, 1916-09-27

from the Hague to. day.
London, Sept. 23rd.-Germap trenches
on a front of about Il Aa.f mile east OF Coutce-
lette in the Somme region were captured by
the British last night, the War flee an
nounced to-day.
Athens September 23rd-The Greek Gov
eminent is said on the best authority
to have telegraphed definite proposals to
the Entente Capitals which if accepted
will mean Greeces entry into the war. II
the uncertainty of the result between Greece
and the Entente continues it is regarded
as not improbable that Greece may declare
war on Bulgaria Oh her w account.
Paris, September 23rd-Fiying nearly 100
miles beyond the German border, Flight
Warrant Officer Baron last night lombard
ded the important works al LudWigshafen
IN the P0latlnate Oh the Rhiue and at Manu-
helm across the riyer from Ludwigshafen
The official statement today says the bonn
bordment caused a large fire and several
explosions at Mannheim.
London, Sept 23rd-British naval aero
planes have successfully bomharJed aero
dromes at several points il Belgium the
Admiralty announced to-day. Especially
notable results were secured by this and
previous boubardm6nts of he aerodrome
at st. Denis, says The announcement which
is as follows. The enemy aer0drome at ST.
Denis Westrem was again attacked yester-
day by u squadron Of naval aetoplauea. The
results appeared to be highly satisfactory.
Reliable reports now at hand show that
very considerable damage and casualties
had been caused by previous commandments
of this objective. In the early hours this
morning euemy aerodromes mt Chistelles
Handzaeme wore heavily bombarded by q
naval oar1,I,,, cn,N1.o, Ct ti,o ,,o,L;,ua
returned safely.
london, Sept. 24th.-In,tne raid over the
eastern Counties OF England last night, two
Zoppelius were brought down out of IS
which took part Ia a rad, according to The
official statement issued to-day. One air.snip
YVES brought down in flames in Essex and
another fell on tbe east coast. Losses of The
German crews numbered 28. An attack was
made from the north and southeast about
midnight but was beaten off by our anti-aW-
craft offences. The crew Of one numbering
% were captured and in the second a~ir-sllip vi
the crew were killed. Three Zeppelins also
renche ed he outskirts of London, two from
the southeast and the other from the ensf.
% were killed and SO were injured by bombs
dropped III the south and southeastern dis
tricjB.
London, Sept. 23rd.-The British official
statement says South OF Ancre ten hostile
gun pits were destroyed and fourteen others
severely damaged and five munitiou pits
blown up by our artillery. Great aerial
activity is reported. A raid was made by
fifty machines on a railway junction and
much damage was done, and two trains
containing munitions were destroyed. Three
hostile airships were also destroyed and five
others damaged.
Paris, Sept. 23rd.-Violent artillery duels
in BoUchaVesnes Belloy and Berry regions
took place. No infantry action is reported.
Petrograd, Sept. 23ri-The Russian Off
cial tatenen says. Russians and Austro-
Germans engaged in stubborn battles on the
Russian and Galician front. The Russians
took 500 prisoners on the Upper Soreth
river.
Hamilton, Burmuda Sept. 24th.-The tro-
pical disturbance which passed over the is
lands yesterday caused much damage, build
ings being unroofed aud tress uprooted. The
maximum velocity of the wind was reached
between four and six o'clock in the afternoon
when IS miles per hour was registered. The
financial loss caused by the gale will exceed
twenty-five thousand pounds. There was
no loss of life.