, 1915-08-21

asked to withdraw some of those named. All
German-American opinion will hereafter be
regarded as tainted and worthless.
Kingston, Jamaica, August 17th-Tbe
railway line between Buff Bay and Port
Antonio was destroyed by the recent
hurricane. The banana crop in this
district was also destroyed and a great num-
Der of houses along the seashore were des-
troyed, but no lives were lost. Port Maria
was badly damaged, especially the wharves
and buildings fronting the sea. Tn sea
having been driven i'll on the north side
was the cause of most of the damage to the
roadway and buildings along the waters
edge,
London, Aug. 1Sth-The transport ''RoyNl
Edward was sunk by and enemy submarine
in the Aegean Sea on Saturday morning.
According to information available she had
on board thirty-two military officers, 1850
troops and q crew Of 800 officers and men.
The troops consisted mainly of reinforce
ments for the Doth Division and details for
the Royal Army Medical Corps. Full infor-
nation has not yet been received, but it is
reported that 800 were saved.
Lopdon, August 18th.-The transport
"Royal Edward, reported to have been sunk
by a submarine in the Aegean Sea ON Sat0r-
day, is supposed to have been carrying Ca
madam troops.
A Paris official communicate says 'Ihere
was violent artillery fighting throughout
Monday at q great many points oD our front.
Our batteries inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy in the region of Quennevieres and
silenced his fire on the Nouvron plateau
Our cannon seriously damaged the German
fortified works north Of Godut, The enemy
having again shelled St. Die, we fired on
the gas works at Ste, Marie Au Mines, blow
ing up the gas tanks, and we shelled q Ger
man factory east of Munster. In the Nos-
ges IN explosion of a mine against an enemy
trench between Burnhaupt lie Bas and Am
merzweiler enabled us to take some prison
ers and we captured two bomb throwers and
a machine-gun".
A German official statement says; 'At
Am~merzWeller, northeast of DammerkIrch,
in Alsace, a French attack has broken down
under our fire..
An official despatch from Rome states that
in the Tonale zone and the Valdassa section
of the Settle Communi a fairly intense artil-
lery duel has taken place. Progress has
been reported in the valley of Sexten, where
the Italian artillery demolished the enemy's
entertainments at Seikofel and Crodarossa,
silencing the enemy's artillery which tried to
reply. The Italian infantry advanced along
the Becherbach and Bozenbach valleys, tax
ing by assault the enemy's defences and MAX
ing a few dozen prisoners. During a night
attack the enemy tried to recover his lost
positions at Bozenbach, but was repulsed.
The Gazette contains the report Of VIC
Admiral de Robeck describing The landing
of the Allies in the Gallipoli Peninsula. AS
q result of the report, numerous decorations
have been awarded, five receiving the VIC
toria Cross, among them being Commander
Gascoigne Robinson for twice going along
into a Turkish gun position and each time
destroying a four-inch gun, the other four
being for bravery in connection with the run
ming ashore Of the steamship "River
Clyde" from which the troops landed, in
Guiding Commander UnwiD, the others de-
corated for this being midshipmen Drew
ry and Malleson and seamen Williams
and Mackenzie. Awards are made to
tba oficers and mon who rascuad