GREEKS STILL FIGHTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16317, 25 August 1916, Page 5

GREEKS STILL FIGHTING

ANTI- BULGARIAN RIOTS. GERMAN FEAR OF ROUMANIA. BRITISH ENTER MARTINPUICH. PROGRESS NORTH OF VERDUN. PORTUGUESE FOR THE FRONT. Reports of the heroism shown by Greek garrisons in resisting the Bulgarian invaders in Eastern Macedonia have stirred the country's imagination. The garrison at Pheapetra t fought till the last man fell, and only two wounded men were left of the Starcistra force. It is believed that the Greek troops at Demir Hissar have been cut off. Apparently resist" ance is being continued at certain points. It is reported in Home that the Bulgarian Minister at Athens has threatened to leave owing to anti-Bulgarian demons strations in the city. An Austrian communique reports activity on the part of the Italian force which is in occupation of the Albanian port of Valona. An Albanian detachment has arrived at Salonika to join the allied army. j Germany and Hungary are showing alarm at the attitude of Roumania. Increased war feeling is noticeable in Bucharest. The British have captured further trenches south of Thiepval, straightening their line and improving their position. s v.; Violent counterattacks were repulsed. There has been iy- i desperate fighting for three days in the northern part of Guillemont. The allies are slowly gaining ground. A patrol has entered Martinpuich village, which is at the mercy of the British. A brilliant French attack between Fleury and Thiaumont, v > north of Verdun, yielded substantial progress. Portuguese workmen over the age of 32 are taking up work in French munition factories. Men below that age are being mobilised to go to the front. The Turkish initiative on the Caucasus front and in ' Persia is on the verge of collapse. The attempt to divert the attention of the Russians from the Erzingan=Sivas front j«; • has failed signally. "f|* • " f ' ? * * '