A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 2 September 1916, Page 3

A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

LONDON, August 31. A German communique states* near Eockineourt wo lost a trench projecting towards the enemy. Artillery battles are taking place west of Rigar, and at Dunaberg bridgehead in the Stokhod salient. KOVEL ATTACK REPULSED. \ I WITH HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. LONDON, August 31. A Russian communique states: —We repelled attacks on the tvest bank of the Stokhod, 34 miles north-east of Kovel, with heavy enemy losses. Westward of Giumeshan the enemy loft main' dead. Our advance continues in the direction of Doabekis. THE SALONIKA ERONT. SALONIKA, August 31. There is only artillery activity at Doiran, on the Struma front. CRISIS IN GREECE. REMARKABLE CHANGES MAY OCCUR. LONDON, August 31. Mr Jeffries, at Athens, says the situation is agitated and insecure. Fortyeight hours may bring remarkable changes. representing all classes will present to the King the most remarkable docuA Venezeiist deputation on Wednesday,, representing all classes, will present to the King the most remarkable a document ever offered to a sovereign. One paragraph says: —Oh, King, you have become the victim of . your natural human weakness. " Accustomed to admire everything German, you believed in German victory and desired to concentrate in your oryn hands post-victory and all governmental powers. Upon the King s answer everything depends. GERMAN PRES- ADMIT GREEK DANGER. LONDON, August 31 The Dailv Mail’s Amsterdam corres-

pon dent says German newspapers na-

signedly admit tliat King Constantine is faced with, the alternative of joining the Allies or a revolution. It is believed that a plot existed in Greece to join the Bulgarians when Salonika was encircled, as for the massacre of the Venezelist leaders. Dutch newspapers suggest that King Constantine’s illness is a diplomatic fiction due to the failure of the plot., THE WESTERN FRONT. ] LONDON,, August 31 1 The Times’ correspondent at headqparters says the Germans are surren- i dcring frely when we reach the trenches i as they cannot stand bayonets or j bombs.. | Trustworthy officers report that they fo\md the bodies of German sentries tied to posts. One was beheaded by a shell. Presumably the practice is a form of punishment. _ j GERMANY’S LAST HOPE. LONDON, August 31 The newspaper Leader says Hindenburg is a plethoric, truculent junker, a mere puppet manoeuvred by the astute Ludendorff. The Kaiser practically says to the German people: “See how wc have given you your idol. If he to win the yar, none can! ” THE CAPTURE CONFIRMED. LONDON, August 31 The Roumanians have occupied Kronstadt (or Brasso). AUSTRIANS ADMIT WITHDRAWAL ROME, August 31 An Austrian communique says: On th e heights north-east of Orsova wo repulsed repeated Roumanian attacks. Otherwise the fighting was confined to units on the frontier. We have withdrawn step by step in accordance with plans pre-arranged in the event of war. - The enemy will boast the occupation of Protoseny,, Brasso, and Cdivasar- ! holy.

Th e northernmost Roumanian troops arc engaged in a battle in the Gyergj o Mountains. The Germans recaptured Kukul height (in the Carpathians). Our Danube flotilla destroyed, near Turnunagurele, Roumanian tugs, har-

boun warehouses and military establishments. They also captured two loaded barges and steamers. LONDON, August 31 A Bucharest communique shows that the Roumanians crossed the frontier on Sunday night. Lively fighting occurred in many places, including Eedtowel Pass, where the Roumanians ar e now ! threatening Hermannstadt. ! ROUMANIA MAKING HEADWAY. | AUSTRIAN RETIRE TO SECOND | LINE. i ROME, 'August 31 | The Messagero's Buehaest corres- | pondent says: The Roumanians defeated \ the Austrians on the whole line. The latter retired to their second line, leavI ing hundreds of prisoners. ! The naval bombardment of Varna 1 continues. i ——