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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1916.
THE
WAR
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).
THE ZEPPELIN RAID.
LATEST DETAILS.
Loxoox, Sept. 24. "An offcial announcement states that the casualties mentioned in a previous telegram wore in the London district.
Detailed reports of cusmities and damage have not yet hern reecived.
The two miders brought down in Essex were both large and of a new pattern!
THE BALKAN ZONE.
BRITISH ATTACKS ON BULGARIANS,
LONDON, Sept. 24.
A French official report from Salonika states that on the left bank of the Strama the British attacked strong Bulgarian detachments north of Kopriva and toward Lake Tahinos. Violent Bulgarian attacks on our left wing were repulsed with heavy losses.
The Serbians progressed north Fourteen or fifteen airships parti-west of Kajoacjalno. sipated in the attack.
"
The south-castern, eastern and east-midland counties and Lincoln- shire were the principal Yocalities finited.
The attack on London was carried out by two airships from the south- east, between one and two o'clock In the morning, and one-from-the cast between twelve and one o'clock,
Aeroplanes were sent up. Bombs were dropped in the south- ern and south-eastern districts. SMALL DAMAGE IN THE PROVINCES.
LATER
A further official announcement says the damage in the provinces is slight, except in one east midland town where two persons were killed and.11 injured. Some damage in the metropolitan area was of a non-military character.
It is estimated now that twelve air
BRITISH CROSS THE STRUMA.
RITER CROSSED IN THREE PLACES.
LONDON, Sept. 24.
A British official report from Salonika states:"
Wa crossed the river Struma at three places and Jeviman, which is on fire, was occupied. The enemy has been driven before us.
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We met with strong opposition when attacking Karadzkorbala. counter-attack from Neveljen wat entirely dispersed.
Naval and field artiliery success fully bombarded enemy trenches east of Neohori.
Our patrols were very active on the
ships participated in the raid. A con- Doiran front, in unfavourable mit siderable number of small dwelling-conditions. bouses and shops were demolished or damaged in the metropolitiau area and her of fires. Two there were a number factories were injured and empty railway trucks destroyed Permanent wAY WIS alightly damaged in two places.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
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THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, Sept. 24. Sir Douglas Haig raports that tha enemy's trenches have been entered east of Neuville St. Vaast and prisoners taken.
Lovoox, Sept. 24." Sir Dougles. Enig reports artillery activity on both sides south of Ancre.
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AERIAL BATTLES.
REMARKABLE FRENCH SUCCESSES.
A communique states: A German attack at Bois l'Abbe Farm and southward thereof was dispersed. Numerous enemy dead wers left on the Beld.
We easily repulsed German attacks at Pepper Hill and south-east of Thiamont.
THE FIGHTING IN
DOBRUDJA.
BERBS CAPTURE EIGHT GUNS.
LONDON, Sept. 24. An official telegram from Salonika states that the Serbs co-operating in Dobrudja inflicted heavy, losses on the Bulgara. Eight guns were captured.
PORTUGUESE PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA.
Lisnas, Sept. 24. An official announcement states that the Portuguses column which crossed the River at higs has occupied. Tahidia and captured a naval gun.
The main column bas captured Tokoto and seized war material abandoned by the enemy, as well as the barracks at Migomba and the factory lower down
the Bovuma
ANOTHER DUTCH LINER SEIZED.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 24. The Germans have seized "Eatavier” There were serial; battles on most liner and taken her to Zeebrugge.
of the front.
A score of enemy machines were brought down.
GERMANS ECONOMISING „IN.
"MUNITIONS.
STUBBORN FIGHTING ON
RUSSIAN FRONT.
LONDON, Sept. 24, 4 A Russian communique says that there has been stubborn fighting in places from the Pripet to the Rumanian frontier.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
– SUCCESSFUL) BRITISH BOMBARD"
LONDON, Sept. 24. "General Sir Dongina Haig, in com muniqué, matesouth of the Ancre we have continued to improve our position, pushing detachments forward placas into the enemy's advanced trenches.
The enemy is strongly resisting the Russian advance on the Upper During the bombardment of one Sereth. 2
section of the enemy front yesterday The Russians repelled all counter-ten hostile gun-pita were seen to be attacks and took 1,500 prisoners.
THE SITUATION' 'IN
GREECE.
GREECE DEMANDS BULGARIAN EVACUATION OF MACEDONIA.
ATHENS, Sept. 24. Important issues are said to depend on the German reply to the Greek Note.
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destroyed, and fourtoon others were seriously damaged Five ammunition pite were also blown up. Our artillery to-day caused a big fire in a village much used by the enemy for supply and transport
AERIAL SUCCESSES. There was the greatest aerial activity Yesterday. Fifty of our machines made most successful raid upon an important railway junction, doing much damage, destroying two ammunition trains and
suring
many violent explosions, Equally successful rails ware made open sucmay railway works, aiding
military aerodromes and other points importance,
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There were also many fights in the According to the newspapers id
air. In the course of these three hostile demands that the Bulgars shall machines were destroyed and five others avacuate Macedonia, and declares were driven down in a damaged candi- that Greek public opinion, the irrita off from the fight and to descend steep- tion. Many others were seen to break
tion of which is manifested in frety. Five of our machines are missing. quent revolutionary movements, will
·FIERCE ARTILLERY DUELS - IN find it difficult to countenance further sojourn of their bereditary enemy on Greek, soil, and a con- tinuance of outrages.
INSURRECTIONARC DISTURBANCES IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24
A message to the Telegraaf from Weltevreden states that insurgents twice attacked Moerstebo but were repulsed. The Europears are safe in the fort:
Another message says there was a panic at Djambi on the 22nd owing to a rumour that rebels were in the neighbourhood. The Europeans took refuge in river-boats under the pro- tection of the fort. The Chinese shut up their shops. Thatch troops immediately entered the town and occupied the public buildings and the principal streets. The night was quiet. There was no attack.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ZEPPELIN RAID ON ENGLAND.
TWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED.
LONDON Sept. 24.
FRENCH SECTORS.",
FARIS, Sept. 24
A communique states-There have been fierce artillery duels in the Bouchaveaner and Belloy sectors, in the Somme region, but no infaztry action. The enemy in the Vosges attempted sa attack south of Sainte Marie Psas, but were driven back to their trenches after a lively bombing fight.
North of the Somme it has been" relatively quiet! Our outposts advanced to the edge of Combles and discovered numerous enemy corpses. South of the Somme there has been lively artillery work.
FRENCH AIR-RAIDS INTO GERMANY
GERMAN SEIZURE OF 1' DUTCH-
REMOVAL OF PASSENGERS
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24-
The Prins Hendrik passengers detained by the Germans included French and Russian escapeet prisoners of war, men of British units interned at Greongen who were en roula for England on a month's furlough, and also some Anglo- Belgian conriera.ty
RUSSIAN NAVAL-ACTIVITY.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 24.. A communiqué states—In the Black Sea we susk three steamers and several sailing vessels loaded with coal.
THE KA TORANTI "
HOLLAND'S "HUMILIATING.
DECISION:
OUTRÄGT.
THE HAGUE Sept. 24. Ar official announcement states that the Dutch Government have agreed to the reference of the matter of the tor perioing of the Tulandia zn an Interna tromal Committee after the war.
The Nieur Cparent describe the deck ion af being humiliating to Holland. POLITICAL CRISIS IN GERMANY.
PAN-GERMANS AND THE
CHANCELLOR
AMSTERDRU, Sept. 24.
A great political crisis is slowly devel- oping in Germany. There is no doubt that the par-Gaymans are doing their atmost to overthrow the Chancellor The crisis is a sequel to the publication of correspondence between Admital von Tirpitz and Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg showing that the latter has opposed the ruthless submarine warfare favoured by the pan-Germans.
THE PROPOSED BRITISH TRADE-
BINE
LONDON, Sept. 24. Further details have been made known of the report of the Committee of Inquiry as to the best means of providing financial facilities for British firms after the ware It/in recont mended that the Fank shall be called "The British Trade Bank," that, it shall be constituted under Royal Charter and receive Government assist ance to-co-operate with merchants and manufacturers and possibly accept risks upen joint account, and be a centre for syndicate operations. It will also con sider transactions which other banks are not prepared to undertake sloze. The Bank will have an Information Bureau, which will inves
gate schemes
PARIS, Sept. 23. A communiqué states:-Yesterday Warrant Officers Terascen, Devoir and Darme brought down their sixth, tenth and eleventh machines respectively, and Lieutenant Deuillin his seventh...
Describing the air-raids into Germany, a. commumqué states that Warrant Officer Baron, accompanied, by Boisbandiary left last evening and dropped three and record the status of foreign firms, and bombs on military establishments obtain the test intelligence of new Ludwigshafen. Continuing, they drop-
openings The Bank must ped a bomb on an important factory at Mannheim, where there was a fire and have young, vigorous agents every-
where. several explosions. They remed safely
FIFTY-SIX AIR, FIGHTS.
PARIS, Sept 23
A communiqué states that there were fifty six serial fights on the Somme front yesterday. Ten hostile machines were forced downs' do"
The communiqué adds-Wa bombed It is officially announced that hostile the forest of Eauthulst, stations at airships attacked! Lincolnshire, the Finsepehy and. Rosel, railways auth Eastern counties and the outskirts of west of Combles, aerodromes at Hervil- London. The latter attack was madely, a motor depot north-east of Soisions, from the north-cast and south-east, military establishments at Ludwig- about midnight. It was beaten of by shafen, and a factory at Mannheim. anti-aircraft defences. One airship was brought down in flames in southern Essex.
A later oficial announcement stated that a second Zeppelin was brought down and twenty-two of the crew were
taken prisoners
MANY CASUALTIES.
The carbaltics so far ascertained are 28 killed and 99 injured.
UNOFFICIAL" ACCOUNTS,"
OFFICIA
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
MASSED GERMAN ATTACKS. REFULSED.
ENEMY USING GÁS,"
PETROGRAD, Sept. 23.
A communiqué states: Yesterday, south-west of Lake Naretch, we repulsed massed attacke interspersed with gas attacks.
South-east of Baranovitchi the enemy also liberated gas.
The Zeppelin raiders, apparently, did not get so near London as they did on the 3rd inst., since the gun-fire heralding their approsch at midnight was fainter, South-west of Gimmichan we broke but observers an roofs and bridges were through a fortified position, cap traated to the magnificent spectacle of ammunition and stores. We burned shrapnel bursting around & Zeppelin the latter owing to our inability to somewhere on the remote cutarts carry them away. LONDON, Sept. 24The spectacle was shortlived, as the Zeppelin, Sinding the reception too hot,
Our artillery was active north of the Somme, The enemy replied Zeebly.
There were 29 aerial fights on the Reuter's Correspondent at Head quarters reverts in his latest message Samme region. Four enemy hero.. planes were brought down, two of to General von Falkenhayn's state- ment regarding the economising of them being on fire. Three badly hit
munitions and quotes a passage fell disabled, four were compelled to descend in their own lines, and six bidding unnecessary firing which Reprisals must be reduced were brought down between Chaulnes Bays? and Avra,, one on fira. A Fokker to the lowest limits and efforts must was felled afire north of Chalons and made even where there is neces another seemed to be badly hit.sity for
to attain the
made of. The cannonate quickly died THE PLIGHT OF GREECE. off, but distant flashes, in the sky indicated that the conflict was not yet VIEWS OF VENEZELOS. finished, and an hour later observers in
the city saw a small cigar on the castward The Associated horizon burst into incandescencë, Ität Athens:
object was the absolutely various points between London and the Graece entering the war
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· PORTUGUESE SUCCESSES IN
AFRICA
CAPETOWN, Sept. 24.
It is officially announced that the Portuguese continue to advance north. wards in German East Africa, and they have occupied several enemy positions.
COTTON WEATERS ABK FOR MORE
WAGES.
LONDON, Sept. 24 The Lancashire cotton weavers are asking for a ten per cent. advance in wages. Probably smaller increase will be granted
EARL'S HEIR KILLED IN ACTION.
LONDON, Sept. 24. Captain the Hon. Richard Stanhope has been illed in action
[The decessed was son and heir of the Earl of Stanhope.].
GREEK RETOLUTIONÄRT TREASURY..
SALONIKA, Sept.: 24. The Revolutionary Committed are able against shares in State loans ured Tag-bonds and debentures exchange prior to July 1st. The subscriptions are receivable in France The offices of the Treasury are situated at the French beadquartera.
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STARVING: RUSSLANS FED BY VELLOW PRISONERS.
"A"Russian soldier, Philipp. Danilovich, who has been invalided home after being (Router's Service to the Ohma dail., taken prisoner, and kept a captivatin the
BOMBS DROPPED ON-
ESSEN.
PARIS, Sept. 24
German town of Kwellenburg, La A swben: statement of
ences whilst in the hands of this enemy
We suffered especially from
upite of the cruel.
and English (prisoners cur e both nations, in particula continued to feed entiraly to their
soche
he said; and had not the French. English rapported us from the quartition of estables which they A communiqué states that swa many of us would have died, especia French aeroplanes dropped twelve those who were sick bombe on Essen and returned safely
The Bight was one of 500 miles.
ZEPPELIN APPEARS AT, CALAIS
PARIS, Sept. 24. communiqué states that a Zeppelin appeared at Calais but indicted on REYOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS LEAVE retreated from a furious bombard who was
us Russia VENUS FOR THE FRONT,ment without dropping ane bombs.
Katters Seven of our aeroplanes dropped fifty bombs on factories a Rombach and Thouville,
viewed
SALONIKA, Sept. 24. A battalion of the Greek revolutionary army has left for the front.
The TRIGIC DEATH OF LWELL-KNOWN
BUBBER FLINTERAC
said,
was not a vivid flame lighting up the Veuszelos, who fp heavens 34 on the 3rd inst, but the reply to the question as to onlookers did not doubt but what it was going to Galonika: was a flaming Zeppelin and they temporary Bevolutionary cheered enthaastically said that he was
Messages from correspondanta at Government proposal with
An enemy seroplane, riddled by
coast of Essex describe the delight of the King had not heard tactical and necessary expenditure," the spectators at the destruction of an the people the latter must devise that bullets, came down at Pepper Hill. Ha uzges in the case of barrage that airship. Atque in the morning gunfire was beat to do. A long A Fokker, dived nose on into its own
the guns be fired in series allowing brought people from their houses to the present situation was intoler lines east pt 8€ Mihiel. options
A French pilot chased a German each series to cool. It seems that vantage plants from whence they Greece had already safered agonies
watched shishy making towards the owing to internal hardships cnosed for lity and
east and being held by concentrated a disastrous
neutralhad varian, incuraSOUT British merchlight, with shalls bursting in close estimated that the
proximity. The Conred, and all cost Greece 23,000,000 starling
M. Venerelos also depicted, Greece's profound lence
Sorry position after the war in the event participation, whiche
twelve bailes over the enemy lines in Lormma, killed a passenger and com pelled the machine to descend:
Another enemy machine came down in the Forest of Gamery. Two thers dive abnormally in their own ges after fights with
cannot
ordnance
compete with
mace
The Correspondent dwells on the thi of our
Gener
that good
withou
park was visible and; noon
to the top
* mass of
was successful though he
the
LONDON, Sept. 21 Mr. Charles Lampard has been found dead in his mansion in:Sasex with gunshot wound is the band
det drone
his son at the front
go the
The deceasedg war zw rabber pioneer):
to supply
BRITISH REPULSE. THREE –
„BRIDE
LONDON, Sept. 2 General Sir Douglas Haig Tepozta that three enemy attackswost
Boeufs have been repuls
There has been active
work an zeny points
ACTIVITY OF BRITISH AIRCRA
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Justice.m. the ti
hsa decreed that
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