FORMIDABLE SALONIKA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 3

FORMIDABLE SALONIKA.

HRRRK GHNE'RAL OX THE "RAMPART OF IRON."

SALONIKA, -Feb. 26. - General Moacopoulis, commanding tho ' Third Army Corps here, who recently■visited tho Allied lines deeding Sal<v " nifea, has made an interesting stateihe-ti 1 . regarding tho military position i r «>ir. ■; • by the French and British. ' "Tho 'fortified works mad© by the 3?nfr- • Jish cand French," he declares, "are 'magnificent and astonishing. The engia&<»M l)ave accomplished marvo!s, mri the -de fences thrown up round Salonika m t]»K>,, * months look more like the w.ric Of a year. I know tho fortifi.-d region well, «nnd I can say that Salonika • ttwl.-.y i, safe from invasion. "If the Germans and: PnUgcs. undertake an attack against Salonika they will come up against a rampa-* «,f f.<n * The fortifications have boon cinieJ o-.it nowwding to the latest strat-^c Principles. - The work is going on, and m a little while the fortified camp of Salonika will become one of the most f ormidab 1 © m the world." . The General expresses his satisfaction that Greek relations with the Allies arebecoming more cordial. "The improvement which recently manifested itself m the relations between the Entente Powers and Greece, he says, was an excellent augury, and would' ensure the final dissipation of all misunderstandings, and strengthen the traditional bonds which bound Greece with the Allies. .. . The General declared, m conclusion, ' that thje King had ordered him by telegram to accord all facilities to thb „'. Allies for the transport of troops, prbvi- ""* sions and munitions. That message h^d '"■' been conveyed to the Commander of the ■ Allies, together with, the General 5aid,. ...". an oflfor of his co-operation. . „.'-,