BRITISH LINE ADVANCED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3082, 12 May 1917, Page 9

BRITISH LINE ADVANCED

HEAVY FIGHTING AT BULLECOURT PERSISTENT COUNTER-ATTACKS SHATTERED ADVANCE IN THE ' BALKANS SUBSTANTIAL GAINS - i THE NATION'S SHIPPING BALANCE-SHEET The British line has been advanced slightly as the result of the latest operations. Bulleoourt and Fresnoy liave been the scenes of severe fighting, persistent counter-attacks by the Germans all ending iix. disaster and a heavy casualty list. The figHting on the French front has Keen in the nature of local but important and successful, operations. The increase of activity on the Russian European front is being maintained. To-day we are told-'of actions on the Smorgen front and in the Carpathians. The operations in the Balkans are assuming an important ?spect. The latest dispatches report very heavy fighting on the Macedonian front and substantial gains by the Allies. Successes were scored by the Serbs, the British, tho French, and tho Russians. The Allies' plaus and discussions for combating the submarine menace to the food supply are slowly taking definite shape. Britain and America, acting in concert, are said to have arrived at tho stage when successful experimentation with anti-sub-marine devices will shortly givo place to practical tests in the danger zone. Tho most encouraging feature of to-day's news in regard to the submarines is tho reassuring statement by Viscount Curzon in tho House of Lords, demonstrating clearly the fact that shipping replacements have almost balanced the losses, and that after the war our position will be stronger thau ever. The American Congressional conference on the Army Bill has reached agreement 011 the points of difference in the measures adopted by tho Senate and tho House respectively. Roosevelt's volunteer army has been eliminated.