THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 October 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

» fKLKOTUIO XELttGUAI'U — UOI'ICBIGHT.I i PKU I'UKSa ASMiCJAUaN. i am ATTACK ON SERBIA. London, October 13. Latest Nish telegrams confirm the report of the Serbians Doing attacked on three sidtvs. The Bulgarians axe stabbing their ally of iDll? in the back by attacking north-east anil soußi-east of Nish, where Uie Bulgarians aro moving along the Vlasina: river, and liavo reached a point 25 miles Trohi Nish, and only ten miles eastward of tho main railway connecting NisJi with Salonika. It iis estimated tliafc 250,000 Serbians are facing -100,000 Austro-Germans and 150,000 Bulgarians. The telegrams shows Unit all attacks hitherto have been heavily repulsed. THE GREEK POSITION. Athens, October 12. Tho (Serbian .Minister officially advised M. Zaiinis ol the opening oi the Bulgarian offensive. .u. Zaiinis "e----plied that Greece remains in a position ol armed neutrality. LANDING OF ANGLO-FRENCH. Salonika. October 12. Protective measureis ensure the arrival ol troops and war material under the best conditions and convoys of Anglo-French troops are landing uninterruptedly. Greece is hastily completing mobilisation. THE WEST FRONT.

A communique says: — I'ho Germans .sustained great losses in . Monday's lighting north-west of Souchez. Uiir progress towards Lu Goutte continues. A violent infantry attack on our positions at IJnge-bcimitzmaiiuelle was repulsed. So mo of the assailants gained a looting in out- oi our trenches, but they were immediately driven out. DErii'EKATK I'TGIITJXG IX IU'.SSIA. a* I'etrograd, Oct.-■l3. A communique says:—There was desperate lighting at Dvinsk. TJie Gorjuaiis occupied a portion" oi our trenches north-westward towards llluksi. Our artillery near Lantzehhia dispersing the Germans, forced the abandonment ot their trenches ami the village of Jorjunk, .southward oi Lake JDemmen. We, at dawn under cover of a fog and without tiring a shot captured three lines of trendies at the southern end of bake Demmen. \\ e crossed the river I'rorua, and captured three villages. The Germans southwaul of l'hiisk were dislodged wii-h ilie bayonet at Komora, and fled in disorder, our machine guns luilicting heavy loss. Our troops at llaivorKne, westward ot Trembuvla forced the enemy's -Jast line, and occupied two more trenches. U e stormed a stronghold on a .height eastward of iiaivornke comprising a system ol covered trencher, loopholed and protected with steel plates. A strung counter-attack was repulsed. We xorced the enemy's, line at Mount 31aua, in the vicinity ot liaivornke, capturing a whole Austrian battalion. The enemy were completely defeated and are ret-bang rn disorder byond the Strypa, pursued closely to iiaivornke. JJy a bridge alire we later ciossed the •Strypa, our eavairy sabring many and capturing a Convoy and four gnns and ten machine guns. ITALIAN ATTACKS. Home, October 12. A communique says:—Our bold attacks between Adiga and iiostna broke through the entanglements and damaged the defence works. The enemy's night attacks against Monte Maronia and Malgagioverna were ;,e- - with heavy losses. A communique says: \\ e stopped enemy attacks on a "wide front east oi Vermegliano and Montesseibusi, inflicting heavy losses. We made further progress in Upper Vaidossa. I'ltOM BERLIN*. Berlin, October 12. Oilicial.—We are mating good progress on the entire Balkan front. We stormed the town and lor tress of Semendria yesterday. A communique says:—The i'rencli continue their attacks north of Arras, north-east of Sou chess and east of iS'euvilfe. The French, only succeeded in penetrating our advanced line at two points. "We repulsed the French »'i both sides of Tahure. They nowhere gained ground.