29 JANUARY 1916, page 1

A Telegram From Rome To Thursday's Morning Post Throws Some

interesting light upon what has been termed the Monte- negrin mystery. According to this statement, King Nicholas, when he saw his country and army were going to be overwhelmed......

The Threatened Attack On Salonika Still Fails To Come Off,

with the result, of course, which we have now chronicled week by week for nearly two months, that the Allies have greatly increased their strength relatively to that of the......

News Of The Week.

ON the Western front there is little to report, except that there has been a good deal of liveliness in the air. That liveliness, however, in no way supports the panicky......

The First News From Our New Seat Of War—east Africa—is

beginning to come in. Thursday's papers publish a War Office communiqud stating that Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien reports that on January 24th our troops advanced to Mbuyuni,......

But Though Certain Sections Of The Montenegrin...

Serbian bands, are still holding out, it is to be feared that their chance is a small one, for it is reported that Skutari has already been occupied by the Austrians. Still, it......

We Regret To Say That, Largely Owing To The Bad

weather, the relief of Kut-el-Amara has not been accomplished. Further, it appears that our hopes here were unduly encouraged by a blunder in an India Office announcement.......

In The Earlier Part Of The Week The Russian News

was exceed- ingly good, but this time not from the Bukovina or the Strypa lines—from which places, indeed, wo have heard little— but from the Caucasus. The Russians have driven......

Before We Leave The Combatant Portion Of The Week's News

we may note that a Scotland Yard notice appeared in Thursday's papers which stated that the increase in the offensive protection against hostile aircraft recently provided in......

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