11 DECEMBER 1915, page 1

News Of The Week.

F OR some reason or other—perhaps because of the depressing weather—there has been during the week a good deal of pessimism in London, but it is a pessimism for which there is......

We Wish We Could Think That The Germans Were About

to make a serious attack along the whole Western front. Nothing would suit us better, for at this time of the year, with the ground in the condition in which it is in Flanders,......

As Was Bound To Happen After The Overrunning Of Serbia,

the French have had to withdraw from their advanced positions. The Bulgarians, of course, are endeavouring to out off the troops that have penetrated furthest, but there seems......

The Balkan News Still Remains, And Is Bound To Remain

for some time, very unpleasant reading for the Allies. The Serbian Army is still being pressed by the Austrians, Germans, and Bulgarians over the border into the Albanian and......

If Our Troops Are Hard Pressed Or Unable To Carry

out any new objective upon which they may decide—the discussion of that is, of course, forbidden ground—they can always retire for the time to "the beaked ships," or rather to a......

In An Interview With The Correspondent Of The American...

Press, the King said that if the Allies would promise him that in the event of their being driven on to Greek territory they would abandon the Balkan campaign, he would protect......

The News In Regard To Greece Is So Conflicting And

so confused that we shall not attempt to analyse it in detail. The Greek Government are going to play for safety, with occasional leanings to what appears to be the winning......

On The Russian Front The News Continues To Be Excellent.

The Russians grow stronger every day, the Germans weaker. The notion that the latter will be able to arise' from their trenches in April and destroy their opponents is a pure......

The Times Published On Toss Day A Most Interesting...

made by the King of Greece to a special correspondent. The King said he was deeply grieved and hurt by the suspicions expressed as to his feelings and intentions. He was more......

Further Details Have Been Published Of The British...

Ctesiphon, near Baghdad. On the night of November 30th General Townshend fought a rearguard action against a greatly perior Turkish force. Our casualties were about a hundred......