THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 October 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

VIOIENT fighting. ENJiMIt POSITIONS CAPTiUEBft Received; Oct. 8, 5.5 p.mv ' Bucharest, Oct. A communique stntfn: During thret days' stubborn fighting in the Parau< region we captured enemy position# Violent fighting continues on the, OpW vud'ja. BULGARIANS ROUTED. HEAVY LOSSES KFLKJTEfc \ Received Oct. 0, 5.5 p.m. Salonika, Oct. T< \ The British had hardly settled dowf « at Yenikuei when across the -plain frost Toplova 3000 Bulgarians) advanced /i| i). counter-attack. When within read of our guns and shrapnel the Bulgarian* fell in scores, and the remainder fle< hack. Later they tried again, btttr • shell fell among a group of forty wiped out the lot. Finally the enemy retired to Toplova. The Bulgarians ated lost 3000 during the fighting at Balazi&J SEVERAL TRENCHES | OCCUPIED. SERBIAN SUCCESS, Received Oct. 8, 11.45 p.m. Bucharest,. Oct. T. . A communique states: We have r* , sunied the offensive in the Caveni Jint defiles. Ciur troops on the right sank of the Dobrudja occupied several trenches, An attack on the Roumanians cfcnttt was repulsed. Salonika reports state that the Serb* i'iiis have occupied the station at Ken nali. •