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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1918.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the Ching Mail.)
THE
GREAT
SQUEEZE
RESULTS OF THE ANGLO- FRENCH PUSH.
19 IT THE OPENING OF THE GREAT OFFENSIVE?
FIERCE BATTLES
"ON
RUSSIAN FRONT.
GENERAL BRUSSILOFF'S GREAT
CAPTURES.
LONDON, Sept. 4.
A Hussian communiqué states that, in, the region of Brzezany our troops crossed the river Tseniovka, a western tributary of the Zleta Lips, capturing the enemy's position and taking prisoner 80 officere.
Lestos, Sept. Sir Dongle Haig, in a-remmaxi-and 2541 heu que, Bryan
The result of yesterday's fighting. is that the enemy's dilences on a front of 3.000 yards to an average depth of 820 yards were captured
The fighting was very severe, OUT advance being skibbornly contested And the enemy. reputedly counter attacking, supported by very heavy Artillery Fire
Our advance almost everywhere was successful at the outset anl most of the counter-attacks, erstinë the enemy try Buvy losses, com. pletely failed to shake our old the grain won.
We captured the whole of Clinchy bat are compellel to give ́ ground here. However, we remain in para of the village, despire heary and repeated counterattacks during the night.
Our line runs gecording to last night's snimaliqué.
Already 800 prisoners have been "brought in
ON THE FRENCH FRONT
A scifi munay
The enemy d
counter-attack the
tured yesterday &
PARIS, Alli
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RUMANIAN SUCCESS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE SOMME OFFENSIVE.
DUTCH VIEW OF GERMAN.
DIFFICULTIES.
A GOOD PRICE FOR BRITISH
BLOOD.
SOLDIER'S MESSAGE TO THE
PEOPLE AT HOME 37
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BUCHAREST, Sopti que atatesa occupied Commetsing on the present illtary the heights west of Borsiok and the position, the military enrrespondent, of
On July 13, at Southampton, a rogion of Sakeli in Haromszik.
the Nieurs Rotterdamschs Courant". An enemy attack on the whole of the writes-It is generalis believed that it wounded soldier, interviewed just before Dobrudja frontier and south of Basarayching is ever to be achieved by free the bearers took him sabore, handed in was repulsed.
of arms it must be now. It appears more his message in writing, as it might have and more clearly that the French and been an ambassador or a prima donna British have concentrated their desires on
SHACKLETON EXPEDITION.
MAROONED PARTY RESCUED.
LONDON, Sept. Sir Ernest Shackleton has saved the members of his Experlition who were napooned on Elephant Island.
Mr. A. A. Whyte, of Messrs Llewellya and Co-Ed has been wounded in
action.
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Th
achieving important successes in the landing at New York and inured by Some sector. The attacking party most long ago to'bawspaper publicity. His ke a point of continuing systematically face was mostly masked in baudages, on the lines once adepted and resist, the but under the hamlages one saw a smile temptation to force a decision by reprend slowly, Laever was a speaker, mature action of the whole of the fore you know; but I've written a good Feathered in that stor. The defender many thousand words as a reporter. NEWS OF SHANGHAI MEN IN THE must be sparing of his troops. Want or Here's a little message I've written on
ARMY.
the one hand be it wrench from the the ship." With that he was off to the opponent the gains schieved at dangerous waiting north-bound train. And here The bave helped to make history points he must on the other hand keep is his message- reserves at band to reinforce his troopa at those point, where a stand can only this week and I was luckier than most be made with dieulty... the of them, because I was sent forward advance and stayed forwari. The rest British succeed in pushing past Martin with a message the night before the pulch, they will reach villages the main of our lot were in feserre for three days defances of which were originally directed after that. So I was in the taking of towards the west, and which will then Contalmaison, then in the retaking by be attacked from the south. The free-the Boche, then all through the see-w remaps will work energetically to convert afterwards; and it was only when we'd those villeged into points of support, but got it back on Monday night that I was cannot possibly complete in the time hit. The public will have heard all technicsliy perteet fortifications, such as about the fighting. I to not think our they had in the lines that were prepared chaps could have done much better if months beforehand.
they been at the game for twenty
Mr. A. W Peake, of Messrs. Scott, Harding and Co., has been promoted from 2nd Lieut. . F. A to fall lieutenancy.
Mr. F. IL Laurence, of the Shanghai Municipal Electricty Department, Enemy go stacks south-east ofceived his coramission as 2nd Lieutenant Baranovitchi were reputed with heavy in the R. FA on July 28..
loxac
Captain J. Burlgen, formerly of the We captured a series of heights in
Shanghai Licensed Pilots' Association, the wooded Carpathians and are, ad has been promoted to the rank of Tem vancing towards the Hungarian frontier.porary Lieutenant in the R. N. R.
Between August 31 and September and Gotional Brassilot's Army cap turul
385 0:cerry
Men of whom. 11.Offeers 18.020
and 1,300 ineti Germats).
12 Caunion.
were
a
Mr. P. Llewellyn Joues, of the China Mutual Life Insce. Co., who was given commission in the 15th. King's Royal Rifle Corpe, has been awarded the Military Cross
Lieut. A. V. Duevies, who was recently stated to have been killed, is a prisoner in Bavarin Lient Davies, who hekl a commission in the 4th. Lancashire dirve-Fusiliers, has been wounded.
20 Machine-guns. Fierce battles continue in the tim of Vladimir Volynski and the vicinity of Korutnitza and the Upper
Sefeth.
We so priemer 2 Turks in the region of ruots
British armoured curs freely engagoil, the Kurds south-west of Lake Nimrodebel
THE BALKANS.
SERBIANS REPULSE A BULGARIAN ATTACK.
LONGOS Sept. 4. A French Skömmulque from Salonika states that & Bulgarian attack west of Lake Ostrove, was casily repulsed by the
There had been at intermittent cannonade and patrol activity on the Strama and in the Lake Poima region.
Bad weather retarded ope Up to the pment + guns have. been taken and the capture of more THE DESTRUCTION OF prisoners is reported.
We took 100 prisoners at Fleury.." Enemy attacks in the Faux- Chapitre Wool and east thereof were repulsed with losses
THE FRENCH GAINS.
PARIS, Sept. 4. The ground captured yesterday. baving a frontage of six kilometres
itates subsequent operations,
ZEPPELIN.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION.
"LONDON, Sept.
An eyewitness in the intunedute vicinity, in a graphic account, says the Zeppelin dropped nose on with
Mr. Arthur Dallis has received
,
If however, an advance over Martin-yours,
"All I want to way to the people at puich is to be a success of any im- portance at all must take place home is this: You can never eat your simultaneously with an advance on the dinner, or smoke a pipe, ur read a news two wings. In this connection the com- paper, or go to pictures but what, plote capture of Ovillers-la-Boiselle on while you are getting through with it the British left wing was of great some scores of your countrymen are importance. We do not believe with Major Muraht that the British back the knocked out by Roche hallets and shells. will to fight on Or the contraty There's not the slightest need for you to expect that England will bring its full be depressed about this. Cho ahead weight to bear butle that the Germans pictures, and the rest of it as much as with you dinner, and the pipe, and the It is not probable will withdraw troops from the easter ever you like. We're not giving front under the present circainstance away a drop of your countrymen's But the greatest dangers ans threatening blood; not this year. It's all being sold
in the west. It seems to us highly
.ona good basiness basis, and fetching
theble that a great distance behind
AMAZING FIGURES.
telegraphic news that his son Captain the Ray Dallas of the Northumberland making extensive repamtions for a Fusiliers has been awarded the Millary, general retreat Cross. This is the first hastanee, the M. Daily News believe, of a Shanghai boy gaining this distinction. Captain Dalls, who is 23 years of age, is an 013 Harrovian. He has been twice slightly wounded in France and sat present invalided home, and expects shortly to
return to the Front.
excellent price: a better price, it may be, than it ever fetched before in all the history of the Empire. So don't grieve ufter de Our High Commands know what thy're doing, and master Boche's. The Military Corresponent of the loom is set, and he knows it, and we Tele rag writes on the sune subject:all know it. We're doing our bit all
We know little of the number of troops right. Are you? engaged. But to keep up sich an offer sire for a fortnight the Entente must have at hand at least 16) men per matre of front, which would messi 100,000. The messnre the blood we've got to pay losses must be
"I'm pretty sure you are by the way pur havies have beers talking in the last fortnight. Keep it up,
You
Recording the death at the Front of five days the Rest. Un three consecus before it's over by the guns and shella:
in
Tast 1,240 in bfficers
THE GERMAN NAVY'S AIMS.
Lieutenant W. J. Ralphs (reported alone, viz 20 more than the whole and cartridges you send out. The more the Chian Mail last week), the number of professional Dutch infantry, you send the less we'll have to pay.
officers. That gives us a slight idea of the Send plenty.S Phily Youre says:-
that is being enacted on the s Som Lieutenant Ralphs was in the service figures are available in r
e. Few
regard of the Chartered Bank of Indis Australin & China" and was well known to the artillery, but some indication Kas been given by such episodes us the in Shanghai in many spheres of activity stilers bat Erst arxl foremost as a volunteer the Leipt directed against lobt near Thiepval and one of the keinest aul most eit where bout in falls were fired per thusiastic members the Shanghai Light second making a total of 27,000 per our to pture a hamlet of 300. fa- Horse has ever known.
Habitants. Wely not merely mention his by way of curiosits. We point out these particulars in the hope of causing our onder to reflect on the deanands to M. Clemenceau the following letter that mes be marle on our on army, onr own artillery, purawn supply of muni which is published in the forme tions should we ever be ragged into Enchaine
Joining the squadron in 1000 Lanton ant Ralphs rapidly rose through the ranks by his efficiency and gent and in 1912 received a couraission, taking command of the unit shortly afterwards, in the departure of Captain MacLellan for the Stmits. Those of us (writes the war. Light Horseman), who had the good en fortune to serve with him and under
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A
Admiral Hautefeuille has addressed
I am astonished that jourudists allow toamiselves to be hyphotised by the heavi
Kim, cannot fatto remember the un-THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A MANILA of the British, losses, aud have failed!
bounded energy, he threw into his work, and it was through his untiring exertions that the Light Horse carried off the Efficiency Shield for the year during
en appalling fish. The best was which he held command, the only
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boys. The first was discovered national road from: Bethune to
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victories, owing to the results arising from THE MURDER OF CHEN CHI-MEI, it. The Germans had two objects, both
of the same nature A feet of the fine Details of the sudden death of Bishop as strong as possible which could ad-
JUDGMENT BY FRENCH MIXED COURT
EVIDENCE DE A DREP "PLOT
gives us the key to the Penghastly, broiled piece of human flesh he was stationed at Hankow, and as watwenty thousand volts. He started out The first force, as has been stated in Nich. The names of the
regions.
The opinion prevails in Paris this marks the opening of the great
offensive of the Allies on all fronts,,
int
ESTABLISAND EXOD
ktowledge for what purpose the were being bought, the fact that he par chased them brought him under suspicion
Tuba Taking with Li Haasan, waa also held to be concerned in the acquie tinn of the arcas.
And a depth of from one to two kilo treinendous after the gas fire. The occasion they have achieved this diveland are to hand by the American vantageously present its Bank to the matres, brings our line, north and wreckage burned fiercely for half antinction. We remember him as a dashing
sportsman at all times, and a staunch New Herald Carlisle, Ps, July German ports in order to permit the south of the Somma, level and facil-hour" and "there was a continuous heer nudd fearless horseman, a keen Mail we take the following from the large British patrols, and an exit from
popping of machine-gun cartridges and generous friend Lieutenant Talphs The Rev. William Perry Eve esht of two rapid forces interdede reserved decision of the French The Court found Siu Kuo-lin and
Teng-lang guilty of having, with other Bystanders, deluged with wreckage was a well known figure at paper hunts, lud, Bishop of Southern Asia for the to act at a distance. The first consisted Mixed Court ju the ease in ghicle
of two very powerful cruisers,escurted M. Marcel Hutin says: We are and water, started to scarely for of which he was severimes heavy. Mathodist Episcopal Church, was killed.)
weight winner, and he also met with near Mount Holly Springs just south by some ten ships of less size at a Chines were charged with complicity nakrown, premeditated, prepared and fockes in the Kiangwan of Carlisle, last venning, when atce! strong body of destroyers. The second the assasination of Chen Chi-mer on May carried out the muster of Chen Thi-mot fishing rod he was carrying came in force consisted only of two ships, the 18 defivered on August Kebber The Court found that the punishment faire, deila Prade and Magistrate whirl'should be indicted upon the peerme Gymkhana Meetings
At the time of the odthreak of war contact with an electric wire carryie Wiesbaden and the Elbing
prisoners are ed was beyond the limits of its juradia patural to such an enthusiast in military.the hehing trip at five o'clock
and evidently was to destroy certain Wu Kuo-bon, L. Han san and Teka Ta should be handed over to the Chine
Authorities for punishment in accord that presented the erasing of the com- matters, he was early as chemistry brening, after borrowing to look lost the German Parliament, war to go north Sid go-li: Li Bai-ision, So fachgang, sip and ordered that the priso way of Archangel and Kolp, and bring. With regard to Siu Kolin the Court with tite gravity of complicity in mander All pieces of bodies, heads, Volunteers from the Far East sailing for Dr. James Henry Morgan, president of ships which supply Russia with food by king trunks and limbs were carefully England in the autumn of 1914 He Dickinson Coliege
When several hours later he failed back grain for England and Frange, and found that he took a large and active nasussination, but i was decile at once obtained a Commission as 2nd collected heaped in a corner of a Lieutenant in the Artillery and later return relatives, fearing he might has also was to destroy Koin and the start, under a tan munat, Chen Cheu-an account of the important evidence field and covered with a tarpaulin.
received his second star. At the time suffered from the effects of aming lishments of the port of archangel, platting the murder of Chen Chime he would be able to give at the There Wero extraordinary scenes at of his death, he was taking refuge in a nasal operation recently performet,
dug out, when his shelter was struck by began a search which continued until which are of wood. The success of such and that if Sin defied having fired a panting, the Court before which the
an operation would have, meant the King's Cross and other stations in a shell. It is characteristic of the man after noon to-day and occupied the solution of tissia and her reduction to revolver at Chen Chimet, he know. would be called, that the defendans. the afternoon, thousands beseiging that, although mortally wounded, some attention of savers hundred citizens
The second group waduly composed been derided upon between Caen Cheu-an 10,000 to secure his attorviance at the LONDON, Sept. 4.
the trains for Enfield. Many were of bia last words were for the care of who went out in a driving rand extremities. Devertheless, that, the sassination had should be placed under a band of It is officially, announced that Naval left behind. The northern roads the horses, to which he was all. bis hic Charles Cohill, me of the searcher of two vefeele, but two vessels launched and pinult to take place at the inter- trial before the Chinese authorities-
devoted. found the body of Bishop, Eveland
The Court found that in chairge of com- participation in the murder, buức, bị raá structed for the destruction of commerc seroplanes successfully bombed the abip were an unwonted spectacles. There both Shaghage circle of friends log, weeds near the bane of Mountain since the beginning of the war, con- slew on the date je question. Wa Kno-hon, was found not guilty -building yards at Hoboken near Antwerp were processions of vehicles a mile mourn the loss of a life of such nasal Rue Creek Burns on, the Bishops in distant seus, vessels with high speed pheity had been established against Li soul of his suspicious belavick, he wan
hands taken in connection with the steel mabling them to fly from warships with sic There had been no evidenco l'ordered to be expelled from Fre rod and a poorly insulated electric wird radius of action at economical, that he had beut concerned in the pre- Co A large squadron of our machines long, but there was little to be seen energy and vitality.
banging pin feet above the bank spood and to avoid frequent coating,parations for the commission of the ardiet of not guilty was retu showed how he had met his death. Suppose these two vessels appearing crime, add the Court held that the accuse in the race of La Han-san, he
Bishop Breland was born in Harr burg fifty two years rgo and graduated from Dickinson College with
1
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GERMAN SHIPBUILDING YARDS BOMBED.
ow the 2nd inst,
Zir
by the crowd as facst of the wreck- seronge had been removed before they reached the spot where the Zeppelin fell. Photographs show that heavy
sfectively bombed the enemy's drome at Gisselles on the 3rd inst.
All our machines returned safely.
GERMANS SURRENDER
DAR-ES-SALAAM.
LONDON, Sept. 4 Dar-es-Salem, East Africa, -har
parts of the incoinery bad to be
dug out of the ground. The fare was seen forty miles."
ANOTHER ZEPPELIH SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
LONDON, Sept.
WAR NEWS ITEMS.
GERMANY AND PEACE.
Concession.
in the Scoth Atlantic and the Pacificonmade against him by the first pe found he had taken, part in the an For many months they would be seer, that he had given the sign for tim of the pistols, contrary to masters of the occans, and their success volver shots, had the appearance of VII of the Municipal By-law and A Berlin telegram to New York an honors. He preached for twenty-five-ould be greater than that of the dictated by a desire for revenge tenced him to our mout July 30th stated: The "Lokal Anzeiger? years, served rose director of Alabama and the Emden Bo Tang lang, according to testimony and wipulelon, Tehs Taking strongly urges the Government to per-Institute and oven as president of David Beatty, who commanded mit a press discussion of the peace ques Dickinson Seminary, being elected the high scas patrol, sacrificed himself written by his own hand, was found to tenced to three months tion.
Bishop for Southern Asia with head Although outnumbered, he gave battle have taken part in the real organize to each case to date troca the quartera at Manila, four years ago, GERMAN AND FRENCH RESERVED.
He was a member of Phi Kappa Pai, in order to prerent, the passage of these ton charged with the 'dounasination of arrest. N.C. Daily News, V), Phi Beta Kappa and the Belles Lettres German expeditionary forces and to Choo Chrome. He had been recognized who were in the room at 14, Bue Cuspeal, A large portion of the German 1917 Literary Society. While at Dielenson give Admiral Jellicoe time to come to by Japanese witnem se one of those class of reserves is now at the front: College, he was prominent in football, his assistance
The cruisers which should have des at the time of the tourder, the witness An official statement says there is the Those of the 1918 clase at Dresden, being a member of one of the strongest troved, the Russiane or, at any rate, also stated that, he carried a revolver which concerns an Englishman and a An offeint announcement states strongest reason to believe that another Leipsig, Naremberg and other towns in elevens that ever represented the in what remained of them were obligo The Court held that the evidence of
south Germany have arrived at the that Dar es Salaam surrendered at Zeppelin concerned in the raid on En multary depots. It is pointed out that stitution Bishop Eveland came to this to take refuge in a damaged Condition identification was reliable by reason of The Englishmas bad Eanded a ne the accused' facial characteristics and paper containing the latest news of 9 o'clock this morning (4th inst.).
Great Offensive to the America none of the French 1017. class is at the country soveral months ago to attend in German and Danish porta land was most seriously damaged.
front and none of the 1918 class have the Saratoga, General Conference and Ax regards the Wiesbaden and the his height, and that anyone having spread the baragraphs wid returz Our Naval forces co-operating with
been summcated by the authorities was pasting the summer at Mount Holy Elbing, which were sunk, their care him once would ramember him again, paper Somes ight 1.7. said. our troops from Bagamoja-and
Springs with relatives pending his return
was short GERMANS IN KILTS). Sadani are now occupying the town.
to the East In November. His leaves it not then, an immense victory to It was found impossible to sustain some don't, war the answor Mlip Gibbs, the War correspondent his wife.
have maintained the freedort of distant charge against Wu Kuo-bos, though, oceans and to have assured the con bitins picior attached to his mode of living c BELGIUM" AND THE ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE.
LATER.
BAYBE, Bept
The Belgian Government has notified the French Government of its adhesion to the resolutions paused by the Economic Conference.
FAMINE IN TURKEY.
The Stock Exchange is lang! over a story current in the marks American travelling in the same railway carriage. T
The State Department at Washington of toady Chronicle says in a lotter
tion of summer communications with With regard to L Han-fan, the Court TREATMENT FOR DYSENTI
HAMBERLA rocantly received official information publid on July 27th There was
emődy? that the famine in Turkey is the worst curiouscident southward of High WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT BEA. Russia? And if the results are on was unable to find that he had a know-HA
dered is this not on admirable victory!ledge of the plotting which sulted in Darthes known in the history of the country. Woodar troops saddenly noticed
According to a war regulation issued. It has been dearly paid for, but it live the death of Chen Only 15 per cent of the normal grain body of lalted men coming out. It was crop has been planted and when the momentarily thought they were wound- railway to Berlin was mened Turkished Scottish returning, bat an officer with ander the Defence of the Realm Act, thousand British anilors perished on 31st been comm
tish, ships of over 300 tons must be May, as many French Sidiera fall every purchass Bro
dodin' future. with wireless day around erdun leaders confiscated enormous quantities his field glasses discovered them to he of the foodstills which they sold to Germans dressed in dead men's kilta
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