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BULGARIANS OCCUPY KAVALA

• \ . AND SEIZE DEMIRHISSAR BIG BATTLE ON SERBIAN FRONT Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. « Tbe ha .™ ra Pf . all Bulgarian couutcT-attacks agffl tho re-Wntly-oaptiired positions at Doiran. BATTERING THE DOOR OF DOIRAN. ("The Times.") ,\ ! r- Ward Price (tho official. representative of the™British'"Press?'says that the French artillery is battering open the door of Doiran Their out posts ar? already within 1000 yards, hut tho Allied policy is not tohur'v Austrian gunners man the enemy s batteries The Bulgarian staff aparently feels safe, at least for some we«6a, from attacks by the Rumanians, because frontier™ K °ft dlvlßlon Iv ' lich ™ 3 recently sent to the Rumanian MAGNIFICENT FIGHTING BY THE SERBIANS Auslralian-KV'W Zealand Cable Association. (Roc. August 28, 8.45 p.m.) Athens, August 28. The Serbians continue to make progress south of Staubino, Kukuyoff and tbo slopes between tho Mogleno aurl the Ostrovo. The.v inflicted' an important defeat on Bulgarian patrols on the south-west bank of the Ostrovo. A big battle is proceeding on tho Karadjova range against three Bulgarian divisions. The magnificent fighting of the Serbians spoilt the chances of the Bulgarians reaching the Gulf of Salonika. SERBIANS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE. ' , (United Service.) (Reo. Augiist 28, 9.50 p.m.) London, 'August 28. Reports from Athens state that the Serbians, reinforced, lave taken tha offensive, and captured Sorovitz.

BULGARS OCCUPY DEMIRHISSAR

u GREEK ANGER INTENSIFIED. Australiai-New Zealand Cable Assooiation. Athens, August 27. Official. —The Bulgarians have oco U pied Demirhissar. . An unofficial riiessago states that the occupation of Demirhissar lias increased tile popular anger in Greece, and the patriotic movement is spreading- " 'BULGARS REPORTED TO HAVE OCOUPIED KAVALA.. ("The Times.") (Reo. August 28, 9.50 p.m.) '' London, (August 28. The German journal "Tageblatt" asserts that tho Bulgarians have occupied Kavala.. ' . " (Renter's Telegram.) (Reo. August 28, 10.5 p.m.) Salonika, August The Bulbars entered Kavala on August 25. All the forts exccpt one transferred to them their armament and munitions intact. Athens, August 28. Unconfirmed roports state that tho Bulgars operating in the Kavala region. are 70,000 strong, and that tho troops are treating the Greek population shamefully, installing Bulgarian authorities in administrative positions. There aro no Germans with the Bulgars. Paris, August 28. Official. —"Two- British Monitors and one cruiser bombarded the Kavala Jort-s on August 25, when it was occupied by the Bulgarians. There is a cannonade on tho Struma and Lake Doiran fronts. Five fierce Bulgarian attacks against Vetrenik, • north-west of Kukuruz, wore shattered by the Serbian artillerv. Degperate fighting oontinues in the region of Lake Ostrovo, where several Bulgarian attacks were repulsed by Serbian counter-attacks'. GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Australian-Netr Zealand Cable Association. London, "August 27. / A' German official communicrue states: "The Bulgarians, advancing on the east bank of the Struma, are approaching tho mouth of .the river." » BULGARIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Reo. August 28, 8.6 p.m.) ' Amsterdam, August 27. A Bulgarian official communique states: "We captured a village southward of/Ochrida, and took prisoner an English detachment, including tho commandor. In the Vardar valley our left wing, debouching from Parnardogh, occupied the Aegean littoral. Tho Russian seaplanes bombarded Varna. Our machines twico successfully attacked a Russian cruising squadron." "MUTINOUS BULGAR CAVALRY. Athena, August 27. A regiment of Bulgarian cavalry mutinied at IJskub. Two German officers who were found in tho barraoks wero assassinated. *, ■ RUSSIAN SEAPLANE ATTACK ON VARNA. • (Reo. August 28, 8.5 p.m.) . , Petrograd, August 28. A Russian official communique states: "Our seaplanes "at Varna (the Bulgarian Black Sea port), on August 25, bombed the port and the buildings in the harbour, setting a ship and the port works on fire." IMPORTANT CHANGES IN GREEK ARMY STAFF (Eeutor's Telegram.) r < i v ~ , v , ' . Athens, August 27. Generai K. Jioskliopoulos has been appelated Qhief of the Greek General Staff, replacing General Dousmanis, who is granted l eai v@. Colonel Metaxas has been relieved of tho post of Assistant Chief of the General Staff TJieso highly important. • MORE Atfri-BULGARIAN DEMONSTRATOION, ' AustralianrNew Zealand Oablq Association. (Rec. August 28, 8.5 p.m.) r> j. '*■ • iii n . . . Athens, August 28. Demonstrations against tho Bulgarian invasion aro reported to have occurred at.Mit-ylene and Verria. , ■ /

A PERTINENT QUESTION FOR GREECE ' ' ■ (Bouter's Tclen&mO (Rcc., August 28, 5.15 p.m.) , , Athens, August 28. The British, French, and Russian Ministers visited tho Greek Premier i!M- Zsifflis), and inquired how Jong Greece proposed to. passively countenanco tlw Bulgarian advance. Thay added that the Entente Powers had no military interest in defending Central Thessaly against the invaders, and there was no risk of tho enemy cutting off Salonika, whioh was suppliod from the sen. : - THE GREEK LOSSES IN MACEDONIA. * (Rcc. August 29, 0,50 a.m.) . Rome, August 28. • Reports from Athens state that the Greeks lost about ono-hundred men in Macedonia in the recent fighting. King; Constantino lias authorised the cashiering of the commanders for disobeying the orders tp retreat before the Bulgarians. ' NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF ASIA MINOR (Rec. August 29, 0.20 a.m.) ' Rome, August 28. Advices have been received that the 'Anglo-French flotilla bombarded the Asia Minor coast from Makri (opposite tho Island of Rhodes) to Jaffa, destroying the wirelegH stations at Mairoatze, the munitions factory at JV{er< sinA, and also the of th e Makri garrison. RUMANIA AND THE WAR - (ReuUir's Telegram.) (Rec. August 28, 5.15 p.m.) . Bucharest, 'August 27. It is authoritatively announced that the King has summoned a conference of representative statesmen. t<j digouss the situation. A semi-official statement has been isaued, which Tefcrs to the general excitement and uneasiness in the country. This has led the King to summon : the conference which includes the former Prime Ministers and political leaders—M. yilipescu, M. Jonescu, and M. Marohiloman—and tho present and former Presidents and Speakers of the Parliament. The King deprecates the newspapers using the conference as a pretext for fresh agitation and unwarranted comments. MOBILISATION OF RESERVES REPORTED. (Rcc. August 29, 0.50 a.m.) . Paris. August 28. It is reported that the Rumanian reservists are being mobilised, and that Cabinet is asking for a oredit of £24,000,000.

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 5

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BULGARIANS OCCUPY KAVALA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 5

BULGARIANS OCCUPY KAVALA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 5

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