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PROJECTED ALLIED OFFENSIVE. GREEKS AND SERBIANS CO-ORDIN-ATING. .Australian nnd N.Z. Cablo Association. WASHINGTON, October; 9. An authoritative semi-official source indicates that the Allies will shortly have 1,250,000. men prepared for a Balkan campaign, including Greeks and Serbians. , Greece and Serbia are re-establishing their pre-war friendly ties for the purpose of crushing Bulgaria. Greece is to furnish 600,000 excellent troops, half of whom will head towarde Constantinople, the Greek fleet assisting by operations on their sea flank. RUSSIAN NAVAL ACTIVITY. TURKS SUFFER. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON, October 9. Russian official: In the Bosphorus region our torpedo-boats destroyed seven coal-laden barges. A Russian submarine captured and brought in to Sevastopol a Turkish steamer laden with corn.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17132, 11 October 1917, Page 5
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