarians
return TO the fighting line.
AT Troyatsi the Bulgarians burned
their depots and the fires spread
to hospital, with the result that more
than 100 Bulgarian wounded perished
horse hospital also was destroyed in
the fire.
1--WE have liberated more than fifty
Greeks and ten Italian soldiers who
had been captured.
ut is confirmed that the Bulgarians
continue to commit atrocities on our
soldiers when they fall into their
hands. One of our patrols of four
men was found near the village Of
Eeputchana horribly done to death.
"Our aviators have used their ma
chime guns very effectively against the
retreatlng enemy troops.'