THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1916, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

V < A RETIREMENT, . ' I'Y RUSSO-ROUMANIANS. BUZEU "CAPTURED. • , London, Dee. 15. » _ A wireless Russian official message |tstes: . Our artillery stopped an att'.mpted advance southward of Wiselen. Onr artillery held up an offensive from Gratkooze on both sides of the Tarnopol- ' Zolotchev railway. The Russo-Roumanians are falling back" at Buzeu under pressure. In conseqUence df this retirement tlw troops ncupying the Biver Valomnitza are retiring. A French communique says: There is iutermittent artillery firing on the whole ; Macedonian front, especially in the Doi- , rsa region. Our-fire dispersed an enemy 'column north of Monastir. The Allied airmen are active.

A Bulgarian communique states: Our 1 advanced detachments have reached the , Bucharest-Tutesh railway. Russian warship* bpmwrded Baltschik. A German official dispatch says: We fcirve captured Buzeu. Admiralty seaplanes on the 14tli heavily bombarded Kuleliburgas Bridge, southward. of Adrianople. causing extensive damage, GERMANS OBTAIN GRAIN. ' SERBIANS BJJPORT: HOSE , ' FIGHTING. Received Dec. 17, s'i p London, *0;. 15. ASertrfan communique states:—There to fierte fighting north of Dueiracrci. General Mackensen's capture of Buzeu ' gWe» large supplies of grain to Germany. \ ; SAPID GERMAN ADVANCE ■ f Received Dee. 17, 5.5 p.m. . . London, Dec. 10. German official report statts: Our ( DobVudja army ie pursuing the enemy, who, aa the, result of our rapid advance In Great Wallachia, evacuated positions last night. I ROUMANIAN PREMIER RESIGNS. V. . . ■ Received Dec. 16, 5 p.tn. London, Dec. 15. It is reported from Budapest that the Roumanian Premier has resigned. SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN OPEBA- - 1 ' TIONS. Received Dec. 17, 5.5 p.m London, Dee. 16. A Russian communique states:— There have been minor operations on Western Carpathian fronts. The enemy's advance in the .Oituz valley was Tepulsed. Russian warships bombarded the port of BaPtchek, with a view to the destruction of Bulgarian flour Bills.

ANOTHER TOWN TAKEN 1 . Received Dec. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 16. A Bulgarian communique states:—We nave entered Feteete. BULGARIANS .BOMBARD MONASTIR. . Received Dec. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 16, A Serbian commnnique states:—The Bulgarians, without military necessity, are bombarding Monastir, killing civilians. BULGARIAN ATTACIOiREPULSED. Received Dee. 17, hj& p.m. London, Dec. 16. ' is official message from Salonika ft&tes: —An isolated Bulgarian attack on our new positions on the Struma ;were repulsed. The loyal Navy shelled hostile entrenchments eastward gf tfgohori.