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Russians Continue Advance.

PETROGRAn. Aug. 81. via London.
: u m--Aftcr rcakInc through IN"
Srnkhod line in Nolhynia. the Rus
slams made 4 further advanc" and cap
turcd several positions. the war office
announced to-day Spirited lighting
| is in progress in the CarpaIhians near
1.-The HUNGARIAN frontier. The an
nnuncemcnt says:
In the region west OF LAX" Nhh"l'
German attacks were repuls"d Win
heavy enemy losses.
ION The river Stokhod. in tho re-
con Of tho village of Achnrvtsche, We
icaprurcd Tcherische farm and sever
al heights. There WAS stubborn
fight for the. villac" Of Tohoi. which.
| after changing hands several times,
| finally remained in our possession.
; CosSack cavalry attacked. killing more
| than 600 Austrians. In this region we
captured six officers, NOR" than b"o
! mon. - machine guns. Two mine
| throwers unn scarchlight and tele-
! phone apparatus.
IN the direction Of karosmezo TN
Hungary. three miles from the Dor
dprl, our troops drove back the ne
| my 10 the heights west OF JahtonltIa
| and Eoronka. and occupied me
| nplEllS.. IN INC Daily -N~+I'4 t'4IS'''
river, in the region Of noleo1ol. our
! detachmrnts pushed back the enemy
! thus making Il slight advance in IN"
| direction OF FereSkul. In the direc'
lion Of Kirlihaba, 10 the north. the
cnrny launched attacks on the
heights. This We rrpulSed ana occn-
pied the heights.
caucasian front: In the direction
| OF niarhekr fighting continues. our
, gallant troops overcoming diftitcultics
! precnnted hy the high and almost in
acceiale ridge west OF the Binclodan
| Mountains. West of Lake NozrkGet
our Getachments drove the enemy out
lot the mountain pass near the village
! of kadvykh. taking prisoners during
| rho pursuit Southwest of Crnt Lake
lighting continues in the region OF
! Uchnu.
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GERMANS REFUSED
ON VERDUN FRONT

PARIS. Aug. 20. 3:05 p. m.-N!ol"nt
fEhting occurred last night on the Yer
dun front. where tho Germans made a
determined effort 10 recapture tho VII
laEe nf Flcury from The French. tn"
war office announced today that the Ger
mans were repulSed with severe losses.
The statement follows.
Tho night WAS calm along the Somme
front
on the right bank nf the. Mcuse
tNerdun 'FRONT.' thc enemy displayed
great activity during The night. After
al intense homhardmcnt Of soNcra !
hours the Germans made various at
tempts 10 capture IN" village Of Fleury
from US. AL Of their attacks. one OF
which Was extremely violent were 70,
relied. Tho enemy suffered losses ana
left somo prisoners In our hands.
al about the same time the Germans
attacked our trenches northwest OF
Thtaun1ont Work. Here also our curtain
Of fire and orr machine guns inflicted a
SancmnAry check.
I'm Lorraine surprise attack by IN"
enemy against ono Of our small posts
near Echo was rcpu!sed easily
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personals and Rdofs

Mrs. Thomas Montgomery Of Nozar
Hill. was Il recent TlSit"r in Center
W;Lrwnpd.
!. r. Evans. and family Of Seven
tccn,h street. have returned from Il
weeks variation near n" Lakes.
Mrs T.. Marpl" and Miss Mary Car
vim of RothlnhcrI w"r" tho SUNDAY
guests Of Mrs. +. 3. Montgomery OF
Seventeenth street.
Miss Matte r.iiit. of Twcnt%-first
street. is visiting relatives and friends
at Cameron.
Mr. and Mrs s. N"shitt. Jr., return
/, Cd Saturday from a two weeks trip II
Atlantic ciir.
: William Miles. 'n"'"rman IN III" local
freight car was slightly Injured Satur-
dav whom the All" rt IN" car hrnk" near
Wilson'S station. Failing freight in
fiict.G tho slight injuric*.
Mr. a,rI Mrs Earl Leonard. IF Tw"n n
ttnth s,r..r. returned from short visit
among friends a: Pittsburgh. YESTERDAY
Afr. and Mrs l.. !. Miller. Wat"r
Blum. = T. kindl"h"rErr. David and
Frank Fvars. l.ft Yesterday morning
for Atlantic city in Mr.. Miii"r'S tour
Miss Edna r"t't,. - Twenty -first
street. is spending rh""tr"n ut BUCK
ey" Lake.
David Thorlss "f :;"vcn'""nth s'r'"',
lef, vs*ts rdav for EVck"T' Lfk" where
he Will spend several days with friends
and relatives.
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BRILLIANT CAPTURE
Continued from First Page.)


regiment and were or the sturdiest
German soldier type. much superior
10 those of the eleventh division who
became disorganized and surrendered
freely in front of Pozieres recently
They looked we'll and their uniforms
showed the effect ri trench fighting
Some Of them laughed al. the manner
in which they had been trapped and
they were generally very happy they
had heard wha had happened "a
those who had tried 10 resist in such
hopeless situation.
Elsewhere the story was OF many
trenches gained with some lost and re,
lpntlcss action throughout The night
The infantry lahorin in tho moist
rarth. lighting for the possession OF
watcr.logged shell cratcrs. while the
artillerics kept at their work. hot gun
barrels sizzling from rain.
Once when the British troops
caught BY machine gun fire, had 10
yield a POSITION, and found counter
attack developing. twenty seconds Ar;
ter their S. O. s. signal 10 tho artil-
lery commander. guns were trained
on that countcr-attack with a curtain
Of fire that sent il ~ cover.
In the center Tho British have
nuSnhU CLOSER ~ MAI I'ultil HIlu DdNt
taken an orchard west nj Delville
Wood. hut the hottest work proha bly,
was on the right. Here the Germans
kent on reinforcing. and their guns
never forgot Longueval. If they have
any extra ammunition they seem 10
turn it IN the massed wreckage OF
that unfortunate village. The Brit
ish are equally interested in making
sure remaining bricks Of Guillemont
escape the attention Of their artillery.
Small bodies of British have nnrn 10
Gullcmonl and found it no place 10
remain in face Of the fir" The Germans
in turn concentrated on il. The Ger
mans were insisi"nt on keeping a
stone quarry on tho edge OF The town,
but after hard hand 10 hand argyll
mon, which lasted many hours. the
British took and kept il.
South Of (,uillcmont tho British
wcrc we'll forward Of the village when
arrOplano observers 'aw big forces
Of Germans moving forward in coun-
Icr-atiack. There was another hurry
call 10 tho guns. Of course and they
wiped SUI the first Two lines Of the adj
vanCinc waves. The resi- of the Ger
mans took cover In ravine:
Following it they inhorChfd and I'M
der the protection ri their artillery
struck tho French loft. which remain
cd in Al angle Of the woods, forcing
The British to yield some Of the
ground taken.
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Ffa bHefg,


A. =. Crider of the Stone church road
spent Yesterday visiting in Freeport, t..
Harry Hclm6riEh'. popular mail car
ricr at the Elm Gro"e oTice. Ia lmprnv-
ing at his home in Trisdelphhia after
Mrs. F. u. Walton and son French
Jr., returned last evening 10 their home
at Forest View. after spending a T."
days the cues, Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Shelter of Claysvillc. Pm.
Misses Anna and Amy Winters re-
turned to their home on Big Wheeling
Creek. last evening. after spending tho
past week at Myers Lake Park. Canton
Ohio
Miss Elizabeth Jones. OF Elm Grove
left yesterday for Canton, where shc
Will spend rha week.
Flwood Walton Of Forest View. Is
spending a few weeks the guest of rela-
lives in Claysville. Pa
John and Agnes Mason of Pl'tSourSh
spent yesterday the guests Of relatives
in Elm Grove.
c. s. Blum. proprietor OF tho Edgwood
pharmacy, left last evening for Boston
Mass. where he will attend tho ReNal
will be the only man from this section
TO attend with the exception of j. j
Donovan. who * also connected with the
EdEwnod pharmacy and is AZ present
visiting in Boston.
Tho garage Of George Nesmer OF Glen.
wood, was slightly damaged BY fire Sat
urdsy evening. the cause Of which Is
yet unknown.
William G. Tough Of Woodlawn. Is
arending he week the guest Of relative:
in Cameron MIR. Tough is Qut-the-Plke
reporter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Costello Of Over
brook. left yesterday morning for C1eve'
land. where they vii! spend the week.
Peabody Atkinson. who has been so
tourninr at points Of interest on Lake
Erie has returned 10 his home IN fhc
ptkr district.
Dr. Frcw of Pittsburgh. la visiting
Or. l.. r. speedy Of Elm Grove. for a
few days.
John Reilly of Fulton. who has beer
confined To his home du" 70 Injuries
sustained while a. work ~ the Wheel
Ing Mold and Foundry. Is able TO be
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NAVAL ROCKIES
Continued from FIRST Page.)

excitement among men who did not
lust know what they wanted 10 40
who 0uit NAVIGATION when they found
they had to know trigOnomnIry, and
signalling because that required them
10 mnm0rizn codes. They finally set
fled in engineering because they want
cd 10 help make he wheels 20 around
Ru, by Thursday after everything
was in order, each man had his lesson
assigned to him. That morning more
great ships Of tho feet had come
steaming In tho bay.
Adrnirals Visit Rockies
Tho New Jersey. Rhnd" Island and
Alabama came in battle formation. fol
lowed by III" Kentucky. Maine. l."ursi-
ana and KcarSarn. till tho hay was
lined with III" hiE ships nc war. They
came into band music and cheers Of
their crows.
Visits from Captain 10 Admiral and
ycturn from commander |" captain. fill
cd the morning. Their" WAS n great
display nf gold braid Will" tn" Admir-.
nj inspected the rockies. They MI Stood
sn;rnnly and round eyed NJ attention.
rveraw"d by ihr Sur"r dI2niiarv. rs
the Admiral loft. tho regulation thir-
teen guns wcr" fired in salute. I'LL tn"
shores Of the bay r:tv" back thunder.
They arc mon "f WnrSm"n u"w. cN-
crv nnc nf 'hc&" rhrco hundred recruits.
They rise ~ fiv" I" IN" hos'snS' riI'.
tunhlinc out Of their hnmn"rI>a SIX
feet 10 III" fln"r. They lash their ham
mocks in III" required nautical way with
:ho required number "f bitches Then
they roll IN their broad l"cg"d sailor
rnnts tn The knc" and swah down IN"
decks with cold ssH water.
After cleaning comes breakfast aud
after hrcnkfAs! assembly with setting
.ur EXERCISES. From hat I" GUn pTac-
tIre they -. Immediately. ih"u - boa;
drill (" classes "f ~r"rinl instruction.
to torpedo d"f"n%" stations. taxing har"-
u tim" for hit" ~: DINNER IN i.'iw""n
From fiv" 0i IN" sra" morning :"
"fgrS'' ~ ClHo Of ~. YEAR. Hlch' IN"
mon york and learn Th'> ar" 1T play
ing = r"rnnrkahi> ui3'hur-E for ~"
n,nchar'"m Of Sun and ahr. Tn" fhrs
ar. full y" work. hut they are also full
Of accomplishment.
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FRENCH CAPTURE
IMPORTANT WOODS

PARIS, vim London. Aug. 20. ll.52 p
m.-The French have carried A strongly
organized wood between Guillcmont and
Maurepas, taking n large quantity Of
war material. according 10 a VAT Office
statement issued tonight. The state
ment follows.
North of tho Somme wc carried a
wood. strongly organized by Tho enemy
between GuillrmOnl and MaurepaS
Much war material remains in oul
hands. Our batteries showed great ac'
tivi'y on the whole Sommc front.
"Everywhere else there were gusts OF
artillery tir9 except In the tleurr sector
where the enemy violently bombardel
the village"
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GrouudhreaktnG Sept. 3rd

The I.uthnrHn r0nErn GhtIon haS com
pteted arrangements To hold ground
breaking service on Sept %rd. y pro-
gram Of special music and speaking is
being prepared. An invitation has hecn
sent the many ministers IN TINS vicinity.
Thu. services will hc held on tho church
grounds on WHrwond AN"nu" near SeN-
.n:..nth street, The members expect
10 commence tho work Of erecting ~"
,nw church shortly after the ground
breaking exercises.
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BRITISH ADVANCE LINE
ON SALONIKI FRONT

LONDON. Aug. 90, $50 p. m.-rhs
British troops on the SalnnIkt front
have advanced their line and have re-
pulsed Buicarian counter attacks. ac-
cordlng 10 war office statement. The
statement says:
Our troops are established on q line
west and north OF Rerkcrli and Cidemli
and Enuth Of pnloT2,. where they re-
pulsed counter attacks with loss TO the
enemy. Artillery 5ombardment by both
sldAs continues.
On The Struna front our cavalry vas
in touch with the enemy in the kJrdprt-
Harakll BZuareA on sunday. Enemy air
craft bonn barGed Ionckioi. Galaranci and
GuSunci with small success
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Buildinp COmpleted.

Tho mammmth ncw huIldinG for the
Wheeling Saddle club on the old Stamm
property near Wheeling Park. has been
completed and Is one OF III" most mod
-rn structures vt III" Kind in this sec
tiun of The country. Eighty now h"S
stalls. have been installed. TIL" building
is an0 feet lpnEtHnd 81 feet wide and Is
fitted up with track in the center.
which will be used by riders during the
rough weather.
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OU1-THE-PIKE
Annual Fair,

Tho Nest Alexander Fair A~S"rihti ION
has PLANNED unr nf III" best programs
IN ITS history FOR the eighteenth annnai
falr which Will b" HID on the NfSt
Al"xar,drr fair grounds. September ~.
- and Il. Tho institution Is IN 'H~S
# lis own as count! la't am ~ !.
rrnwd hrin-cr. attracting regularly each
year thousands not only irnm NaShIhE-
ION and surrounding counties IN 'chh ,
Svlvania hut from West Virginia anu
OHIO. Music will be- furnished by inc
WarwoOd hanH.
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Can Factory VIII Open

The branch OF tho Wheeling Can fac
tory which is located in South WarwoHd
will commence on its first order the
lattar mart Of this week Nearly all of
the $l5O.0oN worth. nf machinery has
been sat into place ready for operation.
/, was stated by officials that II IS
the intention Of tho company t" build
Il two-Story building at the rear OF IN"
factory purchased last spring. Whom
This building is erected tho plant Will
employ in tbs neighhnrhood of 500 mon.
Quite a number Of local people hay"
secured pnsi.ionS here slncc the first
arrival vi the machinery. ana many
more will 20 to work as soon as tho
plant opens.
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Tata T11eaday Eve,

be held on the lawn Of the EdGwnod
park under the auSpircs' nf tho ladies nt
St. MichacIs church Of Edelnston. Final
arrangements for tho big event have
hcen completed by tn" committee In
charge. who will serve sandwiches. cot
fce, Ice cream. cake and etc.
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Double header.

Yesterday afternoon A double header
ball game was staged on tho Q"erhrnok
diamond between tho Elm Grove Stub
gers and The Boy Scouts teams Of Elm
Grove. The FIRST game was a pitchers
battle ending in favor Of the Slug Scrs
hy a score Of 10 >. Tho SlncC"rs were
easily winners In tho second game. shut.
out the Scouts by a score Of II TO 0.
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FOR SALE

FOE SALE-Farm. $50 Acres. limestone
ground IN good stare OF cultlration: well
watered and we'll fenced. Good roomed
buildings Situated ~ miles, from
Wellsburg and /; mile from WeNsourg
school and church. Good price 10 quick
buyer. Inquire Of Wylie Degarmo'
Welisburg. Il. Va. aul4.1e,21,2s-sep.4
FOB SALE - Team Of mules. IN 5000
condition. Home OF the Good Shep-
herd. aOlS8
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Horse Makes Dash,

Saturday evening. about o'clock. q
hors" attached to II buggy and owned
by Mr. Fisher of the Ston" church ROAD
become frightened al a passing train az
the B. & .. crossing at Elm Grove and
dashed cast on Main street. landing tho
buggy against the fence at the fair
grounds on the east side Of the Stone
bridge. The shafts were stripped from
the buggy which was unoccuFied Al the
lima
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Ladies' Meeting

Tho ladies nt South NArwnod VIII
hold a meeting this evening IN thu Love
land hose house. at which Inn" lhcf
Will complete arrangements Tor their
Part Of tn. lawn f"tr which Will DC held
Thursday and Friday evenings. The
meeting will be called 1T O'Clock.
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American Guaranteed Paint, at iac
tory price. Sl.S5 per gallon. Louis raul
Lcathcrwood.
Lawn Tete,

Members IF n" Daughters Of Veterans
hay,, completed arrangements for lawn
f'ir which will he held On N" lawn
surrounding the Hawkins rrSldrncc ~
Main street Elm Grove. on W cdEcsday
evening, August 80.
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Total dlSbur$ clnCEtS' ''..':s o. ="
Amount to be raised by levy; ! M
TEACHERS FUND ESTIMATE.
Estimated Receipts.
The amount due. and the amount tnat
eyrry source, Except from the levy ~!
taxos TO be made Tor the, current hSca'
year. ,;,r ,c. "a
IiaIancr due fund from Shcriil.s zS4't3
Redcmptions tcstin1aicd) ....... -o.uu
Due from general school fund
(cnunIeratIon) ...........''. 14i'''
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Boosters' Meeting,

Wednesday evening nf ing week
RonsIors' meeting nj the Elm Grow
board Of trad. will II" held in the TOW;
hall several IMPORTANT matters VII
he discussed and Il report Of IN" mem
hcrship committee Will h" submitted. .
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Open Air Services.

Many were in attendance at tho open
air services which were held last even
inE on the Park Niew baseball! grounds.
I;cy. :. r. Hart, pastor of the First n. L.
church OF Elm Grove, WAS in charge.
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Conducted Services,

Services at tho Vance Memorial Pres-
hyIerian church at Wrnd~'ial" yesterday
morning wcr" in charge If Hrr. Harry
+. King. pastor OF the Presbyterian
church At l'aXtanG, Pa.
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Total expenditures. <o'i9S.s!
Amount to be RAISED by levy. S2.Qe5.'s
II ap,rarlng L. the board Ot education
that the tuta! valuation OF all iaAhpi'
nrurerty in this district, according -
The last assessment thereof. Is SSs..sed ;
heinz real cSIat. 10 tire value OF - i.I'V ,
,mrsoral prupcrt? 10 the value OF
s97i44, as certified 10 this board ny INC
office: whose duly j. * 10 make sucH
report. and II appearing from Inc lpFs-
goin- estimates that il is necessary 10
raise BY levy. after dcductlng all rrchlts;
l,324%2 Tor building purposes ana
Sa.3SS.TS for teachers purposes: tnerG-
fore il is determined that Il levy on each
One Hundred Dollars valuation o! htteen
cents tlacJ Tor building and twenty
seven cents t2Tc) tpr teachers purposes
viii be nsccs sary TO produce the estl-
a1atcu amount As aforesaid Tor me ehSu-
stale ii Wc$: Virginia. District or
Washington. To.w.t: COUNTY OF Ont";
l. \. 9 Wagner. secretary OF Inc
board nf cduca,Ion III and Tor aSnlnEs
ION COUNTRY, district OF said county ana
state. do hereby certify that Inc ioretc
going is = true copy from the records VI
an order made end entered BY Sh'd oodf
on the SIk day OF August. 19lh.
Given under MY hand this l-lh day oi
\. c. WAGNER.
Secretary Board ri Education. " dshlnG-
ton Country District. ONO County
w Va.
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ALLIES REPORT
Continued from First PageD

fGhrlnC continues ~ III" Hppr"Arh"S
20 iianira hrtWcrn Serbian advance
Guards and Rulgarian forces dehoucn-
inc from Florina.
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Total receipts. .......: :.'.'S
Estimated Expenditures,

Tho debts Au'l dcnandS nWru pS tHt
district aS a whole, and payable out Oh
~ ,anEm,'a ,axn "''I' 10000
t,,nr'4.,,inns trsiiratedI. 1000
For ! teacher holding No. one
E CO.. ,iri. MINI, ar s'''' .. 72O0a
For teachers holding No. mo
certificate al $40" per month ooo M
for . months s|"'oo
For | teacher holding No. three
c@rtit'ca s,nn; a. s'0'U' p'. ''!o'. 4o5.oo
For TWO teachers holding No.
three certificates al 5000 Per -, m
month for months. t.e.0'
One music teacher at $500 per
,,oiJan,.Ir " 240.t9
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Allied front and the purpose VI INC
BULGARIAN move Is not made clear III
the dispatches.
Official Statement.
LONDON, AuG. y. - - 4. M.-l"o
British light cruisers. The Nottingham
and Falmouth. we're sunk SATURDAY ID
the North Sea by German Submarines,
while the vessels we're searching for
the German high seas fleet, according
to an official announcement issued by
the admiralty shortly before midnight:
One German submarine was destroyed
hv the British, while another was
rammed and possibly sunk.
According TO the Admiralty state
ment, which follows:
Reports from our lookout sQtld-
rons and Their units suwed that thc:e
was considerable activity on the part
Of the enemy In the North Sea Satur-
day the nineteenth.
The German high seas fleet came
out, but learning from their scouts
that the British forces were in consid'
cradle strength. the enemy avoided an
enga cement and returned to port.
In searching for the enemy we lost
two cruisers by submarine attacks
H. NJ. S. Nottingham, Captain c. b.
Miller, and H. NJ. S. Falmouth, Cap
tain John Edwards
"All the officers of the former were
saved but IS of the crew are missing.
All The officers and men Of the Fall
mouth ware saved, but one leading
stoker. Norman Fry. died Of injuries.
AN enemy submarine was destroy
ed and another was rammed and pos
sihly sunk There is no truth in the
German statement that British de-
stroyer was sunk and British battle
ship damaged
The Nottingham was vessel OF o.
100 ions and was built in Pembroke IN
1919. Her complement was $50 men.
She was 430 feet long and carried nine
six inch guns, four Founders and
two torpedo tubes. She was designed
10 make about % knots an hour.
The Falmouth was Of $3.50 tons.
She was built in 1910 and carried a
crew of ZIG officers and men. She was
An feet long and carried eight 6-inch
guns. four Founders and two troprIo
tubes. In her trial trips she made
slightly over 81 knots an hour.
German Statement.
BERLIN. Aug, 20.-tBy wireless 10
Sayville>-<Thp Admiralty announced
today that German submarine yes
tcrday sank a. small cruiser and de-:
strnyer near the British east coast and
damaged another small cruiser and
battlcship.
|. The statement follows:
"A German submarine off the BTU,
ish east coast on August ~ DESTROYED
a small cruiser and 4. destroyer Of the
enemy. Another small cruiser and
hattleship were struck by torpedoes
and damaged.