Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-02
The European War Day by Day.

tr1an batteries in many places are
above the clouds, beyond the detec-
| ton aeroplanes.
German Aerodome Shattered.
Amsterdam, May 31.-Two allied
| airmen bombarded and destroyed the
German aerodome at Gartrode, in
Southeast Client.
Other dispatches to-day stated that
34 soldiers were killed and 80
wounded by the explosion Of ammu-
milton depots.
Zeppelin Sinks Russ. Steamer.
London, May 31.-Bombs dropped
from a Zeppelin caused fire which
destroyed the Russian steamer Bori
1 in the harbor Of Heling-Fors on
Saturday with the loss Of 40 lives,
according to Stockholm dispatches.
The Zeppelin is also reported to have
set fire to several cotton sheds.
Cotton Steamer Sent to Bottom.
London May 31.-The British
steamship DiXiana was torpedoed and
sunk off Ushant last Saturday while
on her way from Savannah, Ga, to
swansea, Wales. The captain and
crew were rescued. The vessel car
rled cargo of cOttnu and steel bill
lets.
Icppelins Raid London.
London, June 1.-Zeppeln air
ships, long expected reached London
last night, but the several million in
habitants of the metropolis slept
np1cHfn11y thrnn1h h. Il
they knew this morning were the
brief facts in the admiralty announce
ment. The official statement reads:
'ln amplification Of the informa-
ton which appeared in this morn
ing'S newspapers, the following par
ticulars of last nights Zeppelin raid
IN the metropolitan area are now
available:
Late last night about 90 bombs,
mostly of an incendiary character.
were dropped from hostile aircraft in
various localities not far distant from
each other. A number Of fires. of
which only three were large enough
to require the services OF fire en-
gines, broke out. All of them were
promptly and effectively dealt with
and only one of them required a
strict call. The fires were all caused
by the incendiary bombs referred to.
No public building was injured,
but number Of private premises
were damaged by fire or water.
The number Of casualties is
small, so far as has at present been
ascertained One infant, one boy.
one man and one woman were killed,
and another woman was so seriously
injured that her life is despared of.
a fnl al tbnr
llously injured, but the precise num-
Der mas not yet been ascertained."
Riots Follow the Raid.
London, June 1.-The Zeppelin
rand on the metropolitan area last
night has brought recrudescence Of
anti-Gerlnan demonstrations.
Crowds to-day attacked German
shops and special constables had to
be called out.
The rioters pulled down the barri-
cades from shops which had been
boarded up since the previous disor-
ders and what furniture and goods
remained were looted.
Eleventh Months Opening.
The press dispatches containing Of
fetal reports from the several war
fronts in Europe June 1st may be
briefly summarized as follows:
British official dispatches from the
Dardanelles announce gradual gains
with occasional reverSeS, their losses
being heavy and each success gained
at great sacrifice. They report Turk
iSh losses exceed 10000 soldiers
since the British forces made their
landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Paris reports comparative inactiy-
rly tl,x
gium and France, though minor gGins
have been made by both French and
British forces. The capture of a small
fort erected by the Germans is re-
ported, in the fighting to retain which
the Germans are reported to have lost
heavily.
Directly in conflict with this is the
report from Berlin, which states that
the allied actions OF the past "a
hours were weak and at every point
rcpulsed with heavy losses to the
enemy. On the Russian side the
German report claims great successes,
having stormed two forts in front of
PrZemysl, where they captured one
garrison OF 400 men and | 8 heavy
and light guns. In the various op-
cratiOns on this front during May the
Germans claim to have taken in ex-
cess Of $1,000 prisoners and large
numbers Of guns.
Vienna reports heavy attacks by
Russians along the San river, but
states that the attacks have been re-
pulsed with minor gains for the Aus
trianS.
The Italian official statement is to
the effect that their advance into
Austrian territory goes steadily for
ward without check. They report
having taken in all 81 villages sur
rounding COrtina. They report