BRITISH LINE HEAVILY BOMBARDED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2784, 31 May 1916, Page 5

BRITISH LINE HEAVILY BOMBARDED

. FIGHT FOR CUMIERES 1 TOWNSBEND'S LETTERS FRESH LIGHT ON BAGDAD FIASCO BULGAES' INVASION OF ' GREECE '■ / There is a comparative lull at Verdun—comparative by contrast with the raging inferno which thrilled the world last week. But the calm is nof, say the critics, to he'interpreted as a cessation, of the German effort. Bather is it the respiratory interval which precedes the next round of a gigantic knock-out tattle. The enemy's activity; though less violent, is unabated. One'critic says that tho Germans have changed their tactics, and are expending shells instead of sacrificing men. There is intense artillery activity on certain sectors of the British front. Deports from Salonika state that tho Bulgarian invasion of Greece is developing, much to the excitement of the populace at Athens, where public feeling against the Government's policy is becoming strained. On the Italian front the situation discloses further progress by the Austrians, and {He consolidation by the Italians of a strong defensive position dominating tho isiago sector.', Fierce onslaughts by the Austrians in the Lagarina Valley have been broken again and again. A White Paper covering tho dispatches, correspondence, and official inquiries regarding the responsiblity for tho Bagdad fiasco details Townsh end's opinion of the adventure. "I cleared my conscience, and obeyed orders," says General Townßhend, explaining his view of the outlook before the advance on Bagdad. To'protest against an advance with a weak division was, he says, contrary to the strict meaning of the word discipline.