RESUMPTION OF ATTACK FORESHADOWED.
COPENHAGEN, October 14. German correspondents in Champagne report a severe and continuous artillery duel, foresh^dpwing a ■ re- . sumption of General Jbfffe's offensive.
, ACCIDENT,TO^A TROOP, TRAJH. V
' * AMSTERDAM; 'October' 14. '" A Germain troop-train'"/fell into the >,' ; Canal'at Zeebrugge.' Eighty-fivei''jn«i*'*; ' were drowned. < '
An Amsterdam in'essa&j) of Octobev 3 said:—"The Germ^T recently shut off Zeebragge not'onl^jbp'hide the" results, jof the British .bpiwbardmont, but i also to conceal, the, calamity which occurred in France ' on -September ' 25, ■ I white the coast was pjiunged into total darkness for protection against aviators. The trams between Heyst and Zeebniggo were also without lights. The authorities opened tho 'bridge across the ,canal to passing, ships, and , a tramcar whose driver was nnaware of this, ran intd the'canal .with 40 German officers and 188 soldiers, the majority being drowned."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8270, 15 October 1915, Page 5
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