, 1915-09-25
r. CReIX A v . S.

NuiOutchul, HE Geltu"uN were "NtilhtuWh
by Il vigorous buyouet charge and We occn-
pied the village, cuptulluS ten II acllht guns,
Il quantity OF material and some prisoners.
We also captured by u bay onet attack, after
II stubborn resistance, the village Of SmoI4on,
the enemy H. eiug in disorder l'waIds the
fords Of the uver, and @e captured four
officers and $50 men, niue machine gum,
forty cycles, many horses and telephone ma
telial. East of Lldu, IN IN engagement IN
the region of Gown, the enemy having
crossed the river Of he same name, was
thrown back to the right bank. Ia the re-
gion east of the Oginski Canal the enemy
has been driven from the village Of Retckl,
in the ncighbourhood Of Lyschn, leayIng IN
our hands many prisoners md marhIue-Snns.
South of the Piipet and on the whole OF the
remainder of the front m the direction OF
Polrssie there is nothing OF importance to
report.
a German official statement says. "South-
east Of L+nnewnda, on the Dwinn, and north
west OF FriedIichstud', the Ru>~muS have
been attacked ana he fighting continues. EnSt
of Smtlinn aud southwest Of Dyulsh Gun
troops have penetrated the enemy, positions
over II front Of three Kilometres anh we took
nlne officers, two thousand men and eight
machine guns. Northwest and south
vest OF OachmiHny our attack is Progressing
faycmnbly. Both sides OF The Subodniki
G. ji sector have been crossed and our right
wing has advanced ns far MS The district
north of Noyogrodek, Prince leopold has
crossed he Molozndz sector southeast of the
pInce If the name. The Russian positions
ON the western bunk of the MyschIaka river,
and on both sides of the Brest- LltuvSk- Iln>k
railway have been stormed, and We cll tured
1000 prisoners and 8 nnchne-4un~. Fun
ther south, OslIog has been taken alter
house 10 house lighting. We crossed lie
OgIuski Cauul near Uelechany aud threw b'ck
the Russlups IN the d reclIon OF Dobro-
s,uWka'.
A French oficial commuuiqut states: "In
retaliation Tor the homhnr dments of open
towns and civilian populations IN France aud
England, II group OF uetoplHues on Wednes-
day morning bombnrdtd Stuttgart about 100
bombs being dropped Oh the Royal Palace
and the railway station. Our aeropla ea
cunnonaded different points along the line
and returned safely"
A German ofiicinl announcement says:
ENEMY airmen, with German marks on their
aeloplunes, appeaI ed over Stuttgart and
dropped bombs en- the town, killing four
and wounding a number If soldiers and
civiians. but the material damage was
quite unimportnnt. The alrIuen were
bOmbArded by our anu aircraft utIei-
ces and Disappeared in Il southern direction.
Owing to the fuct that the military uuthori-
ties were informed Of approaching German
aDmen, the population was only warned
when comparatively lute. A German uirman
arrived over Stuttgart later and was fired
on from below for n short time, until be was
recognized with certainty, and he then and
ed unhurt. An English aircraft has been
shot down bv a German battle amman near
WtlIeryd, east Of Melville, the p1lor bong
killed and the observer wounded aud cup
tured.
On the W, m ana The Italian fronts
cnnnonndlnG End trench fighting have
alone reen reported.
The "Iimes' correspondent Mt Sofia states
that Dr.. RadosIuvotf, the Premier, has an
nounced the signing of u convention with
Turkey for the future maintenance of armed
neutrality by Bulgaria.
NJ. Mich, if, lhe Bulgarian Minister to
Great Britain, has been advised of Tie mo-
bllization order, and upon beng asked whe-
tier B lgarin int nded to join The Central
Powers, replied emphalicalIy, "Cerfalnly
not" and declared that the new move i'm
piled no more than that Bui2aIia was adopt
ing the same precautionary measures us al
ready taken by Switzerland md Holland.