THE BRILLIANT ADVANCE ON THE SOMME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2870, 7 September 1916, Page 5

THE BRILLIANT ADVANCE ON THE SOMME

KEY -TO,THE GERMANDEFENCES ■HUN-BULGAR. THRUST. AT RUMANIA FIGHT FOR A DANUBE BRIDGEHEAD GREEK RESERVES GALLED UP To-day's dispatches from tho Western front give a clear picture of tho latest blow by the Franco-British on tlio Souimo—fcho most brilliant and offectivo since the great stroko that opened the Western offensive at the beginning of July. An interesting review of the battlo and its results discloses a change of tactics in the attack" on Thiepval—the frontal advance has boon abandoned as being needlessly costly in regard to casualtios, and there/is now in progress a series of flank operations which will eventually compel ,tho surrender of Thiepval by a .process of isolation. Fresh gains on both tho French and British fronts are disclosed, and the "bag" of prisoners and war booty is a substantial one. In tlio Balkans the developments ' of interest at the moment arc tho Bulgar : Germau thrust on tho southern Rumanian frontier, and the apparent collnpso of Greek opposition to active intervention on the side of tEo Allies. M. Vcnizclos is reported to have issued a proclamation calling upon the Greeks to" resist the Bulgar invasion, certain sections of tho Greek Army havo obtained freedom of action in Seres and Macedonia, while . certain specified classes-of Greek reserves are understood to have been called , up. .