THE BULGARIAN OFFENSIVE.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13657, 28 August 1916, Page 3

THE BULGARIAN OFFENSIVE.

. AiSBIANS LAUNCH COUNTER- " • ATTACK. ; i. ' ■ ''Greece Admits impotency. Bulgarians ordered out of J " GREECE. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association),' Received 'August 26, 8.5 p.m. « 'ATHENS, August .28. .The' Serbians have begun a counter-' offensive and are now attacking Soto- . vitce. French aid Italian troops arc co-operating. Received August. 2G, $.5 p.m. LONDON, August 25. "(Official): Our Salonika forces on the 2;lrd destroyed three bridges northward of , Nechori,, between Pasakoprusn and Kubk, v in'spito of Bulgarian opposition. " ; . LONDON, August 25. , Omhg'jto the "refusal of Greek generals ;to eva'cuate the forts in .Eastern Macedonia, .• Greece has informed Germ&ny 1 that'the ■•Government''is no longer master of the situation. has'.ordered the Bulgarians the advance to evacuate the' Grecian territory occupied, v ~ LONDON, August 25. The Odessa, correspondent of the : Daily Mail reports that Austrian am- . munition., is dailing. arriving at , Corsoya, in barges down the Danube atiV,being conVcyed to Bnlgariai/ ports. , ,Two German generals have arrived at j Carsova and are inspecting the de- : fences along the Rumanian frontier. . Germany is urgently offering to purchase a portion of Rumania's new harvest. ■ RUMANIA'S WAR PREPARATIONS, 1 * ARRANGING FINANCE AND MUNITIONS. ■ '("Renter's Telegrams,") Received August 27, 5.'0 p.m. ... LONDON, August 26. Renter's correspondent states that the latest' Rumanian reports announce that'the .army'credit, has been immense- • ly increased. A new Director of Munitions, anda new Commander of »the First Army has been appointed. , PROGRESS OF OPERATIONS. REPORTS FROM VARIOUS 1 ' . SOURCES. (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association,) Received August 27,5,5 p.m. . LONDON, August 26, * A German' communique says: We _ made . some-progress in the Balkans, north-west of Ostrava Lake. The enemy; attacks at Moglena were repulsed. Received August 27, '5.5 p.m. SALONIKA, August 26. .The latest news from the front, is meagre, but indicates that, the position off;tke. right wing is practically stationary.. The Serbians continue to struggle successfully on the left wing. The Bulgarians in the Moglena mountains yielded 'everywhere, but are still attacking sovth-east of Fiorina and are suffering heavy losses. ReceiVeit'AnjSnst 27, 0,5 p.m. ' AMSTERDAM, August. 26. At Bulgarian communique sijys: The Serbians; supported by other troops,, made eighteen attack's between 21st' and 23rd August, on the Koukouroz secThey were 'driven back to the original positions with enormous losses. Our'left wing continued to advance towards the ,/Egean Coast. Some weak British cavalry detachments retre'ated precipitately'and we are .pursuing them, ONLY ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. BRITISH AERIAL AGGRESSION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association), Received August 27,11.30 p.m. • ' LONDON, August 27. - • (Official) There lis ■ only artillery activity on the British Struma-Doir'an fronts. Our aeroplanes bombed the camps at Kulntopolea arid Prosemite, southward of Demirhissar.