Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-19
Berlin HEARS OF
GREAT DAMAGE IN
CITY OF LONDON
News Agency Quotes Eye-Wit-
ness as Saying More Than
100 Buildings Wrecked
or Destroyed.
MANY DEATHS REPORTED
Three Warships Damaged and
Sixty Men on Board Killed
by Explosions.
BRIDGES ARE DESTROYED

Berlin, Oct lS.-"Eyewitnesses
state that as result of the German
Zeppelin raid on london more than
LOO buildings were badly damaged,
some OF them completely wrecked"
says the news agency. The damage
is estimated at more than $l0,000,0 900.
Regent street, London, which is the
man artery of commerce, was for the
most part laid in runs. In south
ern suburb Of London an ammunition
factory was blown up. , ~
In Liverpool bridge and tracks
were damaged so badly that It will be
impossible TO use them tor a long
time. Several benzol tanks near the
Thames we're damaged.
The Grlmsby barracks we're hit
and more than 400 soldiers were
killed. A cruiser with. four tunnels
anchored in the Humber was hit by
bomb and about sixty men were
killed. Two other warships were
damaged badly.
An alcohol ia tory and other build
ingsN at portsmouth we're struck,
twelve cars loaded with horses were
destroyed, a dock was damaged and
railroad cars were blown up,
Fighting Along Brussiloff's Front.
Petrograd, Oct. H.-(Via London,
Oct. lS.)-The whole of General
Brus5iloh's S front, from the district of
kovel to Roumania, presents an al
most continuous battle line, with
large Russian and Austro-German
forces constantly engaged in attacks
and counter attacks, each side sue
cessfully defending its position, but
making no lasting progress against its
opponents.
1t has become evident that the in.
tention OF breaking through the north
ern sector OF General brussilotf's line
and recapturing Lutsk has been sup
plemented since koumanias entry
into the war by a more audacious
pian--a move at the extreme southern
hank by the Austro-Germans in the
hope OF separating the Russian arm
les from their new allies. IS
To this end the Austro-German
have concentrated heavy forces at the
southern Up OF Bukowina, where the
southern flank of the Russians joins
the northern flank of the Rournar-
ians, and have begun an advance
south of Dornah Watra, accompany
ing this with vigorous attack
slightly. farther north in the region
OF korosmezo and kirlibaba, and
parallel movement against the Rou-
inanians in Transylvania.
Attenoed with ouccess. :
Thus far the drive of the Teutonic
allies against the Roumanians has
been more successful than that
against the Russians, Efor, while the
former arc retiring toward their own
frontier, the Russians have not, as
far as is known al present, been COM
PEELED to give way before the power
full offensive directed against them.
The Austro-German movement,
however, is still in its early stages
and tremendous struggle is expect
ed on this part OF the front. Already
the Russians have begun counter ma
neuvering, as is attested b. the num-
Der of prisoners taken in the Kirli-
baba region, where the first attack
OF the Austro-Germans in the view
of military observers bears little
semblance of success.
\ Fierce fighting still continues south
east of Vladimir -Volynski in Volhy-
MIA and south of Brzeszany in Cali
cia. At these two points, covering
respectively the roads to Vladimir
Eolynski and Lemberg, a continuous
battle is being carried on at close
range, leading often to b..yonet en-
counters, but without producing any
decisive result.