Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-20
BIG OFFENSIVE
WILL START SOON
Activities in Macedonia Are Antici.
pated Toward End Of This
Month.
SERB ARMY IN POOR CONDITION

t.ns;ye in Macedonia. originally
-I....,.l g. Ia Nav and nostnoned
seheuuieu io' ,''' ~ -. r ~.
on account OF the cono'',on y. 'ne
Serbian army on its arrival in Corfu,
Is now confidently anticipated
..,rd. .hs end NJ Iune or at the
80, II, - I,,,v
iS.es' sN'S
s The activities OF the DuisAliAh' e .'s',
Of the Struma the last week and
gradually increasing extension of
s..;,,.r, o,.,.t;ors have led to the
i Ae'y op -. a..
/ assumption from time 70 time 'ns'
Ger .ral Sarrails' plans might be
fastened. and the allied attack begun
\ Al once This is possible, but the
I General opinion is that the activities
of the Bulrarians are merely in the
nature az taxing up the slack in their
j;re md that thew will not precipitate
an attack,
The outbreak Of cholera among
the Serbians on their arrival on Corfu
proved a mixed disadvantage. II
made their transport to Saloniki in
time 10 participate in an offensive in
I Nav impossibie. Moreover, it re-
\ duced their numbers very materially;
: creat many more Serbs died than
vii ever Sc known, not simply Of
rholrra but from enterogastritis, NAL
nutrition and sheer exhaustion.
800. i, !. R.d Wav
~. cssh , rr,v VA. u a. worse
.haa s sf..r \. r.tr.at thronuh All
snape 49, hsn .,cnnssd The
Dam :. ts nsu 1879 iii - -sc,,;cm.nt
sn d = W. sr,,;.s tro,n serh;a and me
. anI ~. s.ns, Amsr;cs renu;rrd
y soni:I Mean p,.r;L wss M
, as. ,,.;ssiIs, ~. ~ command
snd .p psy q 4. i fading offieers were
( d.od - ~ ,,n,n ~ the;r last hard
49, ~. y . 80 .c;;vs Services and a
sn.p' ~ s - ats;ss~s h.S ~ ~ chosen
neM xu se e y ~. S.rn.nd.d i'm. The
:ssai 49, ottsns;nS f,om SaIon;La
NJ, ~. ~ th.rsfor. o;ver m and
~ 49, - rs.maL;nr the Serbian
! .ns 80. ,.h.d .s ,s,;div az nos.
I sibie
This decision. however, entailed an
alteration IN The general plans Of the
allies. Instead Of striking first blow
n me Balkans 10 draw off the Ger
B man Yeseryes from the west front
while a decisive action was being
nianned N France. Il was decided to
make the Macedonian offensive OF the
allies Coincide with instead Of precede
the general allied offensive on all
fronts. generally supposed to be
sehedyled for midsummer.
, There are now 10000 first class
/ Serbian trooos In Macedonia. Already
thew have beaun TO take 10 their DO.
sit;ons On the frontiers of their native
land: from the Vardar west to Lake
Pressoa Some objection was at first
raised 10 the occupation OF the first
line trenches BY the Serbs. It was
| said that the Serbs had suffered
J enough and that every Serb in good
/. nhvsical Condition was needed TO re.
ssfablish Inc Serbian, race. 80 nearly
ann;hiiated Nv the nresent and the
two nreyious wars.
al, :. r.r.u.,.,.
n. ~ .. p s;,ss pes. Ai.x.
~ 'ms p aTo,. 80 -. -.
s snu.. w. t..h. . "a - III.
In.sI ~. pp... .e... ms odS ~. ny
sso.'s..u St 10y .us;, ,yo,,,S
4: sonqu s.,n u.s.. eon.sr, 1 =
= = ~ pstps ss.;s arh.;sS, IL. ass
y. oane.s ~ .hSn ,.sa h..u ~. !.
S . = ,.orth hrrJr.d ~ tho.,
who be;nr sble 10 fight have STOPPED
\ Il hom-"
What |. left az the Serbian arm,
Il tried and canable. All the Old ant
milf have been weeded out, Rough,
there are somr ssDnOD British an(
\ French n Saior;k; today The ma;o,
noyt;on are British. Now that n,
tran.nortat;or ~ The Serhs haS beer
comnIeted TRANSPORTS are berinnin,
~ arr;ve every dav win new com
t;nrents az French troons--desnit,
Verdmn General Mahon la conc I,
\ E9vnt "a suner;ntendent the selectior
ma emharkinr II IN larger mart q
ne Rrit;sh ar;nes concentrated there
when / German attack an Ecvpt VA
REGARDED a possible According /,
exnrrt estimates' 100OOO men Shout,
hrsva;ishj~ fron th;s quarter. ,Thei
transnnrst;or has ,aireadv begun.
~ MI. Imre thrrefore. there vii
H. acme doom men an me rrdun,
herr readv for M Macedonian N
frns;ve Exnert estimates Maid sO(l
iIn0 ~ ~ n,ore than sufficient n
everv purpose ~ attack "A,
T...l. p,,. r..
$3.50 10y = T
o.nIc m. uhS lne uIx VIA. nave 8
u'a.cu taoupiss y. .nIn own
troops . they viii li have e assist III
possible man nj for the , Offensive asai ss