FRENCH DEPUTY'S ESTIMATE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17335, 25 November 1916, Page 9

FRENCH DEPUTY'S ESTIMATE.

LONDON CRITIC EXPRESSES HOPEFUL VIEW OF RUMANIAN POSITION. FURTHER SUCCESSES NORTH OF MONASTIR. ATHENS GOVERNMENT HANDS WAR MATERIAL OVER TO ENTENTE. " RUSSIAN DREADNOUGHT BURNT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WESTERN FRONT. LONDON, November 24.—There was artillery activity on the British front. The French report intermittent cannonade. RUMANIA'S WAR. BUCHAREST, November 24.—The Rumanians are resisting stubbornly in western Wallachia. They report violent enemy attacks on the Cerna near Orsova, but say that they withdrew in the Jiul Valley. MACEDONIAN OFFENSIVE. ' SALONIKA, November 24.—Progress was made by the French and Serbians north of Monastir. Heavy counter-at-tacks were repulsed. The Italians, in the west also advanced. THE GREEK SITUATION. ATHENS, November 24.—The Greek Government has handed over to the Allies the war material not in actual use. RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP LOST. PETROGRAD, November 24.—The new Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria, of the Black Sea fleet, took fire and blew up in October.