BRITISH LINE PUSHED FORWARD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 9

BRITISH LINE PUSHED FORWARD

/ . ,:■ :¥ON MACKENSEN: : THE MYSTERIOUS COMMANDER WWAEIANS JACKED ■' FRENCH TROOPS NOWIN SERBIA TIGHTENING THE NET IN ".■■.' EAST AFRICA News to-day tells of some important developments) and points generally to rising tension in the various theatres of war. On tho ' Somme front the Germans have incurred huge losses in fruitless at- -, tempts to roll back the British advance north-west of Pozieres, which threatens the Thiepval stronghold. Further east tlie British have effected n new penetration of the enemy., line, and the Allies . arc consolidating tbeir recent gains both north and south of thoSomme. A message from Mr. Philip Gibbs shows that raiding and ... destructive bombardments are being continued as briskly as ever '•" along the British front north of : the main battle . area-. Important developments seem to be brewing in the Eastern theatre; but at the moment there is little definite news. Though the Allied offensive in the Balkans las ; not yet fully taken shape, a small but important section of the-Ser- , bian frontier, east of the Vardar, has been forced. Italy has taken the momentous step of prohibiting trade nob only with the countries with whom she is now at war, but with their allies. The. country chiefly concerned is Germany, and it seems probable that the/6ut- '■' come Will .bo war between Italy and Germany. Britain is prohibiting . , all: export: to' Sweden except under the most stringent license.