The Allies in the Near East have been quick to
profit by the collapse of Bulgaria. The Serbian and French troops took up the pursuit of the retreating Austrians and Germans, and are now advancing rapidly on a wide front through Southern Serbia. The Serbians on Wednesday entered Leskovatz, on the main line twenty miles south of Nish. The French, pursuing up the Mitrovitza line, made large captures of Austrian artillery. The Italians at the same time are driving the Austrians out of Albania. They occupied Elbasan last Sunday, and were nearing Durazzo. That port, which the Austrians had fortified as their principal base in Albania, had been bombarded and laid in ruins on Wednesday week by an Italian and British fleet. Three Italian battleships and three British cruisers, preceded by our minerrweepers and guarded by British, Italian, and American destroyers, passed through the Austrian minefields, and destroyed Dumzzo and its batteries. Three enemy destroyers and two transports in the harbour were disposed of, and two enemy submarines, which attacked and damaged a British cruiser, were sunk by the Allied "chasers."
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