26 AUGUST 1916, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

WE have dealt in our leading columns not only with the very important news from Salonika and the Balkans but also with the good progress that has been made during the week on the Western front. Here we need only say that in both cases the prospects look exceedingly good. At Salonika the Allied forces are in a position of great power, while on the Somme we are edging round the German positions at Thiepval little by little. At the same time the local situation as regards artillery fire is all in our favour. Finally, we have it almost all our own way in the air.