The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
nx Associated Press

As yet there IS no indication that the date for the commencement of the expected grand offensive by the Germans-the battle which it is thought will prove the greatest effort the enemy has yet put forth-is at hand. The military observers, how ever, still incline to the belief with a cessation of the rains, the drifting away of the low-lying clouds and a return of clear skies, an attempt at q big drive or the piercing of the al lied front will be made.
 All apparently is in readiness In the entente camps for any eventu- alities and supreme confidence evi- dentIy prevails among the coni- manders that the men and guns the enemy will have to face will prove an insurmountable barrier to Paris or the channel ports.
 The British troops in Macedonia seemingly have started m opera ton against the Teutonic allies which may develop westward along the battle front and event. uaIIy conform with the successful drive which is being carried out by the French and Italians in AI- bania. West of the town of Doi- ran, which lies on the railroad north of Saloniki, the British have delivered blow against the bul- gariuns, which was productive of good results.
 Details of the operation arc lack ing, but 1t is not unreasonable to assume that 1t had in view the ul- innate capture of the railroad line running northward from Uskuh. and the outflanking of the enemy lines northeast of Monnstir.
 Meanwhile. in Albania. the French and Italians are giving the cpemy no rest. pressing him back daily mile after mile over the trncklesS country and capturing strateEic positions and villages. The latest French official com municati0n shows that the French trOOps have taken the villages or Marta and Gramshi. which brings their eastern flank appreciably nearer Lake Ocbrida.
 The morale of the Austrians is declared to be extremely bad and surrenders of war-wOrn soldiers are reported constantly to be talk ing place.
 
 Paris. July 14.-( (Havas News Agcn- cy.)-The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna, the official organ of the Austrian SO cial democracy. demands. according to dispatch received by the Havas agen- cy. that the Austrian government come to an agreement with President Will son.
 The German imperial chancellor an nounced in the Reichstag last month that the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna had been barred in Germany by the government in full accord with the government of Vienna, because the paper was considered every day more and more perverted newspaper" Rome, July 14-"The usual arti,- lery actions" says the war office state ment todaN were more intense at in X tervals yesterday from the VaIarsa to the eastern sector of the Asiago pla- teau. Our fire dispersed moving enc my troops north of Borcola pass.
 "At Cornone. new attacks by enemy patrols and detachments were promptly repulsed
 sThree enemy airplanes wese brought down in air fighting" Amsterdam, July 14.--It was an- nounced at Vienna today with ref erence to the impending sessions of the Austrian and Hungarian Parlia- ments. according to a telegram from the Austrian capital. that important statements regarding the foreign pol icy will be made by the government"
 FRENCH REPORT
 Paris, July 1.-The war office am nouncement tonight says: There was intermittent artillery activity. espe- cially in the region of Corey. but no infantry action.
 Eastern theatre, July 13: West Of Dorian British troops carried out suc- cessfuI raid on the Bulgarian lines In Albania the French troops continued their successful advance; they drove the enemy from Hill 800 and from the vil- Ia aa of HarfS af the cnnfluencA of fhA