, 1915-10-09

Commandment of the railway mes lhe juno
lion points aud the railway stations behlht
the German front"
A later Freuch official ~communique states:
tIl1 the Artois district the struggle nom
,r+uth 10 trench continued ddrng the en-
tire day. and on the crests south OF GlVtnchy
the enemy regaihed II footing ut the crossing
of the five roads; but was fepulsed every
where else; Notwithstanding the violence OF
Ills ,+peated counter-attacks. Artillery ana
trench-gun action has been especially intense
SOU h of the SUmme, III the sector OF b'zoIla
ChauIpes, an north Ct the Alsne, III the var
lty of the Miette, and on The AiSle una
NInrue Canal in the enVlrons OF OaPlSheuI'
An enemy acroplnne was brought 10 eat'u
within our lines and the TWO officers manning
1t were taken prisoners. III the ''h"in-
pasne the enemy AGAIN shelled our posi-
llons and tearguards with sheAS contalu-
ing sutfocutiug mixtures, but our "t'h-
Iery repulaed them tnetgetically. On the
western outski is of the Ar8onne forest
our heavy batteries took under Their
fire n hostile column marching from BanlMy
ON Apremont. IL the YosGes we repealed,
after u spirited engagement, an attnck against
our POSTS east OF Gelltsur Plane, and a ON
bnrdmeut was very violent on both SIDES at
Hartmunn's WelIerkopf:"
Field Marshal Sin John French III a" Or
Ger IF the Day expresses bis appreciation "
the work Of all ranks OF the Royal tlylh8
Coips; in the buttle III France, under extreme
" adverse weather. conditions, which com
PEELED them to fly very low under heavy ire:
The most interesting trophy is q Rhssiai
muchine gun which was taken by the Ger
nuaus from the Russians on the Eastern front
and has now been retnken 10y the British.
A German official bulletin announces;
Give monitors appeared before Aetotu69e
and Iii ected a frutless ire against the coast
the victims being three BeiglaEs' Our al
tncklng operations against the British front
north Of Loosi whence a ruthless sortIe was
undertaken by the enemy during the o'Sht
ooainst our position west Of Haisnes, have
,,oyressed. South of the SoacheE brook
The French obtained r frA toOthcld III n
Ap,hll section Of a trench on Il hill northwest
If Givenchy, but south OF this hill the
II, eneb attacks were repulsedj and a forty
4netre section Of a trench northeast OF Neu-
4ile was reEaptured 10y our troops; On
Monday afternoon the French attacked IN
the Champagne region northwest Oh Y1ll0
tor Tonrbe and northwest OF MassISes with
ont any result, THEN accumulation OF troops
leinn subjected to our concentrated hfe' ana
!, strong night attack against onf PoSlIons
northwest Of Vile sur Tourbe broke down
nnIpr orr fire WITH n6hVy LOSSES 440 I'll
tyov station at Cbalons, Ills ehief meeting
iItce of tile reargudrd OF the French attack
mo troops in the Champagne; was bombed
during The night by one Of our nirships with
visible results"
The Amsterdam "TeIegrNaf" announces
that five aeroplanes of the Allies bombarded
the y ebrnege coast, some bombs dropped
weighing rs pounds. The %oeroplanes were
attacked by auti-airGroft gtnsi which brought
down one, while another was compelled by
y defective mJtor t9 land near Nleuw Yliet,
in Holland, ara it's British officer Las been
inIerned.
A Belgian official communi4ue states:
nThere has been an extremely violent bonn
bardment Of OR positions in the heighbdtr-
hood Of Dixmude, but q small %infdntry at
tack was easily repnlsed:"
\ Reuters despatch from Amsterdam
States that the German steamer "SvioDl"
has been torpedoed in the Baltic by a Brit
ish submarine. The correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company at Copenh"-
uru say, that the "Sfionia ran ashore alter
heino fired upon by n British snbmaIine.
A Pelrograd o0iclal commhmque says
ssNanr Dvlrsk The Germans on Sunday ut
noon opened a bail Of fire against a sector OF
IN ibo UihIOIt I. of the