, 1915-10-09

cations they left over eighty prisoners ahtt
two mlue-thrOwers, besides S~Itferi"g very
considerable losses in killed and injured 4
section OF q trench occupied Ivy the French
on a hill northwest Of Givenchy nas been
Tecnptured; four tnachihe-guns being tnkenj
IN the ChampuShe the enemy directed Il
strong artillery fire on our position north
west of Sonoin, but when his intentions to
attack we've observed onr artillery fire pre-
vented his advancing At Nnuquosis we
foreetalled the enemy with orr m1tlig opera
tions and numerous mine positions otthe cue
my we've DESTROYED. The arittOIs OF the euemy
dropped bombs on the village Of Blache
ST. WAIST, weleby one inhabitunt WAS killed,
but otherwise no datnage VAS done.
A Berlin official statement says: after
their defeat 10y Field lIarslial t0n linden
burg Oil Sunday last the Russians or Mon
day repeated their attacks on our positions
with weak forces which were repulse" enslIy.
4 Russian official communlque states
Several engagements have occurred on the
Riga front. North Of Birshall our troops have
occupieda portion Of the German trenches md
fighting continues along the lines OF Lakes
Delhmeu, Drisviaty; MeuEioi and Flcher. In
the region OF Smorgon aud further south on
the upper Nielhen, i'll the neighhourhood OF
the village Of DoIiatitchi, we continue
our skirthishes with the enemy who IS
endeavouriug misunderstanding to advance III
nn eusterly direction. South of the Pripeti
after engagements on tile Middle Styr, IN
the zone Of the Novci-Saruy railway, our
troops have occupied the villages of Youlk5
KolIougkais, Optoyo, Vollchilzk and Medyic-
shka, and III some places the enemy retired
in disorder."
Adtices from Udine; Itnly, state thar &C
cording to reports received there from the
1talian Headquarters, when Goritla hns
been taken the Italians will continue to adj
3aute along the high CNrso PIatenu, leav-
ing Trieste on their right and thereby sever
ing it from thg rbtlaIu Ell Of the Austr0-
Hungarian Empire; with the iutentloh OF
preventing The Austriaus from destroying
the city by q bombardtueut from the Monn-
TITUS md the sen. This Indicates that the
ItoIiun plan of campaign has been revised.
A telegram from Moscow to the Petio-
grad "Bourse Gazette states TINT Bulgaria
has rejected the Russian demnuds aud has
sent an ultimntum to Serbia regarding
macedonia, allowing her tweuty-four hours
in which to reply
Advices from Athens state that severity
thousand French troops tire landing trdln
the Allied transports at Salon'ca "nd Will
proceed along the Gye8Gelu USkub railway
to guard he line: The session Of the Cham
Der of Deputies discussing the foregoing
vas among the stormiest known, but after
d bitter denunciutiUn by the Opposition a
vote Of Confidence was moved "nd carried
by 142 to 104, thirteen members not voting.
nj. Ven,zalos, the Premier, declared that he
rejected German friendship and would sup
port Serbia and the Entente; The Opposition
accused the Premier Of unnecessarily Leading
the country into war, md he charged them win
having sold their honour t0 the Germans
The Premier hus resigned, the King having
informed him that he was unable 10 support
the policy of the Ministry. This anta9on'zes
the KING and Parliament, the country hay
inc twice elected Nj. Veni2elos on closely
similar issues. Nj. Veni1elos made a formal
protest against the French landing, tins be-
Ing for purposes of record, and it las satisfied
the Greeks, who credit the Euteh eo com
munlcation to Greece that its purposes are
of the friendliest.
Other dispatches from Athens state that
Sir Ian Hamilton has arrived at Spdonlca,
atd that Russian squadrons are reported to
be off the Bulgarian Black Sea port Of V"rn".
A despatch to tio Exchange Telegraph
Company from Copenhagen state that three
Observation-Disclosures Liners; the Oscar
the Second, "Frederik the Eighth aud