, 1915-10-20

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of Nobel, the enemy hHe b rn thrown back
across The uver. IL an offensive movement
on the railway, III the dlstrlci west OF
Tarnupoi, the enemy was taken on the
faux and thrown back towards the rive"
Stripa with heavy losses. On Wednesday
night he enemy made his fourth attack Tor
that day, ehnrging with the bay9net IN the
region Of Hnivorenka, on the Stripr, but he
was rtpuloed by Il strong counler-a,tack nnl
retreated in complete disorder to is trench
es. In the same region the enemy adopted
the offensive on Thursday, our troops per-
hitting HIM TO approach to within a short
distance and then by n vigorous counter
attack again threw hum buck towards the
Stripa,"
A German official bulletin announces:
tSouth-west and south of Dvinsk the Rus
slams repeatedly attacked on Friday, South
of the Dvinsk-Novo Alexandrovsk line they
were repu}sed with unusually heavy losses, and
two attacks northeast of WtssolowO also
broke down, but Mt the third attack the
Russians succeeded in penetrating our posi-
toLs over a width Of one battalion. Our
counter-nttack is progressing"
1t is officially announced that the British
casualties at the Dardanelles until the 9th
instant were 96,899, of which 1887 killed,
including 1855 officers. The casualties
among the Australians numbered %, I2I.
A despatch from Ottawa states hat ut the
clmp Of the Artillery Brigade of the Second
Cenodiun Division at 0 terpoul, in ksnr, s
men We're killed. The approximation to the
number Of military casualties indicates thilt
thus was probably the only real uihtnly dam,
age in the recent Zeppelin raid.
Advicts from Rotterdam state thnt Ieppe-
liza airships passed over Holland fom the
.-.4: & E.-l,,l nL ,Al.vnI / Ut
was crippled by shots and disappeared To-
wards the German frontier, moving erruti-
callv, beng apparently in great distress.
Parliamentary papers hive been issued
giving MIR. Aequi'h's answer to questions
regarding the safety of Westminster Abbey,
81. PuuIs Cathedral and other landmarks He
hopes that Sir Percy Scott viii deal eff C.
lively with any further attempts ut lndiscri-
inmate destruction, Abundant criticisms
are being published with regard to the de-
fences Of London against ar raids.
At Il conference of the Parliamentary Re-
cruitiug Committee and the Joint Labour Re
Grating Board, Lord Derby announced his
plan whereby recruiting is to be taken en-
tirely from the hands Of the military author
tiles and to be entrusted exclusively to civil
liam organization.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that
IN an EFFORT TO cntck LDe brush submarines
operating in the Baltic, a German ii 'tiIla was
sent on Wednesday from kiel. When off
Fake, in Denmark, near the southern en-
trance to the Sound. the British subm triue
"E. 10" attacked the HotiIIu and torpedoed
a German torpedoboat. On Thursday the
fotllla, having been reinforced, returned
searching for the submarines and was u8tin
attacked off FAKE by the "E. 10" which sank
another torpedobont, whe.eupon tbs Ger
man squadron r~etreuted sourhwurd. Another
fl 1tIIa was sent on Friday, consisting OF u
cruiser aud 3 des'royerS and while cru sing
past where the two torpedo boats were lost,
penetrated the Sound, and there u single
British submarine engaged the squadron.
The Germans moved in circles to avoid an
attack, but The British craft followed closely.
The Germnns with heavy guns kept up II
continuous fire at the raider, but without
hitting it, and the submarine uttel c%Outluu-
GUS manouvrng discharged a torpedo which
struck a destrOyer's bow, resulting III n
great explosion, the German vessel founder
lrg almost Immediately. The other German
warships retreated southwark aud the sub
marine rose aud remained visible for some
time before it disappeared. A staIp look
out from the Danish coast did not discover
any survivors.