St. John's Daily Star, 1916-09-05

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 gfl!00 t>er annum tuesday september 5,1916 price one cent n0.4 10(o big gains for russians captured 385 officers 1,902 men 76 machine guns and seven bomb mortars hi ; rograd sept 4—the russians aye broken across the niovka river the western tributary of the zoka-lipa and seized the position of the austro-german troops the war office announced today they took 2,72 prisoners and six machine guns ru.-sian forces in the carpathians the announcement says have captured the vhoie series of mountain heights and are advancing to the hungarian frontier the russian army in the caucasus has made further progress the war office reports pushing forward south of the river elleu they captured 544 turks between thursday and sunday troops under the russian commander general brusiloff captured 385 offi cers and 1,902 men of this number 11 were german officers j and 1,300 german privates twelve cannon 76 machine guns and seven bomb mor tar were taken successful air raids by british in belgium london sept 4.—two more british air raids over belgium have been made successfully it is announced of ficially to-day in the following state ment on saturday the ship-building yards at hoboken near antwerp were suc cessfully bombarded by naval aero planes on saturday an enemy aerodrome at chistelles 11 miles south of burges was bombarded with effect by a large squadron of our machines * all re turned safely in both cases hun count on britain count yon reventlow says great britain's successes are due only to a smaller degree as regards her military aspect—what has put britain where she is apart from her insular position is her tenac ity and stubbornness"—tells the germans outcome of war depends on whether they arc stronger in this respect than british threats and retaliation are worse than useless gerlin sept s.—count ernest yon reventlow writing m the deusche j tages zcitung says the chief elements of great britain's successes in all wars is in a military aspect due only to a j larger or smaller degree but politically and economically and to the limits of her resources they are due to her stub bornness and tenacity it is these qualities apart from her insular position that have made her what she is for this reason it is not only futile for us germans but on the contrary it leads to results exactly the reverse of those hoped for to indulge in threats and similar talk we find such threats in dr paul rohrbaichs latest article he speaks about the destruction of london by zeppelins in case britain should re fuse to revert to old international law the idea of the destruction of lon don is by no means unpleasant to con template but to speak of these and similar things publicly after the man ner of the ancient precepts is particu larly in view of the british character worse than useless indeed we must fully recognise the importance of the anglo-saxon tenac ity and energy since the outcome of the war will depend entirely on wheth er or not we are stronger than the british in these respects ft vk ikisk ia fd capture hun defences on 3,000 yard front london sept 4.—as a result of the fighting yesterday north of the river somme in france says a british offi cial statement issued to-day british troops captured german defences on a 3,000 yard front for an average depth of 800 yards including the village of guillemont the whole of ginchy at first was captured but the britsih were compell ed to give ground retaining a hold on part of the village despite the heavy counter-attacks in the course of the night more than 800 germans were taken prisoners enemy counter attack was easily repulsed london sept s.—an official state ment from general headquarters issued to-night reads this morning the enemy made a counter-attack against our newly won positions northwest of morquet farm he was easily repulsed north of falfemont farm our troops gained further ground during the after noon heavy fighting continues on a portion of our front beyond heavy artillery actions be tween ancre and the somme there is nothing to report 29 villages captured since offensive began paris sept s—the capture of soyec hurt and chilly by the french yester day makes a total of 29 villages taken since the start of the offensive on the somnte front positions wrestled from the germans yesterday were powerfully organized at barleux one of the strongest pos itions on the front repeated direct at tacks were unsuccessful and the french finally resorted to a turning movement attacking to the southwest the germans counter-attacked no less than six times yesterday in a des perate effort to regain the lost ground mmmmmmm freddie welsh still champion colorado springs colo sept 5 freddie welsh retained his title as champion lightweight pugilist of • the world to-day after going the full schedule twenty rounds with the chal lenger charlie white of chicago the referee awarded welsh decision on points ; ' r , i g.e.a port is captured british naval and land forces captur ed dar-es-salaam most important seaport german east africa ondon sept s.—an official ger man east african statement says the british naval forces in co-operation with the troops from bagamoys saa dani are now occupying dar-es salam south of matomobo 100 miles west of dar-es-salaam pursuit of the ger man forces continues southeast the main body the statement adds is in the region of matomobo in the eastern slope of the ulquru mountains lieut col vander-ventcr in com mand of the british force reached ki kumi 42 miles south of kilossa brig adier genl northey head of another british force occupied neucringa dar-es-salaam is the most import ant seaport of german east africa and before the war was the residence of the governor it contained a military station it is on the indian ocean about 275 miles below the frontier of british east africa the town evidently fell before the british column which had been push ing down the coast one of several of the expeditionary forces sent out by the british french belgian and portu guese which gradually are surround ing the remaining german forces dar-es-salam captured london sept 4.—dar-es-salam the chief town in german east africa surrendered to the british this morn ing this was officially announced to day dar-es-salam is a seaport and military station with a population of 24,000 has a good harbour and is the terminus of an important caravan route of philadelphia farm loan comissioner and executive head of the national farm loan board was a reporter for six years after his gradu ation from the university of pennsylvania was a lawyer for the next eight years then became a member of a banking firm in 1911 he decid ed to retire from business in order to make a further study of social and economic questions in which he had become deeply interested at the request of mayor blankcnburg he accepted in december 1911 the direc torship of the municipal department of wharves docks and ferries later he became a director and deputy chairman of the federal rcse:ve bank of philadelphia he is now actively identified with a number of c : vic nci philanthropic boards geo w norris ** nfld schooner was abandoned schr maggie u.,capt kennedy picked up at sea she had been on fire and was partly burned jjorth sydney n.s sept 5 the schr maggie u capt kenne dy which left here friday with a cargo of 280 tons of coal for new foundland ports was picked up aban doned two miles off the coast by a fisherman and taken into ingonish examination of the abandoned craft revealed the fact that she had been on fire the cabin was partly burned mainmast was scorched and everything in the forecastle gone a dory remained on deck but the large boat was missing indicating the manner in which the crew had taken their departure there was no sign of the missing crew it is thought possible that they may have been picked up by a passing steamer and taken up the gulf or else where the schooner was owned at st john's nfld and probably 5 men be sides the captain were aboard to to king ferdinand is same qoward king of bulgaria sleeps in cellar to avoid dangers of airmen—same cowardly act in balkan war f ondon sept s—xing ferdinand of bulgaria says a despatch from zurich sleeps in the cellar to avoid danger from allied aihnen belonging to saloniki armies the despatch adds that the king's alleged fear is similar to the cowar dice he displayed in the balkan war of 1912-1913 when he earned the con tempt of his staff w freight traffic normal new york sept &. freight traffic on all railroads entering new york interrupted by the embargo and due to the fear of a stride is moving again today on a normal schedule two small vessels sunjp london sept 4.—the british steam er swiftwing and the french barken tine general archinant both small vessels have been sunk to to to to to to to bulgar attack repulsed salonika sept 4.—bulgar troops have made another attack in mace donia from west of lake ostrova this is announced at the french army head quarters to-day the attack was re pulsed by serbians > fierce battle south op kovel southwest of lemberg russians cap tured 2,721 prisoners and six machine guns petrograd sept 4.—the russians have captured a series of heights in the carpathian mountains and woods on the hungarian frontier it is offi cially announced to-day in the last four days of fighting 19,405 prisoners have been taken including 1,311 ger mans the booty includes 13 cannon 76 machine guns and a number of bomb-throwers in the region of brzezany southwest of lemberg the russians captured an enemy position and took 2,721 pris oners and 6 machine guns a fierce battle has developed south of kovel near vladimer-volynski southwest of baronovitchi the at tacks of the enemy were repulsed tototototototo prem zaimis assumes dictatorial powers athens sunday seizing the op portunity offered by the presence at piraeus within gunshot of athens of a large fleet of the entente nations premier zaimis assumed unobstrusively what amounts virtually to dictatorial powers all is now in readiness for the final act to end the neutrality of greece tototototototo retarded by bad weather paris sept 4.—operations on the i somme front have been retarded by bad weather in a new action fourteen guns have been captured by the french prisoners continue to arrive at the rear east of the meuse on the verdun front the french yesterday took 460 prisoners lsk airships raid rumanian coast bucharest sept 4.—the rouman ian war office announced to-day that roumanian troops have occupied bor szek and seikeli in transylcania the teutonic and bulgarian , allies have been repulsed at bajjardkik in do brudja and elsewjj^e attacks along the whole frontier between dobsudja and bul l a raid by three jiostile hydroplanes upon the city of jorotanza on the rou manian coast of the black selh with the wounding of several civilians and children is announced tototototototo the schr yyaterwitch sails today for blanc sablony-jwwjpiikes a cargo of salt and other supplies and will load fish for europe genl von kluck reviews allied somme offensive german general who was opposedto general french in the battle of the mons gives german view for pub lication of the british offensive in the somme region—claims english losses are greater than the germans gives credit to kitchener for eng land's magnificent army—would not express any views about lord french says end of war will come suddenly ——_~_. j ~ - the allies great offensive on the som me developing into one of the greatest battles in the world's history began on the morning of july i exactly eight - zvceks ago today from general alex ander yon kluck one of germany's greatest leaders in the early days of the war who was compelled to retire because of wounds the united press has ob tained tip german viezv of the results of the cigft weeks of fighting included in that fart of the battlefront under gen erafh'on kluck's command was the som nd district zvhere the allied offensive jias been under way by carl iv ackerman . united press staff correspondent special gcrrespondence of the st john's daily star trausberg germany august 26 in eight weeks of tremendous effort with lavish expenditure of hu man flesh and blood and ammunition the allies not only have failed to break the german line on the somme but have not even badly bent it general alexander yon kluck who command ed the german right in the great ad vance to the gates of paris told the united press today in eight weeks of fighting they have gained a few kilometers at terri ble losses said the german war hero the english have accomplished no thing they have.only ex:x>sed them selves to our counter-attack which will certainly come we were seated in the smoking room of wilkendorf castle near strausberg before us was a map of the somme battle line general yon kluck ' first explained the positions held army when he was in commanjh'on this front before he the territory the now trying to break through is the same ground across which yon lyluck hurried with his army during the first advance into france in the fall of 1914 after 22 months of fighting the battle line at this point shows little change except that the germans have been pushed back a few kilometers english losses terrible the english losses on the somme have been terrible continued genera yon kluck they have been much greater than ours the english had to put new men into each attack their losses must exceed ours by at least 100,000 is that many for the large army england is reported to have he was asked the decisive thing is always to have plenty of men he replied but when there is a great offensive like this anglo-french movement and little pro gress is made when the losses are great and no progress is evident the spirit of the troops weakens and that weakens the offensive conflicts on the somme soyecourt carried by brilliant attack french successful on large front 4-take 5,000 prisoners parisi sept 5.—a bloody battle is going on on both flanks of the somme says an official statement is sued byj the war office tonight the french have made fresh pro gress east of the village of forest both north aoid south of the river and have successfully attacked their objectives along 4 front of twenty kilometers 12j/2 lailes from barleaux to chal ons village soyejlourt was brilliantly carried by assault well as part of verman do villers over 000 prisoners have been tak en north and south of the somme in the days prog e|s was also made on the right bajik of the meuse in the verdun sector in fleury region 1 !•> ist in demand he be supported j athene sept 4.—diplomats of tm entente allies have demanded jnat baron dn schenk and sixty cowork ers in bjjjehalf of the central empires be expelled from greece j it wait reported that he hacf barricad ed himself in his house in athens and surroun ed it with armed guards and his friertds to protect him will detain rumanian minister amstr rdam sept 4—the bulgarian cabinet council has decided to detain g c e|fcrussi roumanian minister at sofia with his staff until s radew bulgaria i minister at bucharest has rehirnetl says a despatch from buda pest £ dr al tait on troopship all of for tait's boys well—says new foundlanders not likely be active for some time j i\r j 3 tait is in receipt of letters three boys who are serving with tbie colors all of whom are quite well dr i|rch is in charge of a dressing station lust behind the firing line and is kept pretty busy attending to the wound ed befcfre sending them on to the main station dr hal who has recently returned from ftfalta where.he spent a year at hospital work has just finished his fur lough j,n visiting edinburgh ayr wands worth aldershot and other places where he met several of the boys of the nfld regimcht he is now on the troop ship atliitania but his future move ments aire hidden for the present capt bert escaped the july drive by being at havre where he was placed in charge f 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