New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-21
Allies on Balkan Front
Make Strong Attacks
in Feeling Out Foe.
OFFENSIVE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SOON
Movement Believed To Be
Part of Combined Cam
paign on All Fronts.

,ordon. Aug. 2o.-Fighting 20 feel
-, The strength of the opposing
CIV has been general along the lSo-
a, front in the Balkans to-day, with
-. a.velopments entirely satisfactory
-. Allied high command. AT both
Lathe long line, south Of Monas'ir
s..vond the Strums, the BulgsrisnS
.sv.ne.d, while in the critical region
IND Lake Dorian the British ana
r.,,,h won decided successes. II Is
,..r, the lines now being established
.hs,, that the campaign northwsrd Is
.xpected 70 start.
The Bulgarian attacks are apparently
.S. with the hope Of anticipating the
,w.s offensive, and are far INSIDE
c...k territory. There is already much
..,,s,;on as to how far the Greeks
Ill hermit them to go, especially as
- ADVANCE on the eastern flank is OF
.r,c,icsllv no military importance but
!, taking the Bulgars toward the port
q Ksvala. which they long have COW
,ted. and saw go TO Greece after the
Balkan wars with very bad grace.
Greece. however. is doing all she can
.or the time being to keep out Of trou-
BE, and has agreed to withdraw her gar
rsons from eighteen border villages.
In the fighting below Monastir the Bull
Ears have occupied Florina, and, &C
ecrding TO Berlin, have also captured
barica.
The British attacks along Lake Dol
van carried them to Dolzzelli, which was
occupied after a heavy bombardment
while further east the French rushed 3
SEXES Of small villages.
General Ssrrail is directing the unit
ed operations of the Allies, with Cen
tral Cordonnier commanding the French
troops. The operation has been long
expeeted as a part of the coordinated
offensive Of the Allies on all fronts.
It's opening follows the arrival Of Cen
eral Cordonnier, after extended confer
encss with officials in Paris.
The advices received in Paris indi-
cate that the Germans and Bulgarians
are seeking TO anticipate the movement
BY taking the offensive on the left,
where the Serbians had moved up TO
within twenty-five miles of Monastir,
holding Florina as an observation post.
Their orders were not to attempt 70 &c
tain Florina if they were attacked. The
Serbisn War Office says the Bulgarians
we're repulsed and thrown back on their
old positions, but that later the Ser
bans, following their instructions,
evacuated Florina. Thereupon the
town and station of Florina were occu-
pied by the Bulgarians.
The Serbians retired slowly and later
delivered heavy counter attack
sgainst large Bulgarian force which
was debouching from Florina toward
Bsnica. Fighting continues in this re-
gion.
The official statement issued by the
British War Office tonight says:
"Our troops are established on line
west and north of Bekerli and Cidemli
and south of Dolzzeli, where they re-
pulsed counter attacks with loss to the
enemy Artillery bombardment by both
sides continues.
"On the Struma front our cavalry
was in touch with the enemy in the
Kjapri-Baraklibzu area. On Sunday
enemy aircraft bombsrded Jenikol,
Gsvsisnci and Gugunci with small
success"
The official report Of operations on
the Salonica front, from the French
Army of the East, follows:
East of Kavala the Bulgarians
have crossed the Nestos (MestsO in
small force and are sending patrols
forward in the direction Of Kavsla.
"In the region Of the Struma the
enemy has occupied the Greek forts OF
lse and Stareista, on the right bank,
and advanced some troops to the sp-
proach.s to the river.
"West Of the Struma Bulgarian at
iseks on Puroj Manion were stopped
by our FIRE. Near Lake Dorian British
troops repulsed Bulgarian attacks on
Dodgeli. On the western 1ank OF the
Vardsr there was rather brisk she'll
ing. especially toward Majadaj.
an the region south of Monastir
fighting continues at the approaches
10 Bancs between Serbian advance
guards and Bulgarian forces debouch-
ing from Florins."
&gesn Sea, eighty miles northeast Of
Sslonica and twenty miles west Of the
Bulgarian border. II is some distance
20 the northeast of the eastern eS-
tremity Of the fighting front, which ex-
tends from the Gulf of Orfani to the
vicinity Of Monastir. The river re-
ferred to in the official French report
as having been crossed by the Bulgarl-
ans probably is the Mesta, which flows
from Bulgaria through the northeast
ern extremity Of Greece and enters the
Agean near the Greco-Bulgarian
border.
The Struma, on which are situated
me two Greek forts occupied by the
bulgarisns, Is some distance west Of
ne Mesta, with an outlet into the
Agesn near Orfani.
Bulgarian troops crossed the Greek
frontier on May 26 and occupied the
creek forts OF Rupel, Dragoti and Spa
tova. The Greek Rarrisons of these
iofts withdrew on the advance Of the
Duigsrians, who stated that they had
me Permission of the Greek govern