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Show ONOAlllSJl Bulgarians Claim Repulse of Allied Forces French Report Re-port Capture of Several Sev-eral Points. London, Aug. 17, 12:06 p. m. Heavy fighting on the Balkan front Is reported re-ported In an official Bulgarian statement state-ment received hero today from Sofia. The allied forceH delivered strong Infantry attackn, but the statement says, were repulsed. The fighting occurred in the region of Lake Dolran, northwest of Saloni-ki Saloni-ki near the Graeco-Serblan border. Several encounters have taken place In this vicinity of late, but the official offi-cial .Bulgarian statement indicates that larger forces are being employed kagalnst the Bulgarians. - "On the evening of August 14," the statement says, "the enemy's artillery artil-lery opened a violent bombardment of our advanced positions south and west of Lake Dolran. Under cover of this fire the enemy's infantry attacked at-tacked but was repulsed. The bombardment bom-bardment continued and on the morning morn-ing of the 15th the infantry again attacked with considerable force, but was repulsed and compelled to fall back In considerable disorder. The French war office announced last night that engagements were occurring oc-curring frequently along the whole front. The capture by the allies of the railroad station at Dolran and of four villages at other points on the front was reported. |