Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-27
GREATEST SUCCESS WON
SINCE BATTLE OF MARINE
Theory OF Deadlock on Western
Front Clearly Disproved by
Allied Advance.
GOOD NEWS IN ALL THEATERs
Developments on Every Side Point
,to Mighty Move Against Central
Empires-Tremendo Clamor Is
Begun for Attack on Bulgaria.
BY {. r. BERTELL.

/ PARIS, September 26.-Not since tht
! battle of the Marine have Genera
Jofres forces attained such pro
nounced and clear-cut success as the
one tersely described in to-day's com
munique. The advance along seven
teen miles to depth sometimes OF
nearly three miles across strongly forti.
fed intrcnchmentS dispruyes the gen
orally held theory of a deadlock on the
western front. and is clear proof OF
the contention tina, JoHre can get the
. Germans into the open when he wishes
OF the highest significance is the fact
Il moment whcr good news for the
allies Is made known from all fronts
During the last two days the Germans,
who for almost three weeks had been
harassed by perfect avalanche OF
shells along the western front have.
with the Austrians. been fighting the
bloodiest battles in the eastern re-
gion, while Italy has advanced to with
in ten miles east OF Trent and ten
miles west of Trieste.
FACTS COINCIDE WITH
BALKAN DEVELOPMENTS
These facts coincide with import
ant developments in the Balkan sit
iation, and it would be a mistake to
consider each ono of them n separate
,,1n
in one well-planned blow for the allied
cause.
Although the censor, for political
reasons. withholds from transmission
the highly important news I'm Southern
Europe. publication is permitted to.
day to the following reflections on the
situation created by the Bulra rian and
Greek mobilization
They are Of tremc ndous import prin-
cipally because of certain accomplished
facts. Without a single exception TO :
days newspapers clamor for tho land :
inr OF large French. English and 1tal-
ian eNpcditionhry forces in Greece with
the object of attacking tho Bulgaria
flank and marching across the PENN
sula TO turn the Turkish positions Mt
Gallipoli The Matin says:
with the Green alliance. a powerful
expedition supported by the Franco
British fleet would have exceptional
chances OF successful action. Greece
| wants II, and, no doubt, tho military
! authorities of the allied powers are
working TO bring this enterprise to n
happy conclusion"
Tho Figaro says:
Khaki and French sky-blue uni
forms may be seen mingled with the
Greeks"
Gustnve Iiervc. in the Guerre SoCiaie,
demands What arc YOU French. Eng
lish and Italian governments waiting
for that YOU do not send 10000 men
Immediately TO Saloniki?"
QUESTION HAS NEW MEANING
IN VIEW Of LATE NEWS
Tho question has new meaning in
view OF yesterdays DEVELOPMENTS, OF
which tho censor forbids mention
GuStave Terry writes in the Ouevre:
M llervc asked the other day where
WIS the great cXpcditionarY force Of
which General Serial WAS appointed
commander. I know where il is and let
us rejoice that it Is there 1t is not
in Turkey that the allies viii capture
tons;autiuopie.'
Deputy Fernand Merlin, member OF
the official commission that has Just
returned from the Dardanelles, says:
To Bulgaria's insolcnt defia nee the
allies must reply with a master stroke
With Italy, Greece and Serbia they
possess every means OF erecting a bar
ricr to the Austro- C erman entrance OF
Bulgaria and OF holding a new enemy
army In check on the Hungarian plain
| ut tho Same time with skillful tnctics
they can succeed against Turkey where
/ hitherto they have failed. deadlock
| In tho Dardanellaa would be trightfu'
! ANA trench war on front of four
! miles would lie an irreperable mistake
/ we must not abandon our positions o,
the peninsula but change and enlarge
/ the h.ld of action against Turkey. II
this is not done one of the most Rloriou,
! OF our expeditions will collar s.. in blooc
and ridcule"
strange though it may seem every.
body here is delighted With the Bul
t'flah menace against the allies !,
Balkan diplomat to-day informed m,
that Bulgaria made Il CHASTITY mis,ak,
IN that the allies will not allow her !,
escape the consequences even though
she refrainS from attacking Serbia.
The route from the SturIna Rive
across southern Bulgaria 10 the nccl
OF tic Gailipoli Peninsula Offers u,
PhNsicai obstacle to "A big invadin.
army" he said
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