_ Says the situation to the north of

just ‘made public, dealing with
» the operations in France on Tueg-

” have taken exceptionally ‘strong
a . bemb-proof, shelters, several hun:

_ dred.yards in ‘extent,
: Baten the German second line the

_ others destroye

_ on the enemy east of Loos.
' offensive is progressing.

. enemy reacted only feebly against

_ and the village and hillock of

_ tured from: the enemy exceeds

THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915:

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te fob CARE be Tore

GEE

THE MINER WAR BULLETINS

(Continued

The British official statement] of Maasiges, and prisoners taken
told briefly of heavy losses in-| include Germans recently brought
flicted on the Germans north-|back from the Russian front,

_ west of Hulloch, where heavy according to the French official

from Page One)

Austria.

French Hold New Ground
Paris: - Continuous fighting has| frontier,

Servia is reported to have 600-| that losses in the week's fighting
000 men in the field and is pre- have been staggering,.
pared to meet any offensive from

- Hostilities in Balkans
Turin: Several clashes have
- occurred’ on the Servian-Bulgarian
At Tritchouke a Bul-

German counter ~ attacks were| statement issued last night, Aj been in progrésg all day on the|garian patrol attacked'-Servian

carried out during the day.

Berlin maintains that by means regs in the Argonne.
In the Champagne there ig no/ have maintained all their posi-
-|tions, aecording to. the: official|ing and erecting barhed. wire on
issued by the the frontier...

of counter-attacks the Allies’

- drives have been checked, with |interruption to the fighting.

Progress continuesin the Artois| communication.
region, where the French cap-| French war office. last night,
tures include Hill 140, the highest] The text of the statement follows:|0f Macedonia ifthe Greeks will
“Throughout the day battles|join the Serviarisagainst Bulgaria.
‘have continued on the heights of
North of Massiges 1000. un- Souchez and Vilya ahd we ‘haye| Bulgaria.
maintained all the new positions

loss, but as the Germans make
no claim of having recovered the
ground taken from them, the
indications are the Allied gains
on Saturday and Sunday have
been maintained and at some
places improved, and that the
fighting has reached the stage of
vicious attack and counter-attack
which may persist for-weeks.
It is estimated that the prison-
ers captured by the Allies during
the rush will reach a total of more
than 28,000, but this is offset to
some extent by the German claim
that nearly 7,000 French and
British fell into their hands,

Heavy German Losses

London: A communication made
public here last night says:

“Northwest of Hulloch we re-
pulsed a number of counter-at-
tacks and inflicted heavy losses
Our
Our
captures now amount to 53 officers
and 2,800 men, and 18 guns. and
32 machine guns. The enemy
abandoned a considerable amount]:
of material which has ‘not been
classified yet,

Fighting Continues -

Paris: The. French official
Statement made public last night

Arras remains unmodified and
fighting in the Champarne con-
tinues. The statement adds that
the Germans began an offensive
in Argonne, but it was completely
checked, and that-the German
losses were heavy.

“To the north of Arras the

the new positions occupied by aur
troops, The number of prisoners
taken in that region exceeds
fifteen hundred. Ip Champagne
our troops: are at present on a
a front taken Lefore the second
position of the German defences
marked Hill No. 185, to the west
of the Navarrin farm, the Souain-
hillock, the Tree of Hill No. 198

Talure,
““Phe number of cannon - cap-

seventy field guns and heavy
pieces, of which twenty-three
were captured by the British.”

[ WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29 - |

y,

: ' More Trenchea Taken
London: An official statement

day, says that in the heavy
fighting’ around Loos the British

German. lines of trenches’ and

Having

machine guna:

point of the Vilny range, with
300 of the Prussian guard,

wounded Germans surrendered.
Including killed, wounded and| captured,
prisoners, the losses of the Ger-

four days exceed 120,000 men.
- Many Huns Drowned _
Petrograd: Areport which hag
been confirmed from a good quar-
ter is that the forty-first German
army corps was overtaken by the
flooding of the Pripet marshes,
and, being unable to escape,
nearly the whole corps perished.
British Submarines Active
’ Stackholm:
heard off the, southern coast of
Sweden early yesterday, The
fog was so dense that incoming|
skippers could not see what was
oceurring, but-it is believed that
Germen warships were enraged
with British sebmarines attempt-
ing to enter the Baltic.

Tn the Balkans
London:
ported that railway traffic _be- firg, -
tween’ Bulgaria ‘and Roumania
has been stopped.

hold out.

of Massiges.

Petrograd:

reads: '

fire, |

plan is to attack Servia within fire.
fifteen days,
ed to join the invasion,

of their transport,

C THURSDAY, SEPT. 30° aw)

‘Wilhelm Takes Command ”

chintze.”’

‘In Champagne the struggle | is | Bulgaria.”
mans in the operations of the last| still - violent ‘before the positions; wounded in. a conflict: with the
, to which the enemy have fallen, military police.
back ag well as for the reduction
of a salient to the north of Mesil,

where parties of Germans. still] have attended the Russian opera

We have made prog- tions, the Germans being pushed
ress on the slopes of the Tahure back twenty-five miles,

hill and in the neighborhood of |.
the village and also to the north
A bombardment of
of some intensity on both sides
has developed in the forest of
‘Heavy firing was Apremont,””

Russians. Capture Trenches
’ The official state- German,
ment from headquarters lastnight

“In the region of Kouporchine
Athens des-lon the Stripa, west of ‘Tarnapol,
patches say the-Austro-German there was progressive artillery

In the course.of the terrible}
Bulgaria is expect- fighting the Russians occupied brigade, reported that theengines

enemy’s trenches and alxo.one of and apparatus were in good: con-
The Greek government has his fortitied positions west of | dition.
released Sikhs and Ghurkas who Chodae Zekow.
had been interned on the sinking] of a further offensive the Russians there havirig been no serious fires,
| tushed to the attack, after strong |
artillery preparation, and clearing vineial government for a contri- |.
the entanglements, captured the | bution to the funds of the: organ:

enemy's trenches east of Koup- ization.
A “request for. the’ election. of .

fire ‘Wardens’ for: the ‘town waa);

‘In continuation

heavy artillery action is in prog-| heights between Souchez and |Sentries ‘and- Bulgarians crossed
Vilya, where the Allied forces|into Servia, . =

Bulgarian troops are entrench-
Servia has offered Greece; parts

-Roumania is mobilizing against

‘Anti-Teutonie riots have ‘0c.
curred in Sofia, the capital of
Many. were killed and

War Notes’
Petrograd: Further auccesses

-Rome: On the Austrian front
additional gains: by. the — Ttalian|
forces are reported,

Paris: The number of Austro-
German troops - concentrated on

the Servian frontier i 1s: estimated
fat 600, 000. Of these 330, 000. are

Saloniki: The ‘Germans are
employing. 39,000 laborers to

“The village of Nowo strengthen the Tehatalja (Euro-
Alexiniee was thrice attacked by | pean Turkey) fortifications, -

the enemy on Tuesday under ; 2
cover of.a hurricane of artillery F IRE ASSOCIATION ‘=

The enemy was repulsed}:
on every occasion. by the Russian
It. is unofficially re- concentrated artillery. and. rifle

ANNUAL MEETING |:

Organization for” ‘the. season
was the chief - business: at the
annual meetiniz of Hazelton: Fire
Association; held in St.: Andrew's.
Hall on ‘Tuesday’ evening,

RS. ‘Sargent, chief of the fire

The year had been a
fortunate ‘one. for . the brigade,

It .was decided to ask the pro-

Paris: .Hurried f rom the east-
ern. front’ by special: train, the ‘e

FRIDAY, ocr. i

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~y addressed: ‘to Government Agent
I Hoskins,” oe

Kaiser has-taken command of the
German defensive in Champagne
where the French loday pene-
trated the second line of defence,

London:

storm after a terrific bombard-

pared the way.

being consolidated. -
‘Only a Beginning
_ London: The general belief is| ments,
-|that the Allied advance. in the

Battering the Enemy: ” #°
fhe French are bear-| listed, ‘the secrétury’s Teport was) ¢.
ing tlie brunt of thé fighting i in not.: “presented, “but - will ba: ‘con-| 8
carrying the German trenches by | the: ‘west today, ‘sweepitig the| Sidered:at an adjourned meeting;
second German line in Champagne | tO be held next Tuesday evening, |
ment by 500 big guns. hid: pre- with a terrific artillery fire, their | at 8:30. -
All gains: arefaviators dropping:bom be on rail-

- _| ways and stations, preventing the president, R. E.-Allen vice-presi- |

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The company. ‘eaptains : “and sec-|

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