THE BALKAN STATES

Southland Times, Issue 17661, 19 February 1916, Page 6

THE BALKAN STATES

; ROUMANIAN AIK RECONNAISSANCE j riXGHT OVEE BULGARIA j ONLY 50,000 TROOPS OBSERVED ■ (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) j BL’CI 1A RKST. February IT. | Received February is, !*.’>•• p.m. i Rounmniu. being anxious as to the I movements of Germans and Bulgars on 'I the frontier, sent throe squadrons o£ | aeroplanes over Bulgaria, and the airmen ! reported that they saw iiO.hOo. There ■ were few men in the trenches and no ! heavy artillery. The, aeroplanes evaded tlie heaviest artillery fire. j POSSIBILITY OE COMPLICATIONS i PARKS. February IT. i Received "February 18. 9.90 p.m. j T!ie auostion is being asked whether serious complications arc iikoly as a | scriuel to .Ronmania’s air raid. j IN ALBANIA [ ITALIANS CHECK AUSTRIANS GREEKS BOUT ROTTING BULGAKS PEONTIEB VIGILANTLY GUARDED SAKOXIKA, February IT. Received February IS. 9 p.m. The Austrians ceased the offensive at 1 Htrazzo owing to the arrival of Italian troops. Generalissimo Putnik has joined the Serbians at Corfu. General Sarrail shortly visits King Constantine. The Greeks, in a two hours’ fight, routed another band of Bulgar comitadjis who had penetrated Greece. The Greeks are now vigilantly guarding their whole frontier, ENEMY TROOPS MOVING TOWARDS ROUMANIAN PRONTIAR ZURICH, February IT. Received February 18, 5..T p.m. The Austro-Swiss frontier is closed. There are heavy movements of troops towards the Balkans, especially towards the Roumanian frontier.