, 1916-09-13

TO pa, IN ~ uppeartnre bt his ti,ne pracl-
culiy conviuces naval oXporto that she has
been lost at sea. This inlorhrttion was given
to Tie "NeW York Hornid's" correspondent
Yesterday from an official and u4qn"stiouably
authentic aouycn. 1t is Ienrued tLai the "Ble-
men" successfully comp 0ted the first and
most hazardous Stage Of her Transatlantic
journey. She was later IN her schedule than
the cnp,ain Of the submarine 'sDeu!srhIand"
predicted While be was III The Uoitei States
and This is accounted for on The g, ouud that
size was Obliged to maxi several attempts 10
elude The British pairoi. Bat it is now
known definitely hat he "Bremen' did get
past The British patrol, and tbat The Admit
rally fully expected 10 bear # her arrival III
the United Sla'es. Grantiug to haI Il maxi
mum time for the journey, il is said she
should have arrived III American waters ten
days ago. The only explanation Of her nom
appearance is That she his met with some
mishap and has bron lost. L is not believed
now that her fate ever viii be ce tainly
knoWn.
Paris, Sept. 9 h'-Renewiog their assault
on the SOmme front last night The French
made a further gain. The capture OF . small
wooded area is reported today by the War
Office. German attacks in he Verdan see
tor were repuised. The Wool4 captured by
the French on the Somme front are situated
east Of BaIjoy. Prisoners taken by the French
since September SD Tue statement says, num-
her7 1900 including 100 officers. Atter The
unsuccessful German attacks Of yesterday, IL
great Dumbar Of German dcud were found on
the field and in communication trenches. On
the Verdun front The fighting occurred Ia
The region of Veux, where the French sue
c~essfully defended their positions.
london, Sept. 8 h.-Iodays casualties in
clude l27 officers, including 65 Australians,
SO dead, $3.50 men, including 2,760 Aus
traliaus, l,13O dead, Of whom sos are Aus
tralians.
Esbjsrg, Denmark September 9th.-The
Courier OF Hanover, Germany, says the COM
mander Of the airship Which was brought
down III England during the raid Of n week ago
was Captain Schraema a native Of Hameli
Prussia. The captain received the IIon
Gross of the First Glass for various rai,s
over Nancy, Duukirk and England.
Washington, Sept. 6tb.-Conyoyed ty
American w~alships and flying their own hrg
the German auxiliary cruisers Priuz E}el
Friedrich and Krou Priuz Wilhelm now
interued al Norfolk hayward will be trans
ferred to Philadelphia some time between
Sep ember goth an Both. The Amer can
escort viii guard again3t an attempj to escape
and protect the German boats from aIt@ck ~
allied warships. The transfer is b cause
construction of a new dock at Norfolk has
reduced available spree there. There are
324 officers and men on the P,inz Eitel
Friedrich aud APO on the Kron Prinz Will
helm.
Bucharest, Sept. 9lh,-The Roumanian
General Staff has shifted large forces OH the
southeastern frontier to check the German
Bulgarian invasion. It was semiolicially
announced today that important forces
are now cooperating with the Russians in the
Dobrudia. A further retirement may b8
necessary both because the Dobrudia terri
tory is difficult to defend and because the
enemy has massed great forces on that front.
But military authorities declared their con-
fdence today that the enemy will be unable
to throw any large force across the Danube
for an advance on Bucharest.
London, Sept 9th.-The official statement
today says. Last night there was some
sharp hand to hand fighting in High Wood
where we captured a German trench TAX
ing 2 officers and 10 Bavarians prison
ers. In this operation heavy casualties
were inflicted on the enemy. There has
been considerable hostile artillery activi-
ty against our front north of Pozieres and in
the neighbCurhood of Moqnet farm.
London, Sept. 9th-Satisfactory conclu-