Gunnison news-champion., 1916-09-29
MANY FIGHTS MAR
Two zeppeIins Shot Down IN
Raid on London.
THIRTY BRIIOys ARE KILLED
Men Aboard One Raider Burn to
Death while These Upon Second
csptured-Many Aeropianes Meet
With Disaster.

Aerial activity in which two Zeppe
Tins were brought down and more than
two score of German. French an! Brit
ish aeroplanes met with disaster in
lights in the air. forms the chief Rwg
feature Of the war.
The Zeppelins were brought down
BY British anti-aircraft gunners on the
eastern coast Of England after a feet
OF twelve airships had visited London
and other points. One OF the machines.
with its entire crew. was burned I'm
mid-air. The other was damaged and
its crew OF twenty men taken prison
ers. In the metropolitan district OF
London twenty eight men. women and
children were killed and nineiy-nine
wounded. Outside OF London. two
persons met death and eleven were
injured. Considerable material dam
age was done by bombs In London
and the outlying districts.
Paris reports that French airmen
have accounted for twenty-six German
aeroplanes. while Berlin records the
bringing down OF twcnty-four entente
allied machines. twenty OF them on
the Somme front. Five German ma
chimes were destroyed by the British
and two others driven down damaged.
while hve British planes are missing.
Artillery Duel In West.
On the battle frnt in France. artil.
lery duels have predominated.
In Galicia a Russian attack on the
Upper Dneister resulted in a general
engagement North Of Zborow attack.
ers entered trenches but later were
driven out.lsavin.s 7OG prisoners. Petrc
grad. however. says hat the Russians
took prisoner 500 Austrians and Ger.
mans. In the Carpathians several posi-.
tions were retaken by the Teu.ons
In Roumania the fighting has died
down somewhat in the Dobrudja re
gion, while on the Transylvania front
an attack by the Roumanians on the
Vulcan pass. which was repu!sed. is
the only engagement reported.
British troops have crossed the
Struma At three points and taken the
town Of Jenmita from the Bulgarians.
while the Serbs made additional pro.
gress northwest OF kamaikclaim and
the French northwes. Of Florina So
IA reports the capture Of q mountair
crest south Of Bopla.
crsscs Ready 70 Enter War.
Greece 10 reported to be about ready
to enter the war.
There II reason to believe that the
Greek government has sent an u.ti
matum to Germany and Bulgaria de
manding the immediate return Of the
soldiers taken prisoners At Kavala.
When the Greek seaport Of Eavala
was entered by German and Bulgarian
troops the city was garrisoned b. the
Fourth Greek army corps. According
to an oficial statement issued by Be-
lin the entire CORPS. consisting OF 90.
900 men. asked the German command
er for food and shelter and protection
against the entente forces, The state
ment said that to prevent any breach
Of neutrality the Greek soldiers would
be transported to Germany. to be kept
there Is guests OF the nation.
The German account of the affair
differs radically from that given out
at Athens. The number OF soldiers
transported to Germany, according to
these versions was less than 1000 A
recent dispatch from Athens reported
the arrival of some members of the
Kavala garrison in the Greek capital.
lnsursents Control island Of Crete.
Fully armed Cretan insurgents num-
bering $4,000 ars in complete control
Of the island. according to an Athens
dispatch. Canea and ether coast
towns are in their possession. The
Greek authorities have turned over all
government buildings to the leaders OF
the separatist movement Only eleven
members Of King Constantine's Gre
tan guard remain loyal. the others be