The Elbert County tribune., 1915-09-10


London, Sept S.--A British squad
ron bombarded all the positions along
the Belgian coast as far as Ostend
Tuesday morning. The following Off
cial communication was issued by the
French war office:
Our artillery in the region of Nieu
port has co-operated in the lombard
ment of German coast batteries at
Westende by the British fleet. A vio-
lent cannonade has occurred to the
north and south of Arras. At several
points our batteries have inflicted
grave damage on The enemy organiza-
TONS
A German air raid of Zeppelins on
the east coast of England is reported
The official statement regarding the
raid says:
Hostile air craft revisited the east
ern coast Tuesday night and dropped
bombs. 1t is known that there have
been some fires and casualties, but
particulars are not yet available. The
number of the casualties will be com
municated to the press as soon as
they can be obtained
front of about twenty-fi miles in the
vicinity of Brody, eastern Galicia, is
reported officially by the Vienna war
office. The Russians everywhere
evacuated the positions they held. ac-
cording to the report, and are being
pursued by the Austro-Hungarians
In a message to President Poincare
Emperor Nicholas announced that he
had placed himself in command of all
the Russian armies.
Riga remains the danger point, but
the fact that the Russians continue to
occupy the town after the Germans
advanced to the Dvina, southeast of
Riga, leads military writers to the
conclusion that the Russians feel rea-
sonably sure of their ability to defend
the river and in time to push suffi-
ciently far westward to relieve the
pressure on their forces on the shores
of the Gulf of Riga.
Westward of Dyinsk and wilma the
Russian offensive has now held the
Germans for more than week, and
to the military observers those two
towns seem fairly safe, unless the in
vaders are able to bring up strong re-
Inducements.
The French steamship Bordeaux has
been torpedoed anf sunk, twelve miles
outside the mouth of the Gironde. Off
the western coast of France. Its crew
was taken aboard pilot boat.
An Athens dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says that Brit
ish submarine operating in the sea of
Marmora has sunk Turkish transport
which was carrying 2S-centimetre guns
from Constantinople to Gallipoli.
London, Sept THE Allan line
steamer Hesperian with $50 passen-
gers and crew of 300 aboard, bound
from Liverpool for Montreal, was at
tackled without warning by a German
submarine off the Irish coast just as
darkness was falling Saturday even
ing.
Queenstown. Sept six second
cabin passengers, six third cabin pas
sengers and thirteen of the crew of
the steamer Hesperian torpedoed $50
miles Off Queenstown were unaccount-
ed for Monday night, according to the
revised official figures issued by the
Allan line.
This brings the probable death list.
including Miss Carberry of ST. Johns,
n. F., whose body is here, up to TWEEN
ty-six
The captain is quoted as having told
an Allan line official that the Hes
rerian was torpedoed.
Rome, Sept. kilograms from So
fla state that off the entrance to the
Dardanelles a British transport struck
mine and sank, with 800 officers,
| 1850 soldiers and 800 members of the
crew. all of whom were drowned. Six
hundred bodies were recovered
An important part of the Turkish
forces on the Gallipoli peninsula has
been surrounded by the allies and its
surrender is imminent, says an Athens
dispatch to the Fournier agency.
The early evacuation of Riva, at the
head of Lake Di Garda, by the Austri.
ans. is expected to follow the fall of
Royereto.
The army of Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg has captured Grodno, the last
of the strong Russian fortresses to
hold out.
British Cruiser Brings 10000, 900 Gold
Portland, Me.-The value of the
gold and securities brought to Hall
fax on the fast cruiser Argyle. and
which passed through Maine on the
way to New York to strengthen Brit
ish credit. exceeds sso,000,O00. The