THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

11 lltmtmuo XBLIGUAI'tt— COFJMOB*.') y j PKU I'UKSa ABPOCUUQN.J I IN THIiIuLKANS. Athens, Nov. 10. 'lho French left ivlng has seized n Muisent, 4000 foot high, where the Bulgarian heavy artMeiy was stationed. t . The Franco-British lines have junciioned at Pliares. The Government journal Kairoi states that the Bulgarian-German agreement was concluded yesterday s whereby Bulgaria undertakes to de--0 mobilise as soon ■as tlie campaign against Serbia is concluded, and also 'I agrees iio£ to advance beyond the DOl- - ran Gevghelli line nor to enter Monastir in order not to offend Greece. Germany agrees to assist Bulgaria in the event other States attaching Bulgaria or Turkey. ' The Daily Telegraph's {Salonika cor* j respondent sayu that although a French ? patrol jwnetrated the linos , town, Veles is still held by the Bulgarians. r Copenhagen, Nov. 11. The Allies have taken the offensive j on the wholje front Vardar-Strumitza L The Bulgarians have been reinforced and a sanguinary battle is raging at S'trumitza. 1 Amsterdam, Nov. 10. , Six tjhousand Austro-German eaigi- . nceis have arrived at Orsova to repair the Serbian railways. THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE. London, Nor. 10. Paris reports that artillery action was very markedi on the plateau ot Nouvron ,also at Taliure and Mesnil. We are concentrating our fire on *"iie enemy's position. In the Vosges our trench mortars destroyed a German j blockhouse and shelters. ( Paris, Nov. 10. I ' Official.—The Germans attempted an t extensive attack on Givenchy wood, , but were repulsed. Our batteries ic- ( plied effectively to a new and violent German bombardment north-eastward , of Tahure *"" N A RUSSIAN success; Petrograd, Nov. 11. A communique! says:—There has been doßperato fighting on the nanks of the Cherniavka. We broke the Austro-German lines, taking prisoner '2000 men and: 20 "machine guns A large number of the enemy were drowned in the rivor. THE LOSS OF THE ANOONA. Rome, Nov. 11. The Anoona was passing Cape Carbonari when one of the monster submarines delivered to Austria in 1915 from lirupps, chased and "soon overhauled her, and despite tbe engines being stopped she deliberately turned her cannon on the helpless vessel and •• hundred shells tore lingo rents 11 her sides. Finally slle tired a torpedo amidst the desperate shrieks of the victims. When the rescuers arrived they were repeatedly fired at. Two lifeboats were crowded with the rescued . who were mad with torror. The majority wee third-class Venetian and Apulian emigrants. THE GERMAN EXCUSE. Amsterdam, Nov. 10 A ißerlin semi-official report says there is reliable information that the Ancona attempted to escape and tl 0 submarine was obliged to use her guns. This announcement removes all douot a? to tTTo submarine's .nationality, sinec it is made by Berlin, not uy Vienna.