, 1916-10-18

from he LIE Sars Gueudeccurt line failed
for the most part before our curtain Of ire.
Towards evening strong attacks were delv-
cred from the Morval- Boucbavesues trout
They were continued until the early hours
OF the morning. All his efforts were fruit
less. Our positions were maintained com
pietely. South of the Somme the battle be-
tween G~enermont and Chaulnes We're repulsed.
Tie holly contested sugar refinery Mt Gener-
mont is in our possession. In the village
of Ab!ainoourt bitter house to house fighting
developed and still continues.
Sofa, Oct. 12th-BuIgarian troops have
reoccupied the village of Brod in the bend
Of the Cerna river IN Serbian Macedonia,
which was recently c'ptnred By Entente
Allied forces. The text of the official state
ment reads: From lake Presba TO the CaIba
river there was weak artillery activity. In
the Cerna bend the artillery fire was more
violent to the north and northeast OF the
village of Skochiver. We occupied the vii
lage of Brod aud repu'sed several night
attacks. West of the Vardar there was weak
ar illery fire and there We're encounters with
advanced detachments. In the din ection OF
the village of Hadji Barimnb we onniElIatod
Ly fire and a bayonet attack two enemy COM
panies. East of the " rda' and at the foot OF
the Relaschi z, plateau thaIe was isolated fire.
On the Struma frop' there were weak patrol
engagements. All many cruiser bombarded
the heights of Kavala without result. Near
Vedin we reduced the enemys batteries to
silence. In Dobrudjn there was calm. An
enemy destroyer bombarded the BLACK sea
port of Mangalia.
Boston. Oct. 13th.--The Boston American
won the Worlds Baseball Championship
Yesterday when hey defeated the Brook'yns
4 to l in the final game of the series on The
Boston Braves field. The greatest gathering
in he history of the sport Witnessed the
victory AZ, $40 people being present.
London, Oct. 12th.-The Exchange Tele-
graph Companys Athens correspondent
quotes former Premier Venizelos as declaring
il. a speech at Salonica that be has placed
himself at the head Of a movement which
was bound to succeed. The islands have all
adhered to the movement and are prepared
to accept the mobilization which will be
declared shortly said NJ Venizelos. The con-
stitution must be revered even ii we have to
march without Athens and old Greece. We
intend to march against Ferdinand and bis
treacherous troops.
Boston, Oct. 12.h.-As the Kingston
is in the service of the British Adj
miralty, Mr.. Thomas was not permitted to
indicate the port at which she has ar
rived, but he said that it would take her two
weeks of steaming at her usual speed to reach
Nantucket, SO that 1t was evident she was
powhere near the scene Of the submarines
operations in these waters last Sunday. This
Information serves 10 confirm the opinion
held by marine men here that the report of
the KingstoD's loss arose from a confusion
of her name with that of the Norwegian tam
ker Christian Knudsen sunk by Tue U boat,
AMI that ouly five vessels were seut to the
bottom by the raider.
Berlin, Oct. 12th.-The most notable in
cident at the opening of todays Reichsta9
session was supplied by Major Ernest Basser-
man leader of the National Liberals in his
report from The budget that although it had
been unable to reach % decision on the sub
marine question it had voted "a to 4 against
~ discussion of The subject i'll open session.
Major Basserman read II short report of the
general internntional situation, emphasizing
particularly the Entente's pressure on neutral
powers and it's effofts to force into the war.
He then rend the text of the committees re-
commentator against an open discussion OF
the submarine issue. The COMMITTEES thor
ougAly discussed the question OF submarine
warfare, the report reads the Members OF all
parties and the Representatives of the Gov
arpnout particinotinU All the naval teclnl-