THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 December 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

, , a __ _ • hLJtt/ilUl iftUfilihAi'tt — LUi'XWldlii.; , .Sim i'Alteo AtoMAU-AiiLUV i THE BALKAN STATED. boha, Dec. 1. A Jiulgatiau communique says:—We captured 17,000 men, the remains of tu<; Serbian army, and iooK possession oi oi) field gns, howitzers, and much iuaIwial. ihie wilfprobably end the campaign against Serbia. London, Dec. i. The Daily News Home correspondent says that Greece notified, the Allies that the demand that Greece should evacuate Salonika and the Allies assume surveillance of the coast were un acceptable and would practically amount to a violation of Greece's neutrality. The correspondent adds:—This hesitation is due to an Austro-Germau threat that the territory occupied by the Anglo-French would be considered enemy territory if Greece accedied t<; the Allies' demands. Mr Martin Donohue,. the English correspondent, declares that despite M. Bratiano's reiteration or neutrality Roumania ia believed to have como under Austro-Germau influences to some degree successful as the result of tempting territorial offers dangled before M. Bratiano.

BRITISH PRISONERS.

London, Dec. 1. lu the Houso of Commons the He Mr. Tenuaut aunouueed that 32,0 British soldiers and 1050 uaval nn were prisoners in Germany. • iS . AUSTRIAN MINISTERS RE--11 SIGN. j _^ London, Dec. 1. A bensation is announced from V ' ouna. Ministers or Jnterio. *' Commerce and Finance have resigned, ~ Prince Hohonlohe Schillings filers > tlie Draconian ex-Uovernor of Triesti is the new Minister of tne Interior. It is surmised that serious hupper ' ings necessitated the changes whic are interpreted as similar to thos which .tilled the army with Genua; tools and sympathisers. London, December 2. The Hungarian correspondent of tin -Morning Post insis'ts that lustna de sires peace can ue dismissed. Tin most probable explanation of the Ku sor's visit to the Austrian Emperor ii a desire to establish an Austro-Uer man tariff whereto- the throe retiring Ministers are hostile. THE WEST FRONT. Paris, December 2. A communique records intense artillery activity at various points oi the Anglo-French lines. The artillery to the east of Boesinghe inflicted important damage on the enemy's defences, including a 30 metres breach in n redoubt. ATTACKING THE TURKS. Paris, Dec. 1. A communique says that on Saturday and Sunday at the Dardanelles the usual activity was exhibited by both sides. One of our galleries penetrated; a Turkish gallery and our sappers put the occupants to flight with revolvers and grenades. Petrograd, Dec. 2. A communique says:—After two days' fighting in the region of Varknnis the Turks were driven out of two fortified positions, and are in full etfcat westward. AUeTRAIA'S REPORT. Amsterdam, Dec. 2. An Austrian communique says:—We are attacking Gradina height south-east of Metalka ridge. Our column stormed the border plateau ten kilometres north of Prevlijo which the Montenegrins stubbornly defended.