CAPTURES SIX BRITISH SHIPS.
To-day's cables shed considerable light on the reason for the apparent inactivity of the armies during the past week. The period has been marked by fierce artillery .fire on both sides, while the left wing of the Allies has been hotly engaged fighting for advantageous positions for trenches with the enemy. Desperate bayonet charges by the Allies carded some of the German trenches. An advance of the Germans was repulsed. A severe storm has been raging in the vicinity of Soissons for some days. The German cruiser Emden has captured six British ships in the Bay of Bengal The Emden is now being pursued by a British cruiser. The destruction of Rheims cathedral has aroused intense indignation in Italy, and the inhabitants of Rome made a demonslrationibefore the British Embassy, shouting " Long live Britain, the friend of Italy." The Russian advance in Austria continues, and fighting is now. being carried on at Przemysl. By Telegraph..—Press .Association.— Copyrig&t
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 706, 23 September 1914, Page 5
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161CAPTURES SIX BRITISH SHIPS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 706, 23 September 1914, Page 5
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