SUCCESS AT EVERY POINT.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 October 1916, Page 5

SUCCESS AT EVERY POINT.

USUAL GERMAN ROSEATE REPORT. Received Oct. 7, 5.5 p.m London, Oct. 8. German communiques state: We san : guinarily repulsed attacks between Fre/iecourt and' Bouchavesnes. West of Liitzk, the exhausted enemy is quiet. The eheniy powerfully, but ineffectually, attacked Wyso.-ko, Dubie, and Zarkow. . Fighting was resumed astride the Zlota 'Upa. The driven was driven back where he penetrated. We are absolute masters. The Austro-Ilungariaiis defeated the Roumanians in the (ivergeny sector, and: recaptured a position astride the Mag-yards-Para jd road. We pressed back the enemy over thr llomorod and Alt rivers and stormed Sinea, capturing hundreds of prisoners and twenty-eight field guns, We are pursuing the enemy in the Geister forest. The Roumanians have re-crossed t'. il Danube; the remainder fled east, c,or>l pletcly defeated. The Bulgarians evacuated the villages on the left oank of the .Struma VON ARNIM'S CONFESSION. AS CONSTRUED BY REPINGTON. GERMAN AiRMt WEARING OUT, Received Oct. 8, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 7. Colonel Repington s;ivs: Von Arnim's memorandum shows tliat the German army is reduced to the defensive, being greatly bedraggled, and is mainly occupied with escaping from British blow.-. It was not meant for the world's eyes, and least of all at the prasent hour. Before seeing the report we were ignorant of the particular direction wherein we • were hurting the Germans most, birt now we know, for his admissions show, that the German army is wearing out under the • constant strain and steady exhaustion of man power and material. It is a priceless confession that proves the Allies have adopted the best strategy and tactics to sicken the Germans of their war and to tame them. ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION. KAISER'S LATEST PORTRAIT SUPPRESSED. Received Oct. 8, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 7. The Neuse Nachrichten states that the German food problem during the winter will he very terrible to solve. It is_ still hoped that there mill not bo starvation, generally speaking. A paper at Dresden published the lutes! portrait of the Kaiser, depicting him as looking tired, aged, and almost an invalid. The publication was stopped and the police are searching for copies, which are selling secretly at ten marks. Herr Harden'.? paper, the Zukunft, lias been suppressed. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN LOANS. HUNGARY'S DESIRE FOR INDE"P'EXDEXCE London, October fl Austro-Hungary is issuing a fifth war loan. Petrograd, October fi. The Novae Yremya, analysing Herman eomcnts on the Hungarian 'Parliamentary debates, considers that Germany supports Hungary's desire for independence. ; , THE WAR I.OAN. Received Oct. S, 5.5 p.m. Berne, Oct. 7. Semi-ofiicial: The Berlin waj; loan subscriptions are estimated at fi.l> hundred million sterling. MOEWE'S CAPTAIN KILLED. Received Oct. 8, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct, 7. Count von Doon, captain of the Moewe, who has been commanding a battalion of infantry in France, lias been killed. CALLIN'G UP THE REJECTS., WIDESPREAD GLOOM CAUSED, Received Oct. 7, 5.5 p.m. Berne, Oct. 7. Auslro-TTungnry !s calling uj/ fifteen classes hitherto exempt from military service. Many thousands, formerly rejected as totally unfit, have joined their regiments. Men between 45 and 50 have 'been drafted into auxiliary services, but have been notified that sooner or later they may 'have to be employed on active service at the front. All men not actually crippled, up to 44 years of age, are to be sent tc the front. The exodus of middle-aged mairied men has caused widespread gloom.