A new Allied offensive was begun in Macedonia last Sunday.
Serbian and French troops attacked the Bulgarian hill-positions on either side of Dobropolye, the peak over five thousand feet high which is, we are told, a familiar eastern landmark to the citizens of Monastir. The attack on a seven-mile front was a complete success. On Monday the front of attack was widened to sixteen miles, more Serbians entering on the left flank, while a Southern Slav division on the right stormed the Kosyak Peak. In the two days the Allies advanced over four miles, taking all the .Bulgarian positions on these lofty and seemingly inaccessible hills and capturing over four
thousand prisoners and thirty guns. On Tuesday the front was again widened to twenty-two miles, and the advance continued. Some divisions pushed ten mileanorthwardfrom their starting-point. Meanwhile the Greek army in Etistern Macedonia made a consider- able advance across the Strums Valley, staking a number of villages.
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