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Show ALLIES IN SEMBfA ARE 1 BESET OS : liyiDES German and Bulgarian Forces Reach Kenali, ; on the Greek Border Ten Miles South of Mona3tir; Threaten to i Outflank Anglo-French Troops. BULGARS ATTACK NEAR STRUMITZA French Withdraw From Krivolak Salient a ' Take Up Position Demirkapou in a Det r Gorge Through Which the Saloniki Railway-Runs. Railway-Runs. LONDON", Doc. 9, 3:31 a, m. A j dispatch to the Daily Telegraph ! from Rome says: i ' 'According to indirect news 1 from Constantinople, Germany has abandoned her idea of an expedition expedi-tion against Egypt in favor of a great Turco-Gennan expedition against India. "The German project is to organize or-ganize an army of 400,000 Turks, with 100,000 Germans, commanded by Field Marshal von der Golts, and an immense number of guns for an expedition in the spring, which will be preceded by a large Turkish advance guard, which already is cn i the march to Bagdad. The Bui- ! garian army would undertake the care of the Balkan lines of com- 1 muni cation to insure supplies to the Germans in Asia," Sp?tBl f"bie tr Arrangement Titti London Diilj TdegrapB and Ia;e.-cat:cmaJ News Servke.) "LONDON, Dec. 8. Imperiled by a Bulgar-Gcrman outflanking movement, the French have retreated ten mile-3 from their Krivolak position to Demirkapou, Demir-kapou, twenty miles from the Greek border. bor-der. Heavy attacks are being launched against their new front. All so far have been repulsed, according to official dispatches from Paris and reports from correspondents at the front. The occupation of Kevali, south of Monastir. by a mixed force of Germans and Bulgarians forced the Serbian withdrawal. with-drawal. The allies who retired to Demirkapou Demir-kapou have now entrenched themselves in a deep gorge along the Saloniki-Xisb. 1 railway, their supply line. The allies' right wing, in the Strum-itza Strum-itza region, is under heavy attack. The Bulgarians are carrying on an almost incessant bombardment of the British troops which comprise the wing. Infantry In-fantry attacks so far have failed, a Saloniki dispatch states. The allied losses are reported to be small. Von Gallwitz Leads, The majority of tho German strength in the Balkans is now being thrown against the allies, in an effort to drive them from Serbian soil. The . entire army of General von Gallwitz is reported re-ported in a dispatch to the Temps of , Paris to have reached the southern front, while Bulgarian forces, etimnted at more than two divisions, are concon- ; trating in the Doiran region. Kevali was occupied by German cav- i airy, reinforced by Bulgarians. Monastir also has been occupied in force, after Bulgarian troops remained in the outskirts out-skirts of the town for gome days. Further pursuit of the Serbian grrups retreating into Montenegro and Albania is reported from Vienna and Berlin. Eighty Cannon Captured. The capture of more than 2000 addi- tional prisoners, 300 of whom are Montenegrins, Mon-tenegrins, is reported by Vienna. Prog- 1 ress has been ma ie north of Benine in Montenegro and the last hostile force s has been driven out of Ipek. Tho Aus- trinns report the capture of eighty cannon, can-non, 100 ammunition cars, forty automo- il biles ami vast quantities of supplies in this fighting. A Montenegrin war office report, made public by the consul at Paris, says Austrian regiments in northwestern J (Continued on Fase Two.) j I MIES II SERBIA BESET 01 ALL SIDES (Continued from Page One ) "Montenegro nere repulsed The nvaders are sa d to ha e been forced back for so 1 btn e It s otfic all announ ed that one e a a d one Bulgar an reg ment en te ol lo ast este la sa s a Eeuter t bj.at h f o n thens Th Salon k co res ondent of Ecu ter Tclegra oo pan sends the fol ow d spatch nder date of Tucsda eatl e on t ons ha ng n proved the Bulgar ans on Monlaj bom barded the ent e Br t sh 1 ne at St m tza for tl whole da Tien the la n 1 d an nfa t atta k wh ch wb rep ed The fight ng on th s front con t n e |