THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

VENGEANCE OF THE HUNS. ATTEMPT TO CRUSH ROUMAXIA. London, Oct. 0. The Roumanian "Situation is obscure. It is evident that Field-Marshal Hindenlmrg has concentrated all the available . reserves and given them to Generals von I'aikcnhayn and Maekenscn, to punish Rouinania. Roumania lias withdrawn several divisions forming the original army in Transylvania, and sent them to ' the riobnuija. German attacks have necesitated a retreat from the whole of .' southern Transylvania. The wce!;\s rej treat was skilfully organised and carried , ' out in good order. General von Falkenbayu claims only a few hundred prisoners, who are bal- t anced by SOO Germans captured by ', General Crairiceanos in a sudden counter- . attack. The Pioumanians north oi 8.-asso are still in the Marns Valley, in touch with , the Russians left. , London, Oct. 0. A Sofia communique says: We dispersed infantry and cavalry reeonnaisances on the Struma front. There was a violent cannonade in the Moglenitza. Valley. Following several days' abortive attacks the enemy in the Bcbrudja I retired to their former po=itk lis. London, Oct. fl. The War Office report from Salonika states: On the Struma front we moved forward to the line Kakaraslca-Salmah-Homoudos, and further north we occupied the villages of Cavdannas, Ormauli and Haznatar. THE PUSH FROM SALONIKA, i i ALLIES MAKE GOOD HEADWAY. ; Beceived Oct. 10, 3.5 p.m. : P.a-i-, Oct. fl. A communique states: Eastward of the Struma there were emr.V'ements be- 1 tween the British and th» rearguard of the Bulgarian army, the lattc>- retreating towards the railway. r Op wis of 1500 ' corpses were found at one point. The Serbians progressed in the hilly region of Dobropolje. In a 'lerce battle : on the right hank of the C'erna they again defeated the Bulgarian*, and captured the" village of Stiover. Further west they continue to cross the Cerna, between Dobboveni and th<* Brod, and the Bulgarians retreated noithward of the Brod. A Franco-Russian force has arrived before the new Bulgarian defensive line, stretching from Kemali to Prespa Lake. ROUMANIANS' WORK. IMPORTANT POSITIONS HELC Received Oct. 10, .'•.... ~.C. Bucharest. Oct. 9. A communique states' 0.-man aeroplane.? bombed the warehouses and the northern station, but the damage was insignificant. The situation at the fronts is un- ' -•hanged. We hold the heiqhf.s dominat ng Petroseny and the Jin Valley, and are in possession of the Caineri defile. Investigation has revealed numerous .*ases of ti'i-nitro-tn'.uol (a high explosive) buried in the German Legation ' garden, also flagon' laKl.od "virus ; torve," intended to propngatc simul- ' taneou? epidemics anion? men and horses. "DOWN WITH ARCHTRAITOR!" [ CONSTANTIKE EXECRATED. Received Oct. 10, 8 p.m. Salonika, Oct. 10. 3d. Venizelos and other leaders are visiting Mitylene, and had ?. great rccep--5 tion. M. Venizelos exhorted the people t to submit to any sacrifice eid form an 1 army to redeem Greek soil. The crowd 2 responded with furious crie< of ''Down - with the arch-traitor!" anl trampled I underfoot portraits of Kin;; Constan--5 tine. _- DRIVEN FROM BRASSO. '. ROUMANIANS HARD PUESSED. Eeceived Oct. 10, 5.-10 p.m. , Rom.-. Oct. !). The Roumanians i-vaeuatcd Brasso in . order to avoid the destruction of other public buildings, whereon the enemy was firing. The army's position i; excellent. Received Oct. 10, 11.5 p.m. Bucharest, Oct. ]O. A communique states: The Roumanians in the Brasso district vcre obliged to retire towards the northern ends of the Carpathian pas*es Minor infantry • and artillery actions were favorable to the Roumanians in the Caui-Mii and Vulcan Passes. There have been fierce artillery duels east of Ziinicea, on the Danube, and artillery and patrol engagements at the Dobrudja. An Austrian communi<*ue states: > Stubborn street figutim/ iccurred at " Brasso before the Roumar.iai.s retired. II General von Falkenhayn's troops drove 3 back the Roumanians near Toerzburg, s south-west of Brasso, and the:*, stopped. - We defeated, near Foldva:, north of Brasso, reinforcements that were en route from the llaromsgeK region The army s ,-/f General von Aaiz is nov penetrating d the Goergany mountains further north.