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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 September 1915, Page 3

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Chronicle Oilico ,3 y.m. lAiUi.lUll, Sept. • Jb. Tho Jixchango 'telegraph Agency m)» thai many German pusonors stato that they iiad just arrived troni the ivussnu i'roirt ami had been re-equipped, there la groat optimism in .ueriin. raris, Sept. Belgian peasants are alicncung to the .many graves the uritish dead and are bestowing great euro on them. Jn a letter by a lady at alojis rsays in t' c holds are the graves, some containing twenty soldiers, covered with beautiful flowers, often renewed. On Sundays they iaro visited by hundreds ol people and bear the inscription; "Here lie the brave British solders who ■ died in thu doience of our country. A communique states iliat we have progressed nearer and nearer the crests south-east and east of Souch'ez. l'he Uernmns in the Champagne are resisting in their reserve positions, pro tooted by. extensive disguised entanglements. We further progressed towards Hill 185, east of Sonimopy. | Seven enemy battalions attacked our ! trenches at La Fille Alert Bolantc and suffered serious defeat. They penetrated our hrst line ol trenches at some points, but our coun tor-attacks in the night expelled Uieni and the ground in front oi our trenches was covered with (jiprniiun dead. .bondon, iSept. 28. The Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent sayk that travellers from Constantinople state that Kussian, French and .British aviators new over Constantinople and Smyrna, aim dropped bulletins describing uio Uornian defeats in Kussia and I'ranee. M. Hadoslavoif nas authorised lum despatch .of Bulgarian cereals to Ooiistautinople, which now is completely re-stocked with hour, rice and bread, which had been greatly reduced. It is reported thai Uiere are dissensions among the Young Tunes, and thai" they are increasing. Jtnver i'asha does hol possess his former authority, and the departure of a nunioer oi Germans oJjicers has impaired his prestige. 'I tie Sheik-ul-lshun told the Sultan that it was necessary to hni.sli the war before tiio complete disnicmbeniient ot wo empire took place. I lie cession < ■ Thrace to Bulgaria can be regarded only as the beginning of dismemberment.