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Show BULGARS REPORT REPULSE OF THE ALLIED FORCES SOFIA. May IT. vfa london. May 1?. fi:10 p. m.-An off lets! statement issued by the Bulgarian war office today r?ads: On the Tsverna Plena (Cerna ten1 re-jioni, after violent artillery firm? dnrintr the day. Ihe enemy tow aid nlphtiall made throe consecutive attack. at-tack. The first sm'eee-lcd in rea chine ch-ine our trenches, bnt was exvclleJ subsequently by countrr-nt tacks by Gorman and Rnlcarinn troop. Tiie othor at;acks wore repulsed by nitil-ltry. nitil-ltry. rifle and machine gun fire. The enemy sustained sanculnarv losses nd we captured prisoners be-loncini; be-loncini; to the Kii"st African regiment. North of MorasMr. on Hill 124?. A violent cannonade, accompanied by the explosion of mines, be pan at dawn. At 2 o'clock In tin afternoon Kiem-h troops surged fo.-ward in attacking waves nnd. notwithstanding nur fire, succeeded at ;nme points In pet tin. c near nur 1 renclus. Thc- were met bv the bayonets our bra e troops nnd driven tuck afrr Moody hand-to-hand encounters. The enemy suffered exceedingly heavy losses. We 'took I four officers and ninetv men pris-1 pris-1 oners. They w ere membei h of t ho j Thirtv-four Kroncti colonial regiment ! of IIk'M Infantry. (Ml the ( ei na bend t hero was violent vio-lent art lllei v fire The enemy, who bad advain cd tlnrmc the oxeninc. was j driven back. Pur fire du-'ersed an in (an t rv nd vance w est of 1 iobropol o nnd also an a; lack on our advance guards near Altcliakmnhlo. |