TURKISH PREPARATIONS.
TRANSFERENCE OF GUNS. FIRES IN CONSTANTINOPLE. (E«ceived July 9, 1.55 a-m) Sofia, July 8. The fortifications of Adrianople have again been dismantled and the guns have been transferred to Hademkeui, General Brauber, the new German military commander, saying that it is useless to fortify the city, as it will soon be in the hands of the Bulgars. The population of Constantinople is gloomy, owing to the continued arrival of wounded men instead of British and French prisoners, whom the population had been led to expect. There is much relief because the British submarines are abstaining from torpedoing passenger steamers, but the transport of troops • is greatly restricted. Frequent fires in Constantinople are causing grave disquietude. It is reported that 2500 houses were burnt last week, and there are fresh outbreaks nightly. The police have taken advantage of these calamities to arrest many foreigners on charges of incendiarsm.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15965, 9 July 1915, Page 8
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