Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
BIC EVENTS IN MAKING
IN MACEDONIAN THEATER
Recent Troop Movements Believed to
Indicate Attempt to Re-
take Serbia.
FORCES LANDED AT THEssALY
To East Of .irras, British Compelled
TO Fall Back From Advanced Pu-
sitions-FingIisl Armed Transport
Sunk by Submarine.

Tho maSSing of entente troops in
Thcssaly. south Of the center of the
lin" now held by General Sarrairs
forces. taken in connection with the
withdrawal of British forces on the
extreme eastern wing along the lower
reaches Of the Struma River. seemingly
is an indication that big events are in
the making in the Macedonian thcatcr
in an attempt TO retake Serbia. or a,
least that portion of it as far as Nish.
n-constantinoplc railway.
Along the Vardar and Morava River
valleys. northward through Serbia. un-
doub'cdly would prove easier ground
over which to operate than northward
along the Struma and through western
bulgaria to the junction of the railway
Al Sonia No impedimcnt is being placed
in the way of the troops that have been
landed AT Thcssaiy, and with the de-
parturc Of former King Constantine
from the country the people are de-
clared to have become more friendly to
the entente allied cause by placing
their adherence in the provisional gov
crnment of E!iptherios vcnizelos
BRITISH GIVE: UP
NUMEROUS VILLAGES
Although on the eastern wing the
British have given up numerous viii
iaSes which they viously burned
they are holding tightly TO the bridge
head position on the left bank of the
River Struma. in the Lake Tahinos-
Butkovo sector. northeast of Saloniki
That the retirement Of the British was
voluntary Is indicated by the Bulgarian
official report dealing with the ma
ncuvcr. which does not mention any
fighting as having taken place. There
has. however. already been some activ-
iiy on the part of the British in the
Nardar-Lakc Dorian sector. but Sofia
reports that the attempt made by them
10 advance near Reutli was repulscd
To the east of Arras. on the front in
France, the British troops have been
compelled TO fall hacE from advanced
positions before an attack delivered by
the Germans. which was covered by a
heavy borbardment. Otherwise there
has been no fighting anywhere in
France or Belgium except by raiding
parties and by the artillery wings in
the opposing forces.
ITALIANS IN ATTACK
STRAIGHTEN OUT LINE
In the Austro-1talian theater the first
fighting in more than a week on the
Carso Plateau. where recently the
Italians attempted TO break through
toward Trieste. is chronicled by Rome
Northeast of Jamiano, the Italians in
an attack have been able TO advance
and straighten out their line. In the
Trentino zone Austrian attacks against
Italian positions on the Asiago Plateau
and in the Vodice district were re-
pulsed.
Again Japanese torpedo-boat de-
stroyers in the Mediterranean have
been in combat with an enemy sub
marine. According to the Japanese
naval attache in London. the under
water boat probably was sunk.
AS an offset to this. however. Teu-
tonic U-boat in the Eastern Mcditer-
ranean, June -. torpedoed and sent to
the bottom the British armed trans
port Cameronian, a vessel of 5.S61 tons
and formerly n German liner. The cap
tain of the transport and sixty-two
other persons are presumed to have
met death in the disaster