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Show ON SALGN1K! FRGNT BRITISH AND FRENCH CROSS THE STRUMA TOWARDS THE BELGIAN FRONTIER. Fierce Fighting Continues on the Eastern Front, Where Russians Menace Kovel, the Situation on West Front Being Unchanged. London. The gnat offensive op-in('d op-in('d by Hie allk'.s Sunday on the Ka-loniki Ka-loniki front 1h developing, but no do-ciKive do-ciKive action lias bi'cn fought. The British and French advancing on the right have crossed the Struma, pushing push-ing northeastward towards the Bulgarian Bulgar-ian frontier. At the same time the Serbians, who have opened a drive for Monastir, report re-port the capture of Bulgarian first line trenches. On the extreme left, however, Immediately south of Monastir, Mon-astir, they liavo suffered a reverse and have evacuated the Greek town ot lianlca. Fierce fighting continues in the re gion of the Stokhod, on the eastern front, where the Russian advance menaces Kovel and the German salient sali-ent at I'insk. The battle on the cresl of the Carpathians 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 at tack Friday. German counterattack? 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 recap lure Fleury, in the Verdun sector, but I'aris reports a complete repulse. The repeated unofficial reports that Portugal was about to take an active share on the'European battlefield ap parent ly are confirmed by an an nouncement from Paris that a British-French British-French military commission has been Bent to Lisbon. Dispatches from Portugal Por-tugal have described military prepara (ions of a very extensive character, but there has been nothing to indicate the number of men under arms. British forces in German East Af rica have forced a passage of the Warnl river and are approaching the important town of Kilossa, says a war office statement. |
