Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-19
Withdrawing Troops on Ex-
treme Eastern Wing to Mass
Them in Thessaly.
BRITISH RETREAT AT ARRAS
Forced Back Short Distance by
Germans; Italians Reinforce
Position.
By associated Press

Tho massng of entente troops in
Thessaly, south of the center Of t-is
line now held by General Sarran's
forces taken in connection with tms
withdrawal OF British forces on mo
extreme eastern wing. along the lower
reaches Of the Struma river, SEEM
ingly is an indication that big events
arc In the making In the Macedonian
theatre In an attempt to retake Serbia
or at least that portion of It as far
as Nish thru which runs the famous
Observation-Disclosures railway.
Line of Least Resistance.
Along the Nardar and Morava
river valleys. northward thru Serbia
undoubtedly would prove easier
fround over which to operate than
northward along the Struma and thru
western Bulgaria to the junction of
the railway mt Sofia. No impediment
IS being placed in the way OF tho
troops that have been landed in Thes-
sally and with the departure of former
King Constantine from the country
the people are declared to have be-
come more friendly to the entente
cause by placing their adherence in
he provisional government of Eliph-
therios Nenizelos.
British Retire Voluntarily.
Altho on the eastern wing the Brit
ish have given up numerous villages.
which they previously burned, they
arc holding tightly to the bridgehead
position on the left bank OF the river
Struma In the Lake Tahinos- Butkovo
section northeast OF Salonika. That
the retirement of the British was vol
| untary Is indicated by the Bulgarian
official report dealing with the man
| euNcr which does not mention any
| fighting as having taken place. There
! has, however, already been some ac-
| tivity on the part of the British in
| the Nardar-Lake Doiran sector but
| Sofia reports that the attempt made
| by them to advance near Dauti was
| repulsed
TO the east of Arras on the front In
| France, the British troops have been
compelled to fall back from advanced
| positions before an attack delivered
! by the Germans which was covered
| by n heavy bombardment. Otherwise
| there has been no fighting anywhere
| in France or Belgium except by raid
| ing parties and by the artillery wings
of the opposing forces.
Italians Successful.
In the Austro- Italian theater the
/ first fighting more than a week ago
on the Carso plateau. whore recently
the Italians attempted to break thru
| toward Triest, 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 Aslago
| plateau and in the Vodice district were
repulsed.
japanese torpedo boat destroyers In
| the Mediterranean have been in COM
bat with an enemy submarine Ac-
cording to the Japanese naval attache
in London, the underwater boat was
probably sunk.
| As an offset to this, however. a
Teutonic U-boat in the eastern Medi-
terranean June 2 torpedoed and sent
to the bottom the British armed trans
port Cameronian, vessel of 5.S61
tons and formerly a German liner.
The captain of the transport and 62
other persons are presumed to have
met death in the disaster.