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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1915, Page 3

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(Received Tints Day 0.-1U a.m.) GREEK ARM V M 01} |L IS ING Paiis, Sept. 2-1. Official.-A decree for the mobilisation of the Greek army has been issued and the Greek Parliament has been summoned to meet on .Saturday. Sept. 24. The Greek Legation in London states that Greece is mobilising owing to Bulgaria's action. London, Sept. 24. Twenty classes have been summoned by the Greek mobilisation order. Athens, Sept. 24. Heretofore only Four ■classed, in Greece, were under arms. HIGH COMMISSIONERS REPORT. London. Sept. 21. An Allied dirigible bninbardod several stations where enemy movements were reported, and the Allied aeroplanes forced the rapid descent of .several captive balloons. Groups of Allied aeroplanes bombarded three stations and the cantonments of Langeniaark and .Middlekerko. THE SINKING OK THE HESPERIAN. Aew lorkj Sept. 24. Captain, Sinel'tie, oi Lite British steamer I'rossby. has nJed with the British Cusui a- statement to ilte eii'ect tuat ho witneosed the sinking of the • Allen liner Hesperian, which was struck by a torpedo fired ijy a German submarine. Captain Smellie says that the .-übmariue cfiasod the Crossby and only the putting on of full steam, and the steering of a zig-zag course in the darkness enabled the vessel ro escape. The statement will be sent to the Admiralty to rem to the claim made in Berlin that the Hesperian was sunk by a floating mine. Captain Smellie further states that lie sighted the Hesperian on September itli, when he saw her give a sudden jerk, and start to sink by the head. He started to the Hesperian s assistance, but had hardly got the beat round when he discovered J hat the submarine was making for him, anJ lie was forced to turn nis vessel round and "'ring on" lull speed in order to keep the vessel's stern towards the submarine STEAMER SINK. The steamer Chancellor lias been sunk l'art of the crew was rescued. CAPTAIN WALLLYGEORD RETIRES. Captain Wellington io retiring from the New Zealand force, owing to a strained heart. Writing to his parents he .say: ''L tried to stick it, but tor fourteen days alter- we" had beaten olf the Turks 1 was .crawling round wita my gun with the aid of a stick. 1 got home with my revolver, killing lour, one at one foot, another at live feet, and a third at ten feet, and tho last at twenty yards distance. i'he poor devilis \wiv all youngsters. 1 ?ni sick of killing tvith the -rifle." DAMAGE AT STUTTGART. Berne, Sept. 21. The Allies' bombs considerably damaged two- barracks at Stuttgart, and many were killed and wounded. A SWISS SHOT. i'ans, Sept. 24. The Germans eoiirt-martialled a Swiss cycling champion lor espionage, and he was shot .despite the Swiss Government's protest. A OSTKO-G EItMAXS DEFEATED. The military correspondent of the lilclio de Paris, referring to Generals Jvanotf's and BitsilofFs armies oil the Skva and the Stvr rivers, state that tliey pierced Iho Austrian front rapturing thousands. They also routed the Austrians and Germans eastward of Lutzk. The enemy abandoned their position and crossed the Styr, the Russians pursuing. ———«W—w