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MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916.
THE WAR.
LATEST
TELEGRAMS.
'f Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE ABORTIVE ATTACK | PRAYING FOR PEACE IN
ON SUEZ CANAL,
BRITISH" TAKE 1,500 UNWOUNDED PRISONERS.
LONDON, Aug. 5. General Murray reports that he defeated the enemy with heavy foutes at Romani feast of Fort Said) on the 4th and 5th inst, capturing 2,500 unwounded troepe including some Germans, four mountain guns, and a number of machine guns.
Our casualties were not heary.
GERMANY.
ANOTHER VIEW OF GERMAN
PEACE CONDITIONS.
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COPENHAGEN, August 8. Danish Socialists who have return-
ed from a tour in Germany declare that everybody is praying for peace. German Socialista regard the rastorn-
tion of Belgium a matter of courte, Germany is willing to conclude poice without anexations, provided poli- The Australian and New Zealanaltical and economic independence, is mounted troops displayed stensiness in guaranteed. holding strong flank attack and initiative worthy of the highes: praise
in, pursuit.
The monitors firing from. Tina Bay assisted materially and the work of the Flying Corps was excellent
NOTHING TO HOPE FOR TILL ENGLAND 15 SMASHED.
A GERMAN PESSIMIST.
bis roilers
LONDON, August 7. On the 4th inst the enemy mandle, a The German publicist Herr Harden frontal attack on the British catrench.in an article on the second year of ments in conjunction with an attack the war makes a remarkable revela- round our antitherm Bank, employing tion of a ebastened mood. Ho 14,000 men, with hewy howitzers.
The frontal attack was unsuccessful. Pessingstically warns
that Germany is fighting for her Our mounted troops retired slowly beföre
life. A period of untold suffering is the flank attack until late in the evening | when:hey became involved in sand dunes. head and nothing can be hoped for Then a counter-attack was made by all the favour of Heaven, or acti- arms, which was completely successful.
dens, smashes England, which is still
The pursuit of the enemy was takerungssailable.
up vigorously and still continues..
The Territoriala have dons exceeding-
ly well, especially in manoeuvring in heavy sau, despite the great heat.
COMMENTS ON THE VICTORY.
Lospos, Aug. 6. The pincs Romani mentioned in General Murity's despatch is eighteen miles east of the 'Cunak
Reuter states that the wells near the Canal are all in our hands. Therefore, the enemy must bring every drop of water to wanda Romani from Angbratina ➡ten miles distant. Moreover, water can only be transported by slow pack
camels.
•
The number of the enemy is reasur- ing for unquestionably 14,000 carinot invade Egypt in fice of Gener! Murray's powerful army...
There were probably between 1.000 and 2,000 Austro-German infantry. besides a large number of Bedouin Home, with the Turks.
BRITISH SUBMARINE AT
CONSTANTINOPLE.
STEAMERS SUNK AND · SUBURBS BOMBARDED.
LONDON, August 6 The New Frei Press (Vienna) British subuni rins
states that a
suddenly appeared in the harbour of Constantinople. torpedoed two large steamers and hombarded the suburbs..
ANOTHER GREAT RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
· 3,000; MORE PRISONERS -TAKEN,
PETROGRAD, August 6. Southwards of Brody the Russians have overcome the enemy's, rasist- .ance on the left banks of the
Grabenka and Sereth.
A number of villages have been captured and over 8,000 prisoners taken..
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
HEAVY · AUSTRIAN ATTACK
REPULSED...
ROME, Aug 6..
THE ANGLO-FRENCH
OFFENSIVE.
FURTHER PROGRESS ON BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON. Aug: &.. General Sir Donglas Haig "in a con- minnigid says further progress has been made at Highwood.
The enemy throughout the night shelled various areas on and behind our front between the Antre and the Somme. He opened a heavy bombardment north- cast of Arras, being apparently alarmed by one of our patrols.
Otherwise there has been no change.
LONDON, August 7. General Sir Douglas Haig, in his latest communiqué soya;
East of Pozieres we have pro- greased in the direction of Martin
Puich.
The enemy twice attacked the ground we gained north-west of Pozieres. One attack, helped by liquid fire, temporarily forced us back.) from one of the captured trenches, but later we recovered all except torty yards. The second attack was repulsed with loss:
"Considerable activity prevails 'at Carenchy, Loos and St. Eloi. We raided enemy tronches causing many casualties. Artillery, assisted by neroplane, destroyed several gut emplacements.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
FARIK Ang 6 A communiqué, says: We extended our gains north-west of Thinamont repulsing a counter attack.
Our air equadron dropped numerons bombe in the region of Combles and at Noyon, St. Easy, Sedan, Conflans and Mete stations; also on military establish. mente of Rombach
Two German captive balloons on the Somme front were set on fire.
A French airman brought down two Germans in the region of Verd dum, one falling into the French lines the other into no-man's land." Another was brought down at Estrees after a fight. Our aviators captured a machine of the newest, type intact. didn
A communiqué states ing A heavy Austrian attack between Adige and Upper Isonzo and also
LATER. attacks betwem the Sugana and The Germana are violently, bom Conderole valleys were repulsed barding Thiaumont, Fleury, Chapitre Tho artillery on both sides is most and Chanois. The infantry have not
attacked.
The Apetrains are emplying a new Aype of explosive gas bomb, tuna
JAPAN AND THE WAR.
TOKYO, August 6....
An imposing dethonstration of member of Parlament and other prominent people has been hele
orking the Ruse Japanese alliance, asuring unswerving loyalty to the Anglo-Japanese alliance, as the main pillar of the international; situation, y to be the enemy
affirming
that
sympathy remains whom the will Br
SHIPS BUNKE
LONDON, August 6 Another Danish steamer has been
that the Wilson liner Anto has been It is reported from Copenhagen torpedoed.
THE ALLIES FIRM RESOLYE
The Taar
LowDon, Augast Dre Emperor of Fapun
Serbia have SCAL
THE CHINA MALE.
BRAVE, DEEDS ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
Losbos, August. 8.
beer The Victoria Cross has awarded to the following — Captain Laosz Ress, Flying Corps. He was attacked, by ten enemy machines. Ho dispersed six, seriously damaging two, and chased two others. He was wounded and lost control of his achine, but righted it and closed with the enemy, firing at or a few yards till his ammunition
range
FARLIER TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH FRONT LINE INGE" UITY.
DECEIVING THE ORMAN
THE BRITISH FRONT.
·Britis) Headquarters. The French, tron, in the region of the LINE PUSHED FORWARD,
Oise is a mest Welcome contrast to the fat country of Flanders. There are places on the British front, such pa rear Loxboy, Aug. the Somme where we hold the high General Haig, in à comunique's lates
ground
ich overlooks the enemy. But Inclucting the capture of the tranches for the most part it was the Germania reported to day, our line north and west what these the on which to stand of Pozieres has been pushed forward 400 when they all back from the Marte, and to, 600 yards” on a: 3,000 pards front over most of the front, especially in the during the last two days on the north, in the stationary warfare of the Australian, Kent, Surrey and Susast year and a half the enemy have!
beld much the more advantageous, posi- troops participate in the operations.
tion At many places, however, the despite a heary shell fire.
We consolidated the ground won, French drove him
ished!
Our artillery shelled Courcelletta, and
Ito go, and at much points the better.
ground is in the hands of the Au
was expended. He then returnedraumont, and destroyed ten gun em French trenches where they ran through
placements and threa hinnition stores, anfoly
Enemy aircraft have not been enter Private GEORGE CRATER, East Yorks.prising. Eight of their machines scat
A dispatch carrier was buried tered when three of ours engaged them.bita come down into them to the huge
during a bombardment attack on cur trenches. Chafer, en his own initiative, took the message from the pocket of the dispatch carrier, and although "severely wounded nimself in three places. ran along the ruined phrupet under muxim
und shell fire und delivered the message. He then collapsed. Sergeant Jous, ERSKINE, Scottish
Rifles (Territoriala)
He rescued two wounded men under fire and then ran to an
officer, whom he bandaged and attended for an hour and assisted in bringing him in shielding hin with his own body. Sapper WILLIAM HACKETT, Royal
Engineers!
He was entombed with four others in a gallery by the explosion of an enemy mine. A hole was made to the outside after twenty hours work. Hackett, helped three of his companions outside, and refused to leave the fourth who was wounded, though the hole wits collapsing. Both were buried. Thus he deliberately gave up his life for his comrade. Privato ARTHUR PROCTER, Liverpool
Territorial Regiment.
He went out to two, wounded men lying in the open, hi view of the enemy. He dressed their wounds under fire. Frivate GEORGE STAINGED. Man
chester Regiment.
front.
QUIET ON THE SOMME
Recently I I walked some milen
woods overarched with brucken. strawberries and lily of the valley grow along their edges, and in the desk rab- entertainment of the men There looked down from, an observation post. so well concealed that the German might seah the hillside with their guna for a month and never touch it, straight on to the
to the German front-line trenches almost at my feet. I watched French
PARIS, Aug. &- command states The night basrum battery wall behind me an the other side of the hill, amuse itself by comparatively quiet on the Somme knocking the trenches into dust. The rapidity of the fire was such that the shell
fell almost like the ripple of
FIGHTING IN THE YERDUK REGION.
PARIS, Ang The artillery bombardment was violent throughout the Thiaumont-Fleury sector, Ranewed furious counterattacks, st the Thiaumont work were repules.
Thers was equally severe fighting as the Flaury village, where there is no appreciable change.
gun, and the accuracy, was 30 that, while I watched, only ona shell seemed to fall as much as a couple of yards from the actual trench. There is, indeed, fot much room for careless shooting for there are places where the French and German lines are only paces apart.
"A BOCHE TRAP.”
Not far away I saw a most ingenious of which must be left a mystery; but the Boche-trap" (piego a boches), the nature essential element in machine-gun so placed that though it has been there for An enemy attack, after artillery preseveral weeks, in the course of which paration, on the Freq forest was broken there has hardly been a day when it has down..
not been deed, the enemy has not, the
vented its strapping fellow from smallest notion where it is, nor is he ever likely to find out. The officer who in- Bordeaux, six good feet tall and every inch a soldier-takes great pleasure in hi picgo. as the Germans certainly do not.
dawn in the Sonne and two at Verdun Two German aeroplan were brought
PARIS, Aug. 6: Amique states:-The enemy on the right of the Mettie has been extre mely quiet in, the Thinumont sector. We hold all the southern part of the village of Fleury
TWO FOWERFUL ENEMY ATTACKS
The Germans, after an all-day bom barkhent, launched two powerful attacks on the Faux Chapitre Wood Ont was repulsed and the other penetrated por tons of the trenches, but the enemy was immediately driven out.
Our front remains intact.
RUSSIANS STORM VILLAGES.
12,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.
ous enough in this war, but in the con- The German bas shown himself inger
stant struggle of wits which goes on along the front line trenches he is no match for the Frenchnet, The French have reduceri the displaying of posters enemy to fine art. Not conveying discouserting news to the from the Boche trap" mentioned, there Not very far away is a piece of trench which
the French discovered the enemy occupied only in the night
night time.
"presezubly because it was to exposed. So the French took to occupy ing it for the other half of the 24 hours playing Box and Cox as it vem and being careful always to leave no trace of their occupancy behind. The need of using it has passed now; but while the gama went on the position-merely because the Germans never thought of it except as part of their own line-bad conspicuicus usefulness."Times.
THE PORTUGUESE AND
* CONSCRIPTION.
Single-handed be held the ground against a counter attack while tha battalion was retiring till his bombs
PETROAD, Aug. 6. were expended, arving the battalion's communigue states:-There has flankand enabling a steady withdrawal,been stubborn fighting south of Brody, Lieutenant ARTHUR BATTEN POOLE where repeated counter-attacks ware STATEMENT DY CONSUL-GENERAL
repulsed. Munster Fusiliers.
The ground has been consolidated. :
LATER
IN KOBE
In reference to recent letters in the. columns of the Japan Chronicle on the
For most conspicuous bravery when in command of a ruiding party. He was severely wounded by a bomb on the rivers Graberka and Sereth, southguese citizens, Me. Cerval Castro, A communique states:-The fighting subject of conscription among Fortu- on entering enemy lines. Although of Brody, is developing in favour of the the Portuguese Consul-Ceneral in Kobe,
gave i Chronicle
all his right fingers were mutilated, Buscans, who stormed two villages and following exce he continued to direct operations an adjacent wood and hill. The
repremiative the
1g excerpts taken from the Oficial
relating the
with unflinching courage... His voicenciny in one of the villages was disment i
men.
was clearly hearil cheering and directing his
He refused to retire when urged to do so. Later he was twice wounded, while personally assisting to resmie other wounded Still refusing assistance, he walked unaided within a hundred- yards of our lines when he fainted and was carried in Surgeon Captain JOHN GREES.
Although wounded he went to the assistance of a wounded officer who was hung up by enemy. wire, and drígged him into a shell. hole where he dressed his wounds, though they were continuously bombed Surgeon- Captain Green was endeavouring to bring the officer to safety when he was killed, and t Lieutenant RICHARD JONES, North
lodged from every house.
Nine enemy counter-attacks repulsed with heavy loss
scription
issued by the of
were reside in the territory of the Re () When the young men
A total of 12,000 enemy prisoners. was taken, and others are coming in-
CAUCASUS.
PETROGRAD, A 6 Some advance been made in the Caucasux, west of Kilkit and Tschiflik
*SOLDIERS AS HARVESTERS.
LONDON, Aug 6.- The Army Council has decided to release 27,000 soldiers to assist with the harvest.
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KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
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W Kay and L Forster Mesara ES Rouse and H.H. Pegr runners ap
MIXED DOUBLE-Winners HE NE Raition and Mise Neave; MBL Lindsell and Bliss Robertson runners. up.
HONGKONG LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE
MATUHES PLAYED LAST
A PASSATURDAY.
public, and their responsible ascendants dwall
Tabroad, or vice verau, the.. military tax must be asibod on both of them, in the locality of their
their respective ro The Kowloon Cricke Club were at home on Saturday when the prizes The rebellious recruits
(recruits are subjeck) won in the Tenzia, and Golf Compati to the payment of the military taxtions were presented. The Hand of the they are not captured; and their property very pleasant afternoon was spent A whilst they do not present themselves or 74th Punjabis was in attendance and a shall be seized as long as the annual rates feature of the afternoon's entertaiment have not been:
been integrally paid,
was an American tennis tournament in Their responsible asendants are also which twenty players took parts This match was played on the Polier bound, during this time, to the payment. Mrs. Wolft, wife of Mr. P. R. Wolf, Greens at Happy Valley and resulted in of.. their Borusall in fung und bin the rebel after Mr. Wolf hotel intributed the prizes a win for the Police by 6 points.
When had made speech licus recruits prosent themselves or are in which he referred with much satis captured, proceedings will be taken in faction to the success of the competitions Police
Grant McDonald
POLICE V TAIKOO
Weir
Taikou,
Mair
Drummond
Hamilton (Skip)
Gerrard (Skip)
20 points
Bink 2
Eccordance with § 1, No. 2, of Article-198 and the Club's activities generally. of the Regulations, that is, they shall The Prize List was as follows: remain in the service during to unin terrupted-years, if they are taken for RONSING POOL, 1014-15 Presented the service, or, if such is not the crue, by Mreer Elson and Haigh. Won by they shall pay double the military tax. A. K. Bryson. that they should pay if they were not
CAPTAIN'S CUP, presented by Sir Edward Carson, on the 8th instyremain subject to the payment of the McLennan, with Mr. J. P. Robinson COO
rebellicas, and their ascendents also Atitinson and Mead-Won by Mr. B. Davitt by Mesars Police will suggest that Mr. Asquith convene military tax incumbent on them." an immediate conference of the Entente
Another Powers with a view of establishing a He was isolated with a platoon common basis of action in the treatment
Lancs, Regiment.
LONDON, Aug 6
official circular contains the paragraph: reference to the former circolar
holding a crater The Germans..of enemy prisoners, and making joint about military service, I give
OBITUARY.
second
Kent ECLECTIC CUP presented by Messrs Pitt Savage and Jack-Won by Mr.-K. Mc-17 Lennan, with Mr. & Bryson second.
SIEI CUP presented by Mr A. La
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16 points
Taikoo Dinnin
McCubbin
Prowle Ferguson
Grinshaw
Wallascer
Wothers
Scott
BAKOWLOON, V. CIVIL SERVICE
Played on, the Civil Service Greens at Happy Valley and resulted in a wis for Kowloon by pointe
attacked in overwhelming force. representations to neutrals, respecting you underneath the translation from the Stain Won by Mr. K. MeLeanan, with Police
the conduct of enemies towards the original text of Articles 170 and 1710 Ver. G. 1. May second.
Blackman Allied prisoners. He will also suggest mast be-acquinted with not only for Bryson and McLennan Won by Mr. Bigh
the Recraitment Regulations, which you
RUNNING POOL presented by Mesars LG Watt the appointment of Minister whost the practice your functions regarding Malennan Gordon whole time shall be given to the question this master, but also for imparting its of the treatment of British prisoners. knowledge to the interested parties
FAREWELL (er, presented by members 20 Art. 170. The young men not in Mr K. McLennan second p
on Lavy Won aby Captain Liddell, with scribed in the census of the year corred-
PHICALES CUP, presented by Captain ponding to their age, who shall not Pitcaim Won by Messrs McLennan present themselves in order to promote and Mackenzie with Messrs File and their inscription in the framedistel Abrabazo
second. following "census, shall be considered as
MOONKA KLES' CUP, presented by Messrs May and Page Becond prize presented by available to them.
30 Cramel Von by ale K. McLennan. G-Service Art. 171 To young men
men who have with us A. G. File second:
Higby LONDON, Aug 6 not paid the military tax assessed to Si Alfred B. Markham, Liberal them in the year before, no delay shall Ritchie Won by Messrs Bryson and Duncan
BE CUP presented by Captain. Taochi member for the Manifed constituency, be granted. The thiefs of recruitment Won; Mesars Mackenzie and Knapton Da Nott, has died suddenly wi districts shall state whether those who second.
20 points, Deceased was one of the strongest apply for delay, have effected, or not, erities of the Government
that payment KAGULUKA THAs regarda young men residine Won by Mr.K. Mendan, bir Histcher
Lient. Jones
shot fifteen times. He counted them aloud to cheer-the platoon. When the ammunition had been expended, he took a bomb, but was shot in the head when rising to throw it. His splendid courage so encouraged the men that when both ammunition and bombs were expanded they threw SIR ALFRED B. MARKHAM, M.Pharing rights to any delay otherwise stones and ammunition boxes till only nine of the platoon were left. Finally the remnant were compelled to retire.
BRITISH, MIME-SWEEPER TOR- GOPEDOED IN THE LEVANT. ALU
LONDON, Aug. 6. The Admiralty announces that the suxiliary mine sweeper torpedood and sunk in the Levant on the 3rd inste
Some
Two engineer officers and three men are missing
The Assistant Paymaster and four stokers are zbghtly woun
KEEP ET
AUSTRIAN DESTROYER
TORPEDOED.
CRONE Aug
A communique vaya An Italian submarine torpedoed an Austrian de stroyer on the 2nd insha yak
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abroad," the information, alluded to in
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instead of the Chiefa of EMPIRE Recruitment
pose, you,xhall aunez, to the petition: for delay Article104), forwarded by you the Minist
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