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MONDAY. MARUH 6, 1916.
THE
WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mai)
THE BATTLE NEAR
VERDUN...
THE GERMAN AVALANCHE OF
SHELLS.
PARIS, Mar. 6.
DAY. BY DAY.
Pants, Mar. 4.
a Romstunique" says ----
The bombardment of the various anetos in the region at Vanlun con- tinned airly active during the night. |
Berat But the jaisetey motion.
attenggel
The enemy exploded a mile at Las Eparges, but were unable to supy the emper.
Dude the night there was sharp grêtále fighting as the mine craters northeast of Vermelles. All fe prateri remuined in our hands,
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It is estimated that the Germans are, harling 400,000“projectiles daily us Verdun.
ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT.
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RUSSIAN, FRONT.
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PETROGRAD, Mar. 6. :
RUSSIAN PROGRESS IN PERSIL HOT FIGHTING NEAR DOUAUMONT.
HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS AT OTHER
Petrograḥ, Mar. 4.
A communique· states: ---- A communique states:
The Russians have captured We, exploded, fourteen rides at Bidjar, 70: vorsta north-west of lukst. There was desperate fight-Hamadan,
ing for the emters, We occupied
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The Germans made a violent at
(Haros Service.) »
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PARIS, March 4
The evening one unique aya:- North of Verhit there has been hot fighting near the village wi-Domnumont, We had the upper part of a knoll ou
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The bombardment continued most
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Generally-there is briskness along
the entire front.
The pursuit of the Turks in the Cauensus continues..
ZEPPELIN RAID ON GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, March 5. The Press Bureau announces that two Zeppeliar raided the northeast coast on Sunday night.
Their movements have not up to the
LONDON, Mur8 General Sir Doughs Haig in a communique says:Grado fight-prevent been clearly defined, ing continued last night in cruters forth-east of Verialles, with enemy Protivity at Loos and worth-east of Ypres. The sitiation on the Yptos Coranines cinal is quit. We retain. the ground gained on March 2nd..
Some bombs were dropped into the sta near the shore.
Our artillery "en Lombartzydo wrecked the German treiches.
Our batteries in Aronné fired LATER.
miguerents salvoss on the enemy The evening communique stateszi trenches al ecummunicatims, start- North of Verdun there is been aing a fire at Bourenilies, naost violent eanonade all day left
of the Mouse, at Fiil 300, and 10T
The omotay on the right of the Meuse after initengely lumbaralinė Haudroient whod, east of Boivro Hi, delivered an attack which was stepped by machine-gun anál, vitle fire.
"MOEWE" REACHES A
GERMAN PORT.
WITH PRISONERS AND BOOTY.
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A Berin comin anione announces
case.
The Germans in the mening bad that the Merwe arrived yesterday ai sheeegleid in gaining a footing in thesome" "Hour port after a successfal village of Beaumont, whence we
She brought 4 British officers, 29 had ügyen them the previous even- | fng by a runterattack. Tospente blurjackels, and 110 salters from the fighting continues for the possession tuerelant ships she sank ing. of the village. There is an altoma-phars of the value of one-quillion -king-abb-and-flow.
Tire as been modemte artileg activity in Woorre. We ruptured several elementë ¿f trenches in Tor- raige, near Thisville ponds, taking prisumers,, two machinegins and a French mortar...
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LATER.
It is not known whether say damage has been done on land,
PRESIDENT WILSON'S VICTORY.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3.. President Wilson's victory in the Sanate surpassed expectatious.
The same vote-E8 to 14-rejected all resolutions urging a muero pacific course towards Germany.
Pants, Mar. 4.
An explsion dessayed the right wing of the powder ragazine, called the Double Crown at St. Denis, nene Paris.
"The victims, both killed wounded, are numerous.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wan The Kit Po's Service.)
THE REVOLT IN CHINĂ.
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Our artillery concentrated its fire on enemy gathering points, particularly Dr Beaumont where a marching column was abattered,
In Upper Alice we attacked east and of Seppois, and captured overal
elements of trenches on the right bank of the Great Large quemy counter attack tiled to dislodge as from the conquered ground-
We bombarded enemy cantonments in Belgium, and ademy works at Neu Ele, Berry-a-Bic, and in Argoane. CÁ, mreng human patrol Attacked: s pústerbarth of the Aisne and was repulseda namunay N
SIGNE OP COMING GERMIN COLLAPSE.
PEKING, March 5, The Government intend sending! Sik Lenng to Szechuan to settle the trouble there, and Cheung Fan is being seat to Western Hunan to suppress the WHY THE GERMANS ARE BEING I disturbancês there,
Tong Shao Yi and Wu Ting Fang have submitted schemes for saving the situation," which have been favour- ably received by the President.
- REFORMS IN KWANGTUNG.
DRIVEN.
LONDON, March 5,
The whole of the French Press is of opinion that the Kaiser is driving the German battalions to the sesault not for victory but in order to induce the rich German and the bourgeois to drain PERING, March -4. their coffers, and to spread idea of a The Admisistrative Headquarters The Freach, however, are fighting to German peace throughout the world. har sanctioned, a proposal for extab.win. They see in the fury of the lishing Land Office and for organising German attacks signs of a coming s Fishery Police force in Kwangtang.
collapse.
The galleries were crowded, and the scenes unparalleled since the declaration of war against Spain.
The Foreign Affairs Committeo el the House of Representatives recoun- pends a procedure in regard to the "Arned Merchantiaen controversy EARLIER TELEGRAMS similar to that of the Seite.
As Youx, Mar. ». The pro-Germans are much dis comhted by the rote in the Senate, especially as a sizalar defeat is likely
in the kloue of Bepresentatives.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mana,
THE BATTLE OF
VERDUN.
The cominent, summed up, is that FRENCH - CASUALTIES IN FIRST- the Senate has shown that the
aften vessels which the Vocare are in the hands of the Fresident, The communique gives the manusForeign Affairs of the Cnited Statee
sank on sent to neutral ports,
The list includes two new vietiins file Saron Prince and the French Aeaner Mami.
An attempt by the my toespelt concludes, by stating that s us iron a ruter in Artois
was several points on the enemy coust "reprise."
We bombarded enemy works Argonne, destroying shelters.
THE FRENCH COMBASTER. Toxtos, Mur. 5
the Mocier laid mines, and that the in battleship Elbeard VII, was among
the victims of these mines.
GRAVE SITUATION AT||
CONSTANTINOPLE,
"
The French commander at Verdin is Comeral Petain, who was on the eve of retiring, with the rank of ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF ENVER Colonel, at the outbreak of war. He
is physically most active, and s ndored by the solders,
THE STROOULE EXTENDING.
PARIA, Mar.
Today's communique 6055:
PASHA.
ATHENS, Mar Diphatic advices state that Enver Paila, the Minister of War, has been wounded in an attempt on iis life.
The Duke of Mecklenburg, in view [of the gravity of the situation, has In the region of Verlun the telegraphed to the Kaiser urging the struggle which has hitherto been dispatch of reinforcements to Con- Jogalisel to the village of Dousstantinople.
mont, has been extended.
The Germans at dusk very vigoč. ously attacked or lines from Bois Hauren out to Fort Douaumont, but the attack was repulsed by our
curtain of fire and rille fire.
The bombardenent continued the isol night long with some inter- sity along the whole front eastwar of the Meuse and westward from" Mort Hôtome to Côte de l'Ofe.
LATEST NEWS.
"Pamus, Mar. 5. Last night's comminaique says:- -Our batteries effected the destrue. tion by fire of enemy works north of Boissone, and bombarded onamy works at various places in Argoune. There was a most violent bom- bardment north of Verdun, notably between Bois Haudremont and Fort Doustment. The enemy, however, did not renew the attack. There is no change in the position at the village of Douaumont, of which we hold the immediate outskirts.
A German attack on our advanced positions in the wood gist of Vacher
A BERLIN STATEMENT,.-.
Arkuss, Mur. 3. There is no further news of Enver Pasha but a Berlin message which says he is visiting the holy.) places in Palestine is significant.
If the news of the attempt be true, it is likely to have inost, important
consequences.
TURKS CONTEMPLATE OPENING THE DARDANELLES.
Mar. 6,
and not of the Kaiser.
CALLING UP THE MARRIED MEN.
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"LONDON, Mur. 4.
A Proclamation is beer pued calling up the first eight groups of murried men under Lorl Derby's scheme!
ADMIRAL LORD FISHER.
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LoxDo's, Mar. 5.. The Daily Chronicle states there is reason to believe that Lord Fisher has been appointed to the War Council.
BRITISH STEAMER 'SUNK,
:
LONDON, Mar. 3. The British steamer Teutonian has
SHOCK.
LONDON, March 5 The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the French casualties in the first shock at Verdun totalled 30,000.
SECOND PHASE OF THE BATTLE.
ATTACK. WITH REDOUBLED
FEROCITY..
PARIS, March To-day's communique rayı :-D North of Verdun the Gertaan artil lary was extremely violent on both banks of the Meuse.
HA
FAMOUS FRENCH AVIATOR'S
SITH VICTORY.
PARIS, March 4. The evening communique saya:- Adjutant Navarre brought down 'his virth German seroplane near Doasa cont. The enemy aviators wounded and captured.
WOTE
AUSTRALIAN ADMIRATION OF
- THE FRENCH.
NE BOCHNE March -5, Crowds wait at the newspaper offices. to read the communiques concerning the battle near Verdan. They express in- tense admiration for the French bravery
ENEMY SHIP AT GOA SEIZED.
LONDON; March 3. Lloyd's agent at Bombay reports that all the German stgameri interned at Marmagno (Portuguese Gos) have hoisted the Portuguese Bags, and the cows have been interfekt,
BRITISH MINING AT HOHEN- ZOLLERN REDOUBT.
Hear
German infantry renewed their at- ticks with redoubled ferocity in the Dousumont region, and, in the village north west of the fort after a series of fruitless attempts, they were able to make some advance. Fighting con: tinues across the single village street.
The village of Vaux, eastward of Douanmont, was at the same time foriously attacked from the north-east, All these assaults, broke down, the Germans hastily retrencing and leaving heap of corpses in the barbed wire GERMAN SEAPLANE-TAKEN. entanglemente.
LONDON, March 3. A British commuárijus, stilles :→→ On Thursday evening we exploded the Eobenzollern five mines. Bedoubt and occupied the craters, one of which contained the, enemy's main mining shaft. A hostile bombing attack was repulsed. There was considerable artillery activity on both sides in this neighbourhood today.
The Germans intensely bombarded
veen supk. The brew have been Woevre, throughout the night, AFALLS INTO SEA AFTER BOMBING
landed:
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- THE FRENCH NAVAL STAFF.
"PARIS, Mor. 5.
French curtain of fire prevented the attackere frost debouching,
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LATE
ENGLISH COAST.
LONDON, March 3.
An official announcement identical It is officially announced that a with the commaniques adds:The German seaplaas was picked up at 10. German attacks at Vaux were shatteredam, yesterday three miles north of [
Vice-Adminil Lebon has beet 4p-by a curtain of Bra and machine-guns. Middiekerke Bank. The machine had
painted Chief of the Naval Staff.
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EXPLOSION AT A FRENCH POWDER
FACTORY.
PARIS, Mat 5. Twenty two people were killed and
German artillery was active at Malcom down at to'clock on Wednesday ancourt and Haucourt.
right when returning from England. One of the obesivers was drowned and the other was picked up and taken prisoner,
A weak enemy attack in Lorraine vas earily scattered.
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DOULDMONT XN EPISODE IN A GIGANTIC BATTLE,
PARIS, March 4.
Sensational information from a 66 injured in explosion at a FRENCH CONFIDENCE UNSHAKEN. private source says that the Turk's powder factory at Coumeuve. are removing their mines from the Dardanelles, evidently preparatory to opening the Straite.
RUSSIAN CHARGE IN A SNOWSTORM.
TWENTY NET-ERUPP GUNS CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, Mar. 6. Official details of the capture of Bitlis show that the Russians "at- tacked, without firing a shot, at night in a snowstorm. They charged with
enville was completely repulsed. the bayonet, dislodging the Turks There has been a heavy bomburl. after a desperate resistance by the inent in the Woovie region, nt Turkish artillery, Fretes and Haudrement.
It cannonaded the enemy runrch ing north of Vacheri Ville, neur tlie Bois Fosses, and on the outskirts
KING
PRESENTS WELL-KNOWN HORSE TO CANADA.
A semificial announcement "asyn that, apart from Verdun, the enemy is manifesting an intention to assume the defensive. The resumption of fighting, OTTAWA, Mar. 5on Thursday night, and Friday was
FRENCH STEAMER SUNK
·MARSEILLES, - March. 3. The French leamer Lakme has been mined. There were six casualties.
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