, 1916-09-27

officers. Further east we captured several
elements and forty prisoners. South of
Rancourt an enemy attempt to leave his
trenches was stopped by our curtain of fire.
According to the latest details the humber
of prisoners captured by the FrrncoBrItlsh
force on the Somme from July 10th to Sep
tember 18th aggregate more than 81, 800 of
whom 34,050 were taken by the Frenchtroops.
There was the customary caunonadin9 on
the remainder of the front. Aviation: Dur
ing Thursday, one of our aeroplanes drop
ped on the aviation sheds at Habsheim up
per Alsace) eight bombs of 100 calibre which
hit their mark. An enemy aeropiane was
felled by one of our pilots III an alright be-
tween Combles and Morval. 70 the north
of the river SomMe, German forces this
morning delivered 4 strong attack upon our
new positions between Leprez Farm and
Rancourt. Our curtain of fire however
checked sharply the assauiting waves of the
enemy and compelled them to retire to the
trenches whence they started, nc the same
time we inflicted upon them heavy losses.
Elsewhere on the tlont the night was rela-
lively calm.
Vienna, Sept. 22nd.-The Admiralty state
ment reads: An Austro-H Hungarian naval
aeroplane in thesouthern Adtiatic sank by
means of bombs theFrench submarineFoucaus
The neroplane's pilot was Lieutenant Celezeny,
and the observer was Lieutenant Won Kim
burg. The entire crew of the submarine
comprising two officers and tweniyseven men,
many OF whom were III 8. drowning condi-
ton, were rescued and made prisoners by
the naval aeroplane mentioned aud by anoth-
or piloted by Lieutenant Komiovec with
Cadet Severa as observer. Half an hour la
ter the imprisoned crew were taken over by
a torpedo boat while the two officers were
transported to land on the naval aeroplanes.
No French submarine "Foucuus" is listed III
available naval records. The craft that was
sunk was probably the submarine "Foucault"
built in 1912 at Cherbourg. She was 1877
feet lone, 1873 beet beam with a speed
of 1875 knots shove water and of 8 knots
submerged. She was equipped with
six torpedo tubes. Her complement is
given as comprising "a men. The French
submarine 'FoucauIt'' on January I4th
this year was reported in Rome to have sunk
an Austrian scout cruiser Of the Novara type
in the Adrialic. On January 10Th the Over
seas News Agency, a semi-officlal organiza-
tion in Berlin reported that no Austro-Hun-
garian ship was missing, and added, "the
"FoncauIt' must have sunk a ship Of the
Entente Powers by mistake"
Berlin, September 22nd-A German
submarine sunk an enemy transport COM
pletely filed with troops in the Medi-
terranean on September 18th, it was
officially announced today. The transport
sank within 43 seconds. The statement
made no mention of the fate of the soldiers
aboard the transport. Accepting the state
ment that the transport went down i'll 43
seconds as true, it appears probable that few
if any persons were rescued unless some
other vessels were in the Immediate vicinity.
Berlin. Sept. 22nd-The text of the official
statement is as follows: In Dobrudja strong
Rumanian forces attacked southwest Of To-
plat Sari, fourteen miles southwest Of Con-
stanza by an encircling counter attack by
German, Bulgarian aud Turkish troops
against the flank and rear OF the enemy, the
Rumanians are being driven back in dlsor-
der. Macedonian front. Fighting activity on
the Florina rivuiet is still lively and has re-
awakened to the east of the VardGr river.
German seaplanes on Sept. Goth, says a re-
port issued by the Admiralty dated Sept.
21st, successfully attacked with bombs, two
Russian ships used as starters for aeropIanes
which, escorted by one cruiser and several
destroyers, approached the Bulgarian coast
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