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MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAMS.
Reuter's Service to the China Mai.)
THE ANGLO-FRENCH ADVANCE.
THE WEEK-END FIGHTING.
LONDON, July 9. Renter's Correspondent, writing from the Press Camp in Northern France, anys the week-end Eghting has been intense north of the Somme. Considerable tastical, successes have been attained.
FRENCH TAKE 633 PRISONERS AT HARDECOURT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
AEROPLANE RØD ON ENGLAND,
Ay Lasnos, July 9.
is officially announced that this morning an aeroplane attempted a rail acar North Foreland, but was repulset by anti-aircraft guas and fed seawand chasect by our sirmed but could not be
overtaken
No bomb were droppe
EARLIER TELEGRAMS..
THE RUSSIAN FRONT
APPROACHING KOYELA
GREAT UBAROM BY COSSACKS.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KWANGTUNG.
HEAVY CASUALTIES REPORTED.
AGUEALQADE OF
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The stendy Russian approachon
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districts
halfway between Chartoryak and Koyel
A great charge by Cossatis cut up the Austrian masses, and took 600
prisoners
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The most important capture was the report considerable fighting in station of Manievichy, where two to the north of the city, to the tha thousand prisoners were taken. - advantage of the Governor General's
troops. It is stated after the defeat SORE FEET. suffered by meral Lung's troops at Shui Kwan, thepretreated on Kwan Tin, where they were reinforced by 3,000) more troops," but on the night of the 8th inst the Yunnan troops, under Li LIt Kwan came up with big guns, machine guns and a mounted force and attacked General Lang's troope
General Lung lost 200 men and a The result of the battle was that
great number of guns, and was obliged to retreat to Sun Kai. It is stated that
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.
ENEMY RETIRE IN DISORDER. "Paurs, July 9. A communiqué saya beli The night was quiet on both sides General Sir Douglia Haig reporta
LONDON, July 9 TWELVE THOUSAND PRISONERS,
The French artillery on our right of the Somme.
PATROGRAD, July 9 During the attack at Hardecourirently assisted our advance - Pay
The enemy lost severely in a comeloff's abops are approaching Stokhod, A communiqué.atates General Brus yesterday we took 639 prisoners,bined Anglo-French bombardment including 10 officers. [
A German counterattack made in every here overthrowing the enemy,
|who are resisting desperately, den mass formation across open ground
The Russians in the three days fight 12,000 prisoners at 45 guns.
It is tolerably certain that the British | ANOTHER BRILLIANT ATTACK ~zy completely broke down under the fire of between the Styr and Stokhod took us about the begining of the month,
will continue to push vigorously without loss of time against the German formid- able second line.
Our Army recognises that progress i bound to be slow-indeed desperately low-ad horribly costly to both sides, until the wonk link snaps, when events may march with drumatic rapidity.
The correspondent again emphasisen the reassuring fact that a very large proportion of the casualties, are slight wounds and also that the percentage of head wounds in small owing to the wearing of "shrapnel-helmets"
-GENERAL HAIG'S LATEST REPORT.
LONDON, July 9 General six Douglas Haigweports. Fighting between the Ancre are the Somme is considerably less violent.
We progressed further in neighbourhood of Ovillers and capture a group of defcaded buildings in another
sector.
the
The Germans have male ne further attempts to re capture the positions we hold.
We successfully sprang three mines near Givenchy.
THE FRENCH.
PARIN, July 10.
A commanépré saya z The French attacked on a front of four kilometres east of Flacourt and carried the German positions along the whole line for a depth of two kilometres.
our eighteen-pounders and "seventy
Sves
The enemy retired in disorder. Eland-to-hand tighting, continues in the ruins of Ovillers.
AERIAL WORKO
Our aeroplanes, and kite-balloons worked despite the cloudy weather, photographing and directing the fire h of the batteries, which caused an ex
They also hombe enemy billets
The French captured the village of Binches and established a position from that point to the outskirts of Barleus.
THE YERDUN REGION.
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Pais, July 8.
A communiqué reports a violent bombardment Chattancourt, Fleury and Damloup.
A British machine, although disables, fought three hostile aeroplanes for twenty minutes, and returned safely.
Otherwise, the few enemy machines seen were far behind the enemy trenches. FURTHER BRITISH SECTESSES
LONDON, July 97 General Sir Douglas. Hug reports The Righting to-day has hesi chiefly on. our extrend right, where we gained further important successer..
We stormed a line of treuches and gained a ledgement in the strongly- THE RUSSSIAN ADVANCE, ofended Trone's Wood, capturing 130
ENEMY IN STOKHOD REGION FLONG BACK IN GREAT DISORDER.
RUSSIANS OCCUPY DELATYN.
PETROGRAD, July 9...
It is officially announced that the Russians have rupie Delatyn
prisoners and several machine guns.
We repulsed a strong counter-attack. We also appreciably advanced inaya neighbourhood of Ovillers
AND FAVOURABLE
SATISFACTORY MANA
Fierce fighting has again centred on Lenoral Evert's front, east of Barano vitchi,
*RUSSIA AND CHINA.O
PETROGRAD Jy
General Lung and sent into this district 11.000 men and loss than 7,000 a stated to have been killed or wounded
Ly Fit Kwan's cavalry or mounted force is described as being a very strong one, and the fact is said to have been M. Sazott. the Russian Minister ral's army. Apropos of this the follow well recognised by the Governor Grene, of Foreign Affairs, interviewed. remarked that the Russo-Japanese ing story is told in one of the papers agreement will enable Russia to a precautionary menaure against dorate all her energies to the soluL Lit Kwan's mounted troops, General tion of the problems created by the Lmga ofrers had a great num war in the West, with the assuranceber of bombs buried on the kel that no Power will take an undir road of approach to Yam Tak, and put advantage of China to carry out nznbitious plans, as was the case with up also barricades of
piga laskets the East. other countries bordering Russia in frule of bamboo) Li Lit Kwan, however, was equal to the occasion. He bought up a great number of bal locks in the neighbouring village, dogched them with kercaine, set them alight and rushed them upon the bar- ricades and the bomb-strown road, with the result that the bombs were
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CORRESPONDENCE.
PASSENGER-TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONGKONG AND MAGAD.
exploded, the pigs Inskets burnt and La Lit Kwan's mounted force was able to pass in safety and take possession of Yam Tak
** COMILANDER IN CHIEF
MURDERED.
To the Editor of CHINA "MAIL.”
Six-The Eusish and Portuges colonies of Hongkong and lucio are so closely situated and the feeling of. putrictism and friendship between Northward of this place after a heavy
the inhabitrails so woven together
The Commnoder in Chief of the Clover Kombardment a strong enemy, local commedia anys: The Russian
LONDON, July 9, that anything which tends to add to or Generala troops, Lf Man Waz, way attack penetrated the trenches of the onslaught on the Lower Stokhod con Kentor's correspondent at Hearlqar the amenity existing between them, killed on the night of the och inst. by
houtenant. While Commander Li ant New Zealanders who drove them out times. The shery has been fangers writing on Saturday evening should be welcomed
Before tho War there was always | Colonel Cherng were awoking optuja on reviewing the progress, my back in after half-an-hour's fighting, the enemy
salient between Albert and the Sorame these two places Since; this exodus Kai, the lieutenant approached and fired great disorder.
We have pushed in the Germanļu daily exodus of Europeans between a couch at the Hestiquarters at Bras leaving many dead.
The greatest depth of the advance is has very greatly diminished. Every three shots at the commander with fl three miles -
Sunday and weekends no used to results Colonel Cheung was also hit We hold the villages of Monte Auban, observe a happy crowd of Hongkong in the shoulder, and had to be conveyed Fricourt and Mametz and are well aero inhabitants made up from the many to the To Mr Hospital at Canton The the outskirts of Contalmaison We are molecular oliques with which this body of the Commander was also re- also armly established at the various colony abounds-Peak exctice inter-moved to Canton, and a coffin ersting intervening tactically important points.
We have taken upwards of 6,000 mingling with Victorian violets and 30 was bought for him. He was only prisoners, 21 guns, 51 machine guns, etc. the buttercups and bluebells of Row 30 years of age.
The enemy's losses are most terrible.loon-taking a trip to this old
-GERMAN OFFICER ON THE
ALLIES OFFENSIVE.
SOME SURPRISES FOR THE ENEMY.
NEW YORK, July 9. The Associater Press Correspondent t. Berlin says, Lisut Dambitsch, who was wounded in the fighting on the Somme, published one of the first Ger -man accounts of the battle.
The fercest fighting is around Barranovitch, the emy resisti desperately,
A SIGNIFICANT RUSSIAN MOVE.
PETROGRAD, July 0. The Russians have crossed the Stokhod near the village of gly approximately half-way between the railways running towards Kosel from Sarney and Rorno.
After dwelling on the indescribable lestruction wrought by the Allies artillery on massively bailt positions regarded as practically indestructible, |- ! he says: The enemy showed the Germans several new things. Firstly
Inmuch as enemy forces defending Kovel are chiefly concentrated along these lines the Busaban move in the centre threatens both groups.
ITALIAN PROGRESS."
ROME, Jaly 9.
Vi
As an instance, the remnants of the 3rd Euster colony in order to benefit
Division of the Prussian Guards have their health with a breath of that A GERMAN POST-WAR AMBITION. been withdrawn, being no longer war atmospheric electrified oxygen which of the Guards was badly shaken, include these islands worthy Prisoners say that the morale exists in such a pure state around ing that of the officers.
NOT MERELY ENGLAND'S
LODGER."
Fathers, mothers; sons, daughters,. The spirit of the British is wonderfuengaged couples, lovers and others Herr Ballin, "the German shipping Though the ground is a quagmire, there could be seen fripping it to Wing-lok magnate, speaking at a meeting of the are few stragglers in the attack, so eager Street in order to probark or the Weerman shipping line on May 30 sa are the men to get at close quarters. boat conveying them to Tortuguese commercial war would begin
that when the land war had ended now Gerinany LATFE water and after a day in the would then have antagonists who, during Reuter's correspondent at the gunbling palaces what a merry.jauntainted a
war, bad becn Fery strong But
courage she would com the destruction of observation ulloons compennigud states that in Upper British front reported on Saturday back in the evening under that em with
mence the great national work, by fireballs dropped from acroplanes Astico the Italians advanced, capturing evening-The British to-day, on a tropical Eastern twilight which we that the Reichstag would assist
Knowing Secondly, the throwing of incredible austerial. They stormed enemy trenchesmile, in conjunction with the French. People, tunibling over each other with Herr Ballin concluded. After the
considerable front, advanced half-a-know so well-dancing, singing, restoring her large mercantile marine numbers of aerial mines of unheard of northward of Monte Chesis and occupi. They also progressed at Contalma excitement, flirting, embracings, and successful war we must settle the freedom ed Agnelia Pass, taking 40 prisoners." son, where the position is satis other little things But all these of the seas and the question of German colonies in order that Germany will not merry: days of yore have ceased to merely he England's lodger exist and one will naturally cak why have they ceased to exist? Why do
librex.
Lieutenant, Dambitsch lays stress on the shattering effect of the "Allies" air-torpedoes, which created great eruptions everywhere." He en phasises also the awful destruction by
BRITISH CABINET CHANGES.”
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
LONDON, July 9.
heavy mumes which the Allien threw. It is officially announced that the
factory.
FRENCH GAIN THEIR OBJECTIVES.
the inhabitants of these two intel-To-day's Advertisements
POPULAR
ORGAN RECITAL St. John's Cathedral.
THURSDAY, (July 18th).
lectual colonies now refrain from isiting each other? The answer is obvious, viz., owing to the exigencies extraordinary distances, splashing up Hop Elwin Moutage has been It is officially announced that had why people will not travel between PARIS July 9 enforced by the war. The reasco the most formidable defences.
appointed Minister of Munitions, Mr. he says, as far as the eye rold McKinnon Wood, Chancellor of the weather has hampered operations. WeHongkong, and Macao and vice veran
progressed cast of Tatrees
is because of the table and the tine reach, erater after crzter, six feet deep, Duchy of Lancashire, hecomes Financial-
LATER.. it entails of having to get a police the earth being thrown up in wild Secretary to the Treasury, and Mr. Notwithstanding the persistent rain) pernit to return chaos, including trench timber, wire Tennant Secretary for Scotland. and fog, the French in the morning. Now I love always found the police -entanglements. Thus nine months of Earl Carzon becomes a permanent the bill northwards in conjunction with ready to do what they can for the assaulted the village of Hardecourt and most courteous and obliging and day-long and night-long work was member of the War Committer. the British, who attacked Trone's Wood good of the public and I venture to destroyed in a few minutes"
and the farm south-east of the wood suggest that so far as Hongkong and The French gained their objectives in Macsoare - concerned these war thirty-five minutes exigencies might be somewhat m
lazed I was in Micio a few days go, and I find that the Bepurtica dos Servicos de Policia there are curte. willing to make a trelactation of the TO CORF present regulationa zow in force pPAD- vided that Hongkong will i likow24, but they say Hongkong will not, reciprocate. / And »1. miler why! enre, sick basdaches and sweeter ther
understand that the Macdo polles brustk use the Bilthorities with the approval of the
THE ROUT OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARD.
DESCRIBED BY A FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, July 9. The British defeat of the Prussian Contalmaison is singled out
for praise in the French Press
INDIA'S LOYALTY,
AMERICAN'S INTERVIEW WITH SIR PERTAE BINGE,
LONDON, July 9 Sr Pertab Singh, interviewed by a correspondent of the New York Sur, be hoped soon to charge the Germans at the head of his Lancers and die (it
The German counter attacks on the Hill in the afternoon were shattered by the French fire.
The Germans last heavily and left 250 prisoners
Nothing transpired south of the Somme region.
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