THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

/( T0 CRUSH ROUMANIAN HIXiDENBURG GATHERING LARIQfI FORCES. AT EXPENSE OP OTHER FRONTS Received Sept. 24, 5.5 p.iri,». Fetrograd, Sept. 29, ft is believed that Field-Marshal voil Ilindenburg' lias collected thirty division*' from tlie French, Russian and Italian: fronts, and added fourteen Bulgarian and seven Turkish divisions, hoping thus to [•rush Roumania. The success of tlia scheme depends upon the offensives on the Somme, Galicia, and tlie Isomo OflDi" ing to a speedy standstill, APPROACHING MONASTIC^ THREE STRONG LINES OP DEFEHO& THE FIRST UNDER ATTACK. Times Service. ■' Received Sopt. J4, 5.5 p.iri. London, Sept. 39. Mr. Ward Price reports tnat there •!* three main lines of strong defences at Monastir, and that the Allies are attack* ing the first. The second is stronger, and runs to the other side of the forgjep Greek frontier from Kiadoshnitza tft Kreminn and Starkoogrod. SUCCESSFUL' RAIDS; TRANSPORTS BOMBED. Received Sept. 24, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 28. The War Office reports that thi enemy's trenches were successfully raided at several points tyi the Struma and Doiran fronts. The naval aircraft bombed transports near Drama, apparently with good results. SILISTRIA ABANDONED. VARNA BOMBARDED. Received Sept. 24, 5.30 p.m. Bucharest, Sept. 23. Official: Germans, Bulgarians anj Turks have occupied a fortified line, abandoning Silistria. The Rusisans art! bombarding Varna. GREAT 'BATTLE NEAR MONASTIR. REMOVAL OF GUNS. Received Sept. 24, 5.5 p.m. Salonika, Sept. 23, A great hattle has been raging during the last two days between the Serbs and Bulgarians, on the right bank of the Cennabrodie, near Monastir. The whole army corps on both sides are fighting stubbornly night and day. It is reported that tlie Kulgars are, removing ptaxt) of the army guns from Monastir to the Rubouna Pas.-,. where German officers lire superintending the construction of powerful defensive works. BAD WEATHER HINDERS Received Sept. 21, 3.:10 p.m. Paris, Sept. 23, A communique states: Bad weather has hindered operations on the whole of the Balkan front. V A GERMAN REPORT* ■Received Sejjt. 24, 5.5 p.n« '• Berlin, Sept. 2t. A communique re] orts: Two'Roumanfr an divisions attacked oh both sides ol Hormannstadt. We repulsed the Ro\£ maniana south-west of Topraisar. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. 1 Received Sept. 24, 11.40 p.n„ Vienna. Sept. 2f. A communique states: Wo took 529 Roumanian prisoners near Hermannstadt, and the lirst line near Holzmengea was forced back. We blew up the summit of Monte Cimone, taking 39 prisoners, AN ACTIVi: OFFENSIVE. London, September 28. A Roumanian eommunique says:—-Onf retirement has ceased south of Petroseny where we are fortifying positions. The Russians and Roumanians repulsed, with heavy loss, attacks on tho whole DoHrudjfl front, and delivered several coun-ter-attacks. Mr. llonohoe, telegraphing from Bucharest, says the gun-fire of the Allies frustrated the attempts of the Bulgarians to dig themselves ii> in the Dobrudja, The enemy wa-s disheartened by recent failures, and did not make fresh, infaatry assaulta, London, Septemher 22. The War Oflicu has received a dif patch from Salonika that on the Struma front the warships shelled satisfactorily the enemy at Nechori. On the Doiran front there «e increased dual artill oW " activities. j, _ Corfu, Septemher 22 The Serbian Sknptschina passed a re« solution to the effect that, oppressed by sorrow but having kept faith with her ideals in the cause of humanity, Serbil, with head erect, confidently surveys th<* future. MACKENSEN'S ARMY STRANDED, I.ondon, September 22. The Daily Telegraph's Rome eorre» spondent states that von Mackensen'a army in the Dobrudja is without munitions and food. The Roumanian artillery sank the food convoys in the Danube, and rains have ruined the roads. BULGARIAN REPORT. London, September 21 A Bulgarian communique reports;-* There have been feeble isolated actions in tho Dobrudja. German aeroplanes greatly damaged the railway near Csm* navoda, Salonika, September 22. The Bulgars set five to part of Floriai before leaving)