22 SEPTEMBER 1917, Page 2

In the wild hills on the borders of Macedonia and

Albania, the French completed at the end of last week a well-planned little move, which established them on the shores of Lake Ochrida. The enemy were driven from their positions with considerable loss, leaving three hundred and seventy-eight prisoners fivemountain guns, and other booty in the hands of the Allies. This operation secures the left flank of the Allied forces round Monastir, but the natural difficulties of the ground, as the Serbians discovered in the Turkish War of 1912, are very great, and a determined enemy might main- tain himself in this region for a long time.