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Show BULGARIANS HAVE - MUDHBE THREE FORTS TAKEN IN AN ENDEAVOR TO SECURE LEFT WING AGAINST ATTACK. ' Rejuvenated Serbian Army of Eighty Thousand Men Transported to Allied Base From Corfu. B.it. tlo Raging at Verdun. J - London. From tho French headquarters head-quarters in tho Balkans comes the news that tho Bulgnrs havo occupied f tho Greek forts of Ruple, Dragotln nnd Spotovo, nnd wore ndvnnclng from Demir-HIssnr toward Knxalla. . The correspondent at Athens of tho Exchnngc Telegraph company says he learns from Snlonlkl that tho Bulgarians Bulgar-ians gave tho Greeks two hours to surrender Rupcl fort, which is six miles from the, Dcmlr-HIssar bridge, recently blown up by tho French in anticipation of this attack. Athens newspapers sny that tho do- ! putatlon of German and Bulgarian officers of-ficers In determining the surrender ol Fort Rupcl explained that its occupation occu-pation was necessary to secure the Bulgarian left wing against nn eventual event-ual cntcnto allied attack. Coincidental with tho Bulgarian invasion in-vasion comes a report that tho rejuvenated reju-venated Serbian urmy, the nnclent enemy of the Bulgars, has landed at Salonikl to relnforco the British nnd French troops already thoro. This force has .been estimated nt 80,000 to 100,000 officers and men. It was reorganized re-organized on tho Island of Corfu. ' Occupation by tho French of portions por-tions of thrco craters formed by tho explosion of German mines In tho Ar-gonno Ar-gonno Is announced In the official statement Issued by the Ficnch war department Sunday afternoon. Ro gnrdlng tho battle for Verdun, it reports' re-ports' a lively nitlllery duel to tho west ot tho meuso, in tho vicinity of Dead Man hill, nnd intermittent cannonud W ing on tho right bank of tho river. In m upper Alsace, tho French checked i two attempts of the Germans to ad- B vance near Altklrch. m |