MONDAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 14 October 1915, Page 3

MONDAY

Attack on . Belgrade —- British Gunners Defending — Enemy Repulsed near Loos — Advancing \ Troops Mown Down — German Transport Sunk The German invasion of Servia has begun. The Germans - crossed the Rivers Save and Danube, and attacked Belgrade, which stands at the confluence of these two rivers. They claim to have captured the greater part of the city, but London newspapers state that British naval gunners are still defending the Servian capital.

Up to Thursday evening 32,000 allied troops, including 5000 British,- has been landed at -Salonika. Troops are still being landed^ . ' TMjifew Premier of Greece is coi^Jflfuing the anti-Bulgarian '""^Kcfy cis hastening the mobilisation of the army, and will not resist the operations of the allies.

Determined German attacks on the positions recently won by the British north and south of Loos have been repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. The Germans attacked in close formation, and columns of men melted away before the British fire. North-east of Loos the British have gained from 500 to 1000 yards.

A British submarine in the Baltic shelled and sank a German y transport near the German coast. The Russians report successful actions on the Dvinsk front and in Volhynia, one of which yielded *• 1800 prisoners and the other 1500. * Evidence is given that the Germans have ceased trying to advance further into Russia, anrl are digging themselves in. A new Russian army of 2,000,000 men is being prepared for the -spring campaign.