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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

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_ THURSDAY, SEPT. 21

London : The Germans on
Wednesday made attack after

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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. Red Cross: and Re Crescent, 's
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permission of” the Turkish ‘Bove
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