The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

lkurus heights ana capturing ths
er forts Of the strong position a
nkoAl
Soe1aiiy severe nghtinw 10 COINS
IN the Etruma region whore tbs
- and British are on the often
They are attacking as well on
hanks of the vardar. bombardins
4Axiy fortified positions.
Aiienment Of Armtes.
ne Alignment of the entente ar
~ II semi officially given as fol-
4Ae reconstructed and re-eauipped
rhiar army. commanded by the
&&~n prince has been allotted the
nksI& line which closes the approach
q Serbian territory. Already they
I'VE regained a footing on their native
IN by occupying the village Of RemlL
EoAr Lake Prespa.
Confronting the Serbians on the
Ekout OF Korytza, Florina and Fodena
&&re at least twelve bulgarian reEt-
5znents with three German regiments
M artillery and engineers totallihs
III, Gee
~ On the Dorian front are French
94foops commanded by General Gordon
nier, one division Of which captured
Dorian Station and number of VIII
lAEes netghboring on Dorian Lake.
sconfronting the French are some thir-
ny thousand Bulsarians with l2.oa3
Eermans and Bulgarian trreEulars-
d Confrontfne the British who arc
fciding the Struma front. are heavy
Bulgarian forces, part OF whom are
cArryinv on the advance Of kavaiia
This rally is separate operation and
not to be confused with the main cam
paign. The BulEarians hope by the
occupation Of the Kayalla district 10
prevent a blow at their flank by an
tente forces landed there.
The number Of entente troops in the
Salonik region has been given as
about eco. 600 This number viii be
largely Increased by the Italians Par
10 dispatches estimate the number Of
Herman. Austrian bulgarian and
Turkish forces AT about 500 600 to 100
0bo Large Bulgarian and Turkish re-
serves are available, but there remains
the question. however. whether these
men can he adequately armed. owing TO
the heavy German demand from both
fronts
Bulgarian leaders express great con-
fdence. In Parliament At Sofia pre-
paratory TO the passage OF $1,000
600 new war credit, Premier Radios
lavof declared thar the general often
&1W$ OF lNE entente nav NNAa'''''f'N
that the armies of the central powers
could not he s&~~Hen and that Bull
eafta was fC1y prepared 20 assume
her fall respont Utilities for the war
Regarding operations on the Greek
front the following official statement
was Issued tonight at Paris. 1t is
report from General Serial, comman-
der-in chief of the entente forces;
-The allied forces have taken the
offensive on the whole front
fright wing: French and English
troops crossed the Struma. attacking
the enemys front from Kavalla Kali
enstra to TopaIova- The Anglo French
troops are attacking a strongly or
ganfzed position at BarakaH. The CEN
ter Of the most violent artillery actions
il Tn. slopes of the Relies Ridge on
both banks Of the Nsrdar and the re-
Rion between Lake Dorian and the
ynrdar On this wing the allies have
ronsoiidated the positions captured on
previous days.
LEFT wing. In the mountainous re-
zion between the Cerna and Moglenica.
! Serhian troops have captured the Bull
garian first line trenches on tho
heights of KIkuruz and have occupied
the counter forts OF Kaimakcal
.Extreme left wing: After INJECTING
heavy losses on the BulEhrians de-
bouching from Florina the Serbian
I. troops had TO abandon this locality ane
a establish themselves on the heights 10
ward the west Fighting continues"