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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 September 1915, Page 3

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Chronicle Office ,3 p.m. London, Sept. Tho Exchange Telegraph Agency sa.Y» that many German prisoners state that they had just arrived iroin the Russian i'ront and had been re-equipped. There is great optimism in jDcnin. Pans, Sept. 28. Belgian peasants are attenulng to the iniauy graves oi the Untush dead and are bestowing great care on them. .In a letter by a lady at -Uous says in t ; . e helds are the graves, some containiug twenty soldiers, covered with beautilul flowers, often renewed. On Sundays they are visited by hundreds of people and bear the inscription; "Here lie the brave British solders who died in the deieiieo of our country. ' ,

A communique states that we h*ve progressed nearer and nearer the crests south-east and east of Soucliez. The Germans in the Champagne uro resisting in their reserve positions, protected by. extensive disguised entanglements. We further progressed, towards Hill 185, east of Sonnnepy.

Seven enemy battalions attacked our trenches at La Fille Mort Bolante and suttered (serious defeat. They penetrated our first line ot trenches at some points, but our counter-attacks m the night expelled them and the ground in front oi our trenches was covered with German dead. ■ijontlon, Sept. 28. The Daily Telegraph's Romo correspondent sayis that travellers from Constantinople state Unit Russian, French and British aviators new over Constantinople and Smyrna, anil dropped but letins describing the German defeats in Russia and 1' ranee.

M. Radoslavofl' alas authorised tihu despatch of -Bulgarian cereals to Constantinople, which now is completely re-stocked with liour, nee and bread, which had been greatly reduced. It is reported that there are dissensions among tho Young Turks, and that" LJiey are increasing. Jliuver Pasha does noi possess his former authority, and the departure of a number or Germans officers has impaired his prestige. Die Sheik-ul-lslam told the Sultan that ji was necessary to liuisli the war before tiio complete dismemberment ot Mui empire took place. iho cession < \ Thrace to -Bulgaria can be regarded only as the beginning of dismemberment.