In the Balkans

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 25, 5 January 1916, Page 5

In the Balkans

ALLIES’ ACTION IN SALONIKA. ARREST OF 1000 ENEMY SUBJECTS. United Press iAhsooiatton. (Received 8.20 a.m.) Amsterdam, January 4. A German semi-official message from Athens states that the Allies oa Sunday arrested 1000 enemy subjects at Salonika. BITTER FIGHTING. (Received 8.4.8 a.m.) Berlin, January 4. A communique states: There is bitter fighting on the Bessarabian front, but the utmost efforts of the eneipy to break the Austro-Bulgariaus line in' the Toporoutz district failed. A Montenegrin detachment was routed.

IMPROVING BALKAN SITUATION

A RUSSIAN VIEW OF IT.

t ; ” (Received 8.45 a.m.) London January 4. 1 ! TlU'“ 3 Chfoniclels 1 f 'W&S- 1 ‘ pendent wiys'Lliat RW|' view* Miat Roliniaaia is’Jut' tiofa ' tq, Russia is Satisfied that Rouhian'.in sentiment and, policy |is oVer-vdieha-iugly in favour of the Entente. • ihe importance of active Roumanian cooperation is diminishing with tiie *mjjroving Balkan situation. THE SERBIAN WOUNDED. 1 Paris, January 3. A communique states: During the Serbian retreat a number of wounded were remqved to Scutari by means ,(>f six aeroplanes. NORyirECIAN CONSUL ARRESTED. *' o i-.v. ~..i. , . Jai'-C-ij.yl.-, ~. 1 TheiNorw^ianCohsiirwKstlii-neu. toil lariated* < AUSTRIAN GAMPS BOMBED. Athens, January 4. French aeroplanes successfully bombed the Austrian camps at Ghevgeli. ON THE ROUMANIAN FRONTIER. Rome, January 4. . II Corriere d’ltalia’s Petrograd correspondent .says that half a million Austro-Germans are near the Roumanian frontier.

SEIZURE Or THE KAISER’S VILLA ATCORFU. ' Athens, January 3. * The British military authorities notified Greece of their intention to occupy the Kaiser’s magnificent villa at Corfu as a hospital for wounded Serbians. A MONTENEGRIN SUCCESS. * Paris, January 3. A Montenegrin official report says that the enemy was repulsed near Goduivo after a day’s fighting.