, 1916-05-20

course Of he day one of our pilots in an air
fight brought down a German aeroplane
which fell north west of Rezonville. Another
enemy aeroplane shot down by one of ours
fell in the region of Ban-de-Snpt. To-
day one of our squadrons lombard
ed the z-Sabedone station on which
it dropped 25 shells of large calibre. IN
the region of Verdun, the aerial acti.
witty was particularly important, 80 COM
bats took place and three German aeroplanes
were brought down. All our machines re-
turned. Belgian communication: There were
intermittent artillery actions at various points.
Army of the East: In the operations of May
10th to 10Th on both banks of the Vardar
river aud west of lake Dorian, the situation
has undergone no important notifications.
In the course of the first fortnight in May
there has been no serious action. The infan-
try of both sides have continued to organize
themselves on the ground. Our artillery on
several occasions shelled enemy encnmpnents,
organizations and groups OF workers. North
east OF lake Dorian our advanced forces occu-
pied Dovatepe, other forces have passed onin
the direction of Monastir towards Porow.
The Greeks have taken prisoners Bulgarians
dressed as Germans.
Loudon, May 18th. The race for the
Newmarket Stakes run to-day was won by
MIR. Neumarn's Figaro, Lord Falmouth'S
Clarissimus was second and MIR. Juers Siran
third.
London, May 17th.-In the course of a
debate in The House of COMMONS to-day on
aerial service, Mr.. Tenant said Great Britain
has two types of ~aerOplanes faster than any
possessed by Germany, and two types as fast
as the Fokker. It was far from true to say
Germany had the supremacy of the air, be
continued. On the contrary, Great Britain
had a very large measure of supremacy and
in q great majority of cOmbats her airmen
were the winners. Mr.. Tenant said arraDe-
Iaents for giving warning Of Zeppelin raids
were now complete, and there has been a
great improvement ia regard to lights aud
guns. Mr.. Tenant announced that the
Government had decided to contribute an
Aerial Board to advise the Admiralty and the
War Office in regard to air services aud
designs of machines. Earl Curzon has
accepted the Presidency of the Beard of
which Lord Sydenham will be a member.
Major Baird will represent the Board in the
House of Commons. The other members
will be Army md Navy officers.
London, May 17th.-The American EN-
bassy was informed to-day that Luigi Mar
tint Mancini, an American citizen, was
drowned when the steamship "Batavier ""
was blown up. Two other American citizens
who were on board the steamer were saved.
Mancini, u wireless expert, was Roswell, NM.
Amsterdam, May 17th.-The German ver-
sion of the sea fight off the Belgian coast
yesterday afternoon says: Some British ma
val forces appeared off the coast of Flanders.
German w~arships accompanied by patr'l
boats went to meet them. A short fight
ensued at long range during which a German
aeroplane dropped bombs on an enemy
cruiser which was observed to be hit near
the coming over.
Washington, May 17th.-Sir John Chan
color, the Governor of Trinidad, called on
President Wilson to-day and explained the
failure to officially receive Secretary of the
Treasury Mcadoo when the latter visited the
Island on his trip to South America. Sir
Cecil Spring Rice, the British Ambassador,
had previously expressed regret to the
President for the incident which was due to
a misunderstanding as to MIR. Mcadoo's ar
rival.
London, May 17th.-Until Premier AS
quith's return to London at the end OF the
week, nothing definite is likely to be known
as to the result of his activities in Ireland.
He is still consulting with various autho-
rites with a view to obtaining all pos
sible views and is expected to visit Cork
<onoorrow WHARF he will become acquainted