Show OFFENSIVE OPENED ON FRONT BRITISH AND FRENCH CROSS THE TOWARDS THE BELGIAN FRONTIER fierce fighting continues on the eastern front where russians menace kovel koval the situation on west front being unchanged london the great offensive opened by the allies sunday on the sa doniki front is developing but no decisive action has been fought the british and french advancing on oh the right have crossed the pushing northeastward towards the bulgarian frontier at the same time the serbians Serb Ser ians blans who have opened a drive for Mo monastic monastir lr report the capture of bulgarian first line trenches on the extreme left however immediately south of mon astir they have suffered a reverse and have bay evacuated the greek tow town ot of banica pierce fierce fighting continues la in the region of the Sto khod on the eastern front where the russian advance menaces kovel and the german salient at the battle on an the crest of the Carpathia ns also rages both sides claiming minor successes on the western front there has been no material change in the situation since the allies started their great attack friday german counterattacks counter attacks made at several points along the brit ish lines according to london met with no success the germans also have made a powerful effort to recapture fleury in the verdun sector but paris reports a complete repulse the repeated unofficial reports that portugal was about to take taka an active share on the european battlefield apparently patently ly are confirmed by an announcement no from paris that a british french military commission has been sent to lisbon dispatches from portugal have described military preparations of 0 a very extensive character but there has been nothing to indicate the number of men under arms british forces in german east africa have forced a passage of the daml river and are approaching the important town of kolossa Kl Ki lossa says a war office statement |