“The General Officer Commanding the British forces at Salonika reports to-day: [26th September 1915]
“On our Struma front Karaska was shelled by French artillery, with the result that the enemy was compelled to move one of his camps.
“On our Doiran front our patrols made successful raids on enemy trenches.
“Hostile artillery and aircraft displayed considerable activity. Our aircraft engaged enemy machines on three occasions, and drove them off.
“From Paris to-day:
“From the Struma the Vardar there was an artillery duel, and rather lively skirmishes, notably on the British front in the Lake Doiran region.
“On the Serbian front there was no infantry action.
“Our artillery violently cannonaded the Bulgarian positions on the right bank of the Brod.
“To the east of Florina the French troops, viloently [sic] counter-attacked by important Bulgarian forces above Armenskon, magnificently resisted all the enemy’s assaults.
“Mowed down by our artillery and infantry fire, the assailants sustained considerable losses, and withdrew in disorder.
“To the west of Florina the Russians, in co-operation with our troops, engaged in lively combat to the north of Armenskon, in the course of which they took 50 prisoners and captured four machine guns.” [1]
[1] ‘Nottingham Evening Post,’ 26th September 1915.
Image: Lake Doiran, IWM Q 69029.
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