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TELEGRAMS.
CONDENSED.
-GREECE WILL EXPEL SUBJECTS & FOREIGNERS OF PRO-GERMAN VIEWS. «GREEK PREMIER DECLINES TO SUBMIT VANIZELIST RESOLUTION TO KING.
THE PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE BRITISH NOW EXCEED ONE THOUSAND. SEVERAL GERMAN AEROPLANES WERE BROUGHT DOWN ON BRITISH FRONT. BRITISH AKROPLANES ON TWO OCCASIONS FIRED ON GERMAN TROOPS.,
IT WAS LIEUT, W. L. ROBINSON WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE ZEPPELIN. LIEUT. W. L. ROBINSON IS AWARDED THE V. C. FOR FELLING ZEPPELIN. LIEUT. ROBINSON NARROWLY ESCAPED FLAMING DEBRIS FROM ZEPPELIN.
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THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Strong Enemy Attacks Repulsed.
[Beater's Service to The “ Telegraph.”]
September 5, 3:45 pm.
A Paris commanique says:—A strong enemy panter-attack in! the region between Combles and La Foret was repulsed with beary losess by artillery and machine gun fire.
German attacks east of Belloy on Staterre were repulsed.
Marked Aerial Activity.
September 5, 5 30. p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a commaniq ze, etales:-Up to last evening the prisoners taken exceed a thouasad. The fighting at Ginehy continues.
Daring the 3rd inat, hostile aircraft showed great activity, and air-fighting was continuous. Enemy aircraft were forced to remain miles at the rear of the enemy lines, and entirely failed to interrupt the work of our machines. On two separate occasions our aircraft fired on troops. Three hostile machines were brought dowo, seemingly wrecked, and many others ware, diirea down damaged. One of our machines destroyed a kite-balloon. Two of our machines are missing.
Aeroplanes and Artillery Co-operating.
September 6, 1.50 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig's report adds that sixty more prisoners have Ebeen taken, notwithstanding the aufavourable weather, and that
our seroplanes have encoasafully co-operated with the artillery.
THE BALKAN SITUATION.
Greece and German Propagandists.
September 5, 8.00 p.m.
A Weak Excuse.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1916..
TELEGRAMS.
{EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
[Beater's Service to The Telegraph.")
September 4, 6.50 p.m.
The following steamers have been sunk-Swift-Winge, Kelvinia, Duart, Mascotte, Strath Allan (British), Farmatyr (Danish), Zecarend (Dutch), Gotthard and Setesdale (Nor- wegian).
THE BRITISH SUCCESSES IN EAST AFRIČA.
September 4, 7.30 p.m.
The official account of the capture of Dar-es-Salaat saya!--- We continue to pursue the main German forces south of Mrogoro. General Smuts' main body is near Matombo, on the eastern slopes of the Uluguru mountains. Smaller forces are pushing southwards through the hills, whilst westward, our mounted troops are pressing to the south-west to the fords of the Ruaka River is co-operation with a detach- ment of General Van Deventer's second division, which has reached Kikumi. General Northey has occupied Neui- ringa and is proceeding towards Mahenge, whither all the remaining German forces are endeavouring to retreat.
OBITUARY.
Death of Soldier M.P..
September 4, 8,20 p ̈m:, The death is announced of Colonel Duncan Campbell, Unionist M.P. for North Ayr,
Well-known French Colonel Dies. Colonel da Paty de Clam, who, was well-known in con- nection with the Dreyfus case, bas also died.
POWERFUL AUSTRIAN ATTACK REPULSED.
September 4, 10.45 p.m.
Reuter's correspondent at Rome says it is officially an- nounced that a powerful double enemy attack on Cauriol was arrested by the Alpini, who counter-attacked with bayonets and dispersed the enemy with heavy last
There were successful raids on the right bank on the Vojusan in Albania
KAISER AND THE THIRD its lofty military origin, the bear-
GUARD.
Speech of the Western Front.
The Press Bureau, communi cater the following text of a speech made by the German
ing of this regiment in battle has been blameless. My congratals- tione! [The commanding officer f the Lehr Infantry Regiment was taken prisoner at Bazentin le Petit on July 14]
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TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE,
More Ground Gained.
[Beater's Service 13 The "Telegraph."]
September 5, 1.15 a.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, says that north of Falfemont Farm we gained ground. Heavy fighting continues on this portion.
Sir Douglas Haig, in conclusion, states-The cacniy," who had counter-attacked our newly won position north-west " of the Mouquet Farm, was easily repulsed. There is nothing further to report beyond beary artillery actions between the Ancre and the Somme.
A Successful French Dush.
September 5, 3.00 a.m,
A Paris comunique states:-The battle of the Somme continued violently throughout the day with further advances. Fierce German.counter-attacks from Combles were smashed with heavy losses for the enemy. The French, south of the Somme, rushed an enemy front of twenty kilometres between Barleux and Chaulnes, and also of four kilometres near Chilly, which were carried. Three thousand, seven hundred prisoners were captured.
A Host of French Captures.
September 5, 3.25 a.m.
A Paris communique says the French progressed cast of Fleury. A fierco German attack gained a momentary footing at Chetois, but was inunediately driven out..
We made big progress east of the forest out-flanking Hopital Farm, occupying a height west of Marrierea Wood,
To-day's captures included a dozen machine guns. South of the Somme, the French attacks were splendidly sup ported by the artillery.
The French captured a German first line of trenches on the Barleux-Deniscourt front and established themselves on the outskirts of the village of Merny.
The village of Boyecourt was captured after a brilliant ‚assault.
Success in the Chilly district gave the French posses gion of "Boverningly, fortified. lines....
CULT OF THE WÀR FLIER.
Story of Remarkable Development.
"It was not until January of 1015 that I flew over troops in action. We were still unarmed, and we never did anything bal single fights.
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SMUGGLING AT
VLADIVOSTOCK.
New Occupation for Japanese.
There seems to have been a con Biderable infinx of Japanese into Vladivostock since the outbreak of the war, just as there has been of Rumians at Kobe and other Japanese porta. Recently, saya the Japan Chronicle the RamİRD anthorities ordered the closing of ill-fame taverne and houses kept by Japanese in the interior, and the Japanese population at Vladivostok has received D į additional expansion by the arrival of there undesirables. Perbape it is owing to the increase of the Japanese at the Russian port and the consequent lack of honest employment for them that it ja re- ported that a number of Japaness bave started the questionable on. copation of smuggling, which they are carrying on with a fair
· measure of success.
The modus operandi resorted to by them is very clever. or ccare they have confederates ... among the seamen, who, placing the goods to te smuggled in certain water-proof receptroles, deposit them in the water at pres (arranged places or leave, som
marks at the spots where the goods are deposited. At night Japanese go out in the harbour disguised as amateur fishermen and baal op the goode, put them into fish baskets, and thus muggle them successfully ashore, eluding the vigilance of the Customs...
Athough it is not known whether smuggling at Vladivos tock by the method described is going on eo extensively that it is known to everybody but the Customs choisie, the trick of fishing up goods from the bosteni of the water where they hars been purposely dropped, is by no means a new discovery. At al- most every plaos in a creek or on the sea-shore, where coal in taken into a lighter preparatory to its being carried to a steamer in the harbour, the oval carriera may be Paris. There is almost aecis found us at work for the lamp or two of coal now and then. "The fighting that followed in observed to let into the water a mach differance between aero-ret time as siguel Feouts for When the lighter moves' sway a And you, Colbergere! We plane work at the front now as sion in Champagne ou April 20 Est. Now I have brought you the war as there, is between Eng half tara or a full turn signify-of an implement contrived for Emperor to the 3rd Guard Divi have already met once in the compered with the beginning of artillery fire. We had a most boat comes along and fiabes up last, on its arrival from the over here. The teroism which land's contemptible little army" ing Fell short' or 'Too far over, the purpose, consisting of a beg complicated system of signalling, the coal. This is done by mesaN Eastern front: -
you have dieplased eball never and the Empire in arms that now I greet the several units com- be forgotten. You have dictated from the foe. posing the 3rd Guard Lofantry law, writ is iron, unto the enemy,
according to the case,
at the end of a long bamboo pole. "I shall never forget how we "At about much the same time. The coal fishing business would Division in the Western theatre who will not eoon forget the butt-felt at the news that was at hand, we began to try our bend at be more safe and remunerative of war. In the course of this end of your Pomeranian rifles.sid a French flying man who was bombing. We could not carry than searching for useless artillery campaign the 3rd Guard Infantry Siemikowo remains a glorious already an army aviator in 1914, more than four or five bombs, thella in a wide expanse of water, Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that the Government
Division has, to my great satis and honoured page in the annale and her seen all the various phases and neither we nor the enemy which is now so fashionable. has undertaken to expel, for the duration of the war, Greek subjects splendid deeds, such as are in battles in the Carpathians and
faction, bitberto performed of your regiment, as also the of the war up till now.
took it very seriously.
If the Vladivostock story is and foreigners whom the British and French Ministers have indicted conformity with its composition on the Z ricin. They will always ed at Belfort bardly knew how to 1915. We dashed about in most rights in Siberian waters,
"Those of us who were station-of the sort was at. Vimy in June, agitation for unrestricted fishing "The first time I did anything true, it will nok facilitate the as German propagandiste.
and its origin. The heavy battles be licked with the history of my hold ourselves back. Until hos-alarming style to frighten the in the Carpathian mountains, the "cockchafer" regiment. The tilities actually opened we were advance until the approach of Colbergers are the 9th Grenadier ordered never to get nearer thau aemy, but the Germans did not since then we thought we bad winter, the combate in the posi- Regiment, the third regiment of eight miles to the frontier, and it looked upon the whole affair as Verdon has taught us a lot,
seem to mind and apparently nothing more" tione held during the winter-all the division.]
to learn. Yet scroll in the glorious history of to this division, the cavalry and theas are inscribed on the long The other units which belong permitted to cross the line,
was not till Aagast 5 that we were
me sort of performance got up especially in the employment of the several regiments.
for their amusement. the artillery, but especially the real war flight. How childish idealy beard a
"I shall caver forget that fira The Fusiliers, with the excopartillery, Eave in these strenuous all eesme now! Our engines
"In the mides of it all, I sad-reguler aerial patrols,
Our seroplanes have changed. peculiar cracking and improved sa much as our tion of a deputation near Brza 6ghts given the infantry that would not let as fly higher than and. I thought some part of tactics, and whether we be called. zany, I have not seen since the assistance which in this war I about 3,000ft,, and as we passed my machine had given way, but upon to chase, to reconnoitre, to spring of 1914, not since the daye muat expect for my infantry with the fort of Vieux-Brissch all the when I looked round I found that regulate artillery are, or to when you were at Duberitz. You out fail.
German plane had emptied half bombard, we have specialista for have now displayed before the
a dezen rounds into me with it all, and machines to match.. The entire division has thus gana belched forth at as, missing enemy, ander all conditions, what been summoned by my orders to laughed. The Rhine seemed the quickfire replied with a And the more we have and the de by at least a mile, How we you have learnt to my intense this front in splendid condition easiest thing in the world to Pesting rifle that had been gives more we progress, the more we satisfaction and joy during the end with an excellent record of cross, and eo did the Black Forest. that was my first encounter in the come out on top."-Pall Mall we a day or two previously; and are convinced that the Allies will many years of peace. For this, aeactive service. It is now in the your one-time Brigade Command West to do its share in the great
** Pleasure" Trip. er, I exprees to you my high task in the overwhelming of our
**We had order to push as far When Aviators Fouad Ways. It was Lieutenant W. L. Robinson, of the Worcestere, now appreciation. In accordance with enemies. The for fights different-sa Fribourg, and to report on all "It was zot till the September attached to the Flying Corps, who brought down the Zappalin at my orders, you bave come from ly ever here; he is tougher, more we saw. There was nothing to offensive in Champagne that avia- Enfield on September 3. He has been awarded the Victoria Cross. the East to the West, you, the resisting, more adroit, mare report. Not a single column tion really found ita wings—and
He attacked the Zeppelin ander most dangerous and most "cockchafers" of the Army, to versatile, difficult airoamstances, flying for over two hours. He had previously herald to the enemy the approach native soil foot by foot, which we whole thing was
He is defending bis of troops did wo The its sting at the same time. But if Bijuu Theatre--9.15 p.m.
long aviation had found its emancipe-
Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.. altacked another airship.
of a martial spring season. [The must put to his credit. This to the pleasure trip. To signal where tion, anti-aircraft guns of Bo
Palisade Theatre--9,15 p... Guard Fusilier Regiment is nick resistants of despair, But it must we were to come down, the French laughing nature and other delen. New Hongkong Cinematograph named "The " Cockchafera" he broken. He has prepared his troops were formed up in sa im- sive mesenres came into employ.3.15 p.m. (Maikafer)]
own soup and now he must engit, mense square, of which the centre ment which made airmanship "The Bcampa" at Theatre The Lehr Infantry Regiment 1 and I look to you to see to it. May was formed by patches of snow-soything but fan.
Boyal.9.15 p.m. September 5,8.40 p.m. greet to-day for the first time in the appearenas of the 3rd Guard white sheets. We dropped to Towards the end of the same Lieutenant Robinson Was Faouting when the searchlights its present composition; it has fufantry Division convey to the 200ft. to throw our report over-mouth we carried out our first revealed the Zeppelin. He followed the invader for twenty miles, been evolved from the battalion enemy what sort of soldiers are board, and then went on our way real seroplane raid. There were and then signalled to the anti-aircraft gaps to cesse fire. They which is, so to speak, the prototype facing him, and may the good God again. But it took us an hour and forty-five of us, escorted by a light stopped within half a minute, whereupon the intrepid airman of my entire Army, which from who has stood by every one of you half again to get up to 6,000fa. chater. It was marvellous how 2000mplished the glorious exploit. The hero narrowly escaped the olden times has held the honour in many an hour of trial lead you German machine. For fua I pre and, yet we all came back safely "On our way back we passed a any of us got through: it alive, Aaming debris.
of guarding the King, bis House, to victory. May He lead you to the Lieutenant Robinson is 21 years of age, and was born at sud his family, and is in daily peace we all desire. I count on tended to Ere at him; as a matter despite the sambrous methode Folibetta, in India,
contact with his person, which is your help.
- of fact we had not as much as simplöyada mik the connecting link between the [All Three regiments of
of the revolver on-board, nor he either. The bombardment of Monastir, Guard and the Prussian Army na division have suffered heavily in Sach was army aviation at the in which I took part afterwards
whole. In conformity with this, the recent fighting,
outbreak of the war,
I was a very different offe
September 5, 8.00 p.m. Router's correspondent at Athens states that, antwithstanding the fact that "Tino" has completely recovered, M. Zaimis, the Premier, has declined to transmit the resolution passed at the Venezelist meeting, on the ground of His Majesty's state of health.
THE WRECKED ZEPPELIN.
Plucky Airman Gets Victoria Cross,
8 ptember 6, 3.10 p.m.
The Feat Described.
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