Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-02-23
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Paris Reports S vsTaI German Machine
, Brought Down, Russians Pursuing 1u!ks
F.. Feb. 81 Another of Ger
3 many's Zeppelin airships ha
: come to grief, and it is rrobabl
. that zcme, if not all, of its crev
| perished, as it was eugulfed il
: flames az it fell to earth, q victim
} of an incendi.ry she'll fred from
a French anti. aircraft gun.
The Paris official oommunica-
zion reports that the airship wal
southward bound f 'om. ths regior
| of st Menehou]d when the French
guns at Revlgny began shellline
it. At least one cf the missi Of
found it's mark and the huge AIR
|craft took fire and fall in the vi
oinity of Brabsnt-le' Roi.
The Gerneans nesr Til ons, to
the south of the So*me river,
have met with ref ulse a the
hands of the French in an intend.
ed attack extending over about
four and one third miles. The
offensive movement was preceded
by a heavy bombsrdment and
clouds of asphyxiasing gases :.
When the German infantry en-
deavored to come out of their
trenches for the attack, however,
the barrier FIRE and the fire of the
French rifiemen stopped them
everywhere. aco' riding to Paris.
The Germans, in Artois wsre
prevented from occupying the
crater of q mine by a strong
counter.offe !sive :. f the French.
In Champagne, the forests of
ths Argonne and in the sntire
region of Verdun, shers has been
much artillery activity, in which
Paris claims that considerable ex
ecutiou was accomplished by the
French guuners. The Germar 8
report additional repulses of Bris.
ish grenade attac 8 against csp-
sured positions al on9 she User
Dana! and also the putting down
of an Entente allie4 offensive
along tn, Lens. Arrus read.
Numerous fights III the air be.
tween German and French avla.
tors have taken place. Paris re-.
ports that several of the German
machines were brought down by
tie fire of the French ei.msn
Aeroplanes have Eeen carried ont
by the French and Brit sh aero
planes squsdrons notably on the
German await on field at Hab-
Sheim at Mulhs usen and on e
munitions factory as Pagnv-sur.
Moselle, British aircraft bombed
the town of Don, southwest of
Lille.
There has been little fighting
on the eastern ana Austro-Italial
frol to. The Albanians fighting
for the Teutons, are reported to
have reached the Adriatic Sea
west of Kava q This would in
dicats that the Austro-Hunga-
rians and the allies have com.
pletely surrounded Durszzo.
In Asia Minor, the Russians are
persif tently following the Turks
who fled from Erserum, and also
ara pushing their way n:rths ard
from the captured ortress to the
Black Sea, with the purposs of
esta blishing a base there for their
warships and transports. B,tlis
on Lake Van has been captured by
the Russians,
| A Turkish power station on the
ttoman FIR MT east of the Suez
Canal has been blown up by a
British await Z. Again Constan.
tinople has been thrown into a
state of oonsternation over the
presence of an Entente allie d sub.
marine in the Bosphorus, accord.
ing to an unofficial report. The
underwater boat is said to have
torpedoed six transports loaded
with munitions and one tug.
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