THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

[ | KIiKOTUIO TMiBGUAPH— OOPYBIOHf « j P£U l'ttKßS ABWHUAUUN.j IN THE BALKANS. Bucharest, Nov. u. Tito Austro-Gernians are using the Danube to pass supplies to .Bulgaria and Turkey. The first convoy readied Rustchuk, escorted by Austrian monitors with troops, munitions and motor cam lor Von der Goltz's army. Otiher convoys are passing down the Danube from other Bulgarian parte. The Germans aro within thirty miles of Nish, and. wfren this section hae been captured the direct railway, to Constantinople, will be cleared. London, Nov. y. Nows from the Near East says tlio fiercest actions on the uont were _beuvoen the Serbians and the Bulgarians at Ba.buna. They slaughtered eacii other pitilessly and the ground was covered with heaps of the slain. The light lasted three days, Dut the arrival ot the French artillery demoralised the Bulgarians, while the iiritish. cavau'y accentuated their panio. Officers declaim that though the Bulgarians obtained victories a third 01 her army is hors do combat. Wounded officers speaK of the incredible ferocity of the fighting of the Serbians who defended with unprecedented stubbornness. Few wore taken prisoner and the women and children fought in the first line. - Latest Athens messages 6how that two-thirds of Serbia/ is occupied by the invaders, liushka is the new capital. The Serbians blew up all the tunnels 011 the Belgrade-Nisih railway. The Germans claim to have captured 3000 unwounded Serbians and ten guns and that at Krushevatz they found 1500 wounded in the hospitals. Salonika, Nov. y. The .French General Staff announces that a fierce action continues east 01 Strumitza and the French are pushing northward. The British are closely co-operating upon the right. An artillery, duel is raging at Valandovo. The Serbians aro also participating. The French guns are causing frightful devastation. The Serbians gained an advantage Vrania.

IN THE WEST. Paris, Nov. 8. I lie Matin says the Germans have brought live army corps from' Russia aiul a. renewed offensive iu the West is expected shortly. The Germans are anxious to| tjountelrßalamie their defeat in September. RUSSIAN PROGRESS. Petrograd, Nov. 9. A communique shows progress west ward of the Riga-Dvinsk railway. VIA AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, Nov. \). The V oewaerte Inis "been suspended, owing to its criticising the Govern-, meat rood supply. The Leipsic Volkszeitung publishes a manifesto calling a meeting to protect against the high food prices. It says: ""Whilst the sons of the workers are bleeding on the "battlefields intolerable famine oppresses the people everywhere in Germany." A German communique says:—We recaptured a portion of the enemy advance trench 011 the thill at Sentirst. Hindenburg repulsed Russian attacks it several points at Dvinsk with heavy onomy losses. Russian attacks north-west of ChurtorjsK were unsuccessful.