The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26
Heavy German Guns Now In
Operation Against Outer
Lines of Allies
MUCH DOUBT AS
TO GREEK ATTITUDE


h"ndon. Dee. .5.--tthens dis
patches sas that the Ieutonie at
tack ON saionica has begun. News
"f actual operations Is as .et very
meagre, however. Hut fram the
adyices mt hand IL seems certain
TINT the central Powers have
marscd their armies in almost
continuous line AIon. the western
and southern borders of serbia.
aud with the strongest cap.in.~nfs
tncing 1reek soil are prepared d"
sweep the Balkan peninsula "tcnr
of entente forces.
The Athens correspondent ~ the
Paris Journal te1eErapbs that heavy
German artillery ON the banks Of
Lake Dorian. forty mites north
of snionica. are directing steady
fire against the Irst line positions
al the AnSlo-I'rench forces. u
II in this general locality that ta~
main stress Of the German attack
IN expected.
The heavy German CUTS teeaH o
fire. says the correspondent. iu'meat-
ateiY following an extensive recon,
Nuisance of the allied positions by tisr-
msn and Austrian aeroplaues.
Messages from both SaloRica and
Athens Indicate THAT the allies afe
s0ljdlY eutrenehed au2 that ii viii
take 6ghtin1 of a moss bitter descrip-
tiou to dIslotge them lbe right wing
Of the Salonica line being held by
She British and the left by tho Freaeb "a.
The line begins al point some nties
east Of the yardar River ou Creek
soil Just south Of the Bu}saFiou border.
ard extends west to Monastir
~ixt, thousand Mt Noaastir.
Al Mona stir, say the advjces- IN
aFfnH ct G"08J Germans ~ T3uceutrat-
ed Tue Bulgarians face ttc Frenea
and Brtish- troops ile the y. r.iaf Al
Icy. as we'll as TO tn east - hiie on
the extreme eastern portion Of th4
front strong fo,co Is SAID to -he
nassed
At the eleventh hour keen tpterest
eenters or the tfrect forces EVERY
y here the question is asked WIFI
Greece manage 70 remair pept.et}f
Some OF the critics believe tina, eireece
will finally be forced 10 throw ln her
lot With the allies while otHers tab
ing q more gloomy view o. the -tfua-
tfon. express the opinion tbar at I've
last moment the Greek army wiN loja
the TeHtons and join iu the ATTACK Oh
Salopiea.
Ma, 10 over to Enemy.
1t is pointed ont that the Neit con-
sidera HE eek forces which we're c1a~
centrated al SaIonira have been moved
10 NFFSs ana Ns8NGkst al tdHAEfb Nksttt
douia. and that from thuse poslt4ous
they could readily join with buigafs
and Turks thus bringing s0ch aa
oVerw hoiminG weight Of numbers 20
bar against the allies that Salontei
would he lost practically from rha
~tsttr.
The Austrian array. Which has beep
making slow progress through M"nte>
negro has met with Il serious reverse.
according to am official Montchc-rlN
statement received here today That
statement says.
''Our Sanf{iak army alta cked tha
enemy near Pepenatz Thursday and
after a stubborn resistance drove him
back on Bielo Pole The eueair
abandoned more than 500 dead and
left in our hands a hundred prisons
ers"
Advices from Rome today say that
the Serbian army Is still intact. and
that soon as Il has been repro
visioned its effective strength viii be
very considerable The main force Of
Serbs is concentrating at E,lbesan, N
Albania where a junction is being
made with the Italian eNpeditlonsrg
force sent 4crasS the Alriatic some
time ago
Retreat An Orderly one.
\ former serbian minister 10 i@uHAe
Count Noonovich. made official de-
NAL today Of the fessimistlr accounts
respecting the serbiau army sent hY
Correspondents lie said thai nezIK9-
losses had been inflicted ON The Aus
iro-tierman forces fighting against the
Setbttns during tn. retreat. which mad
heeu an orderl. one TeY had man
aged 70 take with them, he declared
all their artillery - ept the 1eavy
pieces which could not be transports