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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 September 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 2 p.m.) j (Au/stralia-New Zealand Cable Service.) THE ' TROJAN' HORSES." London, Sept. 17. The British soldiers call the new armoured cars "Trojan horses." The French eulogise the British policy of sacrificing any amount of material rather than unnecessarily risk the soI"d----iers's lives. The advent of the ears is hailed as a sign of the end of trench warfare, and that the British axe getting well into the open. THE BELGO-DUTOH FRONTIER. Amsterdam, Sept. 17. The German guards have been withdrawn firom the Dutch frontier and Belgian! families are streaming into Holland with their belongings. The Germans also announce the cutting off of the electric current from the wires ! along the Belgo-iDuteh frontier for a fortnight. The reason is not given. THE GREEKS AT K AVAL A. Athens, Sept. 14. Advices from Vola state that after the Bulgarian summons had been received, Col. 'Hadijopoulo informed the officers of the Kavala garrison of the Bulgarian conditions of surrender, ad-

ding the army must, surrender to the Bulgarians or Anglo-French. Hadjopoulo was asked later whether the army would ,be imprisoned till the end of hostilities by the Allies and he replied he was Hot able to accept this as iGreece was not a belligerent enemy. Colonel Christodoiiilos, in the meantime, declaredi he was joining the revolutionaries at Salonika, and applied for steamers. Colonel Hadjopou'lo decided to surrender hi* army to the Bulgarians, and endeavoured to prevent the men joining Christodioulos. War and rifles were pillaged and objects scattered about the streets. The breeches remaining in the guns were thrown into the sea and military motor cars destroyed. The foregoing information proves that Hadjopoulo's men had the opportunity to rejoin the Greek -forces.

Four housand refugees have arrived at Vol a from Thasos. The population is enraged at the stories of the suffering ancLthe -lamentable scenes. Parents are seeking their ohi'ldren and weeping children are seeking their parents. Many were separated in the hurried flight.

Two Greek companies l with fixed bayonets at Kavala prevented a large number of the 18th regiment of Christocloulos's division from going to Thasos. compelling them to accompany Hadjopoulo to Drama.

According to refugees 70 officers and 800 soldiers proceeded to Drama with Had.jopoulp, while 80 officers and 2000 men accompanied Christodoulos to Thasos. The artillery and troops of the Fourth Corps, with twenty guns, followed Christodoulos. When Ka.val-a surrendered the Bulgarian coivmander at the head of the cavalry declared he occupied the town in Tsar Ferdinand's name.