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Show PROGRESS OI- THE AR Ha e f o 'so g o r en h f o c ha e fa n i V G eek Ma edon a to a 1 ne about wen ty f e n les no h o Salon K It probable tbe w 1 a ten p to ho d th s ne nt a on k has been o t fled F en h and Eoe o ee a now d eet if bf ok f f a o 1 f g e no t c ake tha famous oh gh fo e The Cermans real z tr that ao k the hands of the eue s a onstant men ace to the r free con m at on w th Turkev ha e nfo med tho Greek gov crnn ent that tho v n ake a dn e nto Ma elo a to the purpose of ei e be oe o 'no Thev ar e a o t a on ot Sa on k 1 t t t e t al ha a te The e e ogu z dr th s ha e f o n e e n an that thev w 11 perm t Ger an and ustr an sol d ers to enter C eece for the purpose of atta king Salon k but w 11 not allow B lgar an sold ers to set foot on Greek soil without a f ght The Gern ans are in a quandary WWhe er alternat ve they dec de to accept they will be fa ng b g risks ; Thev cannot attack Salon k mined ate l 1 unless tl e ha e the as stance of the B lganau armv If the dela the r attack the a 1 es w 1 for f themselves ' so strongh and land s ch a gigant c i force that the cannot be expelled If i the Germans begin the r dnve at once . with tbe a d of the Bulgar ans thev must look for Greek res stance in spite ' of King Constant ne s pledges to tho kaiser The nglo Ft nch et rement from i Serb a was eftectel apparentlv withont great lo The Br tish were" ompelled ' to take the br nt of the Bulgarian at tack and lo t n ore than 00 killed and wounded On the other hand the Bul ganans be ng the attackers lost per haps twice as man on tbe British front and perhaps three t me? as manr on the French front The Bulgarian losses ! could not have been less than 10 000 and may ha be n near! twice that ! many It is becom ng more and more ap . parent ttiat vast numbers of the regu lar Serbian soldiery retired into Mon tenegro and Alban a The allies assert that as manv as 200 000 escaped and are , now being snppl ed with provisions and ammumt on from the dr at c ports At all events the Austrian progress in Montenegro is slow and uosat sfactory althoigh some ad ance has been made in the last two weeks On the border of Mbania the Bulgarians have been fighting w th the Herlians for several Weeks and ha " made no gains at all In fact, the latest report is to the ef ; feet that the Serbians hare gainedLsonie , thing of a vi torv The retreat of he Serbians was ar range 1 with the m htary authorities of 1 the all ed nat oni n ho promised that . food and mun tions should be supplied . to the Serb ans bv way of Albania. In srite- of the rough roads this is being accomplished su e fullv and we are apt to bear m b from tbe Serbian armies in the near future although any thing in the nature of aa offensive is improbable for se eral months There are three Adnat c ports of mportance on the lban an roast Tbe northernmost po t s San G o annt de Medua the southernmost is Ailooa now held by an Italian expedit onary armv and between these two ports is D razzo The Austrian na v has made some attempt to nterfere with the re a pplj ng of the be b an ar and the lanl ng of the Ital an exped tion Two weeks ago a IreD h bmar no and ae eral small Ital an e ne s were sunk In 1 the last week the eek steamer Th ra laden wi h amm n t on wa sent to the b ttom b an A t an sq adron and tloat ng mines ank be Italian de it o er Int cp Jo an h t ansport Reumterto Fo on et were lost In he fa e of th ha d ment t c Ital aa expel t on at ond wh J) was ! o CJf ed 1 Itn a O mbe has . been great st cngth n 1 The I en h ' and bngl th ha n nd og food amm n t on nig i fo the S rb ans ; an Monteneg nt at I a o and San o ann de Me 1 a In the n he theat t of war there hap. been no f n on a arge, s a e an t t nun n n o a A y gren i anl m nei a e k ng and wo nd n any tho an e we Kut n M o o a r ng h i n ler ene a To he av enabetona an af te i a ng f om B g a 1 Thy ha e e n atta ked three f t nes i he ast ten dai an 1 h a en IT he T ks w h hoa v h h I o a ugag n nt h f n e th n a th 1 M an ng h nfo n nt a ell f m h so th Tbe It n a b an T ki a l hpuk ha o J s n tv n p su ts fa o I t e er s ft hs h en i e J t ge for h n P s a h s of b o na r i ugun la wh h fiu ausel the Pers an gen lar mer e to take the n de of the central e rlres rhe shah of Pars a s try ng to keep his eo ntry at peace b t a call has been sent o t for Persian re : erv sts There has boen eonsidorab e i fight ii g between the K an fofees and the fro German factionists with ' s ress sually on the s ds of the R s 1 siana ; A pons bin new belligerent nation is Abyssinia which is inhabited by a war like dark skinned people who have een f hrlst as sin o the f rth en 1 t ( no f ho nteresting ns n f v II t tie rei I f I a a n t mes of a Ig y Inn r e vl h he mt of so thern TJth op a. bv s n a s lo ated juBt so th of the B t sh 8 dan and not far m anl om he Culf of en and e T an oan ten an ens a ha t n o aro se he b a o n de g yt I as he g ot b n a 1 a an all ance w th France he ma be called pon to o n the al es If he s gi aranteed the ont nued ndepende e of h s country he ma be nc ned to a cede to the re q e t He coul furn sh 200 000 d sky 0 1( s whose f cr t ng q a t es are be on q e t on a d strange to sa in n a state of m tar ) re a as t e ers are p ed w th 0 t e made n la e n o 9 o The f ght ng at the Dardanelles has been conf ned to bombardments by the fleet and art flery act on ashore w th occa ona bo n part es a d the ex plo on f nde go d n nes French bn i ne wh h peuetrated the Sea of 1 a o t 1 to hi e n the T a o V ch i Pa a a es se o S000 o V R da e t over d on ank two T r sh gi nboats in a fight n the B ack sea The English forces n France have a new commander n hief S r Douglas Haig who succeeds S r John French S r John has become commander in chief of all the Engl sh forces in the United Kingdo n |