OFFENSIVE BEGUN IN THE BALKANS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2849, 14 August 1916, Page 5

OFFENSIVE BEGUN IN THE BALKANS

,> ' FRENCH TROOPS ATTACK v ; j BOIRAN RAILWAY STATION CAPTURED j Australian-New Zealand Oable Association. j . Paris, August 11. ; A The French have started an. offensive in ths Balkans. j Trench troops captured the Doiran railway station (on the Greek "frontier, thirty-eight miles north-north-west of Salonika), and the Serbian troops : seized the heights beyond the railway. i London, August 11. - A German.communique -states: South of Doiran, enemy , 6ham, weak' j attacks were repulsed. j A LIVELY ARTILLERY FIGHT. f " (Reo. August 12, 5.35 p.ih.) \i Paris, August 11. i A Salonika wireless states there is a lively artillery fight in the region of Hill 227, where the Bulgarians have abandoned many corpses. ' French aeroplanes bombed Strumnitza yesternight, and bombed terf' ; enemy camps north of Doiran this morning. . j ;\. , ' j 1 ■■ ! -i GENERAL CORDONNIER SENT TO. THE BALKANS. ■ . ! (Rec. August 13, 5.5 p.m.) 1 ' ! Paris, August 11. i At General Sarrail's instance, General Cordonnier has been Bent-id ! assist him in the co-ordination of the Allies' operations. ' ■ ' j (Rec. August 12, 8.10 p.m.) 1 Athens, August 11. j General Cordonnier commands tho French at Salonika, and General Sar>, j rail is.the Allied generalissimo in the Balkans. I ■ .■] THE LAST STIMULANT TO RUMANIA ■ A " 1 . . 1 . Bucharest, Augnst 11. ] The newspaper "La Roumani" states: _ "Salonika represents . the meanis -j whereby the Entente can pulverise Germanism in the Balkans. Not only is an Entente victory certain, but progress will be swift. The Salonika offensive ' should be the last stimulant to Rumania. It is destined to liberate tho Peninsula, and forces us not to delay the liberation of Transylvania." • ■ i PEACE MANIFESTATIONS IN TURKEY. , Rome, August IU Constantinople advices state that there have been manifestations in favour < of peace. •