HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 23 September 1914, Page 7

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MESSAGE.

PROGRESS OF ALLIES' LEFT

AUSTRIANS ABANDON^SERA JEVO

The High Commissioner reports from liondon on September:22n<L, at 11.50 a.m.:. ;'■ ■. •■.,'-;-■•; ■..,;.;- : ■. ,■;, .',.:-■• ■'■;.■

Reliable.—lt is probable that the- ' battle being fought with unparalleled fury will continue for some days. Ajiter A new step in the constant progress W6T the extreme left wing is marked • T> y- its. presence .at Lassigny, situated":]o

miles west of Noy^on." This, movement is ot extreme importance Aand, explains vrtiy the; Craonne region has been the centre or a violent conflict and bayonet charges. The Germans are making desperate efforts to diminish the pressure on the right wing, which everywhere has been forced to give way. Little is said about the happenings in the centre, but the French have completed a line running from Alsace to Argonne. rhus the German centre between Rheims in1 the west and Souain (?) in the east, no longer has scope for movement.

Under date September 22, 3,30 p.m he says:—

Reliable.—The Servians and Montenegrins have occupied Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia), which was abandoned by the Austrians after an overwhelming defeat.

I The High Commissioner reports from London on September 22, at 1.35 a.m.: Reliable.—The authorities in France say the position of the Allies is favorable. After severe fighting in the U-aonne district the enemy was repulsed in all quarters. The Germans are bombarding Termonde and taking up a strong position between Wavre and liouvaih. Seven hundred German prisoners ha m 6 } oeia landed at Southampton. Ixirkey has decided to partially demobilise. -