, 1915-09-01

the AlOta Lipa, north and south of Brzez9nY.
The Russian cOunter-Rttachs were repulsed
with ~sangulnary losses and early on Satur-
day the enemy abandoned his resistance and
is being pursued.
A French official communicate SAYS. "On
Saturday morning ten German aeroplaues
were seen IN the region of scissors. Three
of them headed towards the region Of Com
piegne, on the road to Paris, but were un-
able to reach their goal and only dropped q
few bombs on Noget SurMarne, Mont Nor
ency, Mont Fermil, Kibecourt and Com
piegne, at which latter place two male nurs-
es aud a child were killed, The areoplanes
were promptly detected aud shelled at vuri-
Gus points and were chased by our airmen.
The commander of one of our sQuadr0us
chased one enemy aeroplane at a height of
nearly eleven thousand feet and brought it
down north of Senlis, the pilot and machin-
ist being incinerated. Ia the region of
Newport, at Hetsast, north of Arras and on
the east road to Lille, the German trenches
have been violently and efficnciously bonn
barded, Fighting with bombs and NOR
tars has occurred in the Quenneyieres sec
ton. There has been artillery lighting
in the Argonne, our batteries silenclng
the enemy S attempts at bombardIng at La
n INC IAC ! AAA AZ II est ~ 4AUOtAk UuA
-Four de Paris, There has also been artill-
cry fire in the lie PI6tre wood, the forest
of Parroy and the sectors of La Chapelotto
and Launoisse. French |aviators have DOM
barded the railway station at Chatel Euai-
COME"
A German official communique states. "An
attack with hand grenades made by the
French on the Lingtkopf, north Of Munster,
was repulsed. On a great part of our
front there has been much activity by tho
artillery and alrmen, enemy a~Yiators having
bombarded Ostend, MiddeI Kelke and
Bruges but without success, AT Mulhein
three civilians were killed.
An Italian official despatch states "Iu the
Strina valley the enemy have suffered severe
losses, leaving behind them a great number
of machine-guns, much ammunition and
six teen cases of bombs. An important force
of the enemy Mt Saccarant Pozzialt also stuff
cred heavily. In the PIezzo zone our artillery
operated effiectuaIly against the enemy in
the Liepenje valley, and against troops on
the march to the upper Isonzo, interrupting
their advance, On the Carso plateau we
effectively bombarded the enemy's skirmish-
ers near the Doberdo lake aud also marching
columns between Doberdo and Larcot-
tint. In trenches captured on the twon-
tieth on Monte Nero we found two sets of
apparatus supposedly intended for diacharg-
ing iufummable liquids.
An Austrian official bulletin announces:
"On our coastal front the enemy attacked ut
several points, but was repulsed everywhere,
especially east Of Poluzzo, on the San Mar
tino plateau, at Doberdo and north Of the
bridgebead at Tolmino. In the Flitsch re-
glen the lighting continues, and in the Ty-
rol the Italians are approaching our posi-
lions north of the Lugano valley.
Dispatches from Athens state that Greece
is preparing a protest, amounting to an ulti-
mutum to Turkey against the prosecutions
of HE Greeks in Asia Minor, which it is be-
lieyed will result in o break il diploma
tic relations, and that actual war is possible.
The cLief grievance is the driving of three
hundred thousand Greeks from their homes
on the coast into the interior.
Dispatches from Sofia state that, in repIv
to q demand by the Opposition to convoko
Parliament, an inspired statement appeared
in the Government organ, saying that when
Bulgaria's demands have been granted to
an extent to call for Intervention, the Gov
ernment will call Parliament immedi-
ately, but the present intention of the
Cabinet is to adhere to neutrality. un-
less the rights flched from Bulgaria in
- q a1oI DolL,o w.