, 1915-09-01

allies are ginning ground, IS the
only way north or eastwards open to the
Russians. In the region Of Szereszowo the
Austrians have reached the south-eastern
edge of Sielowiecz and Pisz5za.
A French official commuuique states The
same activity by our artillery has prevailed
on a large section Of our front, with par
ticularly eticacious bombardments Of
The fnemy'S lines in the region of
Het Sast and Steenstraate, IN the
region Of Chau!nes, north of the Aisne,
in the neighbourhood Of Allies, between the
Meuse and the Moselle, and in the neigh
bourhood Of PAGES, Euvezin and the Mort
mare wood. Our artillery was especially
active in the sector Of Ablain, in the region
Of Roye, north Of the Aisne, IN the vicinity
of Cruonne and Berry au BAG and between
the Aisne and the ArgOnne. There has been
violent hand to hand fighting at Marie
Therese and west Of the forest OF MalincOurt
for the possession Of mine excavations Of
which We remained in possession. We have
bonbarded heavily the trenches and groups
OF German pioneers OH the whole line OF the
Lorraine frontier along Gremecey, Gondrex-
ange and Embermonil. There has been hea-
Wy fighting with bombs and hand grenades
il the region of Metzeral'.
A Berlin official bulletin announces ON
the Western theatre there have been no new
developments Of Importance.
An Itali an official communiqu6 announces:
"Italian airmen attacked the aerodrome at
Aivesson, throwing one hundred and twenty
bombs and doing considerable damage. All
returned safely".
An Austrian official despatch states:
''Fierce Italian attacks have been checked ia
the Isouzo, Doberdo, Tolmino and Flitsch
regions"
A Berlin wireless despatch states that it is
announced from Sofia that Bulgaria has post
poned for some days the signing Of a Treaty
with Turkey, the Entente Powers having
notified her that they would regard it as u
wiIfully unfriendly act.
The correspondent OF the "Iimes' at Blu
churest states that a fresh invasion Of ServIa
Will begin in about ten days time, possibly
from the east, and the enemy forces are to
be taken through Servia, near the Roulnanlan
frontier, into Bulgaria. There is a great
massing Of Germans in the district Of Fo-
garas, on the northwestern frontier of ROu-
mania, 100000 having arrived last week at
Kronstadt, IN Hungary.
A Seryian official statement says: con
tho twenty-Gfth instant we stopped the
euemy's defence operations on the Danube
front, on a large island near Nalastratcheva
and also on the Save front opposite SkeIa,
and we interrupted similar operations near
the Island Of Moldva ON the left bank.
The correspondent Of the Morning Post"
at Petroglad says: a partisan warfare
which was Instrumental III the disaster to
the armies of Napoleon has begun in several
regions near the German advance. The
Poles are winning distinction as guerilla
fighters, Notwithstanding the severity of the
German repression.
The correspondent Of the Amsterdam
<'TelegruSf'' at Petrogred says that Japan
has officially notified Russia That she is pre-
pairing to mobilize her entire industrial re-
sources 10 assist in the supply Of muui-
tions.
Mr.. BnIfour. in the course of a speech,
said Not a soldier or a sailor has
been killed, and only on one occasion
has damage Of the smallest military
importance been caused by the Up
poIln laids, the reason being that they attack
at night when landmarks are elusive and
navigation difficult, errors thus being newt
able, and sometimes these have been of sur
prisiug magnitude. The Germans constant
ly assert that they have dropped bombs at
places they have never approached, but why
should we make future voyages easier by
telling them Of their blunders, reticence be-
mo mara iudici0us huva been assured bV