FRENCH PROGRESS ON VARDAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1916, Page 5

FRENCH PROGRESS ON VARDAR.

I mTLGARIIX MINISTERS SENTENCE P.euter Service! I-Ttpceived Oct. 213, 6.50 p.ii London, Oct. 22.

An official French report from Salonika states:. Despite bid weather we progressed on the right bank of the Vardar.

Received Oct. 23, 0.55 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 28

The Bulgarian prqvAlly and exMinister Gbenadiefl -has been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for high treason.

VENIZELOS' ULTIMATUM TO 'BULGARIA. Received Oct. 23, 9.45 p.m. Rome, Oct. 23. It is stated that M. Venizelos has sent an l ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding -imomdiate evacuation of eastern Macedonia. ENEMY REPULSED. P.eceived Oct. ?3, 5.5 p.m. ( London, Oct. 22. 1 A Roumanian communique states: The position is unchanged at. Tulghes and Bigo/ 1 .. We repulsed the enemy in the Trotu? Valley, also in the Vozeni, Cituz and Shmeo Valleys. There was a heavy bombardment at Prede.il, and we repulsed two attacks at Dragoslavele.

ALLIES' REINFORCEMENTS. Paris, October 22. Experts state that the Italians have sent 200,000 men to the Ealkans, and the Russians eight or ten division to the Dobrudja. Salonika, October 22. Fresh Russian and Italian troops have landed. The British fleet bombarded the defences of the lower Struma. Amsterdam, October 22. Hungarian newspapers report that therp are further Russian reinforcements on the Transylvania frontier. London, October 22. A British official message from Salonika sav?:—Owing to bad weather there have been only patrol encounters. ATROCITIES ON ROUMANIANS. Berne, October 22. The Anatro-Hungarian authorities are perpetrating atrocities on the Roumanian inhabitants of the reconquered districts in Transylvania. Twenty-seven, including thrc-e Majors, have been hanged for welcoming the Roumanian invaders, and over a thousand are imprisoned.

RUSSIAN OPERATIONS. London, October 22. A Russian iominunique says: lu the Brosten sector we drove back the enemy towards the frontier. Fighting continues in the Trotus Valley. The enemy was repulsed in the Uzula Valley, with heavy losses. Our troops were compelled eo retire in the Bugen Valley. A violent enemy attack on the whole, Dobrudja front forced us to withdraw the centre and right.

ITAIJANS SEARING MON ASTIR. Salonika, October 23. The Italians .in Albania are within 37 mile 9 of Mona'stir, thus linking up and securing General Sarrail's 'eft.