MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 October 1917, Page 5

MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN.

VILLAGES CEDED. Oct 16. German official. —The Bulgarians ceded some villages to us in the Struma Plain. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. LONDON Oct 16. French Eastern communique.—Artillery ig active on the whole front, especially north of Monastir. The troops repelled enemy detachments on the western bank of Lake Ochrida, which were attempting to land from barques. KAI.SEVISITS CONSTANTINOPLE AMSTERDAM, Oct 16. The Kaiser has arrived at Constantinople. He wag welcomed by the Sultan and other notables. KAISER IN TURKEY. . INSPECTING DARDANELLES DEFENCES. Received 10.50. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 17. The Kaiser is at Constantinople and will shortly inspect the Dardanelles defences. THE KAISER AT SOFIA.

URGING BULGARIAN OFFENSIVE. Received 8.35. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 17. An article, from a well-informed source, in the Wcscr Zeinin indicates that one of the objects of the Kaiser’s visit to Sofia was to induce a Bulgarian attack on JSarrail, with Salonika' as the promised reward' if successful. It states that Greece ; is expected, shortly to declare war against Bulgaria, whereupon the latter will bring 800,000 men against Sarrail, leaving 200,000 in the Dobrudja. BRITISH PRISONERS. IN TURKEY. .. PARCELS MAY BE SENT. Received 8.35. LONDON, Oct 17 Official advise is published that pris> oners parcels to Turkey may be despatched. DANISH POLITICAL CRISIS. A NEW MINISTRY FORMED. Received 5.35. LONDON, Oct. 17. The Daily Telegraph’s Copenhagen correspondent says the Sociale Dcmocraten states that Professor Udin has formed a ministry composed of two Liberals, three Socialists, including Brnnting, Minister of Finance. awerlWjtheßßnaens T INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFER- , ENCE. NOT INTERNATIONALLY ATTENDED. Received 8.35. BERNE, Oct, 17. A Swiss wireless states that Catholics with pro-German sympathies convened an international congress at Berne on the 15th to promote durable peace. Sixty-five Austro-Germans, including Erzeherger, three one Russian, and one named Britisher arrived to participate, but the failure of the movement from an international standpoint led to its postponement to the 12th November. PIRATES DESTROYED. PARIS, October 16. The French warships destroyed two German submarines in the Mediterranean during the last week in September