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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. An official Bulgarian report, as forwarded from Athens to the Paris Temps, says that 470 men were killed and more than 500 wounded during the recent attack by French aeroplanes on Bulgarian camps. The attack is said to have been made by seventeen aeroplanes. More than 200 bombs were dropped on the Bulgarian camps at Pelrich. in the Strumitsa valley. The bombardment was over in twenty minutes. The Petrograd correspondent of the London Times says that the Ku-sian ministry Of agriculture has aim mnced that it is necessary to .have two meat fast days weekly in order to avert depletion in the cattle sleek-. Since the outbreak of tho war homed cattle in European Russia totaling 40.000.000 head, decreased twenty-fire per cent, owing to the abnormal demands of the military and civilians, the announcement says. The inauguration of an offensive movement by the German and Bulgarian forces which have been stationed along the Greek frontier is reported in a Salonlki dispatch to the Balkan ageatey. it is said an artillery duel has been in progress for two days in the neighborhood of Dotran and t lint the British heavy guns are dominating those of their adversaries. A general battle over the possession of land in the Kentucky mountains in which one man waa killed and three others badly wounded was reported at LextagtOB, Ky„ yesterday from Floyd County. An re Miller was killed: Louis Miller. Harrison Miller and Alfred Miller were badly wounded. A dispatch of yesterday from London says: Lieutenant Georges Oodere of the Canadian expeditionary force was sentenced to death today at Winchester on the charge K having murdered Sergeant Oxanae of hia regiment.
