GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

I . i < " OFFICIAL REPORTS London, Dec. 5. A French communique says:—lt was calm on the .whole front in the west. Second-Lieutenant Nugcsser brought dawn two German aeroplanes, making hip total twenty. The Serbians repulsed all enemy coonter-attacks at Staravina with sanguinary losses and captured five guns and: three mortars. The French and Serbians also advanced north of Paratope. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—A strong enemy raid followed a heavy bombardment south-east of Loos completely failed A Serbian communique says:—We captured another village north of Monastir by assault, the Bulgarians retreating northwards. A Russian communique says:—Roumanian attempts to cheek the enemy ou the roftds from Ploesti to Bucharest having been uusuccessfol the Roumanians are retiring east from Titu towards Bucharest and west and south of Stopita under incessant attacks by superior enemy forceß. We captured another range of heights on the Moldavian frontier, but were compelled to retire from a height south of Vorouesska in the voided Carpathians. Received Dec. 6, 8 p.m. Paris. Dec. 6. Official: Our machine-guns completely elietked a small attack north of Vaux Thsrc is the usual artillerying elsewhere. A Berlin communique states: General Haekensen is pursuing and breaking the resistance of the enemy's rearguards. He ha* crossed the railway from Bucharest to, Tergovista, towards the east. The number of prisoners taken on the 3rd ftss increased to 12,600, while 4500 were taken elsewhere • The Italian communique states: The enemy attempted surprise attack on the prsitions northward of St. Catarina collapsed under fire. Beceived Dec- &". H P ra - London, Dee. 6. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: • : there is considerable reciprocal artillerying jr. the Loos-Ypres area. Our aircraft on Monday made many successful recciinaisanceg, bombing a ra!rway station aid aerodrome. The naval air squadron had many combats, and downed four ma'chines, which were rendered out of control, and dMtwyed two. One of ours i> paining. ■