THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVE, IN THE BALKANS.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2890, 30 September 1916, Page 11

THE ALLIES' OFFENSIVE, IN THE BALKANS.

The above map shows the essential features of-tlie territory in which an Allied army wider General San-ail is doveloj force of Austro-German troops. As yet the Allies are in touch with the euomy ou a lino extending across Albai Bulgarians as far as the River Struma, down which the .line turns to the Sen. < The Bulgarians, hold most of G not "known in all its detail, but, following the line from west to east, the Serbians have' advacccd from Avlona (of t< French and Russian troops have made somo headway into Albania from the west, and have also moved up to the ! and in some places north of the mountain frontier end from the Monastir railway, towards the Vardar. Freixli i and in the vicinity of tho Vardar valley and in the Doiran region, a dozen miles further east. An Italian 1 aro established in tho Zelashitza range. The Struma line is held by British troops, who have recently gained si "place in tho Fiorina region, and on a lengthy front east oT the Monastir railway, but tho two main avenues intc tho Struma valley, up which the main road runs to Sofia.- The-Allied attacks towards Monastir and further easl to this movement in the general schema of the Allied offensive-has yet to appean.

ping an offensive campaign against the Bulgarians and a probably united ilia and approximately along the southern frontier of [Serbia, and tliat of Ireek Macedonia east of the Struma. The disposition of the Allied army is cn cabled Valona) along and beyond the Hirer Voyusa, shown in the map. Serbo-Greefc frontier, north of Fiorina. The Serbians. arc established on and British troops liave i been engaged in operations <>n. the frontier at force is operating between Lakes ])oi ran and Bulkova, where the Bulgars ome positions east of the river. Theprincipal fighting thus far lias-taken } the Balkans are the Vardar valley, traversed by a single line of railway, and t threaten the Yardar line in flank, but what degree of importance attaches