Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-17
DARING EXPLOIT OF FRENCH
 MILITARY AVIATORS
Flew Over German Fortress While
 Accommodating.

Paris, Aug. 16, 4:10 p. m.-Details of a daring exploit at Metz carried out en out today in an official communica- ton issued by the war office, which says:
 '.At half past five on Friday evening Lieutenant Cesari and Corporal Prud- honlnle in separate aeroplanes. left the French fortress of Verdun with orders to reconnoiter and if possible destroy the dirigible balloon shed in the Ger man fortress at Metz
 Lieutenant Cesaria flew over the fortress at a height of nearly 5000 feet while Corporal Prudhomme at the lower altitude of 6,800 feet.
 "A terrific fire was directed on the two aviators from the fortress garri- son and during the fusillade the motor of the heutenant's aeroplane stopped AS he did not wish to fail in hi smis- sion he began to volplane and while doing this he threw a bomb with marvellous coolness. Shortly after ward he succeeded in getting his mot or started again.
 Tn the meanwhile the corporal had hurled his projectile also. Rain of Shells.
 The smoke over the city. prevented the aviators seeoing whether they had been successful, but they believed they had achieved their purpose and flew away amid a rain of shells from quickhring guns. They returned safe- i ly toly to Verdun."
 The official communication con- tinues:
 Fighting South of Nanur. Belgian and German troops were reported to be fighting today near Di- | nant to the south of Namur, Belgium French troops also were in the vicini- | ty.
 "Over 500 German soldiers were talk | en prisoners by the French when they the vicinity of Demon or Rougemont | on the border of German Lorraine or 1 Friday.
 Dutch Troops Showing Discontent.
 "The Dutch troops in the Netherlan6 provinces of North Brabant and Linn. burg are showing discomfort against | the Germans whom they accuse o1 being responsible for the actual sit. uation- The Dutch officers are finding | difficulty in controlling their men. French Troops RepuIsed.
 Further details of the fighting around Blamont and Cirey-surVezouc the French department of Muerthe-er l Moselle, where the Germans were strongly entrenched behind the earth. works near Blamont when on Friday evening the French division began their attack. The German outpost. repulsed the French, who at' daybreal | the following day resumed the of. fensive supported by artillery and sue, ceeded in the afternoon in taking Bla. mont and Grey. The German troop: then occupied the heights to the nortF l from which they were also driven. T. 1 German casualties were severe
 German and Austrians Expelled From | Morocco. | "Ali the German and Austrian sub, l jects resident in Morocco have beer expelled by the French authorities al 1t Is alleged they have extended theil intrigues with the natives since tn, bginning of tn war.
 | "The transportation of treees aaC | provisions in France prevents for tn, moment the resumption Of norma 1 traffic on the railroads, but later on i will be possible te increase the mum
 Der of trains.
 Many Acts ef Brutality,
 t'Tiae German treeps while eEaeuat 1 ing a number of villages in souther1 Alsaee committed many acts of bru tality. Our troops found many house. | burned and corpses riddled with but lets in the streets, notably at Dame maries near Aitkireh in southern Al | saee."
 l To Demand Explanation of Turkey. | A despatch from Rome received b, l the Ha4as Agency today asserts tha the Tribuna aserts it has learned iron a good source that Greece has decid I staafiaapie about fhe concentration Q Turkish troops on the frontier Q 1 Thrace, and that if the Turkish gov ernmeats reply is not satisfactor, Greece will mobilize her army. At BeIfort Jean Gruppi, fnrme.