ALLIES GAIN FURTHER GROUND

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 5

ALLIES GAIN FURTHER GROUND

. j if IN ARTOIS AND CHAMPAGNE. GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK FAILS. STERN WARNING TO BULGARIA. The Allied gains in the West continue, though no attempt on the grand scale of the first big move has been made. On the British front the ground won has been consolidated, and preparations are afoot for keeping up the pressure. The French continue to hammer the enemy's line in the Champagne, and an attempt to recover lost ground by seven battalions led to disaster, the Germans being repulsed after reaching the first line of trenches, leaving the neutral ground between the rival forces covered with dead. It is estimated that a million shells were used in the preliminary bombardment prior to the launching of the first great attack. Sir Edward Grey has issued a stern warning to Bulgaria of the effects of active intervention on behalf of the Central Powers. He reminds Bulgaria that Germany seeks dominion from Berlin to Bagdad, and that even though Bulgaria might gain territorial advantages from intervention, it would be at the price of her independence. Further, any breach of neutrality would be followed by the fdi assistance of Britain and her allies to her friends among the Balkan States. Bulgarian and Turkish soldiers are fraternising at Dedeagatch, while Bulgaria has supplied Constantinople with rice and wheat. In the Dardanelles bombardments and mining have been the main features of the attack, while the aircraft on both sides have been active.