GERMANS SEND BOYS TO SOMME FRONT

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 827, 4 October 1916, Page 7

GERMANS SEND BOYS TO SOMME FRONT

ALLIES REPORT SUCCESSES ON ALL FRONTS Rumanian forces crossed the Danube between Rustchuk and Silistria, which, in consequence of the enemy being threatened with envelopment, were evacuated. Reports from the Western front state that matters are relatively calm. The British successfully raided German trenches. It is asserted that the Germans are in a bad way through lack of reserves. The 1917 class received only three months' training, and the French have identified men as belonging to the 1918 class. Dutch reports state that typhus and cholera are general among the troops arriving from the Somrne front. An account is given of splendid work by New Zealanders at Flers. Bulgarian counter-attacks on the Struma front were repulsed and the enemy routed by a bayonet charge. The Greek revolution is spreading, and the whole of Western Macedonia has joined the National Defence Movement. The Russians have repulsed a number of attacks. Since September 30 over 5000 prisoners have been taken.