, 1915-12-18

unpIepared, and they have been tmDtlltd
to evacuate several polItOns owing to their
trenches becoming flooded, tins beng shown
by the dead bodies Of Turks aud mules
which have been washed into he trenches
Of the Allies. Prisoners taken by The Aus
trnlians are poorly clad and it iereported That
the Turks are Oh half rations. The Colonials,
including the M4oris, withslood the cold.
although many have never seen snow before,
and the British authorities believe Tint ow-
ing TO their hardy physique and excellent
equipment the ColonIais viii pass the winter
satisfactorily. Turkish activities huve recent
ly been uninportaut and the attacks made
have not been pushed. Severe weather is
expected throughout JanuaIy and February
Field Marshal Sir John reuch reports
"On Monday night we b'ew up u NINE
before Glvenchy and occupied The en-
ter. Yesterday there was considerable actiy-
ity at various points. We bombarded the en-
envy positions enst of J pres an IN the neigh
5ourhood Of FielinGheIu, and sh-ijed with
one heavy hoWlizers an enemy mine shaft
north Of he La Bassee canal. In the neigh
bourhood of the Somme same fighting took
piuce with trench morlors, rifles and grentt-
des. The weather is bright, but cola.
A French official commuuiquG states: an
Champagne, south Of the kno.I I'll LIE Mespi,
the Germans exploded d miHe before one Of
our trenches and we have occ0l led the crater
A German official bulletin announces
"Notblng Of importance has occurred on the
Weston lont, aud on the Mon>enpgriu front
there Aas been 10 material change. Over
900 prisoners were taken on Monday By
General Won Koyess at Ipek, and - modern
guns when the Serhipus had buried were
captur d behind orr front, while over 1000
Struggling Serbiaus have been taken prison
els during the few last days. H. Nac-douia
Genera Todorotf has captured the villages Of
Dorian and GIev&elIi ANA 10 English or
French remain on Macedonian SOL. Approx
mately two British divisions were uuulnlluted
III these engagements
Tbe foregoing doubtless refers TO two
Companies of the InnIskj,ling Fusiliers who
died almost TO Il man IN their efforts to hold
back the BulQnrians who ~outnumbered them
by 10 to l. On Monday, the 9Th INST, the
Bulgarian infantry attacked ia massed for
nation and was puuishsd severely, but the
scarcity OF British guns did not permit Of
n proper toll being tuken q the advancing
BulgaIians. The British emptied then III
ties AMI then tiled to stem The hde With
their bayoncto, but were oyerborue by the
the sheer weight Of numbers, and The posi-
ton was lost. 4 second line was lost simi-
larly and the British fell back on 2 thnt
line. The Two companies of The Iopiskl-
lings0eld the ridge Known as Kevis CIe~t
and kept back the Bulgaripns for "a whole
morning, supported only by rille-fre, aud
this third stand impressed and delayed the
Bulgarians, thus glving the British time to
complete the defensive dispositions Of their
third line, where tle Bulgarians were hello
for four dnys.
From among the numerous Press tributes
the following has been taken: This hoadGuI
of the fighting Irish race has won Il proud
place in this history OF the British EInpre
aud the deep and abiding respect Of every
Englisbman worthy Of Tie name.
An Austrian o%tficial communique states.
an the northeastern Montenegro We bayo
made eight hundred prisoners and oar ain
men successfully dropped Lomb5 on lie
enemy's camp at Berane"
A Vienna official despatch states: "On our
front in the CludIcaria sector Ita,inu iufan-
Try are approaching ON positions aud fight
ing continues" This Indicates aLat a new
Italian offensive in the Treutino is being
undertaken.
Advices from Rome announce that The
Chamber Of Deputies has adopted 4 vote If
confidence in the government by 39l to 40
after the passage OF Il Bill giving the Govern
ment full financial powers for SIX months.