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MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.}
THE BRITISH FRONT. BRITISH FIND LARGE QUANTITIES OF WAR MATERIAL.
Losos, July 18 General Sir Douglas Haig reporting at 5.43. p.m. saYN:
Except for heavy reciprocal bom
bardment there is nothing to report.
We coatings to find large quantities of armament and other war material- sbandoned by the enemy, in the positions captured on the 14th and 15th. We took five more heavy howitzers and four field gans resten lay.
Our troops last night strengthened and improved our new positions, covères by a detachment thrust forward to a 'high wood, from which they were with- drawn unmolested this morning.
BRITISH CAVALRY IN ACTION.
Losnos, July 16. Reuter's Correspondent at Flead quarters describing the Cavalry action Mays:****
The Deccan Horse and the Dragoon Guards started early on Friday morning to patrol and reconnoitre and to co-
cperate in covering the flanks of the attacking infantry. The men in the
trenches cheered to the echo as the troopers clattered past. Their route) Jay through a perfect morass of crateriel. ground, disused trenches and wrecked entanglements. The Germans spotted į them between Bazentin and Mametz and opened guns and maxims on them. The casualties, however, were few, a the ranks oponed. Some of the men dismounted and ponrod in on, the Ger mans a heavy fire from a machine gun emplacement.
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A British monoplane, when the Cavalrymen were fasilladed from a dense copse, most, pluckily swooped down to within 300 feet of the horsemen. It encircled the copse four times till it had emptied all the drems, of its machine-gun. It then scared up after signalling the engray positions.
The Deccans rode hard at a grassy
RUSSIANS IN ACTION
IN FRANCE.
GERMANS DUMBFOUNDED.
PARIS, July 16/ The Russian troops have received their baptism of fire on the Western front.
They attacked the enemy's trenches and took prisoners who were dumbfounded tube in the hands of the Tsar's sokkers in France.
LATER.
A`ommuniqué, says ' Russian' and French patrols have been most active in Champagne.
THE RUSSIAN »FRONT,"
PETROGRAD, July 16.
A communique states that the Russian right wing on the Riga froat
THE CHINA MAIL.
MAPS OF THE WAR FRONT
LITTLE FURTHER USE FOR THEM IN GERMANY,
QTUER VIEWS IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, July 16
A very significant announcement is made in the semi-official Cologne Gazelle, which says there in little use in publish ing maps giving the lines of position,
FRENCH VIEWS OF THE BRITISH ADVANCE
GERMANS DREAD.
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THE RUSSIAN VERSION.
PETROURAD, July 14.
A Russian communiqus states that the enemy yesterday violently boris barded the Bussin nes vast of Gorodistchie north-eart of Barno-
HARPER'S
PRICKLY HEAT POWDER
PARIM, July 16 The magnificent gres of our intrepid British Allies is the theme of French papers, which declare that there is something majestic and inflexible in the measured hat rugion of the village of Skrobo. ALL ITCHING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF THE SKIN
which were repulsed with heavy continuous advances giving the in-
"Apply a small quantity of the Prickly Hes Fowder be the Sules of the Food and between she Teas this will ensure perfect cow sad peerenk Sors and Blistare.
A NATURAL EMOLLIENT AND ABSORBENT DUSTING POWDER itch. They also made repeated SCIENTIFICALLY COMPOUNDED FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF offensives at various points in the
pression of latent power united to an losses. The Russians counter-attack PREVENTION
implacable will. It is pointed out chased and gained ground. the Germans particularly are in dread of
and have made incredible efforts to
OF
because they are so elastic and are the British advance north of Peronne, RUSSIANS ADVANGING WEST OF ISORE FEET
repeatedly changing in detail. There fore, ço reliable picture can be produced. This is remarkable as the German paper have hitherto published detailed
maps.
The British Fress Bureau, un the other hand, has supplied 2 photo graphic reproduction of the map of the German positions captured complete to
the smallest detail
STEAMERS SUNK.
LONDON, July 16- The steamers Ecclesia, to and Spirie have been sunk. The crew of the 4ko was saved.
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The Elena was a steamer of 3,714 tons belonging to the Manchester and Salford S.S. Co. She was built in 1004.
The Alto 2027 toes, was built in 1909 and belonged to the Felton S.S. Co of
Newcastle.
supported by artillery and warships alightly progressed west of Kemern.
The Sylvie, 2391 tons built in 1904, at [This telegram perhaps explains the Middlesborough, belonged to the Societe origia of the report about a paral ectioles Affreteurs Reunis of Rouen. in the Daltic.]
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RUSSIANS STORM BAIBURT.
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PETROGRAD, July 16. || The Bussis love stormed Bai- burt, the most important strategic point in Armenia..
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
ROME, July 16. An Italian communiqué states:-There is heavy fighting at Posiña Despite heavy thunderstorms, we progressed squth of Borcola and Boita Valley where the enemy, strongly reinforced made several counter-attacks which were driven with heavy loss. An enemy comiter attack at Tofana was repulsed.
GERMAN DIRIGIBLE REACHES CONSTANTINOPLE-
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AMSTERDAM, July 18. A telegram from Constantinople saya a Schuettelanz dirigible has arrived at Constantinople, causing great enthusiasm.
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bank whence there was desultory OPERATIONS ALONG THE GULF OF fussilade. Fight Germans emerged howling for mercy and clung to the horses' legs till the infantry came up and 'captured them. The Cavalry "rode up to the last new German trench which they found to be deserted, except for some few machine gunners.
The opportunity for a charge came
near Flera
UNDER COVER OF FOG."
GERMANS RECAPTURE TWO POSITIONS BUT ARE EJECTED.
LONDON, July 18.
A communiqué states :) South of the Somme last night the Germans, under, cover of a fog, erept along a canal and violently attacked and captured by surprise La Maisonette and Binchen, bus wo vigorously counter! attacked and regained both places as well as a copse northward where a fow Germans were still holding out.
General
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
BRITISH FENETRATE THIRD LINE.
LONDON, July 16. General Haig at 10:30 pm last night reparted heavy fighting all day in the Pozieres and Guillemont sector at the German second line, which resulted in further important British successes, capturing two woods, penetrating the third line North of Barentine-le-Grand, and reaching the outskirts of Pozieren.
FIRST CAVALRY CHARGE
present it, but the British front already nearly aligned with that of the French front, thus facilitating a renewal of the combined advance.
THREE TRENCH LINES ·
SWARMED.
The details of the aasanit un Friday show that the British Left, starting between La Bolasallo and Contalmaison,
ERZEROM.
PETROGRAD, July 15N An official communiqué says that the Russians have captured fresh positions", west of Erzerum and ure how ten miles from Balburt, The fighting is developing favourably south-west of Mush, deepite the desperate nature of the Turkish resistance.
"awarmed three lines of trenchen." They
were met by a desperate resistance XLLIES FINANCIAL AGREEMENT. from two Bavarian regiments at
Ovillers, while north of Contalmaison they encounterech fractions of the Prussian Guard, who were driven hark to the subkirts of Pozieres.
LONDON, July 15
It is officially announced that Mir cKenna, Chancellor of the Exche quer, and the Finance Ministers of 700 PRISONERS CAPTURED,
France, Russia, and Italy conferred In the central advance from between a London, in conjunction with the Mametz and Montauban towards the British and French Ministers of Bazentins the Britä quickly took 700| Munitions and the Chief of the Bus- prisoneri, a battery of field-guns, and asian General Staff. They ruched an number of maxin-guns. In a succession Arcement for further co-ordinating of sharp fights, including the repulse of joint arrangements for supplies of two counterattacks, the Pomeranian Finance, Britain also concluded tin-le-Petit. Twice the British emerged France and Italy and initiated a dis- Brigade held out most fiercely at Bazen-separate Enancial agreements with from the wood into the single street of cussion with a view to separate the village and wore compelled to with draw. At the third assault in the after agreement with Russia." noon they were successful. It is stated that. 1.500 German corpses were found, in the village. A company was captured fleeing towards Pozieres, but the mai
LONDON, July 16. body of Pomeranians escaped. The Earl Grey, in a letter of farewell! first task of the British Right was to to his late constituents, says that ulear Trone Wood after which thaythings are going so favourably for covered the half mile to Longueval by the Allies us to justify the fairest
Doon.
TOMMIES' BLOOD UP.”
EARL GREY'S OPTIMISM.
expectation of a satisfactory final success.
The Prussiars defended Longueval but the Tommies' blood was up, and they TURKS CLEARED FROM MECCA. dashed forward with such impetuosity that they captured the whole of the place in less than sa bour, capturing. a regiments staff and the halk of a battalion.
DASH AND VALOUR OF BRITISH
INFANTRY.
A French Eye-Witness says that all were astounded with the clash aid valour of the British Infantry, who are sweeping everything in their path with irresistible foree.
A feature of the Allied advance is the We captured the whole of the Delvilla.co-operation of the seroplanes. Flying Wood cast of Longueval, despite the low, they signal every movement of the most desperate resistance. We repulsed advancing infantry to the rear, enabling strong counter-attack with severe the guns to lift de successive rushes are enemy losses, and gained a leglement made, in Faurear Wood, where we penetrated the German third line, a squadron of Dragoon Guards in this vicinity success- fully accounting for an enemy detach- ment. This has been the first opportunity for a cavalry action since
1914
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ADVANCE ON POZIERES We captured the whole of the wood LONDON, July 16 at Bazertine--Petit West of the we repulsed two counter-stacks. The prisoners here include the cornmautter of a Bavarian Regiment and the whole of the staff Advancing east of Ovillers we fought to the outskirts of Pozieres...
GENERAL HAIG'S POLICY OF **RAPID BLOWS:""
LONDON, July 16. Reuters's Correspondent at Headquar- ters reports:-
Lasbos, July 15.
The remaining forts at Mecca have surrendered, and 28 officers, 950 unwounded and, 150 wounded men. four guns and a large quantity of war materials and munitions were cáp- tured, making a total of ten fold- suns, fifteen machine-guns, 100 off- cere, 2,500 soldiers, and 160 officials captured since independence was proclaimed.
There is no longer any trace of Turks in Meccs.
*** DEUTSCHLAND DECLARED A
MERCHANTHAN,
WASHINGTON, July 15. The U.S.A, State Department has formally ruled that the submersible vespol Deutschland is a merchant- man.
OBITUARY.
PARIS, July 16. The famous scientist Professor Elis Metchinkoff is dead.
A MANILA SENSATION.
HEAVY FINE ON STEAMSHIP. OWNERS.
Our casualties resulting from penetr sting the German second-line on Friday were comparatively light. The enemy surrendered freely. The villages offer- ed a more stern opposition than the tranches, but, taught by the experiences. of a fortnight, the troops carefully sought and destroyed the machine gun redoubts and dag-outs. They had captured Longueval and Bazentine-le Grand and ather strong position, before breakfast. As the mist deepened in the forenoon advantage was taken to consolidate the conquered ground. The struggle was runewed most intensely Chinees Prince are appealing against a all day on Friday, and machines were later in the day: An important attack fine of 70,000 pesos, imposed on the seldom higher than five hundred feet. was delivered in the evening in pursi-ground that 2,000 parcels consignet to Nevertheless, inuch valuable work was ance of General Haig's policy of heavy merchants in Manila are missing from done. An enemy train was demiled in rapid blows in order to prevent the the steamer..
village of that nome Sir Archibald Murray reports: Two columns, operating from Tor and Abuzebeira respective ly, on the Sinai abare of the Gulf of Suez, roturned to their bases after successful raids or enemy ports in the peninsula. They covered sixty niles through difficult country and captured prisoners and live stock Despite opposition there were casinalties in either column.
PORTUGAL AND THE WAR.
READY TO SEND TROOPS
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PARIS, July 16. The Eclair publishes an interview with the Portuguese Premier who stated that Portugal, was ready to assist the Allies by sending troops to France or elsewhere whenever the Allies desire We progressed west and south of it in the course of events, Portugal'a Fleury, where as well as at Chen, La Bancial resources determining the Laufee, most intense artillery del ara
number. taking placa
AERIAL ACTIVITY. -
Our aeroplanes were very activo
BRITISH HISTORY,
AVIATION, SUCCESSES. For the past forty-eight hours aero. planes have been much hampered by unfavourable weather. It was cloudy
nue of our bembing rakis
During the past twenty-four hours we destroyed three Fokkers, three bi-places, and a double-engined acroplane, and forced another Fokker to land damaged. All our machines returned safely.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
MARKED PROGRESS BY ITALY.
-ROME, July 16.
enemy strengthening new defencer
Masına, July 15.. The owners of the British steamer
It is alleged that these parcels were LATER. Couficated by the British authorities The British progress continues most at Perang on the ground that the satisfactorily. We captured a high consignees were on the Black List wood and advanced towards Pocieras
(Continued on Page 3.) and Martin Puich We have captured over 2,000 prisoners during the past twenty-four hours; also much material To-day's Advertisements The South Africans captured Delville
Wood"
THE YERDUN REGION,
PARIS, July 16:
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM-NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG.
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in the Somme region. They felled GREATEST FINANCIAL EFFORT nesly, bosing vi four German machines in the enemy. lince and two others were badly hit and obliged to descend..
A communiqué states:-There has A communique statas:At the been a reciprocal bombardment, in the THE Directors of the above Company have recommended an Interim GREATEST MILITARY EFFORT IN head of the Posing Valley the Italians Fleury sector on the right of the Meuse. Dividend of 3% (equal to 3/- per share) carried the strongest positions. The Nothing has transpired on the rest of on the Preferred Ordinary Shares and enemy counter-attacked violently but this front.
10% (equal to 10 per share) on the tn German bomb attack north east of the the rate of 2/1 per Dollars for Another communiqué records that a Deferred Ordinary Shares calculated at unsuccessfully, heavily In
very marked Italian progress.
Avocourt Redoubt was repulsed There Dividends are free of Income Tax
Colonial has been intense artillery practice at the Shareholders on the Fleury Attempted attacks by the After FRIDAY the 11th August, 1918, st Register, and will be payable on and enemy in the Forest of Apremont and the Company's Office. dispersed by barrage, and rifle fire re spectively
Trench air aquadrons bombed the railway stations of Abbecourt, Torg- nier, Chaumy, Hombleux and Boisel; and also a heavy battery near the last rammed place.
FIGHTING IN VERDUN REGION.
FRENCH ENTER GERMAN- TRENCHES
ALSO NECESSARY
LONDON, July 16.
GAINS,
LINES PIERCED AND TRONE'S WOOD OCCURIED.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
A GERMAN CLAIM.
At the opening of the War Savings GERMAN ADMISSION OF BRITISH reconnaissances in Vape Wood were Bank this week Mr. McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in & letter plants out that it coincides with the opening of the greatest military effort in British
LONDON, July 15 history, not a battle of a day or two
A German official commanque admits but a long patient, arduous offensive that the British have gained ground,
Lowpox, July 15 demanding unimaginable ascrifices from piareed the German lines between In an official communique the to make Pozieres and Longteral, and occupied Germana claim to have recaptured soldiers. He urges civilians t
Sort is history, Trone's Wood
ground lost on the 3rd Juls at the greatest financial effort in history,
The same communique mentions at rabovs, on the Bossian front, tacks by snor British detachments in PROHIBITING HASHISH IN EGYPT the Ancre Neuville sector and also draking eleven officers and 1,100 men
Camo July 18
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The Commander French on the right of the Muse
issued proclamation ogress west of Fleury of £1,000 (Egyp nued to progress took prisoners.
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