ROUMANIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 215, 27 May 1915, Page 5

ROUMANIA.

ON BRINK OF WAR. THE ARMY REVIEWED. AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM. BY KING FERDINAND (Reed 8.20 a.m.) BUCHAREST, May 2.6.

King Ferdinand! reviewed his army ; amtd. great enthusiasm. The general belief is hat Rournama is onthe brink of. war. A NARROW ESCAPE. FOR LORD CHARLES BERESFORB. WHILE VISITING FRENCH LINES. PARIS, May 26. Lord Charles Beresford had a narrow escape while visiting the French lines in Alsace. A Taube dropped bombs near a house where he was staying which killed a man. The Taube returned next day and dropped three bombs, partially wrecking the house after Beresford had gone out. FRENCH SUCCESS NORTH OF ARRAS. PARIS May 26. Official: We made important progress northof Arras and captured two strongly fortfied works and a large trench along a front of one kilometre, near Souehe, where the Germans have been resisting for a fortnight. ' AEROPLANE ACTIVITY. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. BY FRENCH AVIATORS. (Rec. 9.25 a.m.) PARIS, May 26. A communique- states that recent checks have driven the Germans to extremely violent action. On the 25th and 26th they first counter-attaeed works captured by the French northwest of Angres. The French, despite bombardment of exceptional intensity, retained the whole of their new positions, and gained gound on the hill crests, north-east of Notre Dame de Lorette. French aviators on the 25th were active along the front, and dropped 203 projectiles, of which 82 were bombs, weighing ten kilos, and 14 shells weighing 43 kilos. They fired a shed and an aeroplane at the aviation depot at Hewilley, and hit the petrol depots in the reserve park for aircraft at Grandpriel. Four shells were also dropped at Douai, which sit fire to the goods station.

ALLIED AEROPLANES BUSY. RAILWAY STATION PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. AMSTERDAM, May 2G. The Allies' aeroplanes bombarded, and practically destroyed St. Pierrfi railway station at Ghent. .■ GERMAN AND 3RITISH-ARMIES COMPARED. / LONDON, May 26. The Times' military corrp.spondent says that the supply of goo-"d men in Germany has not been exhausted, but, to a large extent, the ow of German man youth has been strc?cen down. At the moment ours is abou t to blossom. AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED. CREW SAVED. BOAT TOWED TO QUEENSTOWN. 4 (R'icd 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 26. The American steamer Nebraskan was torpedoed 0 f Fastnet, The crew were saver' t . She vrr xa outward bound for Delaware ajr L a when 40. miles off Fastnet she tv",released last night, calling for help.- Th e toypedoed crew standing by ■'ia boats' The weather was fimv Ay. urmeci trawler picked Up the Netfitfkaa, which is making for Qyeensk*w&? $&"{$«tol4 : Iff Ml &£vrvJ& : .