We have heard 20 little about the nature of the fighting that took place in southern Servis, before the retirement of the allied forces on Salonika, that unusual interest attaches to the French semi-official account sent out few days ago. It shows that for ten days, from November 5 to 15, the French troops were almost constantly engaged in very serious operations against the Bulgerian troops which were closing in upon them from three sides.
After the ion of various points in the Vardar valley, it became necessary to find out where the Bulgarians were, and, for this purpose, a battalion of infantry was sent out by night to explore the slopes of a mountain, the top of which was believed to be oocupied by the enemy. After a long march over difficult ground intersected by ravines, the leading section suddenly encountered Bulgarian sentries, chased them, and came to a small post, which they rushed. A sharp fire immediately broke out along the whole length of the Bulgarian position, showing that the ravine and the crest were held and that the line extended a fairly long distance to the right.
All that was left to do was to break off the engagement and carry away the wounded on blankets, it being impracticable to use stretchers owing to the uneven nature of the ground. During the next two days the French veloped their attack on the mountain, the object of the operation being to attract a portion of the Bulgarian troops
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.