Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-09-16
H|NDENBERC IS
SLOWLY MOVING
ON V|NSK.Y|LNA
Russian Opposition is More Stub
born Than for Several
Days Fast
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT
REPORTED IN VOSGES
English and French Report Sue
cesses in African Cam
paign

London, Sept ly.-tield Marshall
Won HindenDerg's drive toward the
Viask-Vilna ld4."ay IS not progressing
as East as his previous enterprises OF
similar kind have done, and except
at one Of two points. aDOut midway
between these towns where his caval-
ry have cut the railway, he is still be-
ing stubbornly opposed by the Rus.
SLAMS who are making counter attacks
Won Hindenberg, however, has
reached point west Of the bridge
nead across from the town of Ninsk,
and is preparing to attack that forti-
fled area.
Advance Slows Up.
Along the rest of the line the Ger
man advance has also slowed up,
while in Galicia the Russians are
still attacking, and according to unotfi-
cial reports 1lom Bucharest, and other
points, the Austro!German armies are
falling back across the Dniester river
The heavy guns continue their bonn
bardment along the eastern front and
in the Vosges another battle is in pro-
gress for possession of Hartmanns-
Weilerkopf, which has changed hands
often during the past few months.
Attack Belgian Coast.
According to dispatches from Hol-
land the British warships have again
attacked the German positions on the
Belgian coast.
In reply to question in the House
Of Commons today, Lord Robert Cecil
under secretary for foreign affairs,
made the statement that Germany has
offered no peace proposals nor could
he imagine any being made at the
present time which would be accept
able to tie Allies.
Arthur J. Balfour, first Lord Of the
admiralty, spoke Optimjstically Of the
preparations which have been made
for the defense Of London against air
raids.
Fighting in Africa.
"Fighting continually in Africa
since last September along front of
more than two thousand miles, the
French colonial troops, aided by the
British Allies have attained remark
able results said CASTOR poumergue,
minister of the colonies, to the Asso-
ciated Press today.
German East Africa" the minister
continued, will soon be the only
colony possessed by Germany, with
the excel ton of small part of the
Kameruns. The other German pos
sessions are all occupied either by the
French or English or jointly.
Effect Blockade.
"WhCn one considers the difficulties
of transportation in the interior of the
Kameruns, not only of food, but of
munitions and cannon Of our eXpedi-
tionary columns our successes appear
to be more evident and more meritor-
ious
"a number of French columns
marching from east to west and north
to south already have covered about
373 miles and fighting continuously
have ests blisned functions and thus
surrounded the enemy on three sides.
while .Anglo-French columns are oper
ating on the coast to the interior and
. blockade Of the coast has been ef-
fected by British vessels
Heavy Firing.
A Dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Maas'uis, Holland,
says:
Heavy firing can be heard in a
westerly direction in the North Sea.
It commenced at 9:3N o'clock this ev-
ening and By 10 o'clock became so
violent that windows here ald at the
Hook of Holland were set rafting"
Contents Secret.
The ministers Of the QUadrule En-
tente presented to the Bulgarian gov
ernment this noon a supplementary
note relative to Serbia's attitude to-
ward the Ma 2edonian claims of BUl-
garia. The contents were kept Sc
cret.