, 1916-09-13
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'AAAOA VI II ANNA
DIVISION, who was captured by the Austro-
Germans in Gaiicia in May 1915 escaped
from The prison camp IN which he was he'd
By Austria, and has arrived IN Bucharest, 1t
is announced by semi-oiicial News Agency.
The Russian General reached tie Capital OF
Roumania after Il month Of adventures III his
trip across Hungary, waking by night and
by day. Fr, qnently he had to so without
food for days. In one forest he was halted
by Hungarian Gendarmes who killed Que
oil his companions, also an escaped prisoner.
General Kornilotf succeeded i'll escaping
and after hiding for q time continued his
journey to the Ruulnnnlan frontier. AT the
time of his capture he WAS reported TO have
been seriously wounded.
Pretoria, Sept. 9tn-General Louis Botha,
Prem Ell Of the South African Union, an
nouoced to-day that an agreement had been
made to send 10000 natives to France for
dock lubour. The natives will be recruited
voluntarily and will be organized into five
battalions Of 1000 men each under military
discipline with trusted officers. Each bat
TALON will have a chaplain and its own medl-
cal officers, while Il fully equipped hospital
will be provided for the contingent. General
Botha said the scheme was the result OF q
request nude by the natives TO be allowed to
assist in Europe, as they had done III German
South West Africa aud German East Africa.
P~etrograG, Sept. 9th.-German and Turk
iah troops are engaged in stubborn lighting
with Russian forces i'll Galicia on the river
Naruiuvka in the direction of Hallcz, ac-
cordiug to the official statement issued by
the War Office. A couuter-uttack made by
Turks and reutons was repulsed by the
Russians. In the CarpathiGns, south of Blu
rouoff, the Russians stormed q series of
heights. They took $40 prisoners, the au-
nouncement says, and captured a mountain
battery OF several cannon which had been
thrown into ravines.
London, Sept. 9th.-rhe "Last Post" was
sounded at Refusal Rise Cemetery to-day
fol Lieutenant Ralph Bertram, who died at
midday on the 9Th. Widespread sympathy
is felt aud expressed here for the SORROW
ing relatives.
London, Sept. 10th. = announcement
from General Headquarters last night reads:
We attacked this afternoon on q front of
5000 yards extending from High Wood to
Leuze Wood. AS a result the whole of
Ginchy village is now in our hands after
severe fighting and the ground between it
aud Leuze Wood was captured. East of
High Wood we advanced three hundred
yards On u front of five hundred yards.
Numbers of prisoners were taken and the
enemy's casualties were very heavy. North
east of Pozieres we gained a fnrther six
hundred yards Of German trenches and cap
tnred sixty prisoners i~nficting heavy losses
on the enemy, who was caught by our
artillery fire while massing for o coun.
ter-attack. Our artillery bombarded the
enemy trench on Mimy Ridge oppos-
lie Souchez. There was reciprocal ar
tillery activity in the neighbourbood of
Calonne and Giuchy and between La Bassee
Canal and Neuve Chapelle; on Friday after
noon aeropIanes bombarded another enemy
aerodrome, two hangers aud a shed being
destroyed. One of our machines is missing.
London, Sept. 9th.-Bitish aeropIanes,
says an official statement reporting military
operations in EGYPT, again bombarded MAJ
al yesterday. Eleven of the twenty bombs
dropped were seen to take effect in the
enemy camp.
London. Sept. 9th.-British a~viators have
carried out another of the series of raids
directed against German aerial establish
ments in Belgium. The latest attack of
this nature is described officially as follows:
Our aeroplanes attacked the enemy's aero
dromes at Ghistelles and Handzaeme (south
west of Bruges). A large number of bombs
were dropped with satisfactory results. ALI
of orr machines returned.