IN THE BALKANS
ON A WAR FOOTING RUMANIA'S FIRST LINE ARMY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Bucharest, February 27. J The first lino army of a quarter of a million men is fully trained, and on : a war footing. ■ The influence of the interventionists is crowing daily. : Many prominent Socialists and Democrats have joined the war party. j M. Filipescu, an ex-Cabinet Minister, has gone to Petrograd on a secret mission.
WITHDRAWN FROM ALBANIA. ' ALL ALLIED TROOPS. ] Rome, February 27. •It is semi-officially announced that the ; withdrawal of the Serbian, Montenegrin, j and Albanian troops from Albania h?s been- completed. An Italian brigade at Durazzo has embarked. ITALIANS DEFEATED. AN AUSTRIAN STORY. r,: . London, February 27: « An Austrian communique says :-jWe i defeated the Italians east of Durazzo, t pursuing them towards the sea. We , bombarded the harbour works at Durazzo, hindering the embarkation of troops. Italian warships tried to in- j terfere, but failed. 1 RUSSIAN INVASION. FEARED BY BULGARIANS. j ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) | London, February 27. Sofia is enormously impressed by the ; ; fall of Erzerum ; It is feared that there ! will be a Russian invasion in tho near I future. ' ! The majority of the German troops havo been withdrawn from the Balkan j frontier. , j BULCARIAN SQUADRON. i BOTTLED UP IN VARNA. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) i London, February 27. ; A small Bulgarian squadron of ten : torpedo boats and some barges attempt- \ ; ed to enter tho Black Sen, but was forced to take refuge at Varna, where it is bottled up. j OFFER FROM CREECE. - QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. ' | ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, February 27. In the House of Commons, Mr. R. L. Outhwaite (Liberal) stated that three successive Greek Premiers had indicated that Russia had opposed the Greet | Government's offer to land forces to par-' 1 ticipate in a proposed attack on the Dardanelles, because there was no Greek port within fifty miles of Constantinople. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, did not reply to tho statement. DURAZZO OCCUPIED. BY AUSTRIAN TROOPS. (Rec. February 2S, 8.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, February 27. A Vienna communique says: "Our troops occupied Durazzo on Sunday morning." " ; ; .. .. .. ENTRY INTO DURAZZO. CHECKED BY ALLIED NAVY.(Rec. February 29, 0.30 a.m.) Amsterdam, February 28. An Austrian communique says: "The fire of enemy ships hindered our en- , trance into Durazzo, but eventually one of our battalions entered the town which was aflame." ; ■ ; THE HUNS IMPRESSED WITH MR. ASQUITH'S RECENT SPEECH By IWesrapb—Prcsr Association—CopyriEht ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) Copenhagen, February 27.. . Mr. Asquith's recent speech strongly ! impressed the German public. Tho Copenhagen journal "Politiken" writes: "Mr. Asquith never used nncon- ' sideied wolds, llis speech was a pro- ' clamation of the Empire's detorminatioi 1 to win a literally complete victory." STOPPED DRINKING ALTOGETHER "Since taking 'Drinko' in his tea my husband has stopped drinking altogether, writes a grateful' woman from Huntervillo. Why suffer any longer? Writs or call, in confidence, for free booklet B describing this inexpensive remedy. Sent : in plain sealed envelope. State if Mr., 1 Mrs., or Miss.—lady Manager, .Drinko 0 Proprietary, oiGt Manners Streat (up- .' .stairs), Wellington.—Advt,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2707, 29 February 1916, Page 5
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