, 1915-09-18

aud fifty million pounds to the other belliger-
ents, Great Britain's weekly gross expsndi-
ture should not exceed thirty-fve million
pounds, ard the new war credit is expected
TO carry us through the second week of
November. The Government controls sew
an hundred and fifteen munition plants.
and MIR. Lloyd George has established
twenty shell factories and is building
eighteen more. Eight bundled thousand
workmen are employed III Government
controlled factories, but lnbour, skilled
aud unskilled, is still sorely needed. Or
the whole, recruiting has kept up we'll,
but Eas fallen off in the last few weeks. The
Cars assumption Of the command of his
Armies is significant, aud q proof of the de-
termination felt by the highest aud the low
0st OF the Russian people. With reference
10 the British casualties, q large proportion
recovered from their wounds. In the Oar
danelles the British hold "a front Of twelve
miles and have made substantial gains, but
we have not succeeded In dislodging the
Turks from the crest of the hills"
Mr.. BalfOur, replying to criticisms of the
aerial defence, admitted that the provisions
considered sufficient at the beginning of the
war must be materially developed, but stated
that the Service was being supplemented
SAANA A"7hOl OANA II OhUS0I. GS n(t(l6I.
Il cannot say that there will be a discon-
tlnuance of the attacks on London, but no
one will suggest that such methods of ter
rorism will shake in the slightest degree the
resolution of the British people.
The following report has been received
from Field Marshal Sir John French Since
my last communication there has been no
change in the situation on our front. but
considerable artillery activity has been shown
by both sides, particularly south-eaat Of Ar
mentieres and in the neighbourhood Of Yprea.
Three hostile aerOplAnes were brought down
IN the last four days, two bit by our anti
aircraft guns falling inside the German lines,
while the third WINS shot down by our air
pilots aud fell within our lines, the machine
being only slightly damaged, but both the
pilot and the observer we've killed. During
the last wetk there have been twenty.one air
fights over the German lines, md IN eleven
cases the hostile nerOplaDe WAS driven tc the
ground. On the tenth our artillery, assist
ed by aerOplane direction, bomdbnrd-
ed two German observation balloons
located east OF Ypres, one OF which burst,
while the other became debated and was r-
moved. Mining activity has continued, but
with only uniinportant results on either side"
A despatch to the Central News Agency
from Amsterdam states that IL German air
ship badly damaged by Russian guufre, has
descended Mt KoeDiRSbelg,
Adviees from Sofa state That the Minis
tiers Of the QuadrupIe Entente have present
ed the Bulgarian Government with - supple
mentary Note relative to Serbia attitude
regarding BuIgaria's Macedonian clnims, but
that the contents are being kept strictly Sc
cret.
A Russian official communique states:
East Of Kovel, on the river Stockholm, dur
ing our occupation of Gulevitzkn and two
other villages, after "a stubborn resistance we
captured two officers, "A soldiers and four
machine-guns, and the enemy fell back to-
wards the west front. South of the Pripet
III several places we have launched coulter
attacks ugRinst strong forces who are resist
ing obstinately. In the occupation of the
euemy's position Lear the villages northeast
of Dubuo We took one gun, 7 machine
guns, 81 officers md 1888 soldiers, but
counter-attack drove our troops back. In
engagements III the region north of
Taruopol we captured 8 officers, SAT men
and two machine-guus, the village of
Sorodievka and the wood north thereof
constantly changing hands. On the Stripa,
southwest of T%"rnopol, after an energetic
attack we occupied the village OF BeHilae,
and the enemy fed beyond the river, suffer
ing great losses. Desperate engagements