The Elbert County tribune., 1916-09-29
TWO FLYERS DESTROYED IN
NIGHT RAID ON LONDON
CREW OF ONE SLAIN.
30 KILLED, 116 INJURED
FRENCH DRIVE BACK GERMAN
ASSAULTS NORTH OF
SoMME.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
London, Sept. 2S.-Combles. the piv-
otal point in the German line guard
ing the approach to Bapaume on the
north and Peronne on the south of the
Somme front, has fallen before at
tacks of French and British, the Ger
mans fighting to the death or sur
rendering when there was no longer
hope
French and British troops swept in
from three sides after their capture
of Morval and Fregicourt, broke
through the German defenses. over
ran the town and carried all before
them.
Thiepval, at the northwestern end
of the British line. and the fortified
town of Guedecourt. northwest of Les
Boerfs, also have fallen to- the Brit
ish.
Strong Russian attacks in Volhynia,
Galicia and the Carpathians repulsed,
says the Berlin war office.
Situation in Greece still tense. in.
surrection headed by former Premier
Venizelos threatening to break forth
at any moment.
German official statement admits
Conquest" of villages necessary to
capture of Combles, but gives great
praise to troops who defended these
important possessions.
London, Sept. 27.-Attacking simul.
taneously on an arc of fifteen miles.
running from Martinpuich to the
Somme, the British and French forces
have delivered another smashing blow
on the German lines and pushed.for'
ward their positions for notable gains.
From Martinpuich to Combles, a dis
tance of six miles, the British have
driven in their wedge to a depth of
more than mile and captured in the
attack the important stretegic towns
of Les Beoufs and Morval. the latter
scant mile north of Combles. To the
French fell the town of Rancourt, two
miles east, and the outskirts of Fregi.
court, one mile northeast of Combles.
In addition trenches near Fregicourt
in the vicinity of Bouchavesnes and to
the south from the vicinity of the ca
nal Du Nord to the Somme were
taken.
The capture of Morval by the Brit
ish and of part of Fregicourt by the
French, apparently seals the fate OF
Combles, which the Germans have de
terminedly held for weeks despite the
violent attacks thrown against it.
Berlin reports repulse of Russians
in Volhynia, Galicia and the Carpa
thians. Russians launch new often
sive.
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 a little village in Essex
county.
One came down a flaming torch,
while the second. disabled by gunfire,
effected a landing, which saved the
lives of the crew. VINO are prisoners
in England. The crew of the first
of their own ship.
Ihe death ana burning or the flrSt
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
twentyfour entente aeroplanes, the
Germans losing six