, 1915-09-18
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamalca.)

Bombs were dropped, but no casualties re,
suited, and the only damage reported was
some telegraph wires thrown down and some
glass broken. A hostile aeroplane visited
the Kentish coast on Monday afternoon and
dropped some bombs, whereby a house was
seriously damaged and four persons injured.
The aeloplane was chased off by two naval
aeropIanes. Admiral Sir Percy Scott has
been appointed to take charge of the gun
merry defences Of London against attacks by
enemy aircraft.
The "Glob4," commenting on the raids,
says it is useless to disguise the tact that
nothing big or strol e viii be done unless
the Government is aroused to action by pub
lie opinion. "Let The Germans reallze that
for every peaceful town in this country bonn
barded, a dozen peac, full towns IN Germany
Will be bombarded from the mir. Let them
also know that for every life lost and every
humble dwelling destroyed we will exact a
liberal toll IN money from the weaIthy Ger
mans who fattened on our commerce and
drew dividends from our people, The effect
would be magical. 1t urges the holding
OF ii public meeting for folcinB the hands Of
the Government"
A French official announcement says: "In
retaliation for the recent bombardment Of
LuneviIle aud Compiegne by hostile aero
BIttANHg q ~ |NaAO - ~ HNACIDHSoGo - o'CA
Treyes, il Rhinish Prussia, on Monday
morning, dropping about 100 shells. The
station and The Bank Of the Empire were
undoubtedly reached, The same squadron
after returning to its base in the afternoon
dropped So shells Oh the station at Dommary
and on Buroncourt. Other neroplanes pom
barded at q low altitude the stations ut
Domaueschiug on the Danube and also Mar
bach. In one region where the movements
of troops were reported the efficacy Of our
fire was established and a tain in transit
was obliged to stop"
A German official statement says: "fIeld
Marshal Won Hindenburg operating on the
left bunk OF the HWina between Frierrlch-
stadt and Jucobstadt has elected the enemy
from several positions. Further south the
enemy is avoiding an engagement with the
pursuing Germans, who have reached the
road between Eckengrnfen and RakIschki.
Between the road from Kupischky to DWinsk,
aud on the Viliya below wilma, our advance is
proceedingly vigorously and our troops have
reached the railway from wilma to Dwinsk
md Petrograd at several points. On the
bend of the Niemen, east of Gr0dno, our
pursuit is proceeding. On the lower Eel
wianka several counter-attacks have been
repulsed and we captured on Sunday over
1890 prisoners and 2 mnchiue-guns. Prince
Leopold is pursuing the retreating enemy
and has taken over 1000 prisoners. Field
Marshal Won Mackehsen along his entire
front has broken The resistance and their
pursuit in The direction Of Pinsk is proceeding.
On Sunday the Germans repuIsed several
strong attack by the Russians southwest of
Tarnopol, capturing several hundred Frison-
ers, and IN the night we occupied favour
able positions some kilometres west Of our
former positions, without being hindered by
the enemy"
No Russian official communique concern
ing the FOREGOING operations has beea issued.
On the Western and italian fronts the
cannonading reported in the last dispatches
still continues.
The Athens correspondent of the DAILY
Chronicle reports: Il learn from q reliable
Turkish source that the German Staff at
Constontinople has informed the Imperial
Military Authorities at Berlin that it will be
impossible for the Turkish Amy, unless it
receives effective help, TO hold out longer
than the twenty-ffth instant. With reference
to the reported Austro-G erman plan to at
tack Serbia, | am able to say that until three
days a,o reconnaissance by Serbian ailmen
only discovered q force of thirty thousand
men. The airmen penetrated a considerable
distance into the enemV's country. but did not