BULGARS HESITATE.
RUSSIANS CROSS DOBRUDJA AUSTRIAN LINE FALLING BACK BEFORE RUMANIAN ADVANCE. • * « BIG BRITISH GAS ATTACK NORTH OF ARRAS REPORTS FROM GREECE FORECAST SPEEDY ENTRY INTO CONFLICT. . AUSTRALIA’S OBLIGATION. ■i • / By Telegraph— Press Awociatiot—Copyright RUMANIA’S WAR. BUCHAREST, September I.—-Bulgaria has not yet declared war on Rumania. The Austrians are falling ba,ck from the Transylvanian frontier. The Rumanians hold all the principal passes. Hungarian attacks in the region of the Iron Gate were repulsed with heavy loss. Big Russian forces are crossing the Dobrudja province. GREEK SITUATION. ATHENS, September I.—-It is unofficially reported that Greece's- intervention in the war is certain within* eighteen hours. BATTLE OE THE SOMME. LONDON, September I.—The British delivered a successful gas attack on a wide front between Arras and Armentieres. The French repulsed a grenade attack near Maurepas. . THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. PETROGRAD, September I.—Enemy attacks on the Stokhod line were repulsed. BULGARIANS WITHDRAWING. SALONIKA, September I.—lt is reported that the Bulgarians are withdrawing from Greek Macedonia. They have evacuated several villages. IN TURKEY IN ASIA. PETROGRAD, September I.—A Turkish attack* near Gumisk Klianeh in the north was repulsed and the Russian advance towards Diarbekr continues. GERMAN EAST AFRICA. r LONDON, September I.—The steady advance of the Britishl towards Dar-es-Salaam continues. The Belgians and British, also rgpoyt. progress.-near Lake Tanganyika.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17263, 2 September 1916, Page 9
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213BULGARS HESITATE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17263, 2 September 1916, Page 9
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