BULGARIA FORTIFYING

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 8 September 1915, Page 5

BULGARIA FORTIFYING

ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT. THE RUSSIAN REPORT. ' j GERMAN OFFENSIVE CRUSHED. I J PETROGRAD, Sept. 7. A communique states: Fighting ct*itinues in the Middle Niemen, wheie , the Germans are attempting to devel--1 op an offensive. The enemy’s most important offensive on the sth September was at Volkovgsk-, along the SedletzHasseida railway, and in the Drogotckine district, where, we crushed ail attempts. • The onemj r continues to concentrate his main efforts upon the roads j from Lutsk towards Dubno and Rovno-. SPLITTING THE RUSSIANS. GERMAN WEDGES WILE FAIL. GRODNO MOVTME|NT DOOMED. PETROGRAD, Sept 6. The Russian- War Office ig confident that the wedges the Germans aire trying to drive into the Russian front have not succeeded in separating the Russian armies. It is also stated that the attempt to envelop a large tody j of troops by the manoeuvre which crea-‘ , ted a dangerous salient at Grodno will fail. ■ -i 1 AUSTRIANS VICTORIOUS. VIENNA, Sept. 6. A communique states: The Russians j made repeated and severe counter-at : | tacks on the Bessarabiana frontier and j east of the mouth of the Sereth, but were everywhere repulsed with heavy losses. Our troops east of Lutzsk in the most difficult conditions crossed Marohy and inundated the district, also ejected the enemy from the last fortification in the Upper Jasiolka and gained a footing on the northern bank, AUSTRO-GERMAN CAPTURES. LARGE HAULS OF PRISONERS. --- - - ♦ BUDAPEST, Sept. 7. It is semi-officially stated that to the end of July the Germans had tak|en 1,082,000 Russian prisoners, 280,000 French, 26,000 British, and 42,000 Belgian, also 3,820 guns and 3,685 machine-guns. The Austrianas had taken 55,000 Russians and 45,000 Serbians,, with 630 guns and 800 machineguns. It is estimated that the AustroGermans in August took prisoner 200,000, with 1.500 guns and 300 machineguns. A BERLIN REPORT. SUBMARINE U 27 REGARDED AS < LOST. i (Reed 9 a.m.) < AMSTERDAM, Sept 7 < Official!: A Berlin, telegram states i that a German submarine reports that 1 C 27 was about on the 10th August, and - sank a small British cruiser of the old i type westward of the Hebrides, but a s t she. has not returned she must he; * regarded as lost. i GERMAN OPINION CHANGINGGRUDGING PRAISE TO BRITAIN. (Reed 9.30 a.m.) BERNE, Sept 7. Private, information from several sources indicate that thejr B -is a gradual change of opinion ,in Germany regarding Britafin’j. share of. the war .The t Navy’s work and cur troops dogged 1 courage at the DardnneU'Si fc i * r '<y ('rnidring praise among the e-ducat-ed classes. 1

HIGH STANDARD SET,

ON TWO COASTS JOFFRE INSPECTS ITALIAN FRONTIER II AMERICAN' JOUIMLiST .... j r VISITS BRITISH NAVY KAISER’S HEIR REPORTED KILLED THE RUSSIAN FRONT THE ENEMY HELD UP

IMPORTANT ITALIAN , ADVANCE

GENEVA, September 7,

In the course of the attack on Rovercto and Moririva the Austrians suffered heavy losses, and were compelled to retreat live kilometres.

THE POPE ’S FEELERS,

LONDON, September 7.

Router’s agent in Washington says' the facts are t bat .the. Pope cabled Cardinal Gibbons the. Vatican’s . views in regard to peace, and instructed., him to leiiver them to President.. Wilson. Thus, technically, the Pope’s message was addressed to Cardinal .■ Gibbons,' and not to President Wilson. The Pope desired to • learn President WLlsdrHs views informally prior to a., formal message, ... ... . •=■■■ .:. J.OFFRE IN ITALY. INSPECTS IMPORTANT POSITIONS (Reed 9 a.m > ROME, Sept 7. ' Jofilre visited the Italian front, and inspected important positoins. He afterwards interviewed the King and Cadrona. ' UNPRECEDENTED HEROISM.

AWARDING VICTORIA CROSSES,

LONDON, September : 7,

The authorities are 9 apparently experiencing considerable,, difficulty ; in awarding Victoria Crosses. The latest lists of distinctions disclose deeds of heroism which in previous wars would probably have brought the highest honours, The standard is now so high that these feats only secure comparatitveliy minor decorations. TRENCH REPRISALS. PAID BACK WITH INTEREST. PARIS, September 7. As a reprisal for German aeroplanes bombarding Luneville on market day, wherein many civilians were victims, forty of our areoplanes bombarded the station, factories and military, estab-. lishments at Saarebruck with considerable results. AUSTRIAN EXPLANATIONS . TO THE UNITED STATES. •,.vi. (Reed 10.50 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept 7. ' The Austrian Ambassador called on Mr Lansing and explained that despatches captured by the British were from an 'American war correspondent, en route from Vienna to Now York. They did not affect America and the neutrality suggestion therein that AustroHungarians must refuse to engage in I the production of war munitions in America unless they took the risk of imprisonment if they returned to Austria was explained by the Ambassador as merely a technical , measure, usually issued to Austrian subjects. CHINESE IN GERMAN PAY-TRANS-SIBERIA RAILWAY. | BRIDGE THREATENED. (Reed 9.30 a.m.) PEKIN, Sept 7. Chinese in German pay again attempted to demolish. the Sungars bridge over which the thins-Siberian railway runs. Russian guards frustrated the attempt.

THE HESPERIAN INCIDENT.

UNITED STATES’ ATTITUDE. JUDGMENT SUSPENDED. (Rec. 8.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Judgment on the sinking of tlic Hesperian is suspended pending complete j investigation. Officials are jto queston good faith in the recent i qualified assurance by the German Govj ornmont that commanders were orderf _ _ . „ j eCi t° attack' no more liners without warning. I "AN ARMED TRANSPORT.” -- 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. j Officials opine that the submarine j commander will allege that the Hespe- [ jia.n was not a liner but an armed | transport. j German-Airiorican newspapers allege | that she carried a 4-ineh gun aft. 13 OF THE CREW LOST. LONDON, September 7. • Official: Thirteen of the Hesperian’s j crew are also missing. GERMANY’S ASSURANCE TAKEN BY PRESIDENT WILSON. (Reed 10.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept 7. President Wilson prefers to take Germany’s submarine assurances at their face value and not protest agninst the torpedoing of the Hesperian if she discloses that the German commander was not warped by his Government, or if the Hesperian was armed. ON GALLIPOLI. ACHI BABA FIRE WEAKENING. 1 SHORTAGE OF GUNS. .. (Reed 9.30 a_m.) ATHENS, Sept 7.

, Since, the extension of front following th e .landing at Suvla Bay, the intensity of th e enemy’s gunfire at Achi Baba ha s appreciably diminished. This is attributed to the transfer of guns from thence to the Anafarta Heights, and denoting that the auppl,y of guns is limited.

“LIZZIE” NOT INJURED. • JELL/iCOE’S VAST NAVY. (Reed 10.25 a.m.) • LONDON, Sept 7 Mr Frederick Palmer, the American journalist, in writing of Ms visit to Jellicoe’s navy, says the battleship Tiger has fewer scars to show and the only visible sign of the Queen Elizabeth’s experiences at the Dardanelles consider of a rough space of new planking on deck where a shell struck, and a dent in one of her fifteen inch guns from a glancing shot. The Inflexible sufficed less Injury at the Falklands than at the Dardanelles, where she wa s struck by a mine' and was also under heavy fire frbrh shore,, ... The only colour visible of that vast array of fighting ships, stretching into the misty horizon, or against the background of harbour, was the uniforms of the cr,ews and an occasional signal of flags. WASHINGTON DISILLUSIONED. LONDON, Sept. 7. The Times says the attack on the Hesperian is a significant commentary on the Bernstorff Note. The submarine commander did his utmost to invole the passengers and crew in a common catastrophe. It was certain the attack would cause great disillusionment at Washington.

TURKISH DESTROYER SUNK. ATHENS, September 7. An Allied submarine sank the Turkish destroyer Yarhista in the Sea of Marmora.