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Show SERBIANS ENTER ISHTIB AND OTHER TOWNS ARE TAKEN I LONDON, Sept. 27. In the successful continuance of their drive northward, the Serbians have entered Isntib and captured other important points, says the Serbian official statement of Thursday. A great number of additional Bulgarians Bulgari-ans and Germans have been captured by the Serbians, who also have taken enormous enor-mous quantities of war material. The Serbians now are west of the Ish-tlb-Velea road and have captured the heights of Bogoslovets, south of the road. North of Demlrkapu, in the direction ot the . Bulgarian border, the Serbs have captured the ridge of Belt Kamen. Serbian cavalry hits entered Kochana. twenty miles northeast of Ishrib and fourteen miles from the Bulgarian border, southwest of the Important railhead of KustendiL 1 The Serbian official statement an nounces that Serbian cavalry has reached a point fifty-five miles as the crow flies north of the line from which the offensive offen-sive was started. The text of the statement follows: "Our troops yesterday (Wednesday) captured the very important point of Beli Kamen, north of Demlrkapu. On the same day we entered Ishtib. We have taken Bogoslovets hill. This morning (Thursday) our cavalry, pursuing the enemy, en-emy, entered Kochana. "Our present line runs west of the Ish-tib-Veles road. Fighting Is in progress before Veles. . "A great number of additional Bulgarian Bul-garian and German prisoners and enormous enor-mous quantities of war material have fallen Into our hands. "All the roads are crowded with wagons wag-ons and war material, and several trains have been abandoned by the Bulgarians. "Our cavalry has reached a point 120 kilometers (fifty-five miles) as th crow files, north from the line where our offensive of-fensive started." |