BULGARS OCCUPY KAVALA AND DEMIRHISSAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 5

BULGARS OCCUPY KAVALA AND DEMIRHISSAR

SERBIANS TAKE THE'OFFENSIVE Germany has had added unto her already long list of enemies the military and naval power of Italy, the Government of which country, suffering from a long series of provocations and calculated treachery, has at last declared war, thus terminating an anomalous situation. A feature of the declaration is a remarkable speech by • the ex-Premier of Italy, Signor Giolitti, who has abandoned his proGerman sympathies and declared for a united front by which to orush the c6mmon enemy. The weather on the Som'me is reported to bo unfavourable for military op orations, although various local actions have occurred. In the Balkans the Bulgars are pressing the Greeks back, and have now occupied Demirhissar and Kavala.' The Entente Powors have quietly hinted to Greece that the onus of defending her own country must lio upon the Greek Government. j " The Allies' base at Salonika is defended from the sea, and is there- , fore, they say, independent as regards any land attacks. Thore are ■ no material developments on the Russian front, while bad weather is interfering with the operations in the West. Tho British have added another length of trenoh to their territory on the Somme.