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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1916.
THE WAR.
LATEST
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE SOMME BATTLE:
VIOLENTLY CONTINUED ON TUESDAY.
OUR TROOPS EVERYWHERE SECCESSFULL
NEARLY 4,000 PRISONERS
IN 48 HOURS.
Toypos, Sept. 27, Sir Douglas Haig reports :- The battle continued violently yester day along the whole front from the Somme to the Anere.
Our troops were everywhere susceas- ful, carrying out their attacks moat Brilliantly.
We have taken between 1000 and 4,000 prisoners in 48 hours.
LATER.
Sir Dougins Haig reports :- We have grizolidated our gains. Patrols a rietachments pushed- forward in many places and are in close touch with the enemy.
The progressed during the night, particularly in the direction of Faucourt" PAbbaye
Sucessful maids were carried out
THE SITUATION IN
GREECE.
IMPORTANCE OF THE VICTORIES “A VAST SERIES OF STRATEGIC
WORKS.”
THE CHINA MAIL.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN GREECE...
THE DEFENCE OF GREEK MACEDONIA.
LONDON, Sept. 27. Combles is a village of 3,000 inhabit ants. Its importance lies in the fact
ATHENS, Saptu, 27. that it really is a vast series of stategic
The departure of M. Venezelos for works the product of two years of Saloniks to place himself at the head! unceasing labour, and was defended by of the military movement in favour of the biggest guns and the choicest troops. action against the Bulgarians has created
The fact that the Germans were driven the most profound sensation. out axplains the new note of agony, Public opinion favours the immediate almost of despair, in the Berlin conabandonment of the policy of inactivity muniga (pablished in the China Mail yesterday) which obviously is preparing the public for the worst.
The Allies are now astride the roml to Hapaume, a pivotal point whose capture will shake the whole German MITYLENE JOINS THE NATIONAL Somme position, as the capture of the
1. Maarten S
DEFENCE MOVEMENT...
ATHENS, Sept. 25. Mitylene has joined the National hofence movement...
.
M. Venezulos received un ovation on Landing at Suda (Crete) and in a speech he appealed to the King to head the movement against-the-traditional enemies of Greece.
PATROL ENCOUNTERS IN RIGA
* SWAMPS.
LONDON, Sept. 27,
A Russian communiqué states that' serious patrol encounters have taken pher in the Tirul swamp south of Riga
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH ADVANCE.
other pivotal point at Thiepval will shake their whole lino northward to Arras.
Since the British ware forced to release their bold at Gommecourt at the beginning of July, little has been heard of the work of the British Left, but the capture of, Thiepval is a reward for their eenseless labour, and the fighting on that part of the line may have con- sequences probably of more importance
Bich than Combles.
**SEDUCTIVE PROSPECTS."
“WAR OF MATERIAL”.
PARIS, Sept. 27. Immense importance is being attached to the great Somras victories. An expert French, official commentator states that the German garrison at Combles, when surrounded, offered the ksonést resistance, succumbing only after being reduced to a handred, mostly wounded.
The Anglo-French line is now convex without any salient from Thiepval to Combles; thus yesterday's shrust offers seductive prospects.
Everything inlicates that the present Government should be immediately rë placed by a Government of action.
AL Vanezalos has issued a statement | to the effect that circumstances compel him to form a Provisional Government, not in order to overthrow the Athens regime but to organise a force for the defence of Greek Macedonia
LONDON, Sept 27.
M. Venerelos, in a message to the Times, states that he had exhausted every means to indues the Rulers, of Graecs to take up arms in defence of their country, but all were in vain. He is now bound to respond to the call of his countrymen to lead them to the rescue of their brethren in Macedonia, who are Toppressed by the "Bulgarien invaziers F bad only taken the supreme step because he was convicced that the present controllers of Greek policy do not honestly intend to arm the country to expel the invader. This is not a revolution in the ordinary sense of the word, and was in no wise against the King or the Dycasty. It was the last effort to induce the King to come forth is the King of the Hellenes to protect bis subjects,
ARMY OFFICERS MEMORIALIZE THE KING.
apposite Beaumont Hamelnud in the BRITISH CAPTURE THIEPVAL AND be retaken since the offensive. Thus prematuro.
neighbourhood of Laos,
"
-Three hostile aeroplanes were destroy.
ed and six driven down damaged on the $3th inst.
NO COUNTER-ATTACKS AGAINST
THE FRENCH.
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PARIS, Sept. 27. A communiqué says: The enemy did not attempt a counterattack on our
Somme front..
FRENCH AERIAL ACTIVITY.
PARIS, Sept. 27.
ENTER COMBLES:
LONDON, Sept. 26. General Sir Douglas Haig reports Yesterday's operations were entirely successful.
Ir
ATHENS, Sept. 27. The fall of Combles is of the highest The resignation of General Moscho value. It is the first Canton capital to poulis, Chief of General Stsit, is forty localities are now liberated from With 500 officers the General has the enemy, who is now incontestably memorialized the King to depart from dominated on the ground between neutrality. Guedecourt and Bapanme suitable for attack.
The Germans oficially complain that the whole world's material is against them, but they wanted assar of material,
The preparation for and the execution of the attack by the artillery and fand they got it. infantry and the co-operation between them were in all respects admirable:
There are more than 1,500 prisoners captared, and there are more arriving.
Much war material was captured.
Further progress was made during
the night, and in the morning a strong redoubt which had held out between Les Boaufa and Guedecourt was captured And the garrison made prisoners.
We entered Combles fium the west, and in overcoming the enemy's resistance A communiqi mentions that Subthere the enemy's loases were most Lieutenant Nangessor alone brought
own two German eruplanes and captive balloon in the recent fighting, These make seventeen to bis cralit.
Four other machines were wrecked Fourteen of cur aeroplanes drapped 110 big calibre bombe on the railway area of Appilly, 52 on Laon railway station and 17 on Montfancon"
GERMAN EVACUATION OF <COMBLES PREVENTED.
"Loxbox, Sept. 27. Reuter's Correspondent at Head- quarters in Francë' says”? '
The French attack on the 26th inst made Comblés virtually unter- able by the enemy. We learned from prisoners that the Germank proposed to evacuate the place at| aight, so our artillery barraged intensely the whole night long across line of retreat so as to prevent a German withdrawal. Hence, the
severe.
The British and French forces on our night jointly occupied emblêd be the result of the capture of Fregicourt and
Morval.
We repulsed heavy counter-attacks in the region of Morral and Lea Boeufs, with severe enemy loss.
In the centre we atormed the fortifed village of Guedecourt driving back the Germans in disorder.
On ont left yo captured Thiepval and the high ridge to the east of the place, including the Zollers Redoubt.
SUCCESS WỌN AT SMALL COST.
A REAL COLLAPSE OF THE. GERMAN DEFENCE”.
LONDON, Sept. 27. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters telegraphing on Tuesday- evening sugar
CORFU PROCLAIMS AUTONOMY..
SALONIKA, Sept. 27. Coriu has proclaimed its autonomy, pending communication with the Com- mittee of National Defence.
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THE RECENT, AIR RAIDS ON ENGLAND.
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REVISED CASUALTY LISTS.
LONDON, Sept. 27.
It is ficially announced that 29 The victory of the 25th inst.deaths resulted from the air-raid yester developed with surprising rapidity, the day evening
Neither factorica nor military works results of the second day being at least equally as great as those of the first were damaged, nor to
tuby,
Combics fell as expected. Many of the garrison attempting to escape strayed into our lines and others were killed by barrage fire.
The British and French frontal advance effected the complete occupation of the town
*
Everywhere there are obvious signs of the enemy's heavy losses by shell-fire. The occupation of Guedecourt, beyond which our cavalry patrols had ridden, This ridge was fortified most strongly quite completes yesterday's victory. with an elaborate system of heavily- We now possess the ridge dominating wired trenches and was defended most the valley of Bapaume, and we have
fended desperately.
cleared the half-mile stretch on the far Our successes during the last two side of the creat... days may be regarded as being of very. This great success was won at the considerable importance:
smallest cust, thanks partly to the excelience of the artillery and partly to the real collapse of the Gerinan defence: The counterattacks from Transioy were crumpled up by shellfire, and the remnants fled, discarding their rifles:
A wide section of a trench between Martinpuich and High Wood was voluntarily evacuated, and several almost important points were won unopposed.
BATTLE OF COMBLES.
·VILLAGE FULL-OF GERMAN CORPSES.
PARIS, Sept. 26. Dar reconnaisances penetrated the cemetery of Combles and reached the
Where the German Wireless falsely
THE BALKAN ZONE,
FIERCE FIGHTING “IN TRANSYLVANIA.
ENEMY MASS ATTACKS REPULSED"
BUCHAREST, Sept. 27. A Rumanian communique states: There was fierce fighting in the Jail Valley, in Transylvania, where the Rumaniaus advanced..
The anomy three times attacked in mass in the Dobrudja, but they were repulsed.
BUKHAREST. BOMBED,
BUCILAREST, Sept. 17 A squadron of aeroplanos bombed Buhkarest on Monday afternoon. Bomba struck a hospital and an orphanage, killing 60 and wounding many, mostly women and children.
A Zeppelin bombeil Bukharest on Monday night, killing five children.
THE DOBRUDJA BATTLE.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 17. Details of the great battle in the Dobrudja ending on the 19th September
show that it extended from the Danube to the Binck Sea The enemy, mostly Germans, attempted to force their way to Caernavoda, but the effort was, de- tested by the Rumanian bayonet attacks, mupported by the are frem three
monitors.
The 6ghting was of the most desperate character for two days, and the enemy suffered heavilyy masser formations being mowed down by artillery-fire. The enemy onslaught came to s elimax on the evenig of the 19th inst when the Allies formidably counter- attacked and overthrew the enemy, of which the right-wing fled in disorder. Five thousand rifles were picked up in front of one division. The Allies con tinued to advance.
MOSQUITO-NETS FOR MESOPOTAMIA.
LONDON, Sept. 97. Three months exemption is being- granted to lace workers who are mili- tarily liable with a View to their completion before Christmax of (ovens ment contricts for 1 million yards mosquito-netting mostly of Mesopotamia.
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ARMY EXEMPTIONS.
for
men
LONDON, Sept. 27. I was announced at the Beeston Tribunal yesterday that the War Office will exempt men under thirty years only in the most exceptional cases. Thus it is thought that the required before June will be obtainable without raising the age-limit.
PARCELS FOR BRITISH TROOPS IN INDIA.
Feren surships attacked the South- East, East and North East coasts and the
DON Hope 27 Northern Midlands. The attacks were
The Mesopotamia Commission remita aimed "principally at the industrial centres, from which they were success on official message that it has been fully driven off. à number of small arranged that parcels of comforts for
British troops in India from. 11lbs. tol house and cottages were wrecked.
The airships did not attempt to ap80lba, will be conveyed free. pronch London.
It is now established that the two
ships brought down on the 23rd and the 24th inst. were the Naval Zeppelins L.32 and L'39, both of the most recent construction.
The first was finally destroyed by in aeroplane after passing through an offee tive gunfire.
The second was hit by the gunfire of the London defences and was forced to descend in Essex through the loss of ga
The casualty details are:-
KILLED Men 23-
Women Children
Women Children
INJURED-Men
.46 4.3
.26
LATER.
The casualties resulting from the air
etiormous capture of booty, outskirts of the village, to the south-east says our attacks collapsed in the raid last night are:-
The capture of Morval and Les Boeufs proceeded like clockwork. The Germans were either surprised or are losing their powers of resist. ance Anyhow, they surrendered easily
of which we captured a trench and made prisoners a German company.
Up to the present we have captured 800 prisoners.
PARIS, Sept. 27.
A communiqué states:-The battle was renewed north of the Somme.
The Allies largely increased their gaing They reached the objectives. Oor casualties were extraordinatly hixed for the second day's fighting in light while the enemy's were very the same hours. heavy. Priscners say that eight. In the morning, the French captured battalions were wiped out..
THE BALKAN ZONE.
BULGARIAN COUNTER-ATTACK AGAINST THE BERBS.
REPULSED WITH HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.
PARIS, Sept 27.
A French official report from Salonika states:
Three Bulgarian heavy counter. attacks against the Serbians on the Kajmackalan mountain were repulsed with great enemy losses by our cross fire and machine gun fire.
TURKS COMPELLED TILRETIRE
dy
a part of Combles east and south of the railway. Their patrols co-operated with the British, who were cleaning up the, north-west of Combles Shortly after wards the whole of the village was captured.
The booty was large, as the Germans had accumulated enormous munitions supplies there,
northern section, we really captured what trenches we wished, almost with- | out loss. We failed nowhere, and we
Killed:
...36 27
Injured There was only the slightest damage, had not even a local check, except at and none of any military importance. Congines and Guedecourt, which, we completely occupied today
The German infantry everywhere fought weakly,
The prisoners are numerous and continue to come in.
The cannonade is spasmodic
CAPTURE OF THIEPYAL
jeo pe LONDON, Sept 27. It is officially stated that Thiepval and the high ridge crt of that town, including the Zollern Redoubt, has been captured
In the subterranean gallerics 100 VC FOR A GALLANT PUNJABI. abandoned German wounded were collected.
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PORTUGUESE FORCES IN TOUCH WITH BRITISH.
SUEZ CANAL DUES.
LONDON, Sept. 27," It is announced that the Suez Canal daes will be reincrease fifty centimes per ton from the 1st January next.
...
INDIAN GRATITUDE. TO BRIGHTON.
LONDON, Sept. 27.): The Mabarajah of Patiala bastarted with a subscription of £1,000 a fund organised by the Sirdar and Daljit Singh for an Indian Memorial: at Brighton in recognition of the hospitality of the town to the Indian wounded.
PLAGUE AT LIVERPOOL
GOSPODO, LONDON, Sept. 27. There have been two fatal cases of plague at Liverpool,
THE MACEDONIAN FRONT.
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and its repair, her wireless and its working, men who have already learnt the mysteries of the newest bomber rockets, and
I take machine guns. I the seroplano se an instance becauớ of its prominence in the public eye. What applies to an aeroplane applies in other degrees to every kind of gun, to every form of motor or horse tranxet, ambulances, field kitchens, filters, and to a thousand articles which at first In common with other writers I have sight do not necessarily seem to be part
This is a war- making
of been able to visit the various theatres. chinery as well as of bravery, and among of war from time to time, and have not Germany's many blunders was ber Desitated to criticise things that were forgetfuprovisation and organisation in the British power of obviously wrong. I shall here set down quick
We give below borae extracts from remarkable article written by Lord Northcliffe on the "army behind the
Lemg
of war
the miraculously changed conditions unexpected circumstances, which is a from the point of view of efficiency and secret of our saccess in building up the economy, in which we enter upon the Empire in atrange loads, third year of war
HALYAGE ON TIER BATTLEFIELD. TELEPHONE" FROM TRENCHES TO LONDON, "At various times I have personally “Communication being as urgent as observed the great organisations of the transport, the Royal Engineers have seen Clyde, the Tyne, of Belfast, of Woolwich, area of Northern and Chicago, in and around, Paris, at St and in the Creusot-works, in linked up
to it that the larance in which ourpur, in Essen, and at Hoechst
North Western Armies are operating has been linke
CAPETOWN, Sept. 26. An official message from Lourenco Marques states that the Portuguese forces in German Fist Africa have established communication with the British at Mikindani.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER BUNK.
The extrems right of the Allies line is telephonic system is a telegraphic link, before the reek and fume of battle are and there is also the wireless. The Army over, almost before our own and the LONDON, Sept. 27.
the Gulf of Orfanos, forty miles east of gignal Corps is to be congratulated on a enemy dead are all buried, the Salves steamer Burjord his Salonica It is swampy marshy fine achievement Over and above these Corps appears on the bloody and shell ground, with patches of dense scrub, there are the motor dispatch riders Far churned scene to collect and pile unused which can easily be defended against beyond Fricourt I met these
and machine sun belts, evelists cartridge
unex any Bulgarian advance
015-1 as which go to the base, and a
go to the
Lare
men BBW
the modern
by a telephonic system that is unique. It the Rhine, s and I say without hesitation is no mere collection of temporary wires that, making, allowances for war tune, strung from tree to tree. The poles and our lines of coutounication, organies wires are in every way as good as those of tion superposed as it is upon the the Post Office at home. To-day it would overworked French railways and roads be quite possible for the Commander in and in country where there is no Chief, i if he so desired, to call up London native labour to be bad, in, in The are of the fighting line to-day is from beyond Fricourt. The speed of August, 1918, as our perfect as communication is remarkable. It varies, ever it can be And Bay NDIO abont 200 mites in length: but the main of course, with the amount of business, that difficult as economy and war are points of contact are at Doiran and the but. I have scen a man call up Paris, to mate, I have on the occasion of this Vardar Valley, which leads straight up London and the seaport bases in France visit and in contrast to the days of 1514 by the railroad track to Nish, 200 miles all within an hour. Supplementing the seen nothing wasted. To-day... Kincat from Salonice.
The Norw
boen Sunk
An addition, there was thraking the skid ploded bombs old bell cases damaged.
around the shell
·EGYPTIAN COTTON SEED. from Salonics Constantinople but few days later when tiles, averagozel helmets, and events
TERMART
sints, the Allies blow up
railway
line
the big bridge of the workshops at the base I saw the
250
a ton
CARO, Sept. 27 over the river "at Demir. Hissar, that wrecks of similar machines twisted and fold b
LONDON, Sept.-27. Combles is full of German corpaen The Victoria Cross has been awarded. LATER. Naik Shahamad Khan, of the The whole of Combles has been Punjable, for most conspicuous bravery. captured:
A. He was in charge of a machine gun. Twelve hundred prisoners were taken. section in an exposed position in front. The export of cotton seed except for speel about cloud through my femtebed out of all recognition by sházy Northsmpton, miteinnery for soling and Thirty machine-guns and a large quantiy of booty were also captured.
ENEMY ATTACK FLEURY.. PARIS, Sept. 26
FLOODS IN LOWER EGYPT.
rood for heavy a artillery is Berea Firel; of and covering a gap in our new line, the Allies is prohibited.
which is covered by the Allies gudande, each speaking of an adventure, and heeling any pair of old boots that would. perhaps a tragedy. The fact that these stand the operation, and such footgear within 150 yards of the enemy's en
delended detai thoroughly:
ians to derelicts were being examined for peas in easeles vet not waster, for by an of the Bulgarians The attempts on the eastern side ble young bootarter the repairs portent of the rigid ingenious contrivance invented on the trenched position. He beat off threa counter-attacks, and worked the gan
are evidently ont alarming the Allies of the Channel at any rate, and perhaps upper parts of such boots were being single handed after all his men except
why are looking to Doin, on their on both, the war is now being conducted, converted into bootlaces by the thousand, two belt fillers were out, of action. He
CAIRO, Sept. 1orth front, and Ohergelt which is ons of the war behind the way the Luthe Army machine, shops, the held the gap for three hours under very precaution is being taken to the railway to Nish a little west ut battis behind the battles, employing waste grease is saved, and the 'ull which
rkers considerably exceeding Doirar, as the first battle grounds of the skilled heavy fire, while it was being made avert the Nile floods in Lower Egypt.
escapes from every such establi secure When his gun was knocked
the number of the total original Brit ingenioualy trapped and sold to be Expeditionary Force, we have but faint soap/rinkers glimmering:
present very high val
RHEUMATISM
A communiqué "states-There were RUSSIAN OPERATIONS IN PERSIA violent enemy attacks on the Thiaumont work and at Fleury, which were repulsed with serious lossca,
out by hostile fire he and the two The Frunch developing their succer belt fillers held the ground with rifles captured a small wood north of till ordered to withdraw. Then with Fragicourt half way to Morval, and three men sent to ust be brought AVE you ever tried Chamberlain's most of the fortified ground between the back the ammunition and severely. Faw Beim for rheumatism 1 If not wood and St. Vaest Wood, east of the wounded man unable to walk Finally you are wasting time, as the longer this Bethune road, who returned and removed the remaining disease runs on the basler it is to care
Get wibot The number of wounded prisoners arms and sunkum
·But for
vigoroda zrassagen Captured by the French and already
our line and you all be surprise the number
obtained
LONDON, Sept. 27 Rusian communiqué states that in Girection of Hamadan the Russians the Turks to retirs westwink
isonera, arms and camel and destroying the enemy
Lora considerable
Chemia
FOR DYSENTERY
Cholera and dowed by
LISTIKONG; THE AIRIE KA T When you see an aeroplane you must that each machine, hs8 126, staË. rolmust be at great antity
ré part
applied
And there inalt