, 1915-12-25

p'ained by a Greek statement thnt the en-
coiuler occurred in Altman territory, bnt
none were killed aud only Il few wounded,
order having been restored promptly, and an
amJcuble inquiry is proceeding.
The Paris "Fienro's" correspondent at At
hens telcgruphs that, III answering the Greek
protest against the entry Of the Bulgarans
INTO Greece, Germany declared that notWtb-
standing that military necessity required the
pursuit Of the Iellealing Entente Allies, The
Imperial Government, noilpg the popular
Greek seutImrnt, had ordered nm lmmedrle
halt Of The Bul4oriurs. The "ouce,trn'ion Of
the Austro-Grrmnus for An invasion Of Greece
IS however proceeding, and when completed u
definite decision wII be nude, the question
not having been settled 10y The German rtp,y
but there ls official optimism. Tie Austio-
German forces nre innate at 100000,
wuh much heavy artillery and 1t IS believed
TINT they viii be entirely ready hy tomorrow.
A despatch TO Tue Paris ~"ItmIs" from
,Splonicu states that Ike lull in th5 Maceuo-
man campaign is pmtIy due to political
considerations and partly to lhe extreme
difficulty experienced by the Germanic al es
IN moving then heavy a.ul ely, the French
and British IN retreuiing having destroyed
the RAILWAY along the Ntudar llyer by blow
ing up bridges aud tunnels and removing
Itt6 IAuS, Wulle lbe fdlNuN nom was
rendered useless by HE BRUSH who retired
from Doiran. The corr ospondent adds that
probubly the efforts of the Austliahs and
Germaus w@g~ be directed towards the
Adriatic, with the 81 ject Of rounding up
the Selbions IN Albania.
The Chimes" cora espondent at Athens
stutes that lie Parliamentary election oil
Sunday gave NJ. Gounnns a great majority.
A French offend commun que states: In
Artois a rather violent artillery action lus
taken place in tire region OF L,os. The fire
from our artillery trench cannon on Tie Ger
man trenches at Nllet An. Boi~ cnueeQ three
powerful explosions, and the fire directed
on the enemy works apBoIs-de- La Morvllo
was very effective also on thtIr trenches
rnusing explosions III several places, a
block house containing mpchlne-guns being
DESTROYED. On Tuesday morning foul Of
our J, mbmding aelopIunts, escorted by
four machines with rapid frers, dropped OIL
the freight station al Nulhouaon six shells
,f155 ciibre nIAtHtnty Of ninety cullble,
which reached their objective. On tie north
hank If the Ajusp, southeast Of Yoilly, We
evacuated on Monday evening n small out
post which a surprise attack had brought
INTO our possession on The 18Th n~t.
The Berlin official report states: The fire
from our coastal batteries drove off the
enemy monitors which shelled Westtnd
Yesterday, and on this front there wusYively
artillery activity and also successful mining
operations by MS. One of our oir sqNadl"ns
Annexed PoperirPhe, where the enemy was
gathering numerously, Au English blplone
was shot down near Bluges and its occupants
were killed.
Advices from Paris state that Field Mar
shai Sir John French was received Ey Prtsi-
dent Poincale, and that in u9 wing and de
vurting throngs cbeered HIM, the King and
Great Britain.
A Vienna official bulletin announces: "On
the Italinn flont there have been only mooe-
rate artillery activity, but in the Chiese SIC
Tor, in the district of Col di Lana, it iucreos-
ed TO vigorous proportions. On the Monte
nperin front the troops OF General Won ko-
vess have etoImed consolidated enemy posi-
tjops on The Turo, south west Of BjclopoIje
and north of BeIane. In the fighting on the
Tara three mountain cannon, two field can
non and 1900 rifles were captured
The Ituliun Headquarters r port states:
oTn the Ledro valley the Austrans, support
ed by intense artillery fire, attacked our
p~osltion on Monte Corea, north Of Lake l.
dro. but were /, pulsed"
In the House of Commons yesterday,