THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914,
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
THE PROGRESS OF
WAR.
THE
BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT
OF
THE FIGHTING.
CANADA'S MAGNIFICENT
CONTINGENT.
BRITISH CRUISERS TORPEDOED.
GERMAN
VESSELS
CAPTURED.
BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON RECENT FIGHTING.
Lasius, Supt. 22, 0.65 pais, The Oficial Press Bureau assed to night a further descriptive states- ment from the British Headquarters murfing the Agiting fan is
to the 17th inst.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY TELEGRAPH.
1.20 a.m.
Eighty survivors, of the torpédied, cruisers have been landed at Harwich. In is estimated that 300 elicers and men have beet saved.
Thirty officers were resetied at sen and landed uninjured dressed in sarks, shawb, etc...
3 a.m."
Afuper elegram from muiden says that the Aboukir and then the Hoggse we do torpedord at & o'lovk in the morning. It is reported tlast the (set enk tove' submarines and was herself torpedoed and Sink 218 o'clock..
1.A. Ships Aboukir, Rogue and Crossy are four-funnelled endisers of a clase od mix, fourteen years old, of 12.000 tons and formed part of the Thied Flees. Their armat is 24 inch, 14-6 inch. B-1pr., and 341 pr. guns, with 2 ibmerged torpela tulis Lecoming to the Nary" Ret for August the Balloying oficera were serving in the un clar diselurntion of war:---
TMS, Abakir-Commander Fones C. "Carr, Lieut.Comdr. James S. Barker, Hag-Comdr. William A. Lawton, Ch. Carpenter George W. Dobinson, Gunner William J. Shrulmal, Arsit. Vngineer Lumley Robinson.
H.M.S. Crossy Faptain Ernest S. Corey (and be charge of a group of ships the Third Flees), Commander Brana W. f.. Nicholson, Liv-at-Comer. 4) Walter H. W. Grubb. Lieut.-Comile, Bernard N. Harvey, Lions (T Fommich McCarthy. Eng. Comdr. Robert H. Granbrook, Stall. Suaggion. Edward 4. Sadly and Flies Paym. Hency do c. Ward (and for ghup "at ships of the Third Fle. Gann Albert F. Thugherty, Carpenter, James D. Clarke, ArtiL- Engineer, Froderick Monks, Clerk, Gilbert T. Baskervillet
KMSU› Bogue 1--Commander Beginald A. Norton, ficut. Comle. Clive Phillips-Wholley, Eng.tomer. Walter Stokes, Ch. Carpente. Willinin 1. Reed, Denner William J. Willner, Arif. Engineer, Thauna A. E. Rush,
GERMAN MERCHANT CRUISER CAPTURED.
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Losos, Sept. 222, 10.20 p.in." The Admiralty annues shas on the 12th inst, a British cruiser operating in the North Atlantic captured the Hamburg-Amerika armed marchantoun Spreewald: also two colliers murrying 4,000, thrs of con! and (893 tons of provisions for the German ernisers in the Atlantic.
THE BRITISH AND GERMAN CAPTURES.
LaNDay, Sept. 2
The Official Dress Burn annoutrees that 92 German vessels have then captured since the outbreak of the wag, while the Germans have
emptunid but 12. British out of 4,000 truling overs(us.
The British detachments wild bed erosed the Nine maintained their positions va Marily, she 14th, despite severe enunterattacks at Jusk At night strong "roinferontents crossed river on pontoons and Berry. Close moopermition was maintained with the French arigy and gocni progress was maude. It rained heavily donnig the night. We found that the enemy had made staving defensivy pr poonitions, and we emosjuently continued to improve our antécialité pots legainst the frost stillers
fire.
The end of Tuesday maintained a continuiors boaberdruent, including heavy gins bought from Monte uge. All the Gemian attacks failed, although at some places (boy worn repeated six titus. One op the Bomb Grands Brigade was reported with lousy Shuchien The- rain re modutheneed in the evenhagen
en Wednesday, the enemy was hes antigo. I was nestly an artil lory bod. The Pind Division cuptured to prisoners,
On Thursday the wws. liath chainges The iron infuntry attacked our extreme- "Right, beg wore repealsed with heavy loss, this tim by Wild Artillery,
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THE FIELD MARSHAL'S HIGH TRIBUTE.
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SERVIANS DEFEAT 150,000 AUSTRIANS.
Losos, Sept. 22.
A message from. Nish States that the Servians defeated 100,000 austrians on the Tring near Krupaj. The enemy were making a desperate attempt to penetrate Servin and thus prevent the Servians front advancing into Bosnia. The Servian uning on the Brina was Bustily reinforced and gained a magnificent victory.
WAR NEWS.
COLOMBO'S TOWN GUARD.
A "Town Guard was formed in Columb on September 7, and on the following nioraing 270) turned out on parade. It is proposed to raise the strength to swa doable companies formed and administered an Army lines, and a suheuse is in hand Field-Marshest Siz daku French has issued a special Order of the the administrative work of the town, eg. fur the furtantion of a third to look after Day expressing his dep spumeintion of the spendid belviour of the food, money, etc., while fighting was going British smoops in the Battle of d · Aišne where the enemy position was on. There will also be a mounted section one of extraordinary strength. E paises the gallantry of the attacking and art other will be chow for position in repulsing desperate counter-attacks and says be is unable to organising & motor service and a com And he put tops his niche:imation. He concludes: forin at the corps will be khaki shit
munication effes, for signalling, etc. The French Armies are mucking good progress. I feel sure we have only to and shorts or trousers, and a Ladge. Capt. hold marcindy the grand we have won a short, tiree Inrger when the S. E. Dyer is acting na adjutant until the Allies will again be in full pursuit of the bentennemy. The self permanent staff is elected. sacrificing devotion and splendid spirit of the British Army will carry all before it."
THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
The Situation Unchanged.
Lossos, Supt. 22, 6.10 p.m.
A Paris official communique issued this afternoon sintes:-
In the Woerre district the enemy made a violent attack from the Jighte all along the Meuse but were repulsed
Smell German columns have crossed the frontier near moat, The Germans displayed a certe amount of dativity along the
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DUMDUM BULLETS IN GERMAN AFRICAN FORCE
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Poking, Sept. 17. The following atticial telegrams from the Formiga Office have won haddest to Router's Agency at Peking:
London, Sept. 14. The following is a telegram from the Governor of the Gold Cost b the Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Adjutant of the Fiek! Warce reports Wounds inflicted by the soft-nosed bullet a follows re the ant-based bullet:
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whole front, from the Oise to Worre, all day yesterday, without hieringud by the Germans are positively hasty any appreciable result.-
Our Laft again forced the chimp, sy give ground.
BY SIDE.
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ANOTHER NAVAL YARD CASE.
Two Chinese employees in the Royal Naval Yard were charged before Mr. Wood this morning with salting an Indian constabla.
Inspector McHenly aski the defenilwate were engaged at a witch hor and the Indian constable came and interfered with their tool. They call him nos to du that ( and the constable struck the art defendant. with his earhia. The Best defecilant seized the carbize and struck the constable. So far as the Inspector know the second man had nothing to do with it,
The Magistrate asked why the charge was got relased 7
Indoctor MeBardy said it was no ti refusing a report from the Naval, Yard as it went through other hands.
Chief Shipwright Thompson saw the struggle in the yard and noticed the second dufondant raise his hand. Fe held something, but witness did pob know what. He rushed up to the assistance of the con atable. His arbine was taken away from him and he was holding on to a spanner with one hand and
to recover the rifle with the other. He saw the constable atruck over the left shoulder with the butt and of the gun
The countable said the accond defendant snatched his rifle from behind and struck him when he was arresting the first tiofendant.
The Magistrata asked complainant why ho arrested the Érar man.
Complainant answered he had instrue. tion to take all Chinese to the gate wan babaved disorderly or offended against the regulation*.
Tuspector Menght of the Naval Yard Police, said the constable, in such circumstances, took the man to the station to ascertain his ; hu did not effect an afrest. E+
kled that a constable bad un business to give instructions to Chinese such as to put on the light: he should report to his
sergeant.
Lufendsuts wid the constable intorfered with their bouts.
The case was romanda antil tomorrow for defendanta to call witnesses,
THE JAPANESE COAL
PROBLEM.
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German Steamers Supplied at
Marlin
Jay and
Because Getman vesels barn left Manila with their holds filled with Jaoudite sol. the Japanese government will probably prohibit the expectation of coal from Japan BRITONS AND GERMANS LAID SIDE to the Philippines and also the mis porcation of coal from other sources to the Ishanda in arnness bottema
Nays the Cable-Noys Aerican, Manila. No oficial advices have as yet been received from Yesterday saw the first formal barist on Japan, but rumor has it that the Japanese British soil of heroes killed in the war, saysvernment is highly ineoused ever the the Day Naws of August 10th. By a Koshu Mara Elmshorn incidend of last curious fatality. Britons and Germany Pere represented ally in the numbers of along side the German freighter week, when the Украдева callier simple codios-four fach-that were proceeded to fill her holds with cool. taken with all honour to the quiet church- Orwell (near Harwich): There was never yard on a slight allover-looking the River hint that our dead were entitled to mare hazaar in this ecently thant bose who had died because they were nit anemies. The
st ruspect a pail to both. Each trasporting coal la lighters from the at the graveside, whore British bluejackets tinued since the vessels separated and took war-teur done broth here departed collior to the Elmshore, which bas con-
prinkled earth upen the coffins.
Almost the only people who witnewed? anchorage in different parts of the bay. the solema ritual of the committal weED N
was immediately stopped. The Elmshorn fw groups of villagers. Rain fell dismally which was to have been delivered.
now has but 700 tone of the 6,000 the afternoon. It was pouring down
Just what action the -her the ad procomion set From the
#ime
out Natal Barracks, it descended steadily Curing the whole of the tramp of nearly tao tailes to the churchyard, it continued whilst the party of Ganges lads and the lare-bended clergyman took their share in the last offices.
At. the band of the caston walked the Gangus bugler, with the Bring party
following, Then one a whored asan- try Aguon driven by a typical ni matic, in which the two groups of coffins were laid aid by sido. Over the one group was over the other group the Union Jack Bo the big Gorman ensign of the Black Eagle, bind the waggon walked a bearer party I saw one ce where the whole of
between afty and sixty fangon' boys, with Jeg was Klown off by single ballet. I
two Salvation Army officers and wa ship- forina expanding bullets. The Senior up the rear. The Germans attempted the offensive against the Centre between each and also of those extracted from Medical Officer is keeping a few samples of Rheims and Sonain, but were repulsed. We have made some progress wounded. Ea epean Germans n stull as between Sousin and Argonne. The situation from Argonne to the Mensentivo ra armed with these ballets and in is unchanged.
several cases they have lied as to how they came into possession of such amponition and have endeavoured to conceal es
The enemy between the Oise und Aiste has confined himself to have found up to the present the diameter of the dead British sailors bringing
a prolonged cannonade.
Losoy, Sept. 23, 1.65 a..
A Puris communique issued at il p... regarding the operations in thereby showing that they were perfectly the theatre of war says the situation is unchanged.
THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT.
10,000 More Men Than Britain Asked For
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LONDOS, Sept. 22, 1.40 p.),
A message from Vul Cartier Camp states that Colonel the Hon. Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, has announced that Canada is sending 10,650 more then than Great Britain asked for. This has caused great rejoicings in the camp.
The firing line will consist of 500 men, with 9,000 reserves and 7,500 horses.
This number includes the Patricia Reginent, Stinthuora Horse, Canadian Dragoons, Infantry and Artillery, und also 300 machine-guns,
ANOTHER AUSTRIAN FORTRESS OCCUPIED BY THE RUSSIANS.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
A Petrograd message states that the Russians have occupied Jaroul V fortress (in Galicia), which is a most important railway centro.-
BRITISH CRUISERS TORPEDOED.
German: Submarints Destroyed..
LONDON, Sept. 22, 4.50 p.z.
Aware that such ammunition was illegal." (Signed) Hornby, Staff Officer
men,
morning by Stevenson and company, the A cablegno w ruceived on Monday
the Keshu Maru, instructing that the aganta for the 0. S. K. Line, which owns osha Maru immediately stop delivering coal to the German resul Work of
guvern-
Japancae known here at present. Blockd Japan ment intends to
to take in this matter is not refuse to sell any more cal to deniers here, it would work a tremendous hardship on the market and prices would bound sky high.
branch of the Mitsui Busana Kaishe, says,
Mr. Y. Mikami, the manager of the local
While thero ja a possibility of Japa taking some drastic action to prohibit Ger- man ships from sofdring Japanese coal bore in Manila, I have received no advices on the matter from Japan as yet."
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the vk of iron has been devised.
. Yet another method of provoating.
Lientenant Tony, in
It is known that chemically puro iron. clod hat, walked by the side of his
in grid braid and practicaly uzrustable, and a process and Fatty Officer Foter was in charze af has been devised by which surface of the firing party. With simple dignity the steel co-ordinary iron may be given a sturdy binejackets marched along the lanes Boating of chemically puro iren. Ther of hay and past the village gardens in which the first being to cover the article to winding through fields golden with shapesar two steps, in the process, it appower, Aweet peas were ashine with the mindrops, procuted with zinc, as in ordinary There were no crowds. The church.
Dr. W. W. Claridge, Senice Medical building ancient in its origin, and of galvanising, and secondly, to deposit on Oficer of the Gold Coast, who is surving in curiocaly jumbled architecture, hardly the zine the thin conting of iron. Togoland with the forces, reports Iooked A muret An the little processing
follow
Withou excoption all the wounds hitherto treated in the force by the medical | of large calibre. The injuries which the staff have been caused by soft moved bullets proj stiles inflict are severo, shattering bar and causing extensive damage to the sissue. Insding in one cage already to amputation having to be performed. They are in turked cost to the injuries which mir medical stall. have trented amongst the enemy's men and carriers."
The above are dated Bagust 21 and *gust 17 restivaly.
(5 god) CurrTË,
appched it by a winding bil. At the gateibare waited the venerable roctor, the Bay.. F. A. Harvey and the naval bareheaded in the rain The bluejackets chaplain the Rev. John Thurlish, hath carefully arranged the two flags over the of each of the lines of four cofing, and the Gunges hope bero them to the
ravenida.
PRINCESS'§ SOLDIER SONS.
Prince Henry of Battenberg has sont parts of the burial srivier separately over gram stating that but for the expert-d The paral charben rend the essential£100 to the Tale of Wight Rod Cress Fund, accompanying her innation with tôle excb erfin. Then the firing party, stand- ing with downcast heads and risen er opartere of her three soux she would be were called to attention by Petty Officer
in the island now. Foster, down sword in hand. Three vollars apat into the air over the semester GERMAN, FORCES DISORGANIZED, (of the Last Post trembled across the od graves, and the haunting bugle call quiet countryside.
Landou vil Tokio, Sept. 15. The general retreat of the Germana vode, Lindos, It is believed that complete evieustion from France is assured. To Allies' defeat of the Germans is insufficient to and the war, but extensive German reorganization is necessary.
In British official sources it is stated that ; the American sugestion of compromise is
THE DEAD The bodies thus committed to their rest were tansa of:
British takers: William Disk. 20
Henry Copland, 29; Jowo Faster, 25; and Albert Martin, 23. Germanna; R. Kliare, 28: Karl Kirschner, 28; Ludwig Lobrandt, 25; and W. Narau, 33.
Prince Leopold of Bettenberg and Prince commissions in the Kings Royal Rifles; Maurice of Battenberg hold lieutenants"
lisatansat's commission in the 2nd Batta Prince Alexander of Battenberg halda s lion Groundier Guards,
BERLIN'S VERSION OF THE FIGHTING,
BERLIK, Friday. Belgium is published here:
The following account of the fighting in
guard penetrated along the entice Belgian Wednesday the German advance A small detachment tried a
unacceptable. The & lies inst ob dieting At an inquest condarted privately upon The Official Press Bureau announces that H.M.S. Aboukir, E.M.S.torms in Berlio, demanding the utter Kogue, and H.M.S. Cressy have been sunk by submarines in the Neth disperal of the Gert an
Germans were injured by, gunfire. Foetor. Suman cavalry entered Liege, with the ob demolition of Prussian militarism and the the bindi y M. A. Vulli-my, the frmatio
he Suffolk cocemer, it was stated that the coup de main of great baldness on Liège. will compel the Kaiser to abdicate. possibility is formseen that the Germans
Ben.
The Aboukir was torpedoed first, and the Hogue and the Cressy, were torpedoed while standing by to save the crew.
A considerable number were saved by another, warship division, destroyers, trawlers and boats.
LONDON, Sept. 23, 12.40 ...
A steamer has arrived at Youiden (Holland) with 207 British survivors of the torpedoed cruisers. They includo one end and a fow wounded,
12.46.a.m.
Germans as art that the Russian
making a geners! retreat
Prussia. The Austrian defeat is completo..
The
The Germos bere elesed Belgium peace conditionally. Belgium has refund.
The "Now York World
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German retreat is complete
whole line is -eing and the Belgians have dispatch from Petrograd my the
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Martin, and Nassau were brought in from ject of saing the Commander of the the sen dout. Martin and Foster were Forces, who only sared himself by flight. Amphion and caused all the deaths,
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