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TUBSDAY, JULY 4, 1916..
THE
WAR.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
STORIES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.
ENEMY HOPELESSLY OUT-GUNNED.
મ
GERMAN ONSLAUGHTS.
ON
RUSSIAN FRONT.
RUSSIAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT.
PETROGRAD, July 3. The result of a week of violent onslaughts is that the Germans advanced Sve miles in some sectors east of the Styr, but the Military Authorities are confident that the Russians will hold the enemy pending the development of Letchinsky's swoopin General Bukhorios
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Germany's military positive strongly tesembles that exisdagin 1014. The
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Morning Post's military correspondent Yee Fang Chan remarks it is not to be enpposed that Sew Fung Germany will allow her ally to be driven El Wo across the Carpathians and the whole position in the eastern front to be imperiled without making a deterrained attempt to prevent it. The correspondent quoted mentions the possible abandon
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Tak Loong.... for which it is hoped the Fronchace Sam Shing Loong quite ready, despite the sacrifices entailed | Man Loung in defending Verdun.
Chai Loong
LONDON," July 3. Only fragmentary details have pot been received of the Infantry fighting.
An opisode which has fascinated Faris is a story of how two Scottish reğimenta carrier? three lines of trenches at one bound and penetrated the village of Montauban, alaying with the bayonet several hundreds of the enemy and capturing the whole Staff of a Regiment. In the present cautious and methodi. cil push there have been apparently few instances of fatal over eagaruess carry ing man beyond their supports, but the limness and coumgo of the enemy are evidenced by the desperate fight at Thiepval After the place had apparent ly been thoroughly cleared and the British had passed, the Germans emerg ed from sleep dug-eurs and other strange hiding places and furiously attacked with machine-guns and bombs, while
of shells odaya atorriario of all transformed the scene of the fierce- conflict into a endron of green smoke, The wonder is that
anyone possibly survive.
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Inlications show that the Germans were in no way surprised: they even knew the actual date Exod for the attack. Hence the success of our first. onrush is all the-inore praiseworthy, because their strongest defener put up in the battered villages and Bel forts in which they fought with the highest skill and obstinacy.
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The weak point in the German resistance was the enemy's henry artillery. He was throughout hope lessly outgunned.
THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANCE.
LONDON, July 3.
The removal of minimum prices, on Indian stocks revealed a 4 to 5% basis with a disposition to purchase at the reduced level There were buyers of 3%. Indian stock at 62, and 31% at 72.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH
OFFENSIVE.
PRISONERS EXCEED 1.000.
Pants, July 20 A communiqué states:- Fighting continued in ocr Invour ali day north of the Somme.
In the region of Hardceoart and Carlu we captured a fortifed quarry,
East of Curlu we gained a footing in the second lines at many points.
South of the Somme we captured the village of Brise and a wood as Merean
-court.
The unwounded prisoners now exceed -4,000, including 150 officers
Guns and mach war.material havs been captured.
Our losses are of the slightest. No infantry action had taken place north of Verdin, but there has been a lively bombardment.
BLOW BUT SURE,
PARIS, July 3. A semi-official cortiq ampliosises that progress must be slow but sure, the tactics being to consolidate overy gain before attacking the objective.
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LOWER 'HALF OF THE RUSSIAN
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The Russian force which broke through the German lines at Lutak has Rovel es its immediate objective, and the fighting recorded in to-day's telegram is in that region.
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Under the heading of "The Prime Minister," the "Spectator prints in s recent issue a warm appreciation of Mr. Asquith.
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The country owes him a great deal for his conduct of affairs, and when all is known, and the fall story is told, history, will, we believe, not merely acquit him of the charges which bare been brought against him, but pronounce that he has displayed great qualities
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(monthly sub.) ........ Who can doubt that herein Victoria British School... object was not to bring on a general column. engagement but to couroy a large mum- he was wise in principle, even if the H. E. Major General F. P.. ber of commerce destroyers past the halts often tended to exasperate those British feet into the Atlantic ocean who donot realise the dangers that come This plan failed completely. Many off from a disorderly advance the fast cruisem intended to be used for this purpose were sunk Other accounts state the German object was to transfer
to the Baltic battleships of a recent class nooded for the attack on Riga but tax deep to pass through the Kiel canAL
THE IMPERTUBELE”. The writer next praises Mr. Asquith's
quality of imperturability; he kept cool himself and helped the nation to keep
Ventris Collected by Wing Kwong Tin and Leung Ping Fai Mr Tam Pik Shan Mr Wong Kwong
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Mr Tam Hing You... Mr Loung Ping Fai... Mr Ng Mui Chuen The calumny that the Prime Minister Mr
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Chak is callous to the suferings of the nation Mr Lou Ten Fing is destroyed by the writer, who, in Mr Sung Ting
Man... answer to the charge that Mr. Asquith Me Chan Pui WAR NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
has avoided the personal troubles, Mr Chan Poi Shun. anxieties and suffering" that have fallen Mr Tang Sui Ting......... The following army instruction, dated upon other men, points out, even at the Sundry amounts under
risk, as the writer puts it, of giving "Collected by Ho Fook" and from the War Office, May 16, relating to
personal annoyance to Mr. Asquith, regimental journals and battalion diaries.
To Kom Tong has been issued It has been brought that he has had three sons fighting at Mr Au Chak Man ...... to notice that Regimental Journals and the front and that all bare held posts of Mr Foon Pui Ye
frequently contain informa personal danger, that two have been Magazines tion regarding the movements, actions, wounded-one badly at Gallipoli-and and situations of battalions, which would that the Prime Minister has never allud- ed to this circumstance in public. "That be of great value to the enemy if it came into his possession. With a view to he has never let the world know this is LONDON, July 3minimising this danger, it is notified that retience of a very memorable kind," The British steamers Windermere and no record of the above nature in regard
the "Spectator," and points out Tand have been sunk.”
to un event that has occurred withım six no man dare say that the members months of the date of publication should, of his (Mr. Asquith's) family have askod in fature, be included m Regimental or received say sort of preference or Journals and Magazines." This also have been given the soft or sensational includes letters from the front for jobs. an
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MINISTER OF MUNITIONS.
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN SUGGESTED:
LONDON, July 3.
The Times says it is suggested that Mr. Chamberlain may succeed Mr. Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, and that Lord Crews will return to the India
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