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Show SUCCESSES ON MACEDONIA FRONT French Capture Positions Half a Mile Deep Over Front of a Mile. SERBS ARE VICTORIOUS Capture Twenty-five Cannon and Large Number of Prisoners. Paris, Sept. 15, 12:10 p. m. The entente allies have won a series of successes on the Macedonian front, the war office announced today. French, British and Serbian forces operating op-erating at different points have broken brok-en through the Bulgarian defenses. The French have captured positions balf a mile deep over a front of a mile. A brilliant victory for the Serbians over the Bulgarians was scored after a battle lasting several days west of i Ostrovo near the western end of the fighting front. The British success was affected west of the Vardar near the center of the entente front where they captured cap-tured important positions. w The lines forced by the French were to the east of the Vardar. The Serbians captured 25 cannon and a large number of prisoners as yet uncounted. The Bulgarians after their defeat, says the statement, retired for a distance dis-tance of nine miles. London, Sept. 15, 2:09 p. m. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Saloniki says the victory won by th'e Serbians has compelled the Bulgarians Bulgar-ians to retreat The Serbians are reported re-ported to have captured more than twenty field guns. They took the Bulgarian Bul-garian positions at Malkanidzee, northwest of Lake Ostrovo. The Bulgarians Bul-garians also are said to be retreating from positions further south. |