REPULSED WITHOUT LOSS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 7

REPULSED WITHOUT LOSS

MACKENSEN AT CONSTANTINOPLE. ALLIES GAIN GROUND IN SERVIA ROUMANIA GALLING UP RECRUITS. A Turkish bomb attack at Anzac was repulsed without loss. The enemy casualties were about 60. (.eneral Mackensen has arrived at Constantinople, and is seeking to reconcile Talaat Bey, Turkish Minister for the interior, and Euver Pasha, Minister for War. The cause of the quarrel is apparently the opposition of Talaat Bey to the entry or the Germans. A German message states that negotiations are proceeding between Turkey and Greece for a political understanding. Another report notes distrust between the Turks and Bulgarians, and says that a revolution in Turkey is probable. Bulgarian attacks on the allied line in Servia have been repulsed by the French at Demir Kapu, a gorge on the Vardar River, and by the British near Strumnitza. Later the allies counter-attacked, and gained ground, inflicting considerable losses on the enemy. The Germans are following the retreating Servians into Albania, where, the Bulgarians claim, the tribes are hostile to the Servians. drench and Greek military commissions are conferring on the allies' demands. Responsible circles in Athens are confident that a satisfactory understanding will be reached. It is officially denied that Britain has prohibited the import ot British goods into Greece, or that grain ships are detained at Malta. M. Venizelos, ex=Premier of Greece, has issued a mani= festo, declaring that the Constitution has been transformed into a veritable scrap of paper, and stating that his party will not lend itself to a general election comedy. The Roumanian Government is calling up the 1917 and 1918 classes of recruits. Heavy German reinforcements are being sent towards Alsace. The civil population of Altkirce have been ordered to leave the city. The Germans are constructing field works of remarkable strength on the eastern front. The German plans for the spring are said to include an advance through Mesopotamia towards India by an army of 400,009 Turks and 100,000 Germans.