NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE news from Serbia and the Near East continues to be of a very grave character. Thursday's telegrams show, in the first place, that the German and Bulgarian Armies have got into touch with each other in the north-eastern corner of Serbia—that portion which intrudes as a wedge between the territories of Austria and Bulgaria, and also borders the Roumanian frontier. In addition, the German Army is advancing south on a very wide front, pushing the Serbians before it in spite of the heroic qualities shown by our ally's army. Nothing could be braver or more able from the military point of view than the stubborn resistance made by our Slav brothers-in-arms. As a set-off to the bad news just recorded comes a telegram on Thursday from the southern portion of the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier. The Serbians have retaken Veles (Kuprulu), the town between Uskub and the Greek frontier, which was recently occupied by the Bulgarians.
