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Show ALLIES ARE DRIVEN 0UI SERBIA THE GREEK GOVERNMENT PROVIDES PRO-VIDES CLEAR ROAD TO FALL BACK ON SALONIKI. Some Doubt Whether the Turks and Bulgars Will Enter Gr;ece, But Teutons May Cross Border in Pursuit of Allied Forces. London. The British and French troops have successfully carried out their retirement from Serbia across the Greek frontier, and, by an arrangement ar-rangement with the Greek government, govern-ment, a clear road has bten left for them to fall back on Saloniki,, which is being organized as a base. The German official report of Monday Mon-day claims that "approximately two English divisions were annihilated" during the retirement, but this is considered con-sidered here an exaggeration. Accounts Ac-counts from Athens and Saloniki say the retreat was carried out in an orderly or-derly manner and without heavy Tosses. By the destruction of railway rail-way bridges and roads, and by stubborn stub-born rear-guard actions, in one of which two companies of the Enniskil-len Enniskil-len regiment sacrificed themselves to Pave their comrades, the Bulgarians were kept at a fairly safe distance. The question now arises "whether the Bulgarians and Austro-Germans intend to follow the British and French troops into Greece, and what action the Greek government will take should they do so. The impression impres-sion gained from dispatches emanating emanat-ing in Athens is that neither the Bulgarians Bul-garians nor the Turks, who also are reported to have arrived near the frontier, would be allowed in Greece, and that, therefore, if it has been decided to follow the entente allies the task will be undertaken by Aus-trians Aus-trians and Germans. However, with the railway destroyed, de-stroyed, it may be some days before Greece is called upon to take action, and by that time the Anglo-French forces should be safe in the defense of Saloniki and under the guns of their ships. |