SUBSTANTIAL GAINS BY ALLIES ON BALKAN FRONT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16337, 18 September 1916, Page 6

SUBSTANTIAL GAINS BY ALLIES ON BALKAN FRONT.

BRITISH ATTACK ON BULGARIANS AND GERMANS. ;t;;i CAPTURE OF TRENCHES BY FRENCH FORCES. : High Commissioner's Cable. '-.\.\ .'■ ~.',. LONDON. Septembcj 15. -.On the Salonika front, on the left bank of the Vardar, the British .:.". violently attacked the Bulgarians, who were supported by contingents '; of German infantry. - The combat was to our advantage; Makukovo - and,two points northwards, where the British are solidly established, were taken by assault. t -, - ■' - -j On the right of the Vardar the French captured enemy trenches on • 1 r "_»* : front : ofj"lsooyds by.a.depth of 800 yds. :-*f '■]':-;$ A French communique says: " Cannonades continue on the Struma- ,:.;,: Doiran fronts, and are particularly violent at Montsbcles." ..'..'..Auat. and N.Z. Cable. fIV (Received 7 p.m.) LONDON. September 16. :;• ; '■ " : A British communique from Salonika says " Our raiders crossed ;■:■-.: '':■■ the Struma between Dzamimah and Komaja, and captured a number %•■'■■, of prisoners. : 4 Our mounted men raided Gudeli. We-have steadily ; ; "■ bombarded the enemy on the Doiran -front." ? ■'■ ■'■■* -v->'- • ;.■■■:. ; Hieb. Commissioners Cable. , * (Received 5 p.m.) '•';■. LONDON; September 16. :rr;:r ; 'A French communique from Salonika says: "In the Struma and i:;f£ Vardar regions' a violent cannonade has taken place. We have made -;-.', appreciable progress in the regions of Tetrenik and Kajmackalan."' ■ • v. ■