, 1915-09-11

somewhat slackencd. In he district Of
I"rnapoI we cnpt ufed a fortified village.
ON troops advancing eus' Of Lotak, under
most difficult conditions, have crossed The
lnarshy inundated district of Pulylow>k,
north Of Oyka. On the upper Jasioldn we
elected The enemy from The eust fortitcatjou,
aud southwark 1T several points, we have
gplned Il footing on the northern bank"
a French official c~ommunque states:
"Altlllely actions continue on our whole
front. In the sector north Of Arras our
batteries inflicted heavy damage on The Ger
mau trenches. In the region Of Roye, the
Champagne, Perthes and Because Jour, and
on the trout of the forest Of Apremont and
north Of Grey, the artillery duets were par
ticnlarly spirited. Ia the Nos9es, at Schrat.
zoannel and HartmanswelleI kept, a combnt
with big bombs occurred. On 5 pit. 1~t, ut
IL in the evening, four German ueropianes
bombarded LunevlIle, an open town "bsO-
lptely without military installations. The
enemy Clearly AIMED at the pupuIous sections
Of the place, selecting the market, and VIC
TINS were unfortunately too numerous, for
the most part women ana children. AS Il
ltprisUl forty Of our ueroplnues ON Monday
hombnrdtd the station, the works and the
military establishments at Snarbl ucktn and
noted the results attained which were con-
siderable. A German aeropIane has been
obliged to land ut Ca!ai, and the n~viatofs
were captured. Enemy aeroplants dropped
bombs on ST. Die without causing death or
damage. On Sunday night Il violent artillery
bombardment by both The French md the
Germnns occurred north and south Of Arrns,
RorIincourt and b! etencourt, and q fairly
spirited cauuonadlng in the Champagne in
the vicinity Of Auberivp. In the Argonne
fighting with ,aiiiys took piuce ut Courtes
Chaussees. French neroplunes bombalded
the burracks at Dieuzeund Morhan9e in
Alsace-T Lorraine"
A German official bulletin states: ''No
important events have occurred in the West
ern theatre. An enemy biplane was shot
down on the road from Menin TO Ypres."
A semi-otticiel Note from Rome announces:
General Joffre hos visited Italy in order
to be presented to the King and TO meet
General Cadorna. HIS Majesty conferred
upon him The Grand Cross Of the Military
Order Of Savoy, md he spent two days at
General Heudquart ers and inspected some
Of the more important points on the fIou-
tier. Public opinion in Italy is highly grail
fed Mt the visit
An official statement issued in Berlin
says: eve learn FROM Geneva that Russians
residing in Switzerland have been iustruc-
ted to report to heir reeimental divisions.
A British official announcement states
that an Anglo French mission to Ame,ico.
regarding the question OF Americon exchange
has left England. The British repfcseuta-
tiyes are Lord Reading, Sir Edward Holden,
Chairman of the London Ciy md Midland
Bank, Sir Horny Darlington Smith, eX-Prpsi-
dent of the National Bank OF Turkey, and
Mr.. Blaekett, u First Glass CieIk Mt the Trea-
snry. The French representatives, are NJ.
Octave Homberg, of the Foreign Office, and
NJ. Ernest Mullet, Regent OF the Bank of
France. The Commission is representative Of
both Goeerulnental and financial elements
and It's membership is considered exception
ally strong. Lord Heading hns been init
mately associated with the financial work of
the Chancellor Of the ilxchequer since the
beginning Of The war, both under Mr.. LLOYD
Georseaud Mr.. McKenna, working constant
y ut the Treasury, and should be regarded
as rejecting fully the views Of the highest
Treasury officials in the pending financial
questions IN which Great Britain and The
United States are mutually interested. He
conferred Mt length with Mr.. McKenna be-
fore sailing and is entirely conversant with
the Chancelor's viewpoint. Mr. Blackett
accompanied Sir George PAish to the United
States last year to adjust the question Of
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