COLOSSAL BATTLE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2908, 21 October 1916, Page 9

COLOSSAL BATTLE

MILLIONS OF RUSSIANS READY TO ATTACK TREMENDOUS EVENTS PENDING CRISIS IN RUMANIA ' SAFELY PAST ■'■■ VENIZELOS BREAKS WITH KING CONSTANTINE FRENCH CAPTURE THE WHOLE OF SAILLY SAILLISEL For.the last, two, days unofficial dispatches of a somewhat sensa- . tional character have been coming from various sources behind the Russian lines in Euiope. To-day, we are told that the greatest battle in all history-is just-about to begin. Ah immense force confronts the Germans all along the line from Riga to the Rumanian frontier, and, wo are assured, itwifl be a clash of millions of men. The Rumanian ciisis is believed to have been safely passed, though there is a ■ note of anxiety in the questions which have been raised in the British Houso of Commons on the subject—questions which it has not been thought desirable to answer. The Allies have been achieving successes on all sectors in their advance against the Bulgarians. The latest development in Greece is M. Venizelos's decision to break' definitely and finally with King Constantine. Tho Allies' recent Note to the Greek Government with, regard to the policing of Athens and the Piraeus during, the King's absence was accompanied by a brief intimation, tliat no discussion will bo permitted./ King Constantine has had an interview with the British Minister, and protested his innocence in connection with-the alleged Greek plot to attack, the Allies ' in tho rear. The French have completed the capture of Sailly-Saillisel, the tactical value of which is interestingly discussed. There are no important developments elsewhere.