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| , i I ■ J i I J i - 1 . " ; • l * f* si j: •■ j GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. 2 n aaarlal French report, regardiag recent aacra-| tions in the Galllpoll penlnsuls, gel at -est rumors wiihh base been in circulation for leveral days . tredl ing the British troops ritb having either , cut off or eutrinnkid the Turkish forces opposed , them. The report states that while he ground , gained is of great value the true objective has not been reached. In the lii-l attack, early m the , month, the Australians and New /.ea lander- reached the summit of Sari Bahr and Chanel Bahr, c.m-niandng positions on the west cast of the peninsula, but through the failure of the new landing . part] at Buyla baj to make the progress expected, troops from the dominions wen compelled to tall back. Another attack was mad.- last Saturday. . hut on this occasion, having lost the advantage ot • surprise, the British could not reach the summit : and were compelled to retire again. The report admlta heavy British losses, but adds that those Of the Turks must have been heavier. Altogether. the British bold a front of twelve mile- along the west side of the peninsula, and at some points have penetrated a considerable distance into the Interior. The lurks are making a stubborn defense of their positions, but the allies have confidence that, with the strong forces at their command. and the assistance of the fleet, the Dardanelles will be forced before the arrival of the unfavorable r iiner. which is due toward the end of September. From London a dispatch of yesterday says: night Squadron Commander Bigsworth has destroyed single-handed a German submarine off Ostend, tn admiralty announced this afternoon. Bigsworth sank the U-boel by bombarding it from his aeroplane. This is the first oiii.-ial announcement from the British admiralty In manj weeks of the destruction of a German submarine, though it has been ie ported on reliable authority thai a number oj I boats have been captured or destroyed In British nets it is one of the few Instances ofBciallj re ported In which aa aviator has sunk a submarin . Arthur w. Bigsworth, young British naval aviator who i oini d thi ai: forces at Fort Grange fixing station only ten months ago. is the here of the exploit. Bigaworth was only recently promoted from tiiht commander t squadron coaiaaaadrr of air fun e-. Acccordtng t" a dispatch .r yesterday from BerUa the Russian fortress of Breat-Lltovsk has been cap- tured by Teutonic forces. Announcement to this effect was made by the German army headquarters staff. German and Austro-Hungarian troops stormed the works on the western and northwestern front and succeeded last night in entering the eentei fortress. The Russians, the statement adds, taen gave up the fortress. The Russian fortress o, Brest-Lltovsk. which has just capitulated to the Austro German forces, had been considered one of the strongest fortresses in iairope and was the s utnern base of the second Rusataa line of defenses to which the armies of Crand Duke Nicholas rc-1 treated after the tall of Warsaw. The citadel la si mated on the Dug river and at the junctions oj several railways, i:u miles south d Grodno sad 12 miles dm- east of the lolish capital. Vmeriiau marine patrols in Port M lrince were tired on twice Wednesday night, but no troops were hart, and Dear Admiral Caperton yesterday reported conditions unchanged. The guaboat Nash-ille has gone to Port U- laix with one company of marines and four machine guns. Parties of Hainan soldiers, who have refused to disarm have appeared at that port several times recently aud more were expected. The message did not say whether the custom house had been taken over. The French cruiser Ooade now is at Port aa Prince, having relieved the Descartes.
