THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

1 iHLKIA'IUC I'KLKUltAl'ti— COI'XKIUUt.» il'Klt PKKBS ABPOIUAIIuN i THE BALKAN 'CAMPAIGN. London, Nov. 29. Tho Timos's Paris correspondent says the British have taken over the Doi-ran-lvutchorino section iroin the French The Serbians are concentrating in the Kossovo region. Koine., Nov. 20. Tho battle at Kossovo continues. The Bulgarian losses arc colossal. Fugitives alfirm that 130,000 wounded have reached Sofia. King Peter, despite his grave illness, insists on going "unto the fighting line. Several times he has declared that he will die by his own liand. All the State archives have 'been burnt. A fresh struggle for possession oi Krushevo has begun, where the reinforced Bulgarians are attacking the harassed Serbians. Salonika, Nov. 29. Gorman cavalry nave appeared belore Yeles. Advices from Monastir on Thursday state that the situation lias improved. Four thousand rocruits have joined the garrison, and a Fronon battery has arrived and is co-operating with the Serbians in the direction of Prilep. Cetinge, Nov. 29. King Nicholas's proclamation exhorts the people to remain calm in face of the danger threatening Montenegro. Tho Serbians may be iorced to withdraw to the Montenegrin niountaius where the fores of both kingdoms will fight valiantly from mountain to mountain. THE WEST FRONT. Pans, Nov. 29. A communique says:— There have been a series of aerial combats and raids. A squadron or ten ignitedi sheds at Habsheim, near Mulhouse. We brought down four machines. One toll into the sea at Westende, and an enemy torpedoer and several pinnaces put out from Osternl and Middlekerke and attempted to salve it. The Allied seaplanes' artillery sank a pinnace. RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN CAUCASUS. Petrograd, Nov. 29. A communique says:—ln the Caucasus, near Teve, a village north of Tortuin Lake, our scouts descended the precipices tby means oi ropes and rusheel the Turkish detachments, capturing their arms. We drove Kurds at Urunuah Lake from Pension to Turkish territory. Matters havo been quiet in Teheran, region since the Russians arrived. AT THE DARDANELLES. A communique says:—There has been marked artillery activity m the Dardanelles. The Turks, in attempting to attack the British used asphyxiating gas for the first time but without result. THE GERMAN STORY, * Amsterdam, Nov. 29. A German communique says:— The enemy artillery is showing great activity in the Champagne. We occupied Riidnik, south-west of Mitryyitza, taking prisoner 2700. Our main operations have now closed with the ilight ot the meagre remnant oi the Serbian army to the Albanian mountains. Our first aim to open communication witn Turkey via Bulgaria has been achieved. Over 100,000 Serbians were captured while the German louses were moderate.