RUMOURS OF GREAT EVENTS

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16952, 3 September 1915, Page 7

RUMOURS OF GREAT EVENTS

BIG DEVELOPMENTS IN FRAXCE ANTICIPATED. REORGANISATION OF RUSSIAN HIGH COMMANDS. COLONIALS WIN IMPORTANT POSITION AGAINST TURKS. AMERICA HAS DEFINITE PROISE FROM GERMANY.

EASTERN 3ATTLES. , PETROGRAD, September 2.—A communique reports a Russian success on the right bank of the Villa. A sorics of vigorous repeated German attacks westward of Grodno were repulsed, and the Russians - are holding the enemy In the Lutsk region and In Calicla while withdrawing to a less extended front. Heavy losses have been Inflicted ' on the enemy. RUSSIA'S GALICIAN SUCCESSES. PETROGRAD, September I.—Military critics attach to Russia's successes in Eastern Calicia. The Cerman attack on the Upper Bug and Strypa aimed at pushing the Russians from the Rumanian frontiers. Five Austro-Cerman army corps, under General Pflanzer, suffered defeat. THE GERMAN ADVANCE. AMSTERDAM, September I.—A Berlin communique claims that the Cerman advance continues and that since May 2 the Germans and Austrlans have taken over a million prisoners. THE WESTERN FRONT. PARIS, September 2.—Yesterday's communique reports the repulse of violent Cerman attacks in the Vosges. Official announcements continue to record violent cannonading, especially In the Argonne, Indicating a continuous effective bombardment of the Cerman trenches, shelters and cantonments. GREAT MOVEMENTS EXPECTED. LONDON, September 2.—lmportance is attached to a hurriedly called Cabinet meeting which was attended by Lord Kitchener and all the leading members of the Ministry. Rumour portends that something will happen on the western front before long. Soldiers are becoming scarce In London. Hundreds and thousands dally for the past month have been moving off somewhere. It is known that the British front In France has been lengthened, but there is no knowledge as to the extent. COLONIAL SUCCESS. LONDON, September 2.—General Sir lan Hamilton reports that further fighting on August 27 and 28 on the northern section of the line resulted in the capture of Important tactical features commanding Biyuk Anafarta Valley east and north, and? an appreciable gain of ground occupied by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The fighting was almost entirely hand-to-hand, and was of a severe character. Very heavy loss was inflicted en the Turks. TURKS SHORT OF AMMUNITION. ROME, September I.—There is a general impression In Rome that lack of ammunition will lead to the early fall of Constantinople, which the " Messagero " says is destined to mark the beginning of the second and decisive phase of the war. THE GERMAN APOLOGY. WASHINGTON, September 1 The Cerman Embassy admits that the submarine which torpedoed the Arabic has failed to return to its base. The Embassy undertakes to apologise to the United States and regularly warn passenger liners in future, ft Is understood that Germany Is also willing to afford satisfaction for the Lusitanla. The Press believes that Germany has lost so many submarines, through the excellence af the British counter-offensive methods, that she Is now willing to concede the United States demand as a way out of the dilemma. OUTRAGES IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, September I,—An extraordinary series of dynamiting outrages is breaking out in ammunition and powder plants in the United States. It is unquestionable that German secret agents are organising a reign of terrorism and. engineering strikes In America. Reports confirm the statement that Germans and Austrlans are quietly drilling In their Turnvereln halls, professedly to repel a Canadian Invasion. The Department of Justice Is dealing with the subject. THE EXCHANGE MARKET. LOHDON, September I.—American banker? fear a further decline in the exchange market, and a consequent loss of British orders. There Is a renewal of the suggestions for a big Allied loan. New York docs not want more gold.