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„FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916-
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
THE WESTERN
OFFENSIVE.
BAITISH DINE ADVANCED. '
Lesbos, Aug. 17. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our line has been advanced to the west and south-west of Guillemont.
FRENCH ORGANISE CAPTURED
POSITIONS.
PARIS, Aug 17.
A commenopud says -- The enemy did not attempt to Domater-attack in the Samme region.
We are organising the positions won. There is viglent srtillery activity north of Maurepas and in the sector uf Balloy-en-Santerre but raltà prevail alsewhere.
AFRICAN OPERATIONS.
CONTINUED PROGRESS
の
LONDON, Aug. 17.
General Suits reports :-
Our troops we ding in on the Central Railway in the vicinity of Kilosa, from the north and the west, while Yaval forens have occupied the important Aral town of Thuegamojo, capturing a Naval fin, gun.
THE ITALIAN" FRONT,
ROME, Aug. 17.
Today's official statement say there have been artillery actions, unmarked by any special features
VENICE AGAIN BOMBED. Bestile seaplanes bombed Venice and Grado Lagoon last night The Camage was slight and there were To psunlties.
BRITISH ACTION AGAINST
SWEDEN.
EXPORTS PROHIBITED EXCEPT "UNDER STRINGENT LICENCE.
LONDON, Aug. 17.
LATER.
THE CHINO-JAPANESE
AFFRAY.
STRONG JAPANESE FORCE DISPATCHED.
MADRAS GOVERNMENT AND'
**NEW INDIA,"
LONDON, Aug. 17 In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. P. Snowden, Mr. Ansten Cham- berinin said that he was not prepared to j interfere with the action of the Govern ment of Madras regarding the paper New Indie He was not aware that every paper of standing bad protested or that the action had rented indignation throughout India.
· NEW" BRITISH MINISTER TÖ DENMARK.
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LONDON, Aug 17 Sir Ralph Faget has been appointed British Minister to Denmark.
PLAGUE IN ENGLAND..
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WESTERN OFFENSIVE, to be for, the moment content with tac
ITS LARGER PURPOSE.
[BY A MILITARY CORRESPONDENT IN THE
**WESTMISTER QAZETTE."]
tical succesnes, knowing that such si Tessos muss inesiably lead up to that. phase of the war in which our strategical Initiative would be united with and futilised in tactics of attack.
In the Trenting the Italian counter. offensive, has set the seal upon. General Looked an against the background of Cadorna's tactical success by wrecking. the war as a whole, the Allied western the Austrian enterprise. The profound effect of that Austrian fillurs upon the offensive, centred in, but not limited to, was a whole is avident from two com the battle on the Somnie, will be seen aidarations. The first la thas, apart from to have a larger purposes as well as the troops engaged against Italy, it left
· local -- objective.
immediate and
.
Though the more local objective may still be unachieved, notwithstanding the, to date, substantial promise at achivement, the larger, and far more important pur. pose is, happily for us, already sasured of fullment.
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Austria with no forces sloop save tha three armies on the Russian front. Fue- ther, these were the bottom of the parse-
was far that reason secondly, that saf It lost they could not be replaced. It much care was taken not merely to ensure the augtens of the Trentino enterprise, Speaking with the svidence before us of subsequent events, we now know that but that it should be allke swift and crushing. In withdrawing the serves, when, at the beginning of the present including the best units, from the armien Toxvo Aug 17, 2
LONDON, Aug. 17. year, the Germans in the War Council There have been three cases of bubonies Berlin planned their 1918 campaign on the Russian front the Austrians ran a deadly ris. As Mr. Balloo justly A regiment of Cavalry, three bat
they were influenced by two broad con- pointed out in last week's Land and tations of infantry and a mixed complague at Bristol
The Medical Officer of Health has aiderations. One was the question of
Water, they fed into the Trentino across pany with machine
guns have been hinted at the possibility of rats having replenishing their forces; the other the Brenner Fast-the one narrow bottle-
the prospective period of scarcity preced. despatebad to Cheng Chia Taug from the been deliberately infected.
ing the harvest, By the end of April theck of communication- vast mass, of
both heavy and Sght artillery. nearest Japanese garrison..
1917 class of rearuit, having completed were staking everything upon the throw its training, would be in the fighting and they ruenus the throw, to he line. From that date the absolute dimi.
certainty. pution of numerical strength wouki begia.
They have lost, and on the top of that By the middle of Mayat latest the periodos cans the Russian offensive. Of the
The Cabinet has discussion the sitaue tion.
JAPANESE PRINCE VISITING PETROGRAD.
TOKYO, Aug 4. Prince 'Tan-In is proceeding to Petro- gral to return the risit of the Grand,
The Freign Offion states that the attitu‐l. of Japan will depend upon the friendly attitude and co-operation ofDuke. Peking.....
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH
OFFENSIVE. “
SUCCESSFUL RESUMPTION OF THE
ATTACK.
PARIS Aug 17.
A compra qué states ~~ The French have resumed the offensive ja
in the Semme region this afternoon :
AN INTERESTING MARRIAGE.
LONDON, Aug. 17.. The marriage of Major John Marty, son of the famous publisher, and Lady Helen Brassey was solemnise to-day.
LECTION. →BERWICK BYE-ELECTION.
LONDON, Aug. 17. The by-election at Berwick has
resulted as follows:-
Sir Francis Blake (Coalitionist) 3794 Dr. Turnbull (Independent)... 821
after an intense cannonade making) “KITCHENER'S importaat gain.
In conjunction with the British.. north of the Somme they, captured a Whole line of German trenches one front extending to a mile.
Simultaneously, the French south of the Somme captured in one rush a system of powerfully-fortified trenches
frant of twelve hundred metres south of Belloy-en-Santerre.
After capturing a mile of trenches north of Maurepas the British und French troops a certain points reached the Guileraont-Maurepas romi
In addition, south of Maurepas, all the German positions east of the Maurepas Clery road were captured on a front of two kilometres to a depth of 300-500 metres, after a fierce fight, in which the enemy lost very heavily...
Both operations were brilliantly con- ducted and rapidly executed, and many prisonchs were taken, in addition to 60 captured souch of the Somme.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
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CONTEMPTIBLE ·
CONSCRIPTS.
of sesreity would entered upon. In view of these considerations the men sure decided upon were to bring the war to an end at the latest by Midsummer.
And these messures, again, were two- the attack upon Verlan and the offen sive against Italy. Has both succeeded. nsis was fully believed they would, then a separate peace might, is was thought, be forced alike whoc Italy and up France. The two incalculables," Great!
They
three Austrian armies on the Rumi front two have been swept away. The third is in peri of envelopment. Since the battle of Kolorced last week von Bothmer's danger kas become 'imminent. What will be Austria's situation if the Rission movetnent south of the Dziester cannot be arrested, and van Bothmer is lost? She will have no forces left are these employed paint Italy, and the Britain and Russia, might then in turn best part of these, as well as the best have been compelled to accept a settla- part of their equipment, literally locked nent, inconclusive for them; advantage up in the Trentino for weeks to come. us for Cermany and for Austria. Such a truth, the Milure of the Trentino enterprise and the Russian offensive have are the enemy, reasonings which events brought Austin to the brink of rutin. between then and now have made glear.
The Germans, however, perfectly well Events are the best of all possible proofs.
To be quite certain on the point let us know that it Austria goes down their glunce back upon the mania opisodes of esase in the Balkans and in Turkey is the war during 1016. In the order of invetievable. Say their influence and tine they have been (1) the fall of power at Vienna vill vanish. Come what Erzerum, with, later, the fall of Tre may, they mast save their tottering ally. bizond as its consequence, (2) the atisek How? They have tried to do it by mass upon Verdua, the Aostrian ofensive ing troops against the Russians in the in the Trentino, (4) the battle off Int. Luck salient. It has not, bent erough. land (5) the Russian ofensive south of Inevitably as the Russian movement the Pripet, (4) the Italian counter-affen, south of the Dienter has gravu more eive, (7) the Allies' cffensive in the West, threatening the fighting round the Lak Stated summarily the campaign ef 1916 mallent has become more intense. has been marked first by the failure of sustain it the German lines north of the to ibe both the enemy's measures, and secondly, Pripet have been drawn upon as a consequenté cf that double failure, utmost. Eren the West has been drawn. In the embarrassed and hectic reports by the development of the Allies' attack upon. It has been repentadly asserted of the great battle of Picardy which assured by the demonstration in battle by German military commentators, and Germany has cienated in neutral coun- tries the commonest misstatement con of the naval power which is the foundapparently it was the view of the Ger max Headquarters Staff, that the Rus to Germaz cerns the new British armies. It is tion of their strategy. There has bees admitter that the old expeditionary here, na anybody can see, a turning of sians could not stand up force was fire material, but the now the tables too manifest to be gaizaaid, troops. That opinion inust by this time described as undisciplined and feeble input let us also be quite clears to be another of the Jost Ulusions. Le attack and irrosciate in defence. They what we mean by a turning of the tables. threatening both Kovel and Lemberg by are formidable, say the German reports, Repeatedly in "the leading articles of his Arst advanca General Bruselloff with only because of their numbers, and these newspapers, which may be accepted as out doubt knew that he would provoke But does anybody numbers are vanishing under the Ger-
na index of the non-Service and general that concentration. mun fire.
No item of this staternent is true. The public view of the war, the atolement has imagine that a commander of his skill casualties have not been out of pro- been made that the initiative has bad not made ample provision against portion to the ground gained, and in the passed at length from the Germans to energency? Besides, in provoking this attack of July 14th, which carried a large ourselves. Initiative is a technical concentration he kept the enemy thin part of the German second line, the
REPLY TO GERMAN SLANDERS.
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British losses were extraordinarily small term, and its technical meaning is the where he meant to plant bin real-blow The individual fighting value of the power to compel the enemy to genformin Bukovina. Elementary as it was, the LINES OF ENEMY'S RETREAT British troops has been equal to any in the disposition of his forces to your Germaas at the time did not see it. Of
the campaign. For example, a wood Reuter's Agency Announces that
Alte in mol and' in efficiency our which necessitated the construction of taker by the Germans with nine bat designs. La campaigns with enormous course they see it now. But if they thin the Government has decided to profi
PETROGRAD, Aug. 17. talions; it was recaptured by the British mans armies that power is in truth the out on the Luck salient their front there
assurance of victory. Orders have to be will be disrupted. They have been out en have surpassed, and far sur. the railway above referred to, will pete hibit all exports to Sweden except there are three lines by which the enemy which showed its merit at Los
Military authorities indicate that with two, and the British New Arm
tions. No max ever stamped upon the of the new forests, as there are 100+ under angst stringent licence.
may retreat in Galicia, namely, (1), the September, has won great glory in every fiver, very clien weeks in advance. It generalled, and they have to face the passed, even the most sanguine expects, it is thought, be experienced at either
you have the initiative your orders will consequences. '';
down to the sea coast or railway, Left Wing along the Tarnopol-Lemberg plus of the Ficardy battin
It is a question of time, and not of ground and called forth such legion venient waterways for floating the leg In a later phase of this battle a certain hold good If the enemy has it, either. The reason for the prohibition of ex} rom; (9) the Centre towards Brjezany,historic British division advanced on your orders will prove wrong, cr vudden weeks but of days. Where could the Let it at once be id that for valour,, ports to Sweden is that a new Swedish and (3) the Right Wing towards Haliez the line between Bazentin-le Grand and yet unavoidable changes will cause, cor-Germans in these circumstances turn for steadiness, and devation, the world has
The Russians are only six miles from Longeval. The experiment proved the fusion and throw your, organisation out the men and the gums
to save Von ct yet seen their superiors. We need have no fear that they will not prove law prohibita importers giving anyain the latter.
worth of the New Art
Army. To
intervening formation regarding the nitimate des
purpose, then the western offensive lies before them. They are the rest tination of imports, which information are vigorously resisting Genera! Sak round and get up to within 200 yards beaten.
enemy's wire entanglements Now in the sense of being able to son is to second the Eastern offensive. On a is essential under the British Custom
haroffe og tflanking effort.
In the Sereth region the Rains are was a remarkable proof
practically without casasities which fute and control the disposition of the Tester scale it reproduces on the West miracle of the war. Of another-thing.
of discipline. (War Powers) Act...,
Still-being held up by General Eathmer
at dawn they attacked with Allies forves. the Germans never bad the the position on the Luck salient. The we may rest assured. This attack! frent on the west from the Alps to the in, the middle, course of the Zlota, Lipe, superb vigour and devotion, kes place initiative. Their chance, even of beiting price of withdrawals jà disruption. It is will be a blow that wild shake the Gezaisa Admiral Sir David Beatly report on
ses. The damage done will be irrepar but farther south the Russians hold both the German wire bad been imperfectly it was settled in the negative on the the price became the initiative is ours. banks for sixteen miles, and are con-cut and they had to make their way Marne. By that battle, winning the tree-In the eye of the larger purpose the prizeable. We are out to do military The fortitude of the wounded vis tinuing to ePos.
Late after andday the yoke, was done, dom to matike tie betà disposition of cue is not the pot compares. A that purpose darnage; to hastens the time, pos so far admirable. A report from the Doug through it and the German second position was in forces, we took the first and most essen- the fate of empires. And that purpose of now, when the enemy trons in France manding Offeer of Chester gives a our hands, as well as 83; unwounded tial strice towards victory. That freedom is already assured of fullment. The will crack like an eggshell. Meanwhile, splendid instance of devotion to duty men, 36
36 officers, including the battalion has never since been imperilled. Nor has peril of disruption on the West is the larger purpose, is being served. commander, four howitzers, four field is been seriously challenged except dur creat as the peal of envelopment on the runs and 14 machine-guns. That is
Gental Bothmer and General Ermoli they managed to cross the begin withy of year. In either case you will be Bothmer il not to France? The largequal to this test, or to any other that]
ITALIAN ASPIRATIONS.
ROME, Aug. 17. Signor Beselli, Minister, of Fin ance, in the course of a speech said they must secure Italigh aspirationaį by definito conquest and must closely maintain their agreements with the Allies.
THE LIFE OF THE BRITISH FARLIAMENT.
Loxnos, Aug. 17.
Before the Parliament Bill passed
RUSSIAN MILITARY APPOINT-/
MENTE.
MERCHANTHEN SUNK.
its third "reading the Government
LONDON, Aug 17. undertook to specially limit the e The steamers Pagasarri (Spanish) of a new Parliament in the event of San Giovanni Battista (Italian) and the election being fought on the old several sailing ships have been sunk. register.
LONDON DOCK DUES.
Owing to the cost of the war bonus for employees, the Port of London Authority Ess decided to raise the dock dues and other charges by 7 per cent from the
24th July,
the
work
Achievement of four battalions of the ing the critical weeks of October 1914 East. Either way the result will be the New Army which had never before been which preceded the battle of Ypres. The same..
in action.
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fonte:
BOY HERO.
The following is an extract from
the Jultand Battle
Boy (1st class) John Travors Cornwell,
WANTED
of Chester, was mortally wounded early in the action He nevertheless remained standing alone az a mort exposed port," battle of Ypres, among other resulta, Of the immediate and more local objec JAPAN AND FORMOSAN FORESTS, quietly awaiting orders till the end of the action, with the gun's crew" dend PETROGRAD, Ang, 17.
It should be remembered that in that established it finally.
tive it is advisable at this juncture to
and wounded all round him. His age Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Misty weather had enabled them to mass
General Rusky has been appointed section the Germans were not weak. There has been no turning of the tables, speak with a certain reserve. Attention The British Consul at Tamsui reports was under 18 years. I regret that he Armies, in succession to General gun whose positions could not be detect. therefore, by any transfer of initiative, has been chiefy directed to it, and various that the exploitation of the extensive has since died, but I recoramand has Kuropatkin (who was recently appointed ed by aerial reconnaissance and which for a Tagudly used in general discussion guesses have been indulged in Among forests in the interior of Formosa is a case for special recognition in justice ta to the Turkestan cominand).
were fring at registered marks. They the word has no military racaning what them has appeared the arggestion the matter which has been engaging the his memory, and as an acknowlments had brought up some of their most famous troops, meluding a division of ever. Have wo been able to carry out this attack is intended to relieve the attention of the Government authorities of the high example act by hin Verdun fame. The latter was as faith our designs? Undoubtedly. Has the enemy pressure upon Vanina. It has for some years past. Troo-felling in the fully dealt with by the new British enemy been obliged to conform to them? nothing to do with Verdun. On the Mount Ari forests has been rapidly battalions as-by the French 20th Corpsfost assuredly. If he had not been whole, the public have been led to form proceeded with and in 1915 the first in their famous counter-attack on Douau obliged to conform he would have em expectations which are exaggerated, be trial exports of Arisan timber to foreign ment plateaus
Attention is called to the British Naw ployed his united strength first on the cause, on the whole, beyond what is countries took place. The To-day's Advertisements
timber now produced ct Arisan is Army which showed its merit at Loos West and next on the East. Ho certainly reasonable. So far as the battle had gone boot 3,000,000 cabin feet per annum. laat September and which has won great would not to-day be fighting with it up to the time this was written, the The most up-to-date methods of glory in every phase of the Ficardy equally divided between the two main advance had been most masked on the timber axtraction are employed and the battle.
right, where the French are operating ings are sent down to the yard at Kagi To talk of new armies," to-day, indeed & minorst. The whole British is we then go bave held the son and especially to the south of the Somme. This timber yard is situated on land POSITION OF TRUST by
Eperienced ACCOUNTANT with force in one sense is new. The famous trol. And observe that both the attack There is a temptation on the part of co-adjoining the starting point of the knowledge of Import and Export, old regiments of the line have been upon Verdun and the offensive in the respondents and others writing on the Arisan Railway, which runs for a tie Business Excellent references. renewed completely, since. Mons, and renting were the outcoms of this pros apar of the rament to offer by implies tance of 41 miles up the slopes of the their drafta. are omwn from the same source as the men of the new battaliona pure, partly naval, partly military. A tion excuses. for the British troops on the mountain Aerial wire transporters The only difference is that, in historic good deal ef publie misunderstanding has ground that the Germans have thickened have been installed and the collecting battalions there is a regimental tradition arisen on this matter Fecapss the public their resistance along the British secon power of the machinery now in use is already existing merens now at large have not yet altogether graped of the line, and that the terrain is there from 10,800 to 14,400 cubic feet per battalions that tradition has had
Two naw forests have been discover bettsted, and has been created the significance of the tactical successes the more dificult. Both statements are working day of tan bours reputation second to nons in the army which have been another result. You in substanco Lets. The implied excuses done in Taichi Prefecture on the and in dozens of new battalions, has been score a tactical ceas when, reduning however, are both needless and beadathr
alopes of Mount Fussen, did the other foundation. an enemy effort to mulity, you cause the mark. For the advance to have swung in Guan Prefecturain the upper reaches binin, carly on, has the forend fight
a well athwart the whey line is a me the of proud of July 14th, when, from Foricres to Delville Wood, the German second line to be wasted. Ypres was a great tas achievement. It is not a question of one neighbourhood of Mount Sousal. DISCONTINUED as from 8 amisto was carried and the third line pierced. tical success Verdun, has been an even part of the slacking foren being better According to present estimates, the arco 11 am to enable the Work in progre It was an enterprise as bold as it was greater the greatest known. The Italian than another, much less of one general of the Elassen forest is about one half, at the Power Station to be completed.
GIBB LIVINGSTON successful.
A distinguished French soldier doubtoddelency in the Trentino was a great lac being more capable than another. The the area of that Mount Ari, while the possibility of succes An English tical succes. In brief, we have turned operation, as a whole, is heing directed the forest in Gima Prefecture is one
ctinians of this and a half times as large na General offered to eat his hat it did the tables not by any shifting of the by one of the fatest
ENYOY TO THE VATICAN,
LONDON, Aug. 17. Count de Salis KCMG, C.V.O., (until recently British Envoy Estra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Montenegro) has been appointed Special Envoy to the Vatican, in succes sion to Sir Henry Howard, KCB
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LONDON, Aug 17.
In the House of Commons, the Exton sion of the Life of Parliament Bill and the Legistration Bill passed their second
to
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