OFFENSIVE IN THE BALKANS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 3

OFFENSIVE IN THE BALKANS.

, HEROIC RESISTANCE OF THE ;'. :,\l r : ■■ -GREEKS. . '■ • i ,:; iniREDTHE:COUUTiRY'S; . 1 ' .}.i-\{'.- ''IMAGINATION. . . DYINS'.fO SAVeThE HONOUR OF J '-/;•■'.■'. GREECE. . J .(AuslraUan and N.Z. Oable Association.) I Received' August 24, at 8.40 p.m. ] .<•••<' ■ , LONDON, August 24, I 'Thi'Athens correspondent■ of the; < Djulyi Chronicle, says: The' heroio I Btruggle.of the Greeks who are resisting i the'BiUgara at Thcapetra and elsewhere has.-stirred the country's imagination. J • Colonel Ghristodoulosj commandant at .j Seresy: says.'the Theapetra garrison dis- - J piiteii every inch. Their fate-is unknown, „,Bc believes the fight was kept,, (1( up till the. last man fell dead, Of-.the. St^rti'sta-- garrison, only, two wounded" < G'reeWwere left at the conclusion; of ' the. Combat. ' '' ' -.-. "W ■■■ Colonel Christodoulos enthusiastically declares: ■ "There still remain Greeks «" worthy companions of the soldiers of ] teoriidas. (heroic King of Sparta; B.C. 480 in knowing how to die to save the hpnotir-of Greece. Theapetra will per- ; haps'some; day-figure in the history of ; Thermopylae', ' . ] ■Colonel Christodoulos is prepared to j defend : ' Seres to the last. It is reported | v ttiaVthe"defendders of Kilkitch suffered , heavily against vastly superior Bulgar- , ia'n'io'rces. The Greek losses at De- j mirnissar are unknown. It is feared | Greeks were isolated after a glori- , ous resistance. •'. < BATTLE OF THE NATIONS. ALL RACES AT SALONIKA. WILL ITALIANS PIGP GERMANS? (Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received; August 24, at 9.50 p.m. X "• : -LONDON, August .24. ; 'The..Milan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: .The German press 6tjites K 'that 50,000 Germans are lighting in' Macedonia. The meeting of Italian aml'German troops in : battle should whether i'taly is at war with GerANTLBtJLQAR DEMONSTRATIONS. ''GREEK TOWNS NOT TO BE ' '•'•' OCCUPIED, '(Australian, and N.Z, Cable Association.) Received August 24, at 7,10 p.m. "■;, ' ~ . . ATHENS, August 24. ' Tr/e government has aniiouiieecl- ■ that the'.Biilgars wiil not occupy.Seres, Drama' or. Kavalla. -;'".• " ROME, August 24. ■ ,T.he Bulgarian . Minister at Athens threatens to leave, owing to the antiBulgar : demonstrations. .'REPORTS PROM SALONIKA, WEAKNESS OF BULGAR FORCES. : (Australian arid N.Z. Cable Association.) ,"' i; - • LONDON, August 23, ;A German communique says: We repulsed the Serbian attacks at Moglena. " ,'v - : SALONIKA, August 23. The -Serbians are standing fast against violent Bulgarian attacks between Ostrovo and Petrsko. The righting on' the west wing is unim-' pbrtant compared with the fact that the Serbians are progressing in the Moglena mountains north of Ostrovo, where they are threatening the invasion pf the'Cerena Valley, Tie' -French hold the villages and have seized the Belassitza slopes, * pe advancing Bulgarians surrounded the Greek guard at Demirhi3sar. One Greek escaped and warned the garrison ' at Seres, where the troops were demobilised; but the commandant called on the'local reservists and defended the towri. A. committee has been formed at Salonika to,enrol and arm recruits, Already 200 have offered to serve in the defence of Seres, The Allies never intende.d to carry their operations further •east than .Struma, The Bulgarians do not ; posses3 the force to achieve any real military, purpose anywhere, A detachment of Albanians has arrived wearing .the national dress, :/ WAR OFFICE REPORT. DEFENSIVE POSITIONS HELD. (Australian'and N.Z. Oable Association). LONDON, August 23, The War Office has issued the following 'Salonika report: Yesterday we drove -in the- enemy advanced troops on the.Dakli-Doiran front, The French are' holding the Komarjan bridge and have repulsed the enemy. The Serbians hold the. line from Lake Astroveo to'Pozar. •

m - i - 1 " RUMANIA'S PRO-ENTENTE , LEANINGS. E ■"—.< .11 , " ALARM IN BERLIN, : \ SPY MENACE. IN EVIDENCE. i (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) ( Received August 24, at 6,45 p.m, e :-. ', LONDON, August 24. t Berlin is.increasingly alarmed with ] Rumania's attitude. The King's prolonged .interviews with the diplomats, and M. Filipescu (one of the leaders of the interventionists) is regarded as significant. Increased war-feeling is noticeable in Bucharest, Thousands of German spies are overrunning the country under the pretext they are on business. M, Jonescu writes to the Paris Jour- ( nal: " Austria will fall, whereupon Ger- j feany will be besieged until she col- j 'lapses and capitulates." ' | POR THE WORST." "' ..-, ,ENEMY EXPECTS RUMANIAN ' '"!'.' INTERVEMMV'' ";"*'•' " : (Australian and N.Z. Cable 'Association.) Received August 24, 11.10 p,m, ,; LONDON, August 24. The Bucharest correspondent of the . Morning Post says: The Hungarian correspondent at Bucharest is flooding .the papers with pessimistic articles regard- '' ing the possibility of Rumania joining the Allies. The fact that the censor allows the articles to appear suggests that the authorities are preparing the public for the worst, What is actually going on in Rumania is easily discoverable.