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Show o H ! Is 1 0 rmy Under the Heir C1, Apparent, Prince Alia Al-ia exander, Captures the ar e;; Fortified City of Flo-aii Flo-aii rina, the Bulgarian en Right Wing's First Line of Defense. )U! N ! I0NASTIR MAY Si BE NEXT TO FALL '!'' t al French and Russians S Also Defeat the Bulga-rians Bulga-rians on the Macedo-tk, Macedo-tk, wan Front; Tremen- dous Losses Inflicted ; Upon the Enemy by "rt the Allies. PAKIS, Sept. 16, via London, 5 pi P. m. Serbian troops have put the . Bulgarians to route in the fighting the western end of the Mace-i Mace-i 'onlan front, the war office an-th an-th sauced today. The Serbians have dvanced six miles northeast of 1 1 rioiina and have captured thirty-io thirty-io cannon. The Trench and Eus-ui Eus-ui forces also have defeated the q. Bulgarians. '1 Csbl, by An-Bngement Trlth London Dally 10 K.tfriph and International Nawa Service.) LONDON, Sept. 16. The fortified rna : of Fiorina, chief base of the Bul-er Bul-er right wing's first line defense if ' -lacedonia, is reported to have fallen i Serbians. An unofficial Athens d stch late tonight says: ioa has been captured. The M1 -a.-s are fleoing. " pi, 'fventeen miles to the north of Flo- 'lies Monastir, the important ilace-! ilace-! ijjj Jan city, the possession of which has decades been ono of the bones of "'tntion between the Bulbars and It was taken by the Bulga-N Bulga-N last fall after terril)le fighting 'g : lias been formidably fortified dur- : '06 past twelve months. rj own Prince Leads Serbs. ri,, M Bulgarians are expected to make dii operate stand to hold it, while the 'ians, fighting on their own soil, will jj,ri ' night and main to take it and 1 di ! dear the path for the recouquest fi 'Mr kingdom. They are led by the Too 'an '"!'r aPParcnt Trince Alcxan-vt,r Alcxan-vt,r : has sw orn to avenge Bulga- 'betriival of the Slav cause. n0. "nastir lost, the JBulgors would be ,.,y ;el to a flanking attack from the ir,ii for a strong Italian force iu "Prn Albania is enucrly awaiting a r ;'o to aid from that" side in the fdonian campaign and thus estab-' estab-' J claim for the long coveted " wiu-' wiu-' ot the Adriatic." As long as stir is safe, it acts as a blocking IB -Mo a junction of the Italians with allies. 'lure Foreshadowed. 113 Ma ,Vs Serbian war offU-o announce-nrys announce-nrys had owed the rapture or Fiorina an1 ...al,Tg that "the Serbians have al-r, al-r, : ' aosoeiiiled Into the KI..riu;t pl.iins." us- "fl)I as were the first-lino deft'iise ;etii ,'e Bulgiirian risht. it was swept hark . "iparative ease by the embittered H ; " tiifi .Serbs during the last five t-y- -,.An interesting psyeliok'sieal factor a;'- "J hen (Jeneral Sai-rail sotne months Ul-i ginned the Serbians to tlic left wing- ?-irian Reiienil stuff felt ronsider-? ronsider-? ji :tHof. Krom that quarter they ex-,rn- ; ,!ie least darifrer, for the Sortriiui .'. Was Renerallv considered Irreparably n;" .'- and Its spirit broken. Tiio Ser-til, Ser-til, . JPi'ions were regarded as defen- :tller tlmn offensive. The Unitarian sformidably fortified in antiripa-.,ivi antiripa-.,ivi 0' fire from the Freii'.'h bipr guns, cr.j fiRhtinsr was nit looked for. IPs' sPlri ted Serbian onrush when the (Continued on Pago Two.). SERBIANS COfJTliE ' TO DRIVE BULBARS (Continued from Page One.) signal for tho allied attack was given took the I3utgars by surprise. How precipitate pre-cipitate their retreat hss been is indicated indi-cated by the fact that Die pursuers captured cap-tured thirty-two guns, many aa yet uncounted un-counted prisoners and huge quantities of materials. Tremendous losses were inflicted on the Bulgars. Uie Serbian headquarters reports, re-ports, one red men t alone losing t wo-thirds wo-thirds of Its effectives. On the Fulqarlan extreme left, where thev face the British, reinforced by minor Italian forces on the Struma. Sofia reports re-ports say the British penetrated BuU ?rarfan trenches, but were ejectea. General Sa Trail's report says the British, Brit-ish, as well as the French fin the center I between the Vardar and Lake Doiran), I are continuing to batter the Bulgarian linos with their big guns. |