, 1916-08-30

HaflS, Aug. HOGu.-1u6 CLLAo H"'~
placed on the lines against the French, be-
tween Rardecourt and Clery, the 9Th division
of Bavarian reserves, and the first division OF
the Prussian Guards. This guard division 10
commanded in person by Prince Eitel Fred
erich.
Petrograd, Aug. 25th.-German forces be-
fore Kovel 10 VolhyniA attempted to take the
offensive yesterday, but the War Office re-
ports they were repulsed. Small actions
further to the north in the sector BET ween
Wilma and Baranovichi also are recorded IN
the statement.
London, Aug. 24th.-The Prize Court has
awarded the officers and crew of the Aus
tralian cruiser "Sydney'' 91, 900 in connec-
ton with the sinking of the German cruiser
Gender" in November 1914. The compile
ment of the destroyer "Kennett" received
9l75 for the sinking of the Turkish vessel
"Mastiko", while 1900 was awarded the
crews of the armed merchant cruiser "AIcan-
tara" and the converted cruiser "Andes" for
the destruction of the German raider "Grief"
in the North Sea on February 29th last,
London, Aug. 24th.-The British Govern
ment, following the lead of Sweden, has made
public the entire correspondence with Sweden
concerning the British seizures of the Swe-
dish parcel post with the United States and
Swedish retaliation in stopping all English
parcels in transit to Russia. The cores
pondence discloses that the situation has not
yet been satisfactorily adjusted. Some OF
the letters and notes TEEN with language
so sharp as to intimate that The relations OF
the two countries at one time approached
the breaking point, as a result of the
negotiations. Sweden recently released
60, 900 parcels to Russia uHder agreement
with the British Government to submit the
matter to arbitration after the war. The
British Government demanded that tratt1o
across Sweden to Russia be not interfered
with again, but Sweden declined this pro-
position, saying it was not included III the
original negotiations, whereupon the British
Government withdrew it's offer to arbltrate.
Viscount Grey asked IN bis final answer on
August End if Sweden would promise not to
interfere with the parcel post traffic to Kns-
sia, but the only reply has been the publica-
ton at Stockholm of the correspondence. And
now both Sweden and Great Britain threaten
extensive actions for damage for all seizures.
Meantime virtually all the parcel post be"
tween Great Britain and Russia is being
routed by direct steamers.
London, August 25th.-The town of Kill
ossa in central German East Africa, 2OO
miles west OF the port of Dear-es Saluam
on the Indian Ocean, was occupied by the
British on August 22nd. according to an
official statement given out by the war ohce
this evening.
London, August 25th.-Eight persons
were killed and 36 Injured in a Zeppelin RAID
last night, it was announced officially today.
One Zeppelin reached the outposts OF Lon
don.
London, Aug. 25th.-Oficial announce
ment was made today that after hard hgh-
ing on the Somme front, the British had
advanced several hundred yards in the
region near Delvile-Wood. Eight officers
and 179 men were captured.
Paris, August 25th.-The Germans have
made a new assault of the French line at
the tip of the famous salient Of St Mlhiel,
but have been repulsed after gaining
o footing in French trenches, according
to the official statement issued tonight,
Paris, Aug. 26th-The Serbians have
made appreciable progress on the left
wing of the Salonica front, and have taken
several hundred prisoners, according to
the official statement issued by the War
Office tonight.
Petrograd, Aug. 25th-There has been
no change on the western (Russian) and
Caucasian fronts.
New York, Aug. 25th-A News Agency des-
patch from Puuta Arenas, Chile, to-day, says: