New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-08-18
ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLAND;
TEN PERSONS KILLED AND
THIRTY-SIX OTHERS HURT
Outskirts of London Reached-Property Dam
age Small--O One of Four Dirigbles Believed
to Have Been Hit
KOVNO STRONG RUSSIAN FORTRESS,
CAPTURED BY KAISERS FORCES

teysk Fall Into Hands Of Germans
Allies Gain 500 Yards in GallipoIi
Observation-Disclosures Advance i'll
Monte Nero and Take Austrian,
Trenches in Tolmino.
: Ten persons were killed and SO
injured or Zeppelin raid over the
eastern counties of England last night
in which the outskirts of London were
reached.
=. The official statement regarding the
air raid says one Zeppelin is believed
to have been hit. The damage W
property was not important, it is de-
: cIared -Four Zeppelins previously
had been sighted off the Netherlands
coast.
= a.: = Germans Take Forts. =
Capture of two additional forts at
Novogeorgievsk, with 20 cannon and
six hundred prisoners, is reported by
Berlin which also declares that Field
Marshal Won Mackensen, on the south
'front.' has driven the Russians across
the Bug and into the outer positions
of the Fortress of Brest-Litovsk.
ges German attacks on positions, the
French had taken on the crest of the
= Sondernach were repulsed, Paris re-
ports. The official statement from
Berlin declares the French were
driven back at Sondernach, only a
small and completely dem olished
/ trench section remaining in u their
hands.
More vessels sunk.
The British steamer Bonny, the
Spanish steamer Isidoro, the sNorwe
gian: steamers Romolus and Mineral,
and a trawler, have been sunk. pre-.
sumably by German submarines. Only
part of the crews of the Benny and
the Isidoro are accounted -for.f Those
~ afle other vessels were saved.
Ecuto1s Take Kovno.
i Kovno, the strong Russian fortress
on the Niemen at which the armies
of Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
have been pounding heavily since the
fall of Warsaw, has been captured by
the Germans. E
Berlin announceds the taking of
Kovno, together with 400 cannon and
quantities of war material, I'm spite
IL
the Russians German troops took
possession of the fortress last night.
Military observers are questioning
if the Russians, with Kovno in Ger
man hands, will be able to hold the
Brest-Litovsk line of defense, in
the general direction of which the
Grand Duke Nicholas armies have
been falling back since Warsaw was
, taken. &
May Advance on PetrOgrad.
"A Teutonic advance on Petrograd
also is being discussed in Russia and
England as a possibility.
From the Dardanelles Gen. Sir Ian
Hamilton reports an advance of 500
yards by the British left flank at Suv-
la on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
: Rome announces that Italian noun
tain troops in squads joined by ropes
crossed high mountain passes and
climbed and occupied Turckott Splits
and Hinter Madatascn Splits, each
about 10000 feet high.
Italians Take Entertainments.
italian advances are claimed in up
per Reinz, in the Monte Nero seStior
and in the Tolmino zone In the las
named section, according to the of
fetal statement, infantry attacks re
suited in the capture of a line O
strong entertainments on the SAINT;
Maria and Santa Lucia Heights.
News agency advices from Athen
Through London state that forme
Premier Venizolos has notified Kinl
Constantin of his readiness to form
a new Grecian cabinet.
!. Zeppelins Raid England.
London, Aug. Is, 1903 p. NTH
outskirts of London were raided las
night by Zeppelins. Ten person
were killed and thirty-six others in
jured. The damages to property wa
= not important. One Zeppelin is be
lieved to have been hit
Text or Statement.
The statement given out by the off!
cial press bureau said:
.sZeppelins visited the eastern coun
ties last night and dropped bombs
fAnti-air craft guns were in action an
lit is believed one Zeppelin was hi
Air patrols wer active but owing
the difficult atmospheric condition
the Zeppelins were able to escape.
Several Buildings Damaged.
go Some houses and other building
\ including a church, were damaged.
The following casualties have bee
recorded: Il -. zt If H.
"Ki1led-Men, Z; women, 2; Chi
dren, 1. i
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