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PRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1916.
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS:
(Reuter's Service to the China Hall)
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN.
IF YERDUN IS NOT CAPTURED,"
ITALIAN FRONT.
SEVERE FIGHTING.
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"Roma, March 15 Severe fighting on the Iralian Front:
·Mar. 16. ROTTERDAM,
în consequence of Italian attacks are A neutral who has arrived her recorded in Rome and Vieons com from Berlin says the people are con- | muniquel vinces that the Verdun offensive is) The latter admits that the Italiana an attempt to end the war, Oficos ponetrated Austrian trenches at Isonzo, May openly that Gerinany cannes after hard fighting and mentions an undure it much longer. If "treneb Italian air attack at Trieste, warfarę suntifies the soldiers will no longer be the inhols of The pure.lery and icfantry fighting resulted in It is impossible to exaggerate the progress in the Plezzo Basin,
longing for newer. It Verlay is not captured it will be the nest ferrible
oblow fermany line yet sufferal,
WHAT GERMANY 15 NOW FIGHTING FOR.
PARTS, Mar. 16.
The Portuguese Mister, who das been recalled to Hrlin says that the banner bellieuse spirit in many has been sugeredet by wearis ness and regrets "Now, only the Dedos Le petre is discussel. The fienumang ang fighting for a lean which, for tlaan, is an enterprise which is formidable and nest drei- sive and perhaps ting lost,
FRENCH GENERAL SATISFIED → WITH THE POSITION...
Paus, Mar. 15, Deputies who have visited. Yonlin statelet the Frenei moter-fraunspuit is working splendidly and is much more flexible than riilway-, of which ' the Compens"inave Fantuen. Grenent Peningaid that a kad was now off his mind and be was certain of
"Succeff.
A Frenca ofEcial annouent states, that a third of scine of the Germay regiments at Verdun of the 1010 eles and the French 1910 clase have not yet been in action.
GERMANS FROM VERDUN.
The Italian communique sags' artil
MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.
ADVANCED TURKISH POSITION.
LONDON, March 13.
THE CHINA MAIL.
ADMIRAL VON' TIRPITI RESIGNS.
L'OPENILAGEN, MA 18. Admiral ton Tirpitz has resigned. Admiral, Cupella has been ap-. pointed as his successor
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DUTCH LINER TORPEDOED.
AMERICA'S WAR IN
MEXICO.
TWO"YEARS' CAMPAIGN
PREDICED.
Naw Yons. Mar. 10. Military experts predior" a GWO Fents' campaign in Mexico. They Anticipate that shousands of woops will desert Carranza to fight against the America
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Rautor'a Serviça to the China Maft.)
BATTLE OF VERDUN.
THE LATEST. ENEMY EFFORT.
PARIS, March 18. A semi-official communiqus states:- The enemy's whole effort yesterday at Verdun,was directed on * arrow.
court and Cumieres, which is dominated
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AMSTERDAM, Mar. 10. The Tuch finer Tabantia, tony. which left Austriam for Buenos Ains, has sent a wireless | message saying she is sinkingey Pot aut that 12,000 Amori.font of three miles between Batin FOR ANY OTHERS IN STOCK ON PAYMENT OF 10 GENTS CAUL Destroyers have steamed out of/n tops are already mobilised on by Morthomme Hill, and the conquest
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abole uobile array of 25.000 will The Hook of Holland eventually be engaged. werk.
LATER.
The Tabanlik, is now near the Noorhinder Lightship.
The latest telegram says showna, torpedoed.
BRAZIL AND GERMAN SHIPS
Losos, Mar. 1.
General Villa is reported to be retiring to the mountains where he will employ guerilla tactics:
New York, Mar. 13. Thie American troops saterd Mexico near New Columbus.
Yew York, Mar. 15. General Pershing's entire for..
of this singularly embarrassing position recessarily tempted German tactical ambition. The action continues as two points of the trenches where the Ger- mans gained a footing, which are
arealy half a mile apart, sed probably, we have already re-taken these places. Briedy, the day was satisfactory, the Germans not progressing, and it is con Edently axpected that the balance of strength will be destroyad to the datri- ment of the enainy, who is recklessly erpending himself.
has erased the barder and las FRENCH REGAIN LOST ELEMENTS
Hefter karts that Gemony will joined Carranza's, forces.") not negotiate with Brazil regarding
the German ships. numbering),
| refuging in Braziliah ports.
A NATIONAL CABINET FORMED IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, Mur
A National Cabinet Ins
Been
Ia is officially reported from Mesh with Sr. Alngida as Premal potamis that General Laks reports that Ministry Labour, Food and a column was sent on March 11 to drive out the Turks from the advanced posi. Supply will be created. tion they occupied on March 10,
They bayonetted a considerable pumber of Turks and then withdrew with two officers and 30 men prisoners.
H
KAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY.
Loss, Mar. 15. Gomend Saurss groris that our tops foceupdol Aloshi on March 13, at the pushing, on to Arusha, which it. "Jelised the Gears bare le vacated,
THE DECLINE OF THE GERMAN MARK.
NEW YORE. Mar, 16. There has been another sensational!
The New York Herald says the
THE AMERICAN ARMY.
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TO BE BROUGHT TO FULL.
·STRENGTH,
WASHINGTON, Mar. "16. The House of Representatives, with one dissentient, passed the joint resolution authorising the Fru sident to bring the regular army up to fall strength, namely 120,000),
OF TRENCHES.
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PARIS, March 16,
A communigus states.- West of the Mause the Germana have made no further attack, The French ecunter-attacked between Bethincourt and Cumieres with grenade; and bag. onats and retook a portion of the laments of the trench occupied by the enemy towards Hill 265. We hold Bethincourt, Morthomme Hill, the cuthern edge of Cumieras Wood and the village of Cumieres. The bombard- ment "has continued intensely on the whole
Bector being energetically answered by our batteries,
There has bera only an intermittent cannonade east of the Mease and in
THE PANAMA CANALA
Wastusdros, Mar. 16. Woevre,» The War Department announces rit the Paron Canal WEL
April 15.
Fearinnaì decline of the Mark-opened on
despite the efforts of the German Huncier do artificially check it reveals the world's perception of Germany's impending Sancial an military collagen.
1913 CLASS OF AUSTRIAN RECRUITS.
Aspen Mar 16. Austrin is failing up her 1918 olusy
The enemy appears to be retiring rapidly southward, a. movement which is greatly assisted by the of recruits. Tanga Hallway.
Numerous rivere somewhat bin- deral our pursuit."
Further evidence of the sovere defeat inflicted on the "enemy at Kitove is still being received. A search over the bruh-covered hills Ausrtenis, Mar. 13. "revealeda grima number of druid ank Remmalts of a finna ngiant the regelian-guns. Another gun, which: max's randbed at Norkun lave prebight hud, been abandoned in tunte ormal in Belgium, to" reggenti | retreat, was fund, Many made a dashita estupe towords: Holland. They say their experieners werkinst gluctly, It was, pos-j sible to organise peguler-thirqest al the wounded.
Reforged serits al nucleaétaf have been sent to Verdig inau Belgisana.
BOMBARDMENT BOMBARDMENT SLACKENED.
Pans,-Mar. 16.
West of the Meuse the boulard quent lms appreciatsly slackened dur-. ing the course of the day.
FLIGHT OF THE SENUSSI.
GENERAL. PEYTON QCCUPIES SOLIUM.
· Losser," Mar, 15. It is officially reported „that| Genend Peyton secupied Solum Yesterday. The evenly blew up their antination stores on Monday and fired yesterday "only a slight
sistance. “
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GERMANY AND RUMANIA.
"BURUAREST, Mar. 10. Tlie, Gemian Minişte is roboaming to BeFlin.
"CIVIL' SERVICE ESTIMATE
REDUCED.
Losnos, Mar. 14. The Civil Service ustimates show lecrease of a million at a halt..
'THE' PREMIER.
LONDON, Mar. 15. “Mr. Asquith had a good night.
LORD CURZON.
LONDON, Mar. 10. Lord Curzon is progressing slowly
'ARMY PROMOTION.
The enemy were pursued by anned antot-cus, vavalry and the cape!
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On the front Bethineourt-corps. Twenty-eight priziners, in- Curnieres no infantry Ection has been cluding three offige, were taken.
reporter.
There is somewhat greater activity, on the right of the Meuse in the If Vax-Damloug.. region
Some grenade kirmishes have been fought by our advanced parties on the slopes east of Fort Varx
Villages at the foot of the heights near the Meuse in Woevru have been
bombarded.
LATER.
Nine machine guns were captured and about 50 of the enemy, including three officers killed....“
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Their camp is "in our hands. "A antity of gua ammunition, over a quarter of a million rounds of rife minunition and hundred tiles have been destroyed.
THE CALL TO MARRIED MEN.
Tosnos, Mar, 10.
Our artillery has been active 0171 the whole front, pärlicularly east of Bois Avreille where it dispersed un
It is stated tint the second call. artillery convoy; and north of Fresnes where it caused a strong explosion to married tren has been postponed ips Oerman battery.
to a data not yet fixel
Enemy trenches at Hetsas, Lange- marcy, Belgium, were effectively AN APPEAL BY LORD KITCHENER. shelled.
LONDON, Mar. 15. In the House of Lords, Lord
LONDON, Mar. 16.
The promotion of Colonel Cadell, of the Indian Army, to the rank of Temporary Brigadier is anounced in the Casette.
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THE NEW VICEROY.
LONDON, Mar. 15. Lond" Chelmsford lunched with Their fajesties at Buckingham
Palace,
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RUSSIAN SITUATION.
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EFFECT OF OFFENSIVE IN THE PAKOVINA.
RECRUITING PROBLEMS.
SUPREFLUOES"SINGLE MEN TO
BE SECURED.
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Loxogy, March 16. In the House of Lords during a debate on the subject of recruiting Lord Derby nid it was obvious that thera must be exceptions to the rule that single men should go first, but he
Mr. Hilaire Belloe, in his wdokly review of the war in "Land and Water." devotes a portion of his, article to a consideration of the Na san offensive in Volbycia and as convinced that the new Cabinet Committee vil doing its best to make the Bakovin. He writes w
The moment the Au-tro-German attack available for the army all the superfluous country. The just a uth of the Pinak marahes, in the single sa là the
if Czartorysk devshpad, the munition workers were on à different :egion
thrust Rassians countered howvily by a
the Czerpowitz
MILITARY HONOURS."
LONDON, March 16.
just north of the Ramsaina bordes from footing, because it would be fatal so Bessarabia.
hegan Avio ont disorganize the munitioh workers at They offensive for the possession of the heights the present time, immediately abere capital of the Bukovina defended by very strong and continuons Austrian entrenchments which rened up northward to the neighbourhood of Buczacz and fulle Aliso nearly north six south. At the same time or immediately after
Abuzette annonces that the D.S.O. wards, another separate afeive of the Russians towards Buczycz developed. At has "been awarded to Captain S. E. the moment of writing these two offensivesApthorp, 96th. Berar Lafantry, and to In the south have become much the biggest Captain A. 9. Jukes, 9th, Gurkkos, part of the activity along all thig uthern Alilitary Crosses have been awarded portion of the Russian line. Each side claims comparatively amnil aurabes of to Captain H. W. Goldtrap, 103rd. slight adranco Mahrattas Lieutenants W. A Hinds, prisoners. There has been. of our Allies along their ten main lines of 103rd; Mahrattas and EC. Staples, altack, but nothing in soy ray cupclusive lith. Rajpals; and to 2nd Lieut. J. P. ar definite has yet developed.
Wood, Indian Army Reserve.
It is, perhaps, not too much to suggest. that the real object npon the Russian ida Cf this now claneive, which has thus aud denly attracted the attention of Europe, is for the moment no more than to compel corresponding concentration of troope apos the enemy's side, and that with an object. quite as much political as strategic..
RUTANTAN FACTOR.
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SIR MATTHEW NATHAN.
Our London correspondent writes: Your former Governor in under the firs
of criticism. He is in Dub'im, and aS.
If we recollect how matters stand in the nobody but an Iriahman can get a clear Balkans; if we further recollect that notion of a row there, I will give the story Romanis is the great unknown factor, and from the pen of an Irish correspondent that the Rumanían army would make all He writen: A much-diamused person' the difference to the inmediate future of in Irish is just now is Bir Matthew the campaign one way or the other from Nathan, Under Secretary at Dublin Castle. the three factors of a position, its nam Sir Matthew Nathan's appointment dates bers, and its freshness; if we add to all this from before the war. He came from foreign snaideration of the main truth which lande, in order, as popular opinion alleged. erury General Staf in Europe has firat in to prepare Irish finances for the adrent of mindthe enemy's anxiety in the matter of Home Rule. When the war broke out. Sir nambers we shall see the purpose of such Matthew became the chief object of attack
An offensive Bussin bas apparently onder of the minority which criticed the policy tiken, though perhaps only local and tem of the Irish party in sccording a full sup
line.
port to the British Government. Samenne porary, spot the southern end of her
Russia in Bessarabía threatens to some
had to fit the pait of bymot, and why not | extent the enemy position in the Ba'kan this stranger It was impossible to It is all very well to any that we do not pe-sunda the public that Mr. Birrell was believe Rumanis will allow much through an aggressive opponent of Irish National. ccreidorable ism, and so the arrests of Irish Volunteers the Dobryjs, or that Rastian forces are massed near the mouths etc., were charged to Sir Matthew, of of the Danube, but the more fact that whose pozaznality little was knows.
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A communique says" Last night we, tiade a small rud south of Verlorenbock with satisfac tory results, serve lay do
Today there has been mutual artillery activity about Hulluch, Floegsteort and Ypres, and many aerial combats.
A determined attack on one of our reconnaissances was driven off
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