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Show ROSSIS CM CLAIM TO HAVE BROKEN LINE OF THE AUSTRIANS IN BESSARABIA BES-SARABIA CAMPAIGN. German and Austrian Troops in Serbia Reported to Have Been Given Orders Or-ders to Drive the Allies Out of Greece. London. Russia's campaign in Bessarabia Bes-sarabia continues to be the most important im-portant visible war activity. From the Pripet to the Roumanian frontier, over a front of at least 300 miles, a huge Russian force with a great appearance ap-pearance of confidence is hurling sledgehammer blows at the opposing force, which, according to all accounts, ac-counts, totals at least 1,500.000. Petrograd still claims considerable successes in the early stages of the campaign and dispatches emphasize the excellent equipment, supplies and munitions that Russia laid up for this purpose during a period of comparative compara-tive passivity. Some London observers, speculating speculat-ing on the meaning of the Bessarabia move, hail it as one of the most ambitious ambi-tious strategic plans since the beginning begin-ning of hostilities, and predict that it will prove a colossal attempt to break the backbone of the Germanic allies' whole line across the Balkans. An Athens newspaper states that martial law will be declared on January Janu-ary 15 and that the chamber of deputies depu-ties has been summoned to meet on the 17th to ratify its proclamation, according to a dispatch received here. A Berlin newspaper declares that orders have been given to the German and Austrian troops in Serbia to advance ad-vance into Greece and attack the French and British. It is said that Germany has communicated com-municated to Greece her desire to clear Grecian territory of the entente allied forces. The German minister at Athens, this dispatch says, told Premier Skouloudis the best interests of Greece demanded the removal of the French and British, inasmuch as in the existing circumstances Greece would be exposed to danger from the troops of the central powers, which have been ordered to pursue the allies al-lies on Greek territory. |
