GENERAL ATTACK ON ENEMY IN DOBRUJA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2895, 6 October 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ATTACK ON ENEMY IN DOBRUJA

Interest in the big Russian move on the Eastern front is Heightened by the news that the whole of tho Russian southern line is ablaze. Brusiloff's offensive has now been fully launched, his i blow being direoted at the Vladimir Volynski and Kovel sectors, with Lemberg as the objective. The Germans claim to have scored a success in tho Lusk region. In the Balkans, tho Serbians have scored a signal victory against the Bulgars, tearing an 18-milo gap in the enemy's line, and converting his resistance into a disorderly retreat. The Serbs now command the plain of Monastir. In the Dobruja'the Russo-Rumanian counter-offensive has developed into a general attack on the enemy's front, and the latter's centre and right wing have been thrown back. Affairs in Greece are still chaotic. The Bang has accepted tho resignation of the Cabinet, and the Greek treasury is nearly empty. The Greek Premier is stated to have declared for war on the side of the Allies. There is a lull in -the Western theatre, where tho weather is bad. The • British Board, which is investigating the, nation's reserve of manpower, states that men will bo urgently needed, and a speech by Sir .William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, giveß 'point to the appeal. >