The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-08-23
CREEKS BAR
BULCAR ADVANCE
Division Engages in Desperate
Fight, Despite Orders.
AND ARE HAILED AS HEROES
Russians Pour Forces Into Salonika,
to Serve With Serbs-Great Develop
ments Are Expected.

ments Are Expected.
London, Aug. 23.-The offensive in
the Balkans is i'll tuI swing.
Russian Troops have arrived in Sa-
lonika to fight vita the entente forces.
Landing of Italian troops, who are also
to take part III the operations, is con
tinuing.
An unofficial despatch also reports
that Greek troops have been engaged
since Sunday in desperate Lattle with
Bulgarians at Sores, hear kava.a
Each side lost heavily.
The destruction OF a railway bridge
and the stopping of enemy sl<irmish
ers by artillery fire were announced
by the British war of1ice i'll a statement
which read:
"On the Struma front we destroyed
a railway bridge at Angista station.
Our mounted troops, in conjunc ion
with the French, located the enemy ON
the front from Sores to Savjak. Mon
day an advance by enemy skirmishers
towards I<opriva bridge was stopped
by our artillery, which also dispersed
the enemy entrenching opposite KAN
arjan and Cavdarmah."
A despatch to the London Evening
News says the resistance OF the Greeks
at Sores has create! excitement in
Athens and that the newspapers there
are referring to the heroic divis on of
Seres." "a division is 10000
1t is understood at Athens, the de
spatch continues, that Greek army
headquarters ordered the Sores divis
ion to retire. Orders have been given
that all further hostilities must be
avoided.
Athens advices indicate that Russian
troops have been in the Balkans for
more than three weeks, the initial con
tingent having apparently arrived at
Salonika some time previous to July
81. The news has been just released
by the entente censorship.
Arrival of the Russians, together
with the announcement that Italian
troops had landed there, is another
indication that the allies have decided
to concentrate on this front forces
sufficient for an important campaign.
The Russian forces have been as
signed to positions with the Serbian
troops on the southern frontier of
Serbia
Dispatches regarding developments
on the Macedonian front indicate that
the engagement is becoming general
all along the 150-mile line.
Salonika advices report the capture
of Forts Kama Kadar and Cucurlu, in
the Dorian section.
The Serbs won the Bulgarian first
line on the Greek border, southeast of
Monastir, while the allied armies cross
ed the Struma, east of Salonika, and
established themselves firmly on the
right bank.
Meanwhile the Bulgars and their
Teuteaie- allies have not relaxed the
pressure on both wings of the $50
mile line. They forced the Serbs to
yield more ground southwest of Mon
astir, and drove their line to within
seven miles of the Greek port of Kav-
ala, on the extreme eastern wing.
Along three roads the allied forces
are now moving forward. The Serbs
are pushing toward Monastir, supplying
their front by the Salonika- Monastir
railway. The main allied operation
is along the Vardar valley, following
the line of the railway that runs
north from Salonika directly to Nish,
the centre of the link between Berlin
and Constantinople.
A third allied army is moving along
the railway which follows theh Aegean
coast line and turns northeast to-
ward Adrianople.