THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

Ijsucuuut rgiacGUUi'tt— corxnuiH"!.! J ! I'BK I'IIKSS AaW'CUA Uußi 1 THE SERBIAN SITUATION. London, Nov. 19. In the House ol Commons Mr Bouar Law saidi it would bo unwise to tell all tlie facts concerning the situation in Serbia, but ho could say, in spite of what had happened m the Near East, he is more liopeful now than ."0 had boon for many months. Things were not going so badly as they seemed Athens., Nov. 19, Monastir station land iloads are crowded with refugees hurrying towards Grceeo. The Serbian garrison has been reduced! to a few thousands, who are without munitions and bread and are starving. The commandant sent two officers to Salonika with a piteous appeal for help. The Serbian force at ;Mon- ■ astir is out olf from communciation northward, tho Bulgarians liavi.ig reached Albania. The" Serbians at Babuna Pass, finding themselves unable to detach men to check the Bulgarian enveloping movement, wore forced to retire. The evacuation was carried out without the ' loss ot : -a single man. Disembarkation of the second! portion oi the Allies' troops has been completed. Home, Nov.- 19. The Tribuna's correspondent says the Bulgarian advance guards have reached Monastir. Paris, Nov. 19. A communique says that all positions at Cerna, Stardar and Kosturino were maintained Slit JOHN .FRENCH'S REPORT. London, Nov. 19. i'ield Marshal Sir John French ret ports—Hostile artillery was active east I and north-east of Ypres. / A small party oi our troops carried out a successful enterprise on tho night ol the I(3th-17tli, just north of the river Douve, audi south-east ol Messiues. 'I.hoy iorced an entrance to the enomy's front trench and bayoneted thirty or-. cupants and returned with the loss oi one killed and ono wounded, bringi-ig in twelve prisoners A I'll EN QH COMMUNIQUE. Paris, Nov. 19. A communique says:—\Vc wrecked a German post and entirely silenced the enemy batteries in Audiaehy-Echalle-Staurin-Ducessicr sector. EROM RUSSIA Petrograd, Nov. 19. A communique says:—Wo repulsed the enemy's offensive at Mitau road, south-west of Olai. j Large numbers of unburitnl German corpses were found in tho abandoned trenches near Lake S von tin. OPERATIONS AT UALUI'OLi. Londo.i, Nov. in. The Press Buioau says tho ollicer commanding in the Mediterranean cables: The o2nd Division carriediout a successful attack on tlie loth, tor which careful preparations had been made tor some considerable time. Three mines were exploded successfully in the onerny's trenches at lvrithia nullah at o in the afternoon, and tlie infantry .pursued on immediately and captured >(iO yards oi trench on the east of the nullah anil 120 yards on the 'west. The captured trenches wore immediately consolidated, bombing parties were pushed up the communicating tr-mcl'is and erected barricades. The battle ships were assisting in tho bombardment. Tlie positon was consolidated bv 6 o'clock in the evening. The en omy's batteries wjere very erratic. Tlie Turkish infantry suffered consideraoJy from machine-gun and rifle fire. A counter-attack in the) night of the lOth was easily repulsed. The British casualties totalled fifty killed and wounded. Seventy Turkish bodies were in the captured position and thirty others Avero. killed by the explosion of the minos