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tain the names of 8O3 officers killed, 1896
wounded and SO missing, q total Of 1902.
This brings the losses of officers in the
British army since the commencement of
hostilities to ALOHA, Of which 12,045
have been killed or died of wounds,
26,O76 wounded and 2,8O8 missing.
During the fortnight Brigadler General
Potter was wounded, Brigadier General
Buckle killed and five Lieutenant Colonies
killed.
Bucharest, September 19tb.-The follow
ing official communication was issued today
0 the north and northwest fronts there
we're no engagements. South Of Hermann
stadt we took 40 prisoners and two machine
guns. Iu the valley of the Streeul there
were violent combats. Or the south front
on the Danube, our artillery sank barges oar
rying enemy soldiers. In Dobrudja, there
were artillery duels. South of Kobadin, q
battery of Russian monitors silenced the
enemy's artillery. An %aeroplane has frop-
ped bombs on Turnu SEVERN on the Dan
ube, near the Iron Gates"
Constentinople, September 18th.-Another
attempt by the British forces in Mesopota-
mia to take the offensive, is reported by the
War Office. The statement is as follows
"On the Felabic front we dispersed with
our artillery five forces of enemy infantry
WllCu W6I0 approaching Jul OClOIOhSJ civ
inflicted heavy losses on them. On the eau
casian front there were patrol encounters.
Elsewhere there were no important events"
Paris, Sept. 18th-South of Combles on
the Somme front, the French have carried
another group of German trenches, accord
ing to the official statement from the War
Office tonight. The text is as follows: North
of the Somme, a brisk attack gave us the
mastery of a group of trenches 200 metres
south of Combles. We took so prisoners.
Violent artillery fighting continues in the
sectors of the Bethune road. South of the
Somme fierce fighting continued ut Denie-
court. Our infantry after capturing the vii
lage and the last of its defenders drove back
the enemy advance posts u distance of about
a kilometr to the south in the direction of
Ablaincourt. Simultaneous operations ena-
bled us to occupy a trench west OF Horgny
and GUST the eremy from three small woods
southeast of Deniecourt and also to occupy
several trenches to the south west. The
total number of unwounded prisoners taken
Sunday and Monday in this sector exceeds
1900, OF whom 25 are officers. In Cham
payne there was considerable artillery activ-
iy on both sides in the region west Of the
Souain Somme-Py road. On the left bank
OF the Meuse (Verdun 'front.' we captured q
German trench on the southern slopes of
Deadman's Hill, some prisoners remaining
in our hands. The day was calm on the rest
of the front.
London, Sept. 18th-A British official re-
port issued this evening gives a more COM
plete account of the fighting in the Somme
region of Sept 15th-16th. The communi
cation SAYS: The attack was launched at
$40 O'Clock on the morning of the 18th on
the front from the Leuze wood to Pozieres.
The enemy's position consisted of a treble
line of entertainments connected by strong
subsidiary trenches. In addition to this
the enemy was holding some advanced
positions with machine-guns in trenches,
works and shellholes. Behind these forth
fcations and at a distance of some 700 yards
from our front the enemy had constructed
and wired a fourth line of trenches in front
Of the LIE Transioy Bapaume road. Support
ed by more thin a thousand guns Of all cali