, 1916-09-20

holly contested for some weeks past. Tie
number OF prisoners is increasing. A num-
Der of successful minor enterprises were also
carried out by us last night on other parts
of the British front.
London, Sept. 17th.-The official state
ment issued last night reads To-day Cat
urdayl south of the Ancre we continued our
attack in certain localities and further pro-
gress has been made. Since yesterday we
advanced to a depth of from one to two
miles on a front of six miles. The number
of prisoners taken to-day ie over LOO, of
whom 81 are officers. The total number Of
prisoners captured in the fighting Of The last
two days is over 4, 1000, Of whom 116 are Off
GERS. Up to the present six guns and over
30 machine-guns are reported to have
been taken or destroyed and a coDsi-
derable quantity of war material hns
been captured. Further reports of the aerial
fighting on Sept. 18th brings the total of
German machines destroyed to Is. Another
hostile kite balloon was brought dow in
flames this afternoon. Two more of our
machines are missing making altogether six.
London. Sept. 17th-A Reuters despatch
from Athens says: The new Cabinet which
was sworn in before M. Kalogeropouloa saw
the Ministers Of the Entente Powers. Its
fate depends upon its policy, which, if it is g
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trality, will give it " short life. The new
Premier M. KalogeropouIos is considered one
Of the most clever lawyers in Greece. He
lived for a long time in France and has close
relations with Great Britain. He is friendly
to former Premier VeDizelos, although he is
not an active p~artizan of the Venizelos policy.
The new Cabinet is considered here to be
favourable toward Greece's participation in
the war.
London, Sept. 17th-Prince Albert, second
son of King George, has been invaded
home on account of an abdominal abscess,
says an official communication, which adds
that the Prince, who has undergone an ope-
ration, is doing well, but it will be some time
before he Is able to return to auy duty.
Berlin, Sept. 16th-phe Teutonic Allies
in Dobrudia have gained q decisive victory
over the Russian and Rumanian forces, says
a telegram from Emperor William 10 the
Empress. The telegram was forwarded yes
terday and as officially given out, reads:
Field Marshal Won Mackensen has Just in-
formed me that the Bulgarian urkisD-G Ter
man troops in Dobrudia have gained q deci-
sive victory over the Russo-Rumauian forces.
London, Sept. 18th-Powelful counter
attacks were launched by the Germans on
Sunday against the newly acquired Br-
fish positions on the Somme front. The
official statement reads. South OF the
Aucre the enemy delivered heavy coun-
ter-attacks on our new positions, all of winch
were repulsed. Particularly enemy forces
attacking from the direction of Les Bueufs
anu north OF Flers were caught by our
artillery barrage suffering heavy Casualties
Between Flers and Martinpuich an enemy
brigade advancing to attack in the dlrec-
ton of High Wood was met by two of our
battalions in the open, hand to hand
fighting, resulting in which we were COM
pletely successful. the enemy being dispers-
ed and thrown back with heavy losses.
North of Mouquet farm we also improv-
ed our positions. Our artillery was ac-
tive during the day. Another confa-
grafton in the eneny's ammunition dump
at Grand Court broke out as the
result of our fire. The number Of
prisoners taken south of the Ancre is six
officers and 243 men. Our air service suc-
~cessfully continued it's attacks on the enemy
communications. Another enemy machine
was destroyed Three of our machines are
missing.
Bucharest, Rumania Sept. 16th.-The off.
cial statement issued today by the War Office
says: On the Northern and northwest
ern fronts there were sharp actions IN the
Strefr valley and south of Eidin, On the