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Show SERBIANS SB wr LINES Allies Penetrate Enemy's Defenses 17 Miles in Macedonia Fighting, Five Thousand Prisoners and Eighty Guns Are Captured. LONDON, Sept. 20. In Macedonia the Serbians have extended their front westward west-ward to the Cerna river and it now is twenty-five miles wide. The total depth of the advance is fifteen to seventeen miles. Five thousand prisoners and eighty guns have been captured. All the Bulgarian Bul-garian trench systems on the Serbian front have been penetrated. Allied cavalry has taken up the pursuit and one cavalry unit has crossed the Cerna, twenty miles north of the Sokol position. posi-tion. Another force of horsemen has moved the same distance northeast. Advance Continues. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. An official communication from the Serbian headquarters head-quarters at Saloniki, dated yesterday and received here today, says the advance of the Serbian army against the Bulgarians Bul-garians continues. In spite of stubborn resistance. The dispatch follows: "The advance of the Serbian aimy continues con-tinues without interruption, in apite of the stubborn resistance of the enemy. Our troops have crossed the line B!atcU-Mreahechko-Bolashintza river. On our left the Bulgarians havo completely evacuated evac-uated the' light bank of the Cerna "and our troops are now debouching on the left bank of that river. "The enemy continues to set fire to military stores and camps. The number of prisonera is now over GOOO. We have taken twelve more guns, mostly of heavy caliber, and also other war materials. "We have liberated a dozen additional villages." vil-lages." Prisoners Captured. SALONIKI, Thursday, Sept. 19. The British and Greeks In their attack against the Bulgarians on both sides of Lake Doiran are meeting with stiff opposition, but have carried the enemy's ou tpost lines. South of Doiran a gain of 2000 yards has been made. More than 700 prisoners have been captured, cap-tured, says the British official statement issued today. Line Is Advanced. The (statement foUows: "On the morning of September 18 British Brit-ish and Greek troops attacked the enemy's positions west and east of Lake Doiran. Wesrt; of the lake and south of the town of Doiran, the trench system was captured cap-tured and our line was advanced about 2000 yards. Heavy Bulgarian counterattacks counter-attacks regained part of the ground captured cap-tured on our left, but on the center and right our positions wore maintain-d. "East of the lake after a night advance wo carried the enemy's outpost line. Up to tho present more thaji 700 prisoners havo lcen counted. 'The Greek troops fought with gTcat gallantry. "Four of our scouts engaged fourteen enemy machines and crashed two of them to the ground. One of our machines is missing." Enemy Pursued. PARIS, Sept. 20. Ten thousand Bulgarian Bul-garian prisoners were font to the rear September 18 alone, says Miircel Hutin in the Echo-de- Paris. The purnuit of the retreating energy continues with great success, the article adds. Bulgarian Report. LONDON, Sept. 20. The following official of-ficial statement covering the. fighting on September 5S ha-s been issued by the Bulgarian Bul-garian war o f f i oc : "Kant of iho CV.ma we wc:e undisturbed undis-turbed hy the enemy. V.'c occupied new positions previously a;:sincd, which we are consolidating. "On both eiues of Lake Doiran heavy ftsrhting Hcvclope,:. South and west of IX, i ran, aftr an e.xcfwsivoly heavy bombardment, bom-bardment, in which the enemy fird I'M). -CHX) shfMh:, a force of three, British and two Greek divisions attacked in clofc masses and succeeded in penetrating oir advanced positions at several places, but we Immediately counter-attacked and drove tbejn out at all points, leaving a large number of killed and wounded on the field. More than 00 0 unwoendfj Britifh and Greek prisoners, as well as mttch booty, were left in our haiid." |
