TRANSPORTATION OF SERBIAN TROOPS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2749, 18 April 1916, Page 5

TRANSPORTATION OF SERBIAN TROOPS

AlffiO-GERIAN THREAT HUNS WEAKENING AT VERDUN A REMARKABLE MANIFESTO ■ AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH ■ THE 'ALLIES V DEFENCES 1 OF' 'SUEZ IMPREGNABLE AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE i There are some indications that new developments are brewing on the' Western front. German newspapers are hinting that the attack on Verdun is to be abandoned. They do. not, of coutso, admit a failure, 'but assert that the offensive has served its purpose in forestalling a French offensive aimed at Metz. Also, they attempt to minimise tlie German losses. 1 Meantime hardly any infantry fighting is reported in the fortress area, though a lively bombardment continues. Enemy reports speak of mine and artillery fighting on a considerable scale on the British front in Northern France; In Armenia the Russians have ' dislodged the Turks from strong' positions 16 miles east of Trebizond, ' on the Black Sea. coast, and are now advancing in pursuit. In Mesopotamia the British have gained some further ground on the south t bank of the Tigris. From Egypt it is reported that a party of Australians made a successful reconnaissance last week, in the area cast of the Suez Canal, capturing an en emy detachment. British naval airmen have raided Constantinople and Adrianople. The distance tray- < ersed was over 300 miles. Disregarding Greek protests, the Allies are taking measures to transport the Serbian Army across Greece by.rail.' This action is juetified on the ground that Greece has made it necessary by failing to olear her coastal waters of enemy submarines. It is reported that the French captured the submarine which sank the, Sussex, and are preparing a dossier for transmission to Washington,' which will oreate a sensation when it is published.