The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-23
31fAyF JOINED BATTLE
ON WHOLE SAIONIkl FRONT

.s london. Aug 22.--The vain armies
y OF the allies and Rulgarians have
toined battle along the entire Saloniki
front, according to dispatches tonight
and heavy fighting is proceeding Tor
$50 miles In Greek Macedonia. the
Buigarians are pressing in IN hoth
the allied wings. their strategy. II is
reported. being directed by the noted
n German commander. Field Marshal
Won Mackensen In the center the
u French and British armies are hold
inr frrty and have made some prog
ress UP the slopes OF the Beles Range.
The Serbans on the left wing whiie
\ retreattng on their main positions IN
the F'lortna district have struck back
heavily between the Cerra and NO.
Kiensca Rivers
Two more Greek towns have been
occupied by the Bulgarians. kas;oria,
twenty-five miles south Of Monastir,
on the extreme left of the entente
4 front, and Coryeta, in the same
4 region.
An official report from Sir Bryan
n Mnhon. commanding tho English
troops on the Saloniki front tonight
states that a railway bridge across
II the Struma has been blown up by
I the British and that all crossings OF
the river are firmly held. Bulgarian
troops were repulsed In minor skirm-
ishes.
contradicting this, the Bulgarians
claim to have advanced In the Struma
Valley. occupying Demlr Hissar and
establishing themselves on the lefi
bank OF the river. altar driving back
Angie French troops In The Sores sec
tor,
Russian troops which have rein
forced the serb,ans are engaging the
~Ruigarians on the left wing. About
SeD, Dor Russians are reported to have
reached the Salontki theater while the
1 Italian groups which landed yesterday
and today also were important In
numbers
General Serial commander IN chiet
III the Entente forces. makes the fol
lowing report on operations. The re-
port was given out In Paris tonight
Saloniki Operations.
.on August 81, the battle continued
An the whole front OF the allied armie
on the Saloniki line,
ssIn the center the AnRlo-Frenc'
troops violently hombarded Bulgaria
! positions on both aides OF Lake Doirar
while our infantry established ftsel
ON the Southern slopes of the Belle
Range
. ~West of the vardar our troops oc
cupied line OF heights near Idum
Mica. maintaining their positions at al
points despite violent enemy counter
attacks.
THE Serbian army continued It
progress In the mountainous distric
between the Cerna and Moglenici
rivers. On the two wings the enem
at the cost OF very heavy losses sue
ceeded in pushing back our advanc
Attachments.
"On the end of the line the coverin
! force which attacked bulgarian troop
more than q division In strength wes
swsof Sores on August 20. has falle
ssshack on the Struma, The allies hol
aolidly all the river passages,
''On the extreme left wing the Ser
bians, after an intense battle lastinl
two days. undertaken TO retard tn
N advance OF the Bulgarian right wins
Il has retaken its principal defensiv
" position In the region Of Lake Os
trovo''
General Sir Bryan Mahon's report
81 made public by the war Office, fol
lows:
ION the Dorian front the situation
In unchanged.
"On the Struma front we destroyed
81 the railway bridge at Angista Station
IN Our mounted troops. in conjunction
with the French successfully LOCATED
IL the enemy on the front from Sere
ITO Eaykak Yesterday an advance o
#enemy skirmishers towards the Kop
~rivA bridge was stopped by our artil
Rlery. which also dispersed enemy In
IA frenching parties opposite Kamarjai
and Cavdarmah.