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WAR WITH BULGARIA BRITAIN'S DECLARATION (By Telegraph.— Priss Association.— Copyright.) (Received October 16, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, 15th October. Britain has declared war on Bulgaria. WESTERN THEATRE VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIONS OFFICIAL NEWS FROM PARIS. (Received October 16, noon.) PARIS, 15th October. A communique states : There was a violent reciprocal bombardment last night at Loos and north-eastward of Souchez. Lively grenade fighting occurred southward of Bois en Hache, and there was an intense cannonade at lihons. Our batteries energetically replied to the enemy's concentration of artillery against our positions eastward of Auberive, in the Champagne, and we checked violent artillery machine gun fire before Letricourt. We directed a hurricane of fire upon the German works northward of Reillon, in Lorraine., A violent struggle with trench engines occurred at Chapelotte, Lingekopf, and Barenkopf, in Alsace. » ESCAPES FROM INTERNMENT AMERICA TAKES STRICTER MEASURES. (Received October 16, noon.) WASHINGTON, 15th October. The disappearance of six officers who were interned from the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprmz Wilhelm has led the Government to order the practical imprisonment of the remaining German officers aboard the interned ships in American waters. VICTORIA CROSSES AWARDED TO AUSTRALASIANS. (Received October 16, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, 15th October. Corporal Bassett, a New Zealander, has been awarded the Victoria Cross. Victoria Crosses have been awarded to the following members of the Australian Forces : Captain Shout, Lieutenants Symons, Frederick Tubb, and Hugo Throsseil, Corporals Alexander Burton and William Dunstan, and Privates John Hamilton and Leonard Keysor. BULGARIA'S FORCES READY FOR ANGLO-FRENCH EXPEDITION. (Received October 16, 3 p.m.) ' ROME, 15th October. Twenty thousand Bulgarians under General Toschef are ready to invade Macedonia and -to engage the AngloFrench forces, which are estimated at 150,000. The Bulgarians are concentrated half on the Servian and half on the Greek frontier.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 92, 16 October 1915, Page 6
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293LATE NEWS Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 92, 16 October 1915, Page 6
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