, 1916-09-06
KILOGRAMS.
ST. CHOIX STATION,
CONTINUED from 18th pa e.)

ATTACKS begun yesterday leo TO an extensive
and bitter battle. North of the Somme the
battle has been in progress on a line of al
most 80 kilometres eighteen miIes) from
Beaumont to the Somme. The Germans
commanded by General Won Stein aud Gener-
al Baron Won Marschall retained mastery of
all their positions on both sides of the Ancre
and especially against Thiepval and
northwest of Pozieres. The Germans
recapured lost ground near. Mouquet
Farm. South of the Somme German artill-
cry held down the French attacks except in
the sectors southeast of Barlaux Forces
advancing to attack near Barleux were san
g~uinarily repulsed. Attempts made By the
enemy against Thiaumont and our positions
south west Of Fleury (nortlehsf Of Verdnn)
failed. At Souville a defle in the French sa-
lient was cleared and 500 prisoners were taken.
Ii enemy aeroplanes were brought down in
the Somme region Oh Saturday and Sunday
Captain Boo,ke brought down his tween
tieth machine. Regarding the military
operations ia the eastern and Balkan thea
tres Ioday's German official statement
says, Russian efforts to The south west
of Lutsk ended in failure. Army of Arch
dQke Charles. Southeast Of Brzezauy fight
ing continues. In the Carpathians fighting
- IN progress south Of Zielona. Balkans.
The Germano-B ulgarians have advanced
between the Danube aud the Black See.
Near Koemer Bulgarian cavalry drove back
the Roumauian infantry capturing 10 men.
London, Sept. 4th-rhe Greek Govern
ment has accepted the demands of the
Allies, and French and British Agents have
taken control of the Post Office and Tele-
graph Stations.
Athens, Sept. 4th.-Baron von Schenk,
Chief Director of the German propaganda
in Greece has been arrested and plac ed on
a cruiser of the Entente Allies. Sixteen
more allied warships have arrived at Pira-
Gus, Diplomats of the Entente Allies
demanded that Baron Won Scheuk and SO
co workers in behalf of the Central Empires
be expelled from Greece. 1t was reported
he Ind barricaded himself in his house in
Athens aud surrounded it with a score Of
armed guards and his friends TO protect
him.
London, Sept. 4th-Daar es Saiaam, capt.
tai and chief town of German East Africa,sur-
rendered to the British at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, it was officially announced today. Danr
es Salaam is a seaport and military station
with a population of $4,000. It has a good
harbour and IS the terminus Of m iD portaHt
caravan route. The statement says that Dri-
fish naval forces in cooperation with troops
from Bagamoyo and Saadani are now occu-
plying Daar es Salaam. South Of Morogoro,
100 miles west of Daar es Saiaanl, pu.suit Of
the main German forces continues. The
southeast main body, the statement adds,
is in the region of Matombe ca the eastern
slopes Of the Ungu,u Mountains. Lieut,-Colo
mel Van de Venter in command of a British
force has reached Kukuz, Al miles south Of
Kilossa. Brigadier General Northey Mt the
head of another British force has occupied
Neucringa.
Salonika, Sept. 4th. Via Paris Sept. 4th.
-Baigarian troops have made another ut
tack on the Macedonian trout west of Lake
Ostrova. 1t WINS announced at Ftench Army
Headquarters today that the attack had been
repnlsed by Serbians.
New York, Sept. 4th.-Freight traffic on
all railroads entering New York interrupted
by embargoes, due to the fear Of a strike, is