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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 December 1915, Page 3

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kJ' ltalians [in Albania—Bulgarians on ft Greek Frontier—Sir John French X Retires — Succeeded by Sir W* Douglas Haig ■- - A newspaper^.<^()/respondent R states that ther^ir*gar|ans do not, [Jewish to^efiter Greece,* but Ger--Ikmaijarfs tjrying^to'forcevfchem oh."1 IJKtere is likely to be *,l£ll ml, the, Hm^tion-sVaVthe epSwny has riot, Bfcj&ftfafcgwffi ggge'ssary for an ■gte^&pj&kmika. The Greeks, Hra'WioM!rj*wiiig from Salonika! Mpj-tlie zone between' Salonika? Kmd Doirari. Practically, the' Rf-hole of Greek Eastern Mace 1/ Wfea is tljus being abandoned ty. forces in Greece aref the Doiran KUlinflir:'east^J;he Vardar RLv,er*~; and Servianfaa^ds** ontenegro are conductin'gfjl* warfare, imposing 'Mpia£'. ■cant care on the Austrians.'-,*-*0 ■-'Sir John French has, at''his; Kuul instance, retired from\;tjie of the British forcel^in and Flanders.,, ;^ir Haig has succeeded h,im. French has aecepted'jbher" of Field-Marshall the troops statioini|d 6 Ignited. Kingdom, receiyip'g dignity ot viscount. ' 'g^ X SATURDAY f • Attacked — Ring HHpioßar«^Br3i*«t«jeyi^wed— Greece KiyT<»t t»t still - (Jerman Mf!©ice*trttlon in Wcgt \j ,-' and GerinMn forces iW^^K^i***l6^*^'"' ffttaolgng KMontenegro' Jfr6m-»«ast-'aiid wesiij '.- ■-, The Bulgarian Minister "srt'f ■Athens is reported to have deA that Bulgaria'will nofc^I respect Greek neutrality. In an i l interview given in the Londo^fDaily Telegraph, King Constant says it is doubtful whether^ 'Greece will sit still seeing thefBulgarians in her territory. German troops are reported td "be concentrating on the Greek frontier. A Bulgarian message , states that a neutral zone has -. been established, the Bulgarian and Greek troops mutually withdrawing. y : ■ A British officer states that Salonika has been transformed into an impregnable fortress. jGeneral_ Xo,w.nsb,end- • --reports "\from Mesopotamia that atecord'/ing "to" Arab reports, "tjie ' lost 2000 in the attack on Khit-ei-Amara, on the evening o| the f" 12th-inst. • The attacks have not -~ beerrrf c ne we'd."'""