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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1916.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).
THE "ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
BRITISH PUSH FORWARD.
LONDON, Aug. 8. General Sir Douglas Haig in a come unique saye
Last night the British pushed for ward east of Trones Wood and fighting on the outskirts of Guillemont proceeding
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GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY.
ENEMY IN DISORDERLY FLIGHT
PRISONERS INCLUDE 9,000 GERMANS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 3. Official announcement is made of a great Russian victory south of the Dneister, where the Russians broke the enemy front over sixteen miles and got The enemy has not renesel bis fruitstride the Kolomen Stanislau railway, less attacks north and east of Pozicres but is maintaining a heavy bombank capturing the heights beyond mest on this front and also other portions of the battle aren
We drove back a bomb attack east of the Leipzig salient. Parties who raided the "German lines blew up dug outs north of Roclincourt.
The enemy aeroplanes endeavouring
The prisoners include 2,000 Germans. The Russians are pursuing the enemy.
PUNISHMENT OF TREACHERY":
The official statement recounts the treachery. of a party of Austrians. They har held up their bands, but when
Russian battalion
to cross our lines on a bombing expedi-commander approached to take the tion were out off and senttered by four surrender, he was shot. Thereupon of oar patrol and two of the enemy the whole party"were slain. were forced to descend.
ILTER.
Sir Dougins Faig reports 'South-west of Guillement our line has been advanced 400 yards. The enemy made fourattacks north-west of Pozieras. Threa failed; the other enabled him to occupy fifty yards of trench."
The Germans in attacks north-west of Pozieres med famenwerfer.
The enemy shelled Longueval, High wood and Pozières heavily, alan the- vicinity of Mametz,
The day was quiet elsewhere."
THE POZIERES FLATEAU.
ENEMY'S IDEA OF ITS
"IMPORTANCE
PARIS, Aug.
The enemy rout south of the Dneister has developed into a disorderly fight.
Several cannon are among the booty, The prisoners. continue to flow in in big Latches. The total cannot yet be ascertained.
THE ITALIAN FRONT. 5.000 PRISONERS TAKEN IN TWO DAYS.
LONDON, Auguab"S
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE FIGHT NEAR THE CANAL.
GLEARING THE BATTLEFIELD.
LONDON, Aug. 8. General Murray reports that the mounted troops are in contact with the Turkish rearguard six miles east of Eatin, where the enemy was entrenched at the beginning of his advance.
The work of chering the battlefield. i proceeding. A quantity of rifles and other materials has been brought in. to the present 200 enemy dead UF have been buried in the area over which our counter attack passed on the 4th inst
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An sotoplane bomb attack on Port Said and Suez did little damage and the casualties were light
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LATER
· Special correspondents, describing the. best phase of the Turkish attack on Egypt, agree that all German tricks failed. A Turkish officer among the captured admitted that our machine guns were terrible. They cut down man like ramping corn. He marvelled that any escaped The Turks scattered far and wide in small parties.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN ATTACKS ON BRITISH
·POSITIONS"REPULSED. -
LONDON, Aug.& Geperal Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- muniqué, statoas
North and north-east of Fazeres after a bombardment, the enemy de hivered determined attacks on our new lines at four o'clock in the morning
They entered our trenches in some places, but wars driven out with many
eastialties
Two strong attacks were slelivered at aine o'clock in the morning and they likewise were repulsed.
A further feeble attack was repulsed at four o'clock in the afternoon, a
More prisoners have been captured. · There were minor encounters clad where, in which purbombers. wers successful
BATTLE OF POZIERES.
LONDON, Aug. Renter's special correspondent at the front reports The attack at Pozieres was delivered at the moment. of sunset. Suddenly on a front of 2,000 yards the Australians and British speedily cleared out the indescribable ass which formed the German second line. The whole performance was the most successful of surprise operations. It occurred at
were The brunt of the fighting was borne moment when the Germans by the manntal Anzacs, who have done relieving: some were packing up and others were taking off, their equipment. splendidly.
All bolted to their dugouts, in which many were bombed The German artillery opened fire killing numerons Germans including German prisoners In three heavy night, counterattacks the Gerfans were heavily punished by barrage fire.
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THE GRECO-SERBIAN FRONT.
BRITISH PATROL IN ACTION.
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SALONIKA, August 8.
A British patrol surprised and dispersed with bombs and bayonet. a Bulgurian detachment in a village noush of Doiraa.
THE TROOP TRAIN SCANDAL IN INDIA.
LONDON, August S Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that the wives and children of the Territorials who died to the troop train in India (referred to in An Italian communiqué states: The bridgehead of Gorizia is in several recent telegrims) will be grant our hands as the result of the Caped the same rates of penalon as if the ture of the commanding mountain men-had been killed in Action. He hul proposed to the Army Conneil that the strongholds.
cases of men who were not Territorials should be similarly treated.
One of our airships dropped a ton of high explosives on the railway. The importance the enemy attached junction at Optina. Anti-aircraft to the recapture of the platenu of batteries and seaplanes hotly attack- Pozierea may be guaged by an Armed, but our machines returned home.
-Order circulated on the eve of the furious counter-attack made of the 6th inst. It says: The position must The be regained whatever the price" details of the futile attack show that there was to have been successive waves jat Intervals of a hundred yards The adividual or detachment not resisting to death was to be court-martialled.
_SIMULTANEOUS FRENCH IDVANCE
PARIS, Aug 8.
“A tömmuniqué says :
While the British are attacking" Guillemont we have advanced on their right east of Hill 139, north of
Hardetourt:
An attack on the trenches чте captured yesterday cast of Monacu Farm was repulsed with heavy loss.
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STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS IN TERDUN REGION.,
Our captures on Sunday and Monday so far are reported as 8,000 prisoners, 11 guns and 100 machine guns.
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PORTUGAL. AND THE WAR."
LISBON, August 8.
اعد
BRITISH CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS.
LONDON, Aug. 2 Mr. Henderson, Minister of Education, has resigned.
LATER
Mr. Henderson's resignation does not mean trouble in the Ministry. He re- signed simply becaure his Labour work prevents him from devoting adequate. time to the duties of his office age Mini- ter of Education.
LATER.
The men are elated at securing commanding position, enabling them to see" The Promised Land”.
FRENCH PROGRESS.
PARIS, Aug, S
A communiqué states-The French in the afternoon brilliantly carried a line of German trenches nent the Hem Wood and east of Monsen farm, capturing 120 prisoners, and a dozen machine-gunsk
The French made further progress south of Thinument, rapturing machine
Numerous dead were found in the German treuches.
The French carried more houses in
the western part of Fleury.
FIGHTING IN THE STOKHOD REGION.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 2,000 PRISONERS.
PETROGRAD Aug.
A comminine states-The Rossians,
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GREAT HEAT ME AMERICA.
112 DEGREES IN CHICAGO.
Chicco, July 81. With the thermometer registering 101 In the business section yesterday, it is
believed that the elimax of the heat ware has boon reached.
Seventy deaths from heat prostration. have occurred during the beat two or three-day acceding to the offcial reporte
In this city a number of riots hard taken place as the shere resorts where. crowds, fought for an opportunity to hire bathing avita, so that they could seek rahat from the heat in the waters of Lake Michigan
THREATENED STRIKE OF AMERI- CAN RAILWAY MEN.'
WASHINGTON, August 2.7 One hundred thousand railroad men,
members of the late brotherhoods, have rated to go cus on strise, to enforce the demand for better working condi
·tions "and" increased wages."
The date on which the men will, quibi wark has not bees inrcanced but the railroad beads throughout the country are endeavouring to arrive at a settlement in order to prevent a paralyzation of rail- road traffic in various sections of the country..
WASHINGTON, August 4. Government oficials are doing all in their power to prevent the general strike sepate at 100,000 railroad employees and committee will in all likelihood be named to investigate the dispute between the railroad workers and officials
Presidens Wilson has been asked to. use his good cflics to prevent the strike and there, is yet a possibility that the threatened walk-ont of the railroad men may be prevented. "
The strikers are, merabers of the Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors,” the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and the Brotherhood, of Locomotive Firemen and Logiseen.
So for no railroads have been tied up but a number of them are threatened with a strike as a result of the vote.
CHICAGO JEWISH NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED.
Calcado, II, August 2.
The plant of a Jewish newspaper pub
as the result of an impetuous attack,shed in this city has been partially drove out the Austro-Germans from wrecked by the explosion of a bomb. their trenches in the Stokbed region, capturing 2,000 officers and men. Violent fighting is procceding. Numerous Austro-German wounded troops are coming in.
ITALIAN SUCCESS.
An extraordinary session of the Congress has been held at which Signor Costa, the Minister of Fin- ance, and Signor Soares, the Minister son will remain in the Cabinet as activity continues between. Adige and
of Foreign Affairs, narrated the results of a visit to London from which they had just returned.
The Premier, in an incisive speech, eulogised the Allies and spoke in favour of Portuguese participation in" the war.
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It is understood that Mr. Hender-
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3,600 PRISONERS TAKEN.
Rovt, Aug. 7. communiqué states-Artillery
the Upper Isonzo.
In the Monfalcone area we captured three guns, several dozen machine-guns, a quantity of rifles and ammunition, and ANGLO-RUBSTIN ARRANGEMENTS 3,600 prisoners including a hundred
officers.
Labour Adviser.
IN PERSIA.
BRITISH STEAMER ELOHN UP IN VALPARAISO HARBOUR.
WASHINGTON, August 1.
The British steamer Ecuador," of 1,768 tons, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Compass, has been blown up at Valparaiso. As a result of the explo- sion, twenty of those on board were
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CONCERT AT WASHINGTON, Angust 2. Bersaglieri cyclists, after berce hand- Charles Evans Hughes, the Repub to-hand fighting took the hill and lican Presidential candidate, has on- repulsed various counter-attacks.
nounced that he is in favour of the woman, anfrage movement.
BRITISH POLICY RE ALIENS.
"MILITIA FIGHT FLOODS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 8. Under the new Anglo-Russian A resolution was adopted approv-Agreement military organisation will ing. what the Ministers had done in be effected in Northern Persia by the development of a Persian Brigade and
In the House of Commons on Jane London.
WASHINGTON, August 4. in Southern Persia by the formation of 29th last there was an interesting
and at times lively debate on the farge. The militia men on the border are now DEATH OF A JAPANESE ADMIRAL sufficiently strong contingents.
number of enemy aliens who have not engaged in fighting the flooded Rio been interned by the Government OPIUM SMUGGLING IN SCOTLAND.
The subject
raised by Mr Joynson Grande instead of hostile Mexicans. who contended that it dragged Recent rains have caused great ficods "A CHINESE SAILOR HEAVILY very far behind public opinion, which along the border sad the Bio Grande has
internment was in favour of the ropatriation of every "enarny alien. unless there were very good reasons against that course in particular cases In the course of vigorous criticism of the Home Office, he said that there were still 15 restawrants in London just sa German as if they were in Berlin.
Mr. Herbert Samuel, made s-long and detailed
explained;
that about 75,000 do Pank Sister Augustine Bewicko was The Procurator Fiscal said the at-matic reply on behalf of the Govern-Bewicke, Sister of Charity of St. Vincent Germana and Austrians were living in this country at the beginning of the war the sister of Mrs. Arabibald Little, whom she followed with her good wishes All but 2,000 had been repatriated
Toavo, August 8. The death is announced of Admiral Kamimura, Supreme Councillor to to the north of the Thisamont work the Admiralty.
PARIS. Aug. & A strong enemy attack from Fleury
was checked towards Fleury with heavy
Admiral Kaminum was prominent
losses, but the enemy gained a foothold in the Russo-Japanese war
in the Thisumont work after a stubborn
fight which is still proceeding.
FRENCH WAR MINISTER ON THE
OUTLOOK.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, August 8,
The French War Minister, replying on the 14th inst. to prolong the life
FINED.
LONDON, August 8.
A Chinese sailor has been fined £50 at Glasgow, with the alternative of three menthe imprisonment, for at tempting to smuggla opinm."
as
or
overfowed and caused a great deal of damage to property at various points.
News has reached Shangha of the death at Salonika of Sister Augustine
In the House of Commons Mrthorities regarded opium smuggling
an extremely grave matter. The Ship - LONDON, Aug 8. Asquith promised to introduce a Bill
4,000 friendly aliens, and 1,500 aged ingrada also was anxious to suppress interned, and of these 10,000 women in all her travels. This was especially it, owing to the heavy fines imposed on people leaving: 6,500 exemptions on the case, the Shanghai Mercury says, on ships carrying opium.
special grounds After giving soms her voyage in thes.s. Leschuen, the first
cases to justify the policy of the typical Several other opium prosecutious arece Ofice towards these men, Mr steamboat that the late Mr. Archibald pending in Ghgow.
Samuel, who had been submitted to Little took up the Espids of the Upper much cross questioning by his critic
admissions
and.com made some welcome admin Little often said laughingly, the was son Yangtze, on which occasion, as Mrs.
desirable
to Mr. Lloyd Georgs's inesange on the of Parliament, and he would also occasion of the second anniversary of announce proposals in regard to the War, anys Decisive battles are registration. We are attacking the progressing. enemy in prefect unity at a moment selected by as The enemy will soon. ce his dream of domination vanish, and will fall back op every front."
NAVAL AEROPLANES BOMB ́ ́
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LONDON, Aug 8, The Admiralty announces hat British
THE PRISONERS TAKEN AT KUT. and French Naval aeroplanes raided
Malbeim on July 30, and successfully bombardesi benzol stores and hattacks
Despite very heavy anti-aircraft fire LONDON,Aug Ball the machines returned home
THEIR WHEREABOUTS STILL
UNKNOWN Bog
In the House of Commons La
Robert Coal stated that, notwithstand-
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to exprains the case at the enemy aliens, the captain's mate. Sister Augustine 40 years remaining in prohibited arena in view End worked for ver the nervousness in the publis mind, and
where she in the Balkans, announced the appointment of Mr Alan Syken, M.P., and Sir Louis Dane as perhaps better known than anyone A Coders to review all the permita
elf out:
ABUGGESTION BY CARRANZA ACCEPTED
WASHINGTON, August:9.
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for the
in 1912, md Germans dow, and admitt granted to that the matter required consideration 1913, again worked her hardest fo General Carranza's suggestion for bacre any further certificates were
wide 8 Joint Commission to settle the gnated it had been suggested in the
behind at Falenicz differences between Amenra debate that, ben enemy aliens were
released from interment they wook the resume their since is comptition Ma Bamuel made that this
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