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"WEATHER FORECAST

RAIN.

Barometer 29.60,

September 26, 1916, Humidity

7468 BAHRA

Temperature.

62.m. 76

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TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 26,"

1916.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS..

CONDENSED.

ZEPPELIN RAIDERS WRECKED SHOPS AND HOUSES IN EAST MIDLAND TOWN. NO FURTLAR VADUALTIES ARE REPORTED IN THE LATEST AIR BAID. A ZEPPACIEJ W WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE IN A COUNTRY LANE. ONE OF THE CAPTURED ZEPPELINS IS PRACTICALLY UNDAMAGED. SERBIANS HAVE FURTHER PROGRESSED ON THE KAJKACKALAN PLATEAU. ENEMY AKROPLANKS BOMBED LUNEVILLE, DOING SLIGHT DAMAGE. FRENCH AIRMEN HAVE BOWBED RAILWAY STATIONS AND FACTORIES. MIKADO'S ENVOY HAS ARRIVED AT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL-HEADQUARTERS. ALPINE TROOPS HAVE TAKEN THE SUMMIT OF GARDFAL, 5,188 FEET HIGH,

"[All »Lelegrams appearing in larga type are the latest, having been received during the course of the day. Those in small type have come through over-night.]

THE AIR RAID.

Latest Details of Damage.

[Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."

Sptember 24, 8 25 p.m.

"The official statement on the air raid save that in the east- midlends town already mentioned, it is feared that two more bodies are buried beneath the ruins. Some damage was done to the railway station and a dozen houses and shops were wrecked. A -damaged chapel and a storehouse are on fire.

There are no other caualies outside the Metropolitan area, than those already reported, although a large number of borbi were dropped promiscuously on the visited districts.

The material damage is insignificant.

Namaraos bombs fell into the sea and on open places.

IN THE BALKANS..

Further Serbian Progress.

September 24, 10,50 p.m.

Beuter's correspondent at Salonion statee that the Serbiana have further progressed two hundred and fifty yards on the platono of Kajmackalan, despite resistance by re-inforced Bulgara.

THE CAPTURED Zeppelin crew.

Taken Prisoners in Country Lane.

September 25, 12.30 p.m. The detailed story of the fate of the Zuppelin which came -down close to a seaside cottage sãde that the Germane marched off inland emptying their revolvers at the sky. People now poured into the roads, and special constables and village police, both awheel and sfoot, burried to the scene.

Ons special constable, meeting a detachment, barred the way and said "Here, what's ap? ", sad a deep voice replied "Which is the way?". The special, thas confronted in the darkoems by a force of fo.eigners, indicated the road, bat followed till he was joined by village constable and another special. All three told the Garmans that they were prisoner.

The German commander obeyed, and, a patrol of soldiers arriving, the Commander revealed bin identity and asked to be allowed to go to the nearest Post Office to telephone someone in London whom he would inform to wire that he was safe. This re- qusit was refused and the Germans were marched off into captivity. All this occurred in the darkness of a country lane.

The Zeppelin to-day blocks the road, dwarfing the trees and buildings. It is stated that she ie p-sotically andamaged and her engines in perfect order. She was obviously hit many times by sbella.

A search has discovered guns, maps, moles, instructions, telegrams, parts of machinery and German food lying in the fields, these being throws out before the descent.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

French Aerial Work..

September 25, 6.10 p.m. A Paris communique says:-Enemy seroplanes bombed Luneville. A woman was slightly injured, but there was only insignificant damage.

An aeroplane was felled north of Misery and three others were aeriously damaged and obliged to land.

French seroplanes bombed the village and station of Gaiscard, factories at Thionville and Bombach and the railway station st Audun le Roman. Firs broke out at Rombach.

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AN ITALIAN SUCCESS,

September 25, 9.65 p.m.

An official sanouncement issued in Rome says -Alpine troops have taken the sùmmit of Gardfal, 8,180 feet high, to the north-east of Mount Cauriol. The enemy stubbornly resisted. The positions have been strongly consolidated, notwithstanding an immediate bombardment by the enemy's heavy artillery.

RUSSO-JAPANESE AMITY.-

September 25, 11.15 p.m.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

TWO ILL-FATED ZEPPELINS.

How and Where They Fell.

[Beuter's Service to The "Telegraph."}

September 25, 12.60 p.m.

Details of the fate of the two Zeppelins brought down in Essex show that one fell blazing in a field close to the high road. It struck a tree, tearing off branches and pärtly breaking ita fall. The debris was piled up in a great mass 16 feet high. In falling the Zeppelin emptied out 35 bombs. Some of the crew evidently jumped from a great altitude, as their bodies, including the Commander's, were found as far as a mile away, with necks broken. The police and troope aro guarding the wreck. Crowds are visiting it,

The second Zeppelin came down close to a cottage near the coast. Watchers were aroused by the drone of the en- gines, and saw the Zeppelin lumbering seawards at a height of 300 feet. Then suddenly. it turned inland and foated down, scraping the tree tops until it settled to earth. Then curses came from the gondolas, and some guttural English. The crew clambered out and the Commander thundered at the door of the cottage, but no one answered. All conferred, and then three explosións occurred, smashing the windows.

GREEK NATIONAL CRISIS.

New Note to Berlin.

September 25, 4.30 am. Renter's correspondent at Athens. states that the Gov- crament bas addressed a new note to Berlin with regard to the Bulgarians' capturing a company of Greek soldiers at Florina.

National Movement Extending.

September 25, 5.05 w.m. Telegrams from Athens indicate that the national move- meat is extending. Army officers, escaping the vigilance of the authorities, are gunstautly arriving at Salonica, and their number already exceeds three Lundred. Several were arrested in the act of leaving various ports. Other volun- teers are steadily flowing into Salonica.

The crew of a Greek steamer at, Salonica motivied and banded the vessel to the 'National Committee for the trans- port of troops.

A telegram from Heraklion (Crete) to the Government states that the military attacked demonstrators and several were killed and wounded in the fighting, but the revolutionaries captured the town and abolished the civil authorities. The gendarmes "ided with the revolutionaries, who are preparing "to enter Candia. The whole of the rest of Crete is in the

hands of the revolutionaries.

Crete Controlled by Insurgents.

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September 25, 11.20 .m. Reuter's correspondent at Athens reports that 30,000 insurgents completely control Crete. The authorities have surrendered all the Government buildings.

A PLOT THAT FAILED.

September 26, 1913,

Temperature 6 a.m. Humidity

80-2 p.m.-BS

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TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

Enemy Attacks Repulsed.

[Renter's Service to The “Telegraph."]

September 25, 2.20 a.m. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:--South of the Ancre three enemy attacks west of Les Boeufs have been repulsed with loss. There has been active artillery work at many points. Five raids have been made by our airmen on railway stations and enemy communications, doing great damage.

Five hostile machines were destroyed in the air fighting Jesterday and two others were driven down damaged.

Five of our machines are missing.

Body-to-Body Struggle.

September 25, 6.25 ́a.m.

The "Times" correspondent at Headquarters reports:— The British on the Somme less week won the greatest. success of two and a half months fighting, capturing a German Staff map which shows eleven points marked Vital, on no account to be lost." We captured all. The whole ridge is a continuous chain of fortresses.

There has been a conseless body to body struggle for tea weeks. The actual territory won is 33 sq. miles, but if all the lines of fortresses could be strung endwise they would reach several hundred miles.

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The expenditure of artillery and ammunition by both aides must have been twenty-five million rounds.

IN THE BALKANS.

Rumania's Hold on Transylvania.

September 25, 4.30 a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Bukharest states that the occupations of „Szekelyudvarhely assures the Rumanians of possession of one third of Transylvania, 20,000 sq. kilometres, and enables the shortening of the Rumanian front in Transylvania from 800 to 300 kilometres.

Big Haul of Prisoners.

September 25, 9.30-8.m.

A Bukharest communique reports:-

On the northern front, in the Caliman mountains, the advance continues. Seventy-three, prisoners and a machine gun were captured.

At Hermanstadt we attacked the enemy, capturing four officers, 300 men and five machine guns.

In the Jiu valley partial enemy actions were repulsed and two machine guns captured.

The total number of prisoners captured on this front so far is 49 officers and 6,834 men.

At Dobrudja our left flank progressed, capturing an officer and 33 men.

$35 PER ANNUM,”

INDIAN TRAIN THEFTS.

Details of Several Offences.

Allahabad, Angum 18. Assaults on and thefts from Indica travelling alone on running | trains have been frequent in the s

United Provinose lately and there is an insistent demand being made that

more premsationa should be taken by the railway authorities for the protection of PRMANCENE..

A correspondent of the Pioneer gives details of severe); of these effences. In at least one of theme cases the lady, who was the..... viotim, was very seriously injur ed. The correspondent writes :-

If precautions are being taksa to prevent a recurrence of there' crime, then the public are antit- led to know so that the justifiable anxiety on the part of worsen travelling upon the railway may bo allayed. Some of these an- zsults have been given publicity, such as that which occurred when the wife of a Government official was attacked on the Slet July between Bous and Hardoi,

There are others which have not attracted much wide notios. On the 6th July « Lady Missiɔn- ary travelling from Kathgodam to Aligarh was awakened by finding a man in her carriage, who was trying to remove her puree from under her pillow. She rainly pulled the alarm cord and shouted for assistance, but help was not forthcoming and as the train pulled into Badaun shortly after, the miscreant escaped mot before her trunk, however, had been removed.

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On the night of the 20th June another lady travelling alone to Sitapore from Kathgodam in a second class onrriage was alarmed to discover a man attempting to anter her carriage just as the train was leaving Bajbepura. Fortunately her curriage was near the brake-van and the brakesman transmitted her alarm but the istrader had ample time to escape before the train stopped.

Your renderà 'will probably recall the case of the lady who was attacked and robbed still earlier in the season.

Binos publicity was given to the 'occurrence there are four recurrences of similar type which I know to have occurred this sOLA“ on on the railway,

At the last meeting of the Wo men's Christian Temperance Union beld at Naini tal it was resolved to petition Government and the railway authorities co- cerned to make a recurrence of these assaults imposible by (1) removing footboards along the length of passenger curiegos, (2) services. On learning that the you, and you must dö as you like." **** What's the matter?"

he insisting that alarm cords be in lady intended to embark for On arrival at Borgen the Par. asked the captain. "Why, we working order and always in together with the Parliamentary that they were to sail to England, 'clock." England in the steamer Jupiter, liamentary Delegation Issroad ought to have arrived at 8 working contact with those con- trolling the train, (3) making Delegation, the German became not in the Jupiter, bat in another **Quite right," answered the police constables travel with all distarbed and began to disaande vessel; but what hed cansed this English sesman," bat during the pawonger trains.

informed.

ahenge our course."

about the steamer by which our "Submarine?" asked Shin- journey was proposed, and lastly, garer.

"Yes," the captais answered fish counter-reconnaissance in atill about our route, Bat the Eng laconically.

Shingarov while standing a fow

better organized,

Plan to Selze Russian Delegates, The Russkor Slovo, on the basis of accounts asupplied by M. the Russian lady from under change the Delegates were no: oight I got orders by wireless about the day of our deparature, Milinkov and Shingarov, describes taking the journey as planned.

how the Germans elaborately "At any rate, don't go by the On the appointed day the Per planned to capture the members Jupiter," he urged. I have liamentarians were put aboard of the Russian Parliamentary precise information that the Royal yacht converted into so Delegation en route to England, Garman Admiralty has decided, auxiliary warship. Right and left and how the plot was cleverly with the help of submarines, panted torpedo-boats, and under

Our course was chingai.. We frustrated by the British authorito seize the Jupiter and take their convoy the yacht put out minutes on the captain's bridge went, not by the Jupiter, but on a ties at the last moment. prisoner the Rumian Parliament into the open sea. Daring the noticed strange phenomenon. craiser, and we landed, not st When the members of the Imary Delegation. You can under-whole day the vessel constantly The craiser was going ahead Newcastle, bat in the north of perial Dams and Council of the stand yourself (smiled the Ger- changed her course, and at mid fairly rapidly, but peculiarly, in Scotland, and reached London and Empire landed at Bergen, the old can complacently) what Homeric night came up with a huge British zigga.

Paris, not Berlin. Such is the Norwegian captain grumbled to laughter would go up from all cruiser. Oar Parliamentarians "Our cruiser," the captain ex- history of how the Germans pro- Shingarev, "Here we

are. A Europe if the members of the changed into this warship and plained to the puzzled Shingarev, posed to amuse Europe, and how second time I'd hardly consent Imperial Dam and Council of under the British fig puremad "does 22 knots an hour, while nothing came of it.-Times, to take such dangerous and re- the Empire, instead of travelling their journey.

submarine cannot do more than

"hip." sponsible freight on board my to their friends, and Allies in "When shall we be at New-10. The Germans can't overtake

London and París, should and-castle?" Shingarer saked them.

But, knowing our route, Ibey Shinger miled, recalling!denly appear in Berlin." how only in April. on the way The Russian lady, upset by this

captain of the craiser.

can stand sorosa 'At 8 a.m.,” was the reply. path, and on the craiser's from Bergan to England, the report, immediately implored Shingerov paced the deck for approach fire a torpedo into her, Germans arranged to capture the Miliukoy not to travel by the short time, and then retired to But with sigzag movement, Russian Parliamentary Delegs Jupiter. Miliakov shrugged his his cabin and slept soundly. On when I chenge my course esgk tion, and how nothing came of it. shoulders, and said that it was swaking he looked at his watch time, it's pretty hard for the Ger

En route from Stockholm te aos in his power to alter the and was smezed to find the hour mans to hit me.

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatra-9,15 p.m.. Victoria Theatre-3.15 p.m. Palisade Theatre-9.10 p.m. New Hongkong Cinematograph.

15 p.m. Theatre Royal. Howitt Phillips Co. present "Pag a' My Heart"; 9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.

Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoris Theatre-9.16 p.m.” Palisade Theatre---9.18 p.zz. New Hongkong Cinematograph

Bergen in one of the coaches with itinerary already arranged. 9 a.m. According to the captain's After a fairly long; arney the Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says the Mikado's Envoy the Bussian Parliamentarians But he advised the Russian statement, the craiser ought a Rossian Parliamentarians, instand has arrived at the Imperial Henigaatiors and has been received travelled a certain Russian lady lady, so as to avoid unpleasant ready to hara boen lying at anchor of Newcastle, were safely landed with the highest honours,

| who way proceeding to Bwitzer-ness, not to embark in the same $1 Newonstle (properly speaking, at the most noribera point of **Speeches delivered at a luncheon dealt with Russo-Japanese lead. On the way an unknown steamer.

not at Newcastle, but at a small Scotland, near the Orkney relations, and were conabed in the most cordial terms - The Taar} German took a seat beside her, On parting from his fellow port several dozens of versts north falanda. gaid a tribute to the services rendered by the Japanese Government and convarmtion quickly ensued. psamenger at Bergan the German thereof),

The Germans,spoladed Shin-)-9.15 p.m. regarding the applying of munitions for the Russian Army, The German bore himself like once more warned her," Be- Shingarey hurriedly dressed, garev, to do them fastipe, have Thestre Boya

gentleman, and cared his member," he said, " that I have ran on deck, and saw belom him an admirable scouting service, Philipps Company Fellow passenger a thousand small talalled my duty. I have warned: the open ses

Que foes ware sccurately informed quianeya", 9,15

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