WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 14 September 1916, Page 3

WAR NEWS.

BULGARIA’S CLEVER MOVE

KIRK KILISSE MANOEUVRE

REPEATED,

RUSSIANS HOLD THE KEY

LONDON, Sept. 12,

The "Chronicle” says: The Bulgarians great secrecy effected a concentration, the importance of which must not bo overrated, between Rustchuk and Shumla thus initiating the manoeuvre whereby they surprised the Turks at Kirkkilissc during the Balkan war. the Rounijanian advance guard ht Turtukai, and scored a local success. The Russians in the Dobrudja can be trusted to right matters. However, the regions of the rivers Marsch and Bystritza will probably . prove more important. The German defence of Halted is wavering. The Germans and Turks are vainly striving to keep off the line of batteries which arc enveloping Haliccz in a cloud of destruction and death. The enemy are only able to use one of the many railway lines linking Halicz. When it falls only the Nikolaiey position will remain to dispute the Russian advance on Lemberg.

The Roumanian mobilisation is now completed.

INVASIAN OF TRANSYLVANIA, AUSTRIANS WITHDRAW WESTWARD. LONDON, Sept. 12. A Vienna communique says; Our front has been somewhat withdrawn to the westward of the Gycrgo Valley and Osik. ENEMY ;RETREAT CONTINUES^ LONDON, Sept. 11. A Bucharest communique says; The enemy continue to retreat in the Olt Valley, and the Roumanians have occupied Holembar. Enemy attacks west of Merisor were repulsed and the Roumanians have assumed the offensive.