The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-15
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS PROTECT ENGLAND
 FROM AIR ATTACKS
ZeppeIins Use Great Caution in Raids, Says Letter to Dr.
 Duesing Here.

London and the eastern coast of England will be safe from Zeppelin raids during the nights when the moon shines, according to the letter which Dr. Herman Duesing, 11s9 East Main street. has just received from his brother, Prof. Carl Duesing of Kiel Royal Naval University. Prof. Duesing has arranged in chronological order a, number of the principal events since the beginning of the present war in Europe as follows:
 1914.
 Aug 1s Five German torpedo boats sunk during a naval engagement in the North Sea, one cruiser and one torpedo boat destroyer of the British navy.
 Aug. IS. Korono was stormed and and important fortress at the river Niemen. The Russians lost 20,o00 prisoners and 600 cannons.
 Aug. 19. Successful Zeppelin at- tack on London during noonless night. Zeppelin airships regulate their voyages to Great Britain ac- cording to the phases of the moon. They never dare to go, if it, is half moon, last quarter, or full moon. The danger of detection is too great On Aug. 19 the moon was a trif1e over first quarter. The air was also very cloudy and foggy.
 Aug. 20. Session of the Reichstag Famous speech of the Imperial Chan. cellor, in which he accused Great Britain of causing the great war.
 Aug. 20. The Germans take the fortress Nowo Georgfewsk at the Vis- tula river; 15 generals, 92,000 men were taken prisoners, and 700 cannon captured. This has been the strong est fortress of all Russia; it was built
 
 Aug. 21. A British submarine was destroyed in the North Sea and the liner Arabic was sunk.
 Aug 23. The Russian fortress Osso- vice (near Eastern Prussia) was talk en Italy declares war on Turkey. The Italian armies have not made any headway during the last three months. They are still at the Tsonzo river An attack of the British feet near Zee brugge, at the Belgian coast, was re- pju1sed.
 give now a timely recapitulation of all the fortresses taken by the German armies during the war;
 Aug. '. I.iege, Belgium. was cap- tured
 Aug. a7 Namur with al forts was taken. ls $ Aug 2s. Fort Manonvillers. Eastern France, was storrned in AS hours. The French had pronounced it the strong est fort in Europe, besides Gibraltar,
 Aug. s1 Fortress Givet, France. taken.
 Sept. 3: Forts Hirson. Les Appeiles. Condo, La Fere. Leon were taken.
 Sept. g. French fortress Maubeuge capitu1ated with 4s,00O men,
 Sept. 25. Fortress Camp des Ro- Clc+oter 10 lrTvba eraa+ fo1trass t,f Antwerp capitu1atec. October s14. Fortress Lille was taken
 1915:
 June g. The GaIiztan fortress at Prze4nysl was retaken.
 July B, The two Russian fortresses of Rozan and Pqltusk were captured. Aug. 3. Ostrolenl<a taken.
 Aug. 4 The strong fortress of Twangorod was captured
 Aug. 5 Storming of the great foF- tress of Warsaw, the capital 8of Po-i land.
 Aug. z Fortress Serge was taken. Aug. 8. Fort Praga, opposite War saw, was taken.
 Aug. g. capitulation of Fortress Lonza Aug. IS Fortress Kowno taken. Aug. 20 The stronghold of Russia, Nomo Georgfewsk, capitulated.
 Aug. B. Fortress Osowice was talk en, Altogether were taken eighteen hrst class fortresSes, besides the forts The mail service for the German ar mics handles daily 15,0oo, GOO pieces of mail
 According to the London War ofice the British army at che Dardanelles had up to July 15t a. loss of S,1oo men killed, and 10000 wounded had been taken to the hospitals at Alexandria, i Egypt.
 The German armies have spent .so,- 900, coo of marks on improving tho highways of Western Poland, espe- ciaIly those leading to warsaw. This is one of the reasons why the Germans could advance so quickly in Poland. The German army on the western front is furnished daily with sterilized water for drinking purposes. to pre- vent infectious diseases