Page
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAMS.
Service to the China Mail. J
DEMORALISATION OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
STATEMENTS BY PRISONERS.
Loxdos, Oct. 8,
Reuter's Correspondent at the Headquarters in France reports that prisoners say that during the paat month symptoms of rot" haré. developed to a surprising degree in the enemy mnks.
Tperiences of our troops quite bear out this. The German infarty both in defending and in attacking
THE BALKAN ZONE.
FURTHER PROGRESS BY THE SERBIANS.
SALONIKA, Oct 8" The Serbians, after stubborn fighting have occupied positions north and south of Pajar, compelling the Bulgarians to precipitate dight.
The Serbians have obtained a footing at Dobrojalich, a most importantį national barrier on the frontier. It was strongly fortified and was considered impregnable.
·
A number of prisoners and mich
THE RUMANIAN OFFENSIVE.
gives unmistakeable tokens of mili-booty were taken.
ary decadence, doubtless owing to a growing sense of the superiority of the Allied troops. suggesting the possibility of the German Array refusing to continue to face the Sertible music on this front.
Desertera have reported that large bodies et men only await an opportu nity to surrender and officers have 'been shot for attempting to restrain
their men in this purpose.
DEMORALISED BEYOND RECORD."
LONDON, Oct. 8. A correspondent at the front says the Germans in the neighbourhood of Le Sara and Eaucourt Abbaye were Their demoralised beyond record. British assailants had surprising altern-
"
BUCHAREST, Oct., &
ITALY'S WAR IN THE MOUNTAIN:
ANOTHER PEAK CAPTURED."
ROME, Oct. 8.
An official communiqué“ states that Alpinists have capturext Bussalis Paz, 8,187 feet high, at the head of Vanoi Valley, practically annihilating strongly entrenched enemy. Tha twenty survivors were captured..
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE ENEMY
ATTACKS REPULSED..
Rosi, Oct. 8: It is officially announced that seven consecutive enemy attacks, all preceded by an intense bombard- ment, wore launched against our new position in Vanoicianon Valley... were driven of, the enemy suffering heavily as our reconnoiterers ascer
taine
All
GERMAN BOYS OF 17 CALLED UP.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8."; Germany is calling up for military dute boys who have reached the age of
THE GREEK POLITICAL CRISIS.
A“ BUSINESS CABINET."
An official announcement states:
ATHENS, Oct. a There is minor fighting on the
M. Spyridon Lambros, Professor of northern front.
History at Athers University, has been. The Rumanians have resumed the asked to form a Business Cabinet. The offensive in the Cenini and Vulcan Fasses.
The Rumanian right wing in Dobrudja bas advanced and occupied enemy trenches
result is not expected to be known before Monday, when Prince Andrew ITĪTES Court circles believe the King is awaiting his brother's report on the attitude of the British and French Gov.
ernments in order to guide his course
PREPARING A DESPERATE BLOW. of action?
BUZHAREST, Oet. -8.
THE VENEZELIST MOVEMENT.
Casea, Oct. 8. Following the Provisional Govem.
tions of fortune. Owing to the collapse Positions". before stronger. enemy ment's proclamations of amnesty for
of the Germans one battalion had only five casunities in crossing a quarter of
A semi-official statement is pub ished that on the northern front the Rumanians withdraw to strategic forces, mostly German, so a assure a powerful defence of the four provided they deposited their arms passes leading from Rumania to within a day, the few reminding outstanders have yielded and volume Everything shows that the Austary enlistment, is proceeding antis trians and Germans are attempting factorily. to strike u desperate blow, and are collecting troops from all other
to resisters of the Venerelist movement
mile of open country to occupy streng trenches.
The German Division which was most
'Demoralised kod just come from Armentieres where the dugouts are deap and life is easy. They found the Semme a desperate change.
Prisoners say that owing to the British cannonade the Germans had no time or inclination to extricate their comrades who were buried when shells hurst. Even men with their. beads out were left to die where they were.-
The British suffered enough to demoralise any troops When advancing along the smooth slope they were. exposed not only to a storm of shell but to deadly snipers; yet such was their coolness and confidence in their artillery that their losses were comparatively HightOne larga unit took eleven lines of trenches in a few weeks and advanced two-and-a-half miles, and remains a splendid force ready for anything.
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.
- LONDON; Oct. &. General Sir Douglas Haig reports We considerably advanced north and north-east of Courcelette.
An enemy counter attack laat night north of Les Bœufs recovered a small portion of their lost trenches.
Elsewhere wo secured our gains. The whole of Le Sars is now in our tands
Over 500 prisonera ara already ported.
Brasso
fronts.
FRENCH KIRMEN - REACH"
BUKHAREST.
SOFIA BOMBED AGAIN.
BUKHAREST, Oct. Frenah airmen have arrived here from Monastir and the Salonika front after acccessfully bombing Soffs.
They encountered and shook off a German aeroplane which endeavoured to bar their approach to Sofa..
1,800 DEAD CLOSE TO BRITISH LINES.
LONDON, Oct. 8...
A British official report from Salonika says:On the Doiran front there has been the usual artillery bombardment.
On the Struma front enemy work ing parties have been somewhat acttre.
THE DUTCH SUCCESSION.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8. -Professor Van Hamel, in an article in the Amsterdamalmer, examines the relationships of the monarchs and dwella' on the Hohenzollern pressure on Ru manis and Greece. He says the s cessors of Princess Juliana are all German
officers, and the succession of the Dutch Throne no longer corresponds to the highest interests of the State
IRELAND AND THE WAR.
COMMENTS ON MR REDMOND'S SPEECH
LONDON, Oct. Be The newspapers comment on Mr. John Redmond's speech, according to the political views. Some are dis appointed and disgusted, while others denounce conscription in Ireland as an insane proposal and declare that the Close to our lines over 1,500 enemy Irish Unionists have no sympathy with
it dead were counted
It is noteworthy that the Times which describes Mr Redmond's speech as conciliatory, says We have no wish to press compulsion" unduly un Ireland at present, but we are entitled to ask Mr. Bedmend- for proof of the truth of his confidence in the success of
GERMAN SUBMARINE
REACHES AMERICA.
CARRYING DESPATCHES.
LONDON, Oct 8
An enemy attack on Schwaben Re
A table from Newport, Rhode Island, doubt, was completely repulsed..
states that submarine U23 arrived there Successful raids were carried out at
from Wilhelmshaven with despatches night by the Irish, Midland and York.
for Count Bernstorff, the German hire troops in the Fauquistart,
Minister at Washington, and siled Givenchy and Loos preas.
again after stay of two hours. DENERAL HAIG'S LATEST REPORT, WASHINGTON, OCE 8
Voluntaryism. A limit should be set
and a› time allowed for voluntary recruiting
The Times anderstands, that the Government has taken no decision with regard to recruiting in Ireland The Sir. Cecil Spring Rice, the Britishish Excentive favours an immediate LONDON, Oct 8. Minister at Washington, called at the recruiting campaign.
State Department.
Sir Douglas aig reporta South of the Ancre our front, was It is believed that he protested heavily shelled during the day, against the visit of the German Sub- tially the neighbourhood marine U23 in view of the recent of Gdedecourt
2. FLOODS IN AUSTRALIAG
MELBOURNE, Oct 8
Le Sure There Allied Note urging neutrala to prevent--Twenty thousand acres in castors has been severe fighting north of the submarines entering their porta Courcelette Warioncourt Road We
Victoria are flooded
A mesangs from Sydney states that
Won, ground. The prisoners taken in BUBMARINE HOLDS UP, AMERICAN the fortnight's rainstorm has ended
thadays numbered 879.
We have advanced our line south
West of Guedecours
STEAMER.
NEWPORT Oct. 8 The Captain of the Nantucket
Fao enemy again attacked the Schwaben Redoubt unsuccessfully lightship wirelessed that a submarine held up on American steamez, bound ENEMY ATTACKS SHATTERED BY,
CURTAIN FİREL Z from New York to Boston on Sunday mening, but the steamer was par
The steamer -PARIS, Oot. 8.mitted to proceed. states There have radioed the lightship as
Do was held
Arnerican identify the
why she ying the
Twenty seven inches of rain fall at Ulladulla, while the general average of the rainfall in the river Ida wheat rent
OBITUARY,
The death is announced of Dr. Jamar
the chann
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE COST OF THE WAR SOMME THROUGH GERMAN
· A FRESH BRITISH YOTE.
LONDON, Oct. 8
EYES
TALKS WITH THE GENERALS,
Mr Asquith on Wednesday will ask
Field Marshad ron Mackenseu dise for a fresh vote of £500,000,000 making coursed on the Anglo-Franch offensive to the total spent on the war 25,133 the extent of two columns, to an Ameri millions.
THE GERMAN WAR LOAN.
AMSTERDAM, Os' 2 A Berlin official announcement says the subscriptions to the fifth War Loan [amount to 10,490 million. Marks.
The total of the foreign subscriptions has not yet been revived.
(Conflawed on Page 3.1
LATEST EDITION.
STOP PRESS
NEWS.
GERMAN. SUBMARINE' IN' THE
ATLANTION
can correspondent. He began with "s confession. Alber estimating that million and ball mens are engaged in the Somme hastle, and anting that the forces now are pretty evenly matabet, be said
"It was nos o at the beginning of the offensive. This offensive was expected by us, but we did not quite expert perhaps such thorough preparation for it on the part of our enemies that they would draw, togather euch immense forces sid Theap "
up such quantities of ammunition. The enemy prepared for this offensiva very well indeed, better than wo thought He had learned a lot by experience. Hence the ground we lost anitha stari, Now we are strong in artillery: Equilibrium has been
restored.".
VALUE OF ARTILLERY.
To the correspondent's question "What was the heart, of the mystery of the Somme battle? the Commander-in-Chief
Artillery artillery artillery. The
(Router's Service to the China Mail, side that can put most ammunition into the other fellow's face, and those Infantry can throw its hand grenades beat, i will gain ground. But artillery plays the main role in this battle, At the mart when it was recessary to lay a barrier of fro on the enemy lines are battery had to cover & front segment of 800 yards. Now I have a battery for every hundred yards of the curtain of fire.
TWO BRITISH STEAMERS ÄTTÄCKED.
Boeros, Oct. 9. The British steamer West Point wirelesses that she was attacked by submarine in 40.25 N. and 69 W.
The loss of Perferes the Commander-in- Chief ascribed to an unlucky combina
tion..
Somebody blundered the said), certain new formation had let itself be Port was torpedoed, and is sinking in the German Army. Pasieres will not A private message saya the Westcrprised by the enemy. Such things will happen in the best regulated armies, oven,
The crew have taken to the boats." The position where the attack was mads is directly in the line of the transatlantic traffic.
New York, Oct. 9.
The British steamer Strathdene, bound from New Yorks to Bordesus,
has been torpedoed.
Twenty of the crew were takers aboard the Nantucket lightship.
An American destroyer flotilla has left Newport to rescue them.
LATER
A New York gange says the Strathdene was sung at six in the morning. The West Point was still afont early in the afternoon.
-FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS:
PARIS, Oct. 93
get them anywhere.""
A question regarding his opinion of Sir Douglas Haig elicited the following
Haig has had no chance to show what he can do in the way of strategy. No general has had in this war, with the possible exception of Hindenburg. Consequently the war has discovered bad developed no great strategic genius. It in all action now
The Commander-in-Chief added that be thought a great strategic genius might be able to turn the deadlock of trench warfare into open battles. He next adverted to the favourite topic of a Germanstha nerf great war-saying that he was convinced that the present stationary warfare would not be repeated, but that some new actor would be introduced giving strategie genins chance.
The interviewer (M. Cyril Brown) says the general answered all his ques tions with patience, and when naked he were prepared for further French attacks he did not dodge, as some. Teuton generals have done, but fisntly confeaned his inability to answere
TOUGH BRITISK.
An official report from Salonika states that fighting continues from the Cerna bend to Lake. Preepo.
The Serbians have occupied British showed gas wweakening, ha In reply to a question whether the Dobroupolje Peak, and the French replied:- have captured Kisovo in the Baba mountains.
THE RUMANIAN ADVANCE IN
TRANSYLVANIA...
BUKHAREST, Oct. 9.
"Nói Thế Eiglich are binh
Ong
must be just to one's enemics. One must see them us they are.'s The English have not lost hope of success set. Despite their very beavy losses, which are known to me, they carce back again and again. They are stabbers foes. One har jagave, them rodit for trying again and again through my frors. The Engfalt But his never leadership is not on the heights.
A communiqué states to broke overlap, excellent soldim,
There have been patrol encounters in Northern Transylvania.
The Rumanians repulsed several attacks west of Brasso,
Artillery actions are reported from the Aluta and Vulcan Passes and also from the Danube and Dobradja.
THE GERMIN, SUPER-SUBMARINE
AREMEN
An Unhygienic Mouth is a standing monaes to health
PYORRHOCIDE
POWDER
promotes oral hygiena by correcting many condition of an incipient pyorshčal nature. It is medicated with Dentinol; thus establishing` `ita value) in the treatment of soft, Handing, spongy guns“, FTOR« RHOCIDE retards the accumulation of salivery. calculus, one of the principal causes of......
PYORRHEA (Riggs' Disease) Correct and prevent pyorrheat conditions by LEDE BYORSHOCIDE regularly every day as a dentifrics.. PYOKRHOCIDE is, a tooth and mouth clemmer af high efficiency and is soothing and healing in the orák, tiennent d
QUEEN'S DISPENSARY - 10 sale Harper de Co, Ltd. 31 QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
THE OLT, KIGLET
Diss
"HONG KONG
DROS.
OTHERS LOOK THE SAME
“MALTHOID'
IS THE SAME
EVERYDAY! EVERYWHERE I
A Mineral Roofing! Laid by our expert
bed rig
Prés parücnlara troms":
HRADLEY & Co., Ltd
HONGKONG
HONGKONG POLICE HESERYE,
PARADES, CENTRAZ (STATION, 6.30 PM Tuesday, Oct. 10th-Mia Gunners at Central, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bections at Central.
Wednesday, Oct. 11th No. 2 Com pany at Central. Recruits of No. 2
The General expressed bis conviction Platoon under C.8. Majar. Recruita of that the Anglo-French offensivo had been No. 4 Company under C.B., Major sopped, but he thought that the enemy Thursday, Cob, 12th--Escraite of No. would continue; for a month or two or perhaps longer
They are dough. I am fully prepared.
4. Company under C.S. Major
Friday, Oct. 18thMaxim Gunnars
for a winter campaign. But past me they Ros. 3 and 4 Companies (Except Be will not get · To break through my "postcruita). Recruits of No. 2 Platoon under
is ausgeschossen (impossible).
LESSON-IN DEVASTATION...
To Me Karl von Weigand, the Chief of Stall to las Commanding General ['declared
WHAT HAS BECOME OF HER? the Tron will and steel-cut The battle will go to the side which
nerves. It is a confest of
A Washington, telegram dated the energy, intelligence, organ
1st instant appearing if's Manila paper spirit. We believe we
terri
states sold
the final abalysis Officials here have received unofficials anar-to-man fight. cable advices from English sources to The Chief of Staff ended the effect that the German submarine he had ruined villagos merchantman, Bremen, was trapper and pointed them cut, British anti-rubmarine note off the coast
Beying
of Scotland three weeks ago.
0.8. Major
Baturday, Oct. 4th-Defaulters Drill at. £.80p AM
AMBULANCE PLATOON,
From Monday 9th-until Thursday the
19th
P.C. 818.
Raamid to resign as from the les proxi leaving the Colony. INEOPROMOTIONS 30 COMPANY
The Hot 0.5.P. has sanclosed following promotions
Crown-Sergeant 500 Company Sergeant-
Figueiredo
Sergeante 665 Ho and 587 Faris to
P.CA. 600 Soares, 523 Osmund, and 5-é be Crown Sergean 3000 Sare
(Sg1) J. W} FRATKE,
WAY TO WIN THE
WHAT LORD
MEBE
TILLE
**The best and ossi
the Ambulance Piston will drill war way, the subj wer,daily (Sandspa excepted) at the Chinese address by Mr. Ben Tile
Recreation Club ground. Causeway Bay Music Hall In at 5.30 p.me in mufti
enthusiastically struggle in--- All Ambulance Patris, are cancelled witch up to and including the 18th instant
MUSKETRY, COURSE
The seesingly mexplicable delay in My boys, there you see what the strial of the Bremen, which it happen if you let the English and known to have left Germany on Septem drive you back into
that
NY, OTHER WIE shortly" oczar
ber 2 when it was anounced that she would make for Baltimore, Mid, lends villages will be your villageb colour to the reports
The misery of those old men and and those children will be the your father mother can wife and children.". Overbeant in the car Workman In addition to the above interview the (with garden tool) to neighbour No
As
with Lio.
For
I've now reglar yet, just an odd day now. newspapers and theme week I tried th Labour Exchange, but they had now for me But this morning they sent word ut as Boon as there was a vacancy in cemetery they'd
know. So I man keep
Jesa systern, has been
tore and Crown-Sergeants will be tegi
to generally assist with Recruiter For tais purposes short course of will be giran, open at presant only Inspectors and Crown-Serg
and orpl
rows of standing same will for
home
SUDANI ZATO placed under,