'- “German government ‘cannot hide : oe resulted in the. complete encircling THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 a be a as _@ MONDAY, SEPT. 18 | London: As a result of the re- cent smash by the British, along a six-mile front, Bruleaurs wood, Flers, High wood, Martinpuich ‘and Courcelette have fallen into our hands. The prisoners taken include 65 officers. six of whom were battalion commanders, Additional gains along a front of over a mile and a half were scored last night, when British _ traops took the *‘Danube”’ trench, a mile long,and captured further territory on a ,1000-yard front near Courcelette. The big battle is still raging. . Thousands of prisoners are being passed back through the British lines, _ For the first time the British are using the new armored cars, called '‘tanks’. © These remark- able motors can plow through fences, cross over stumps and ‘fallen trees,cut down small trees, cross shell craters and trenches, They: did tremendots execution and captured many prisoners. The “tanks’’ are declared to be! ‘a wonderful success. . Paris: Unsuccessful German counter-attacks were made on the positions newly won’ by French troops. North of the Somme we accomplished a further advance, north of Lepriez farm, where we took a system of trenches toa depth of 500 meters. This ad- Vance, in conjunetion with the British operations, marked the beginning of the movement to encircle Combles, There was lively fighting today east of the Bethune road and north, of Boue . chavesnes, which enlarged our positions, Yesterday the French took 400 prisoners. In one trench ~the bodies of .86 Germans were picked up.* The French have captured all trenches between "Vermandovil- lers and: ‘Demicourt on one side and Demicourt and Berny on the other. Saloniki: . The brilliancy. of the ’ Servian victory over the Bulgar-. ians is now apparent. -Routed on the Macedonian‘ front,;the Bulgar- ians are falling back if: disorder |; on Monastir. - ‘Their losses are enormous. ., A large number of}; _ Prisoners and 39 guns, ‘many of ‘large caliber, have been taken by the Servians. | The Servian army degeended ‘into the plain of Florina, where the cavalry demoralized the Bul- ; garians. ‘Franco. Russian troops, by a ‘swift movement, have cleared the Ostrovo region of the enemy for | - a. a distance of forty miles, - “London: ‘Berlin admits the defeat of the Bulgarians, ~ The - the defeats sustained on the _ ‘British‘and French fronts, Hin- ; denburg’ 8 appointment to gup- ' reme command means a fight. for Pe life. Gloomy excitement prevails * in. ‘the German. capital. >) TUESDAY, SEPT. 19 “Londons... The - new thrust by|"’ ; the French, south of the, Somme “pfvertin Northern France, ‘where e: important” allway” town. of} aulnes:, ia the objective, has “THE MINER WAR BULLETINS ifrom Argyo Castro, in Albania.: on the new French Positions, both north and south of the Somme, have been repulsed. ‘The enemy sustained enormous losses, two battalions being nearly wiped out, The French have taken 1200 prisoners and ten machine guns. TheyBritish are keeping up their forward push north of theSomme, scoring in their advances, An appreciable gain has been-made on the left hank, where the Brit- ish line has, driven further to- wards Le Sars along the Pozieres- Bapaume road, north of Martin- puich, mo Saloniki: A further advance by the Servian forces'on the western end of the Macedonian front is reported. The first and second line trenches of the Bulgarians at Karmakalan have been taken by the Serbs, who have crossed the Broda river. Heavy fighting continues in this sector, London: The defeat'of Turkish forces in a minor engagement on the Sinai peninsula, 65 miles east of the Suez. canal, is announced.. Rome; Italian troops have oc- eupied Palio Cresto, five miles London; In a raid by British naval aereplanes at St, Denis and Westrehom a large number of bombs was dropped with suecegs- ful results. One of our machines was forced to land in Holland. . Athens: Kalageropulog, - the new premier, made the following declaration today; ‘‘The new min- istry will follow a policy.of very benevolent neutrality towards the Entente Allies." Jle indignantly repudiated the suggestion that he is pro-German in his sympathies, The first load of Greek soldiers’ from Kavala arrived here today. Copenhagen: Norwegian news- |papers warn the Scandinavian |. public that there is a probability | " of increased blockade pressure against Scandinavia since Rou- mania joined the Allies, >. WEDNES,, SEPT. 20 London: "Heavy and continuous rain has falten i in Picardy during tha last twenty-four hours, cheek- front. The general situation-is unchanged. . ‘The Germans:attempted ' an of- fensive in the Champagne last night; ‘making five suecessive attacks on the Russian: troops. The jatter, with machine guns a| and artillery, fire, drove baek, each attack. . The British line has’ advanted |. a thousand yards on a‘one-mile ‘jand Neokazi, and their cavalry arriving here. reports encounter- ing a: German commerce raider in the Atlantic. . attack against the French in an offensive on'a three-mile: front in the region of Priez farm and Bou- chavesnes, north of Somme. the end-of the. day the French were everywhere’ holding. their positions | on a battlefield covered | with - German dead. penetrated part of Bouchavesnes, but the-French’ met. them: with the bayonet and the enemy wag dislodged with horrible slaughter. weather holds the opposing Bides f to artillery duels,. wee have captured a German trench on the southern slope of Dead- man Hill, Petrograd: Stubborn fighting is in ‘progress between Russian and Austro-German troops in the region of the Narapuvka river,in Galicia... All Teuton attacks on our line have been repelled © . . The .German general staff has been moved from the. western. to the eastern front, Paris: On the Macedonian front the Bulgarians made two eounter-attacks against the’ Ser- vians, without success, . Athens: In northwest Mace- donia, the Bulgarian forces are practically surrounded by Franco- Servian troops. The Bulgars are falling back precipitately on Mon- astir, ; It is reported that the Bulgar- iang are beginning the evacuation of Monastir. The archives are be- ing hastily transported to Uskub. ‘ London: Servian successes in the Florina region continue; The! Serbs have captured Krushnad have reached Rosna, ‘The ad- vance continues, ‘ London: It is stated in the most reliable diplomatic circles that the Austrians, in consequence of the Italian advanee, are pre- paring. for the evacuation of Trieste. Bucharest On the Roumanian north: and northwest fronts, along the Danube, skirmishes are’ re- ported, Artillery has been active at. Dobrudja since Sunday night. The Austrians have been beaten in two ehgagements ard have suffered heavy losses. Fighting continues, . Norfolk, Vas. a foreigh ship vey _ THURSDAY, SEPT. 21 London : The Germans on Wednesday made attack after At Germans . On the British front inclement Canadian wounded just arrived +Mans, ‘retreated, burning all villages in their-line of retirement, to tetard ship of the Greek revolutionary party. on all battlefronts except in the Balkans is unchanged today. adian attackat Courcelette :'was over, and. did nét anticipate the! second chgrge in which the place The Canadians took more than their own, number of prisoners in their swift charge through the village, Enemy losses at this point ‘were nearly 2000, Many . Canadians - have : been i. awarded the military cross. ; Amsterdam: “The: German ad- ministration in Belgium,’ haa’ in- was taken, Iieve: that’ the Gréek: government! ° has -sent an ultimatum to.Ger- many -and ° ‘Bulgaria demanding tha immediate return of the sol- diera taken ‘prisoner at’ Kavala, The. Entent® Allies refuse. to| recognize the new Greek cabinet, and ‘the Greek coast from thel. mouth of the Struma to : the Greeco-Bulgarian border is being blockaded as a reault. “Londony ‘In Macedonia the trend of the campaign appears to favor the Entente armies, The Servians continue their advance, along the western end of theline, ‘driving the remaining Bulgarians out of Florina and capturing. the highest peak in the Kaimakcalan range, north of Lake Ostrovo. . Petrograd: Fierce fighting in Galicia continues, marking a des- perate effort by. Von Hindenburg to pierce the Russian lines. ( _ FRIDAY, SEPT, 22} London: Bucharest advices| confirm reports that the great battle in the Dobrudja region, | ( which began last Friday, ended in the defeat of the forces of the central’ powers, after six days of fighting.. The struggle gradually’ increased in intensity until Tues- day evening, with the result that on Wednesday evening the Ger- Bulgarians and Turks, érushed by the Allied offensive, were forced to withdraw.. They the pursuit, A Rournanian force has entered Orderhei, fifty miles northeast of Kronstadl. - One fourth of Tran- Sylvania is ‘now in the hands of the Roumanian troops, ° ae ‘Greek military officials regard | . the capture of. the Kaimakaelan plateau by the Russians and Ser-/ | vians as the most important. event 7 Jin the present Balkan campaign. Venizelos may take the leader- London: The genéral situation The Germans thought the Can- troduced a: new. war tax, which q front,a powerfully fortified work |; known ag the Quadrilateral hav- ing fallen into the hands of the British troops. Progress hag alao been. made north of Flets.. Heavy} | counter-attacks on our new posi tions were repulsed, Fierce. fighting occurred: on {some . sectors of. the Perorine- + Bapaume road:. In the nelahborhocd of Riche: bourg l’Avoue.’ ‘we entered. the|: ‘enemy’s trenches in three places, ; fithe. Nillage. of Denicoyrt,.. Far- iér progress: was : ‘tnade by the 'Frendh’ "in. thi: ‘region. Aout attack ‘ by. the Germans) “Heavy tea: “ capturing prisoners’ and’ ama ching! © gun, and inflicting. many” ‘Our: casualties were allght.|' On the Verdun front the Franch {attack on the Gernian‘ front, The ’ On Sunday and. Monday. the French - tock more than 1600 German’ -prisonera i in the Denicourt sector... Sinee,: -yeaterday’ 8 report: five more: .of our aeroplanes: failed‘to return, ° yards of German: trenches. aaual: |! adva declare’ the ‘Britigh: will soon -be in a twelve mile stretch of open| ground/- when ‘Bome exciting | movements may: be expected, - Phillip, Gibbs, «war corwespon- dent’ says: “The. Canadians gain- ed great glory it’ their recent French-Canadians went away like wolves, though swept with gun fire and meeting stubborn resii- tance. es ‘London: 4 _Britiah brooyis snith | fof Arras: yeaterday, captured 200} ° “Parist ‘Determined attacks by on the, Franck: ‘poaltions | on. Hitt} 86, north of the’ Somme. enemy’ ‘Bained 8, oo ‘at some} id levied. on-banknotes. : have appeared on the Riga front, Seeretary Lans. = sing: ‘has informed the American committee: for -Armenian and Syrian‘ relief’ that: supplies ‘for the starving ‘populace of -those|; nationg ‘would . be distributed -by | the. 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