The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-30
'zEPPELINS SHOT
DOWN IN FLAMES
TWO FLYERS DESTROYED IN
NIGHT RAID ON LONDON
CREW OF ONE SLAIN.
80 KILLED, 116 INJURED
FRENCH DRIVE BACK GERMAN
ASSAULTS NORTH OF
SoMME.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Sept. 26.-Of the twelve
Zeppelins which invaded the British
Isles Saturday night to deal death and
destruction from the skies. two lay
stark and black masses Of steel and
aluminium in little village in Essex
county.
One came down flaming torch.
while the second. disabled by gunfire.
effected landing, which saved the
lives of the crew. who are prisoners
in England. The crew of the first
raider died in the consuming flames
of their own ship.
The death and burning of the first
Zeppelin was witnessed by tens OF
thousands of London residents, but
the wounding and descent of the
second raider was a matter of doubt
until the official statements were
given out.
Many aeroplanes were aloft and at
tackled the Zeppelins from all sides.
The raiders took heavy toll of
lives before their destruction. twenty
eight persons being killed and ninety
nine wounded in the metropolitan
district of London. Eleven women
and children were killed. Two per
sons were killed, probably four. and
seventeen wounded in the provinces.
In numerous air battles, Berlin
states, German pilots shot down
twenty-four entente aeroplanes. the
Germans losing six.
London.-German troops attacked
French positions on the farm OF
Liable wood, north of the Somme.
but were repulsed. says the French
official statement issued from Paris.
In Galicia Russian attack on the
upper Dniester resulted in a general
engagement. North of Zborow attack
ers entered trenches of the Teutonic
allies, but later. according to both
Berlin and Vienna. were driven out.
leaving 700 prisoners.
Petrograd, however, says that the
Russians took prisoner 1,500 Aus
trians and Germans. In the Carpath-
ians several positions have been re-
taken by the Teutonic allies.
British troops have crossed the
Struma at three points and taken the
town OF Jenmita from the Bulgarians.
while the Serbs have made additional
progress northwest of Kamaikclan.
and the French northwest of Florina.
Violent Austrian attacks in the
Carso region failed, according to
Rome. but the Italian war office ad-
mits the blowing up of a part OF
Mount Cimone by an Austrian mine
and the relinQuishment of the posi-
ton by the Italians. Vienna says that
427 prisoners fell into the hands of
the Austrians as a result OF this oper-
alton and that an entire Italian COM
pany was buried In the explosion.
British attacked strong Bulgarian
forces north of Kopriva. in Greek
Macedonia, says an official Paris
statement. The Serbians made prog
ress northwest of Kaimakcalan and
took some prisoners.
Northwest of Florina. French
forces advanced and repulsed Bul-
garian attack ON Hill 1850.
great battle in the Rumanian prov
ince of Dobrudja has again turned.
this time in favor of the central
powers, according to Berlin.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen has
succeeded in breaking the Rumanian
and Russian resistance, the German
war office reports, executing an en-
circling movement, which, compelled
the entente forces to retreat in dis
order.
1T was only last night that an Of
ficial announcement from Bucharest
declared that the battle which had
been in progress for six days had
ended Wednesday with the defeat OF
the Germans. Bulgarians and Turks,
who were retiring southwark. burn
ing villages as they went"
Paris.-In the outskirts of Combles
the French captured a strongly-de-
Tended house from the Germans and
took 100 prisoners, three of them be-
Ing officers, according to the official
communication. Elsewhere on the
front there were only minor engage
ments. Prisoners taken by French
and British from July l to Sept 18
OF the Somme front number 55 800,
OF whom $4,000 were taken by the
French.