BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1917, Page 5

BALKANS.

J TRENCHES CAPTUREIX POSITIONS'OONSOIJDAOTIX A SERBIAN SUOCIWNJ, A. & N.Z. Cable Association And AmtH, Received May 11, 6,68 p.m, London, May IQ, A British Salonika report *tat»»|-» After several -days' artillerying we, om Tuesday night, attacked toe treubai south-west of Lake Doiran on a (agrmile front, and captured, on the kfi, trenches of two miles in. length for ft depth of 800 yards. We have COM 0& dated our positions. We capturatf, dor* ing the night, trenches a mil* long tt» tween Lake Petit and Oouronne. ft* enemy, however, heavily couaUr-attatt-ed at this part of the front), and after determined fighting we were foroed Iftab by superior numbore. A French Maoedonian comiftwltM states: In the region of VetreafioVta t the upper valley of Maglentfcft, Ita Serbs captured two pointe d'aspni in tlw Cerna bend. The Russians up*um> some trenches by an aaaautt «a su» ■ MONASTIR BOMBED. CIVILIANS SUHFER QASCAIfIW, "■; Received May 11, 6.40 pj», '. "''' London, May Ift 'A Serbian communique state :-~VM '• enemy bombed Monastir with allmiat* ing shells, causing comiderabV*wU|ajf casualties. :; A GERMAN REPORT. London, May to. A wireless German report statest—W i Macedonia enemy attacks northwest «t Monaßtir failed. We repulsed maual attacks of French, Russians and ItytoM on a 10-kilometre front in the Gem* < salient with heavy lobses. We drova '•.-, back the Serbs who were attacking "f of Vodena.

plot against vmmm Salonika, May 11 A conspiracy has been discovered ttf assassinate M. Venizelos. Nine |M* have been arrested and have confetti that they were acting under inttruatnP from a secret committee cf military jUdL and politicians. '" ■' -*•'