BULGARIAN DESERTERS JOINING FRENCH FORCES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 58, 8 March 1916, Page 5

BULGARIAN DESERTERS JOINING FRENCH FORCES.

MANY LANDED AT MARSEILLES. (Reed. 11.(20 a.m.). " ” PARIS, March 7. A number of Bulgarian deserters have landed at Marseilles. They sk to be enrolled in the Foreign Legion.

GERMANS SECURE IMPORTANT GAINS. VARIOUS POINTS HEAVILY TESTED. ENEMY CAPTURES HILL 265, , (Reed. 11.20 a.m.). PARIS, March 7. Semi-official: The Germans by means yol! intense progressed westward of the Meuse, along the railway in neighbourhood of Simultaneously a G-erman division, notwithstanding heavy losses, captured hill 265. The French hold th e village of Bethaucourt, the clumps of trees eastward of Corbeaux and Cumieres wood, also the upper part of Goose Hill. GERMANS REPORT THAT THINGS ARE CALMER ON THE EAST BANK OF THE MEUSE. LONDON, March 7. A German 'communique says: Things generally arc calmer on the eastern bank of the Meuse. In minor encounters during the last two days w c captured 14 officers, and .934 men. THE GERMANS ARE TRYING LIQUID FIRE. ATTEMPTS TO DEBOUCH ON GOOSE HILL STOPPED. PARTS, March 7. A communique says: The Germans, using liquid fire, penetrated a small advanced work at Maisons de Champagne. The enemy west of the Meuse, after a. violent bombardment, strongly attacked forces which, on our advanced line, carried a village after a most violent encounter. Several attempts to debouch at Goosehill were stopped by, counter-at-tacks. There - is intermittent artillery fighting cast of the Meuse.