PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
SUMMARISED CABLES. GREECE AND BULGARIA. TURKISH TRANSPORT SUNK. ZEPPELIN DESTROYED. The Bulgarians shot 50 Greek notables from among the Greek citizens lately conveyed into Bulgaria during the Bulgarian incursion into Greece. A British submarine sank the Turkish transport Chirke Tihaire, laden with troops,' at Rodosta. Official.—ln the direction of Bagdad the Russians repulsed the Turks towards the west, capturing artillery. (, French and British airmen attacked a Zeppelin near Zeehrugge. 3’he Zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed. Some of the crew perished. The Turks have been strongly reinforced in the region of Trebizond and Erzeroum. Austrian guns and large quantities of munition have been railed to Angora, and thence taken by motors. These new factors account for the temporary suspension of the Russian offensive. The French Staff has identified the 111th German Army Corps at Verdun. The strength of a corps being 40,000, the enemy must have 4,440,000 under arms at present.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7716, 4 May 1916, Page 1
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