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MONDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAMS."
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
BRITISH TAKE OVER
1,000 PRISONERS.
Loxtos, Out. 21. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Yesterday's attack was very sue- cessful. The whole of our objectives were gained and 800 prisoners were taken.
More prisoners are reported to be coming In.
Our casualties are heliered to. be light.
The enemy made no attempt dur? fag the night to retake the ground' we captured:
1.018 PRISONERS.
LATER. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: The prisoners taken yesterday between Schwabon Redoubt und Le Sam cumbered ·1,018.
This moming the enemy exploded two mines "south of Ypres in the neighbourhood of the Bluff and occupied the lip of a erater. where they were subjected to a continuous bombardment.
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Aeroplanes rendered valuable ser- vice Festerday in locating enemy batteries. They destroyed, fire enemy machines, and drove down four damaged. missing.
Three of ours are
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Reuters. Correspondent at Head quarters telegraphing on the 21st
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Two days of blue skies and cold winds resulted in drying the ground and the immediate Rsumption of
activity.
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An attack along a front of 5,000 Sands from the north of Moquet Farm, in the direction of Le Sais. surprised the enemy, and many 192. ful positions wore secured.
-Out! casualties were slight, which is the best token of our success.
The Germana persistently counter- artacked at Schwaben Redoubt, to which they appear to attach much importance. Our bombing and
THE ASSASSINATION
OF
AUSTRIA'S PREMIER.. POSSIBLE EFFECT ON THE WAR.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 22. Count Stuergkh, the Austrian Premier, was killed while diping at a Vienna hotel.
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His assailant approached and fired three shots in rapid succession.
Count Stuergkh was hit in the head and died immediately,
LATER.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE RUMANIAN FRONT.
FLUCTUATING BATTLES,
LONDON, Oct. 2.
A Rumanian communiqué dated the 21st inst. status:
In the Brosteni sector we de back the enemy towards the frontier, and surrounded a detachment at Mont Sisphes, attacking them with the sword and taking 500.prisoners, two guns, machine-guns and war material.
HOSTILE AEROPLANE AT SHEERNESS.
Losnos, Qut. 4, Ar oficial communique states: A hostile aeroplane approached Sheerness this afternoon. Three bomba fell into the barbour, and a fourth in the vicinity of the railway station and damaged several carriages.
British aeroplanes went up after the raider which disappeared in a north easterly direction.
There was no casualties.
The fighting continues in Trotus NRMY SEAPLANE DESTROYED Valley.
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The enemy has been repulsed in Uzu! Valley with heavy losses.
Our troops are maintaining their positions in Oituz Valley against violent attacks which have been repulsed to the frontier.
Our troops have been compelled to retire in Ruzed Valley. They have repulsed attacks in the Br defilu.
A violent, enemy attack along the whole of the Dobrudja front forces us to withdraw the Centre and Right.
LATER.
A Rumanian coramuniqué of the 22nd inst. shows a continuance of heavy fighting in several sectors.
Details of the assassination share that when the shots, rang out a number of ofEcers rushed with drawn words on the basailant, who, how- ever, offered no resistance and was handed over to the Police.
He said: I will account for this On the Transylvanian front, the belon the Court
Romariaus attacked-and drove back" the enemy, using the bayonet; and energy attacks were repulsed else. where.
The prisoner is the publisher of a Socialist newspaper, the editor of another, and the Secretary of the Social Demoetie Party,"
Fox, Oct. 2 The adair is regarded as a sign" of Austria's disintegration.
It is thought that it may affect in
Elsewhere there was violent reci proval bombardment.
There was nothing fresh from the Danube front
LATER.
A further official communiqué states ¦ One of our naval aircraft yesterday afternoon shot. down and destroyed a hostile seaplane, which fall into the sea. It is considered probable that the enemy reaplane was the one which raided Sheerness,
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THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES."
LONDON. Oct," 22.
IMPORTANT ANGLO-FR1"NCH
CONFERENCE.
THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL -SITUATIONT
LONDON, Oct. 21. An official commuxúpué states that a British and French Gorcruments was. conference of representatives of the held at Boulogne on the 20th instant the military and political situation. for an interchange of views regarding
Briand, Ribot, Bourgeois, Roquer, The Conferenco consisted of MM Lacaze, and Thomas and General Joffre: Mr.. Asquith, Fiscount Grey, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Lloyd George, and General Sir Douglas Baig, with diplo General Sir William Robertson and matic, naval and military advisers.
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
SERBIANS ADVANCE THREE AND A HALF MILES,
LONDON, Oct 21. A Serbian official message says:---- The Serbians silvanced three and a half miles north-east of Brod, capturing five guns, seven machine guns and a Dr. Deuson Ross has been apprisoner 114 Bulgarians and 24 Germans. quantity of material. They also made pointed Director of the London School of Oriental Studies. 悲
BRITISH FLEET TAKE PART,
PARIS, Oct. 21.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN CRUISER TORPEDOED.
BY BRITISH SUBMARINE
LONDON, Oct 21. The Admiralty reports that a British submarine torpedoed a German cruiser
Enemy attacks obliged a retire of the Kellery clasa on the 15th, instant
in the North Sea
a most important degree the coment in Dobradja. sinuation of the war,
AMSTERDAM, Öes.
LATER.
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When last on the cruiser was A Russian communique states:
making homeward with difficulty. The Weigner Ailegemiene Zeitung The Russo-Ramanian forces states that Count Stuergkh was din-Dobrudja retired slightly under pres-with a speed of about 27 knots. There [The Albery class are protected cruisers of 4,250 tons, turbine driven, ing with Baron Aerenthal (a brother sure of enemy attacks along the whole were four ships of this class built in of the ex-Foreign Minister) who was front.
1909-11. They were the Allerg
Aurbery. wounded in the foot by one shot.
Main and on. The
two sunk in the Heligoland Bight on August. latter weru The Daros caught Couns Stuergh
when Admiral Beatty's squadron chased 28th 1914 Is may be remembered that the Germans home on January 24th 1915, be reported that prisoners declared but no confirmation of this was forth. that the Night cruiser Kolberg was suok, coming
The Rumanians surrounded an enemy Division twenty-six miles west of Pint
in his arms as he fell. The assailant took 500 prisoners and captured two was Dr. Freidzies Adler, a son of the guns. Reichsrat Deputy Dr. Victor Adler.
The Rumanians took 100 prisoners
He had long been considered ever-in Trotas Valley and repulsed enemy tric, and had lätterly opposed the attacks in Uza Valley and Bram Fast majority of the Socialist party.
with heavy losses, but retired in Busco Valley
AUSTRIA'S ENORMOUS
LOSSES.
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NEARLY FOUR AND A HALF MILLIONS.
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LONDON, Oct. 22. An Italian semi-official statement
grenading prevented' them from saya that Austria has called, up
THE SOMME FRONT.
DETERMINED ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
There has been stubborn fighting on the west bank of the Namjurka River in the region of Sviataeliki where positions have changed hands several SUCCESSFUL BRITISH ATTACK. times. Enemy Attacks have been repelled,
NEUTRALS AND BELLIGERENT SUBMARINES..
LONDON, Oct. 29. General Sir Douglas Haig, in communiqué asys -
A communiqué aya:—
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A British Fleet successfully bombard- ed-Bulgarian organations south of Lake Takinos.
The Serbs have made fresh progress a: Cerra.
NAYAL PAIR BUCCESSES ON THE BELGIAN COAST.
Losbox, Oct.. 21. The Admiralty announces that on the morning of the 20th instant a singlesenter aeroplane, brought down a kite balloon in flames near Ostend
A large seaplane was likewise shot down and fell into the water two miles from Ostend.
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AUSTRIAN PREMIER SHOT.
Stuergkh has been shot at meal-time by
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21. A Berlin telegrams states that Count a Viena publisher. He has since died.
TRAFALGAR DAY.
LONDON CELEBRATIONS.
LONDON, Oct. 21. Trafalgar Day celebrations were more than usually interesting Nelson's Monument was lavistily bedecked" with also to the memory of the Franch and wreaths from all parts of the Empire, Spanish sailors who fell at Trafalgar alust their lives off Jutland and in other and the British picers and men who aca battles of the present war.
In the early morning the enemy determinedly attacked the Schwaben Redoubt and was reprised everywhere except at two points, where he entered
racking the pampet, and they were approximately 7,400,000 men since A STRONG GERMAN NOTE TO our trenches, only to be immediately benten back with great losses.
This morning they made another and more, determined assault and secured a footing in the Redoubt. but were fiercely routed
the outbreak of the war. Only about 3,000,000 ure now available. The enormous difference. represents pri-
NORWAY.
Germany has sent a Note
ejected, leaving 5 officers and 79 men as prisoners and many dead.
We successfully attacked on a front do of 5,000 yards between Schwaben and Lo Sars and advanced between 300 and Regina trenches and also an advanced 500 yards. We captured Stuff and post N.NE of Schwaben, and captured some hundreds of prisoners.
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soners, killed, etc. Proof of the Norway resenting strongly the accuracy of this estimate is obtained recent ordinance excluding foreign A feature of recent operations has by studying the numbers of the war submarines from Norwegian been the number of direct hits on march formations or units formed nemy guns and emplacements. to replace the losses. Up to the This is most satisfactory in view present twenty-three march forma- of the admission of the Germans tiene, cach of 21,500 men, bave been adopting an increasingly threatening junction and ammunition depot, and
that the wearing out of the guns absorbed. " exceeds the mute of their manufac ture.
FRENCH GAINS MAINTAINED.
VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
PARIS, Oct. 22.
BAD WEATHER. ON THE BALKAN FRONT.
LONDON, Oct. 22
A British official message from Saloniks states that owing to bad weather there have been only patrol
encounters.
A communiqué states: Violent enemy attacks at Chaulnes
A French official - message from have been repulsed with heavy losses to Salonika atatea:--Despite the bad the enemy. Our gains yesterday are weather we progressed or the right wholly maintained.
It is confirmed that the German losses bank of the Vardar and the Serbians in their counter-attacks yesterday in the took prisoners in the region of the Corna. Eisches and Blaisewood sector were considerable expecially before the village of Bieches, which they strongly attacked
Four German seroplanes were brought down in the Somme region and five ethers were forced" to land damaged.
We heavily bombed the railway atation at Courcelles, east of Metz apparently causing much damage, and everal other railway stations, airsheda
at Poronic and bivoines at Etain. «
ANOTHER FUTILE ATTACK. -
LATER
Bouth of the Somme. A fresh "enemy attack in the afternoon
against the southern portion of
ALLEGED HIGH TREASON IN BULGARIA.
APRO-ALLY EX-MINISTERS”.
FLIGHT.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 29:
A telegram from Sofs states that the pro Ally or Minister, M. Gheandieff, who was sentenced to ten years penal servitude for alleged high treason, is seriously ill of blood poisoning.
GENERAL MARCHAND BLIGHTLY WOUNDED,.
PARIS, Oct. 2 General Marchand (of-Farboda
Chaulnes Wood was repulsed with fame) has been slightly wounded. serious, lonton. The prisoners taken
have not wat heen counted."
waters.
The German
newspapers
tone towards Norway."
Our aircraft borubed the enemy com- aremunications, attacked an important
derailed four couches.
Three enemy aeroplanes were des troyed and many were driven down. Two of our machines are missing
AERIAL COMBATS ON FRENCH
FRONT.
„HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22, "The Government of Holland, replying to the Allies' Note regard. ing, submarines in neutral waters, states that it has decided to treating of importance on the French front: A communiqué saya,-There is noth tear submarines da war vessels, but points out that no belligerents are combats took place, in which seven During the night numerous aerial Gorman machines were brought down. allowed in Dutch ports except under treat merchant submarines as mer bivouace, were heavily bombed.
Stations at Noyon and Chauny, stringent conditions. Holland will together with communications and chant vessels when their identity is
BAILLY-SALLİŞEL
certain.
MORE DEMANDS ON
GREECE.
ATHENS, Oct. 22.
VAIN GERMAN EFFORTS TO RETAKE THE POSITION.
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from officers and men of Admiral A conspicuous tribute was the wreath Jellicoe's feg-ship.
Trafalgar Day gift of £10,000 to the The Overseas League presenter a Admiralty, with which to buy seaplanes.
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CLUB DEFEAT RE The Hongkong C.C. defeated the RE in a match on the Club ground on Saturday by 18 ms and two wickets. For the RE, Scott took 3 for 34 Wyatt before the members of St. Andrew's bowling analysis was not kept. Scores.
By far the most important matter for go, and Heath 2 for 19. The Olub's Society at their annual meeting at the Town Fall last week, the Mercury anys, Serge McGregor e Mitchell, b Pearce was the educational question raised in 9.31.S. Wrait, c Pearce, b Stalker resolution proposed by Mr D. McColl Cpl. Pearce, e Thursfield, b Tayler... which after discussion, was withdrawn, Opl. Scott, e Pearce b Stalker... nothing being done in the matter. The Spe: Wright, b Stalker, proposal was "that the furtherance of Sgt. Black, b Tayler...... Shanghai "be added to the objects of the Cpl Heath, set out ..... British education of British children in Epr. Millard, b Tayler
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LONDON, Oct. 22. French communiqués state:Three B. Rutherford, E. M. Ron A: O Col. Morgars, not ent violent German efforts to retake Sally Stephen, and H. B. Stewart, committee. T. E Pearce, did not hat. Sallisel have failed with anguizary to the
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SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL.
The Club in their match, with thes 6 BE scored their first victory of a jo season by the only get scored. Boir teams were without notable players.
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The 33rd Co.beat the Navy by 5 goal
The K.S.LT showed a distinct in provement in the match against the
reserves; winning by
5-0.
The Islamics beat the Folico. Reserve
The French Military Attaché has
Total (for 8) presented to the King further demanda, of Blaise Wood The Germans were she celebration for St. Andrew's day,
UNIVERSITY V KOWLOON including the transfer of the entire force everywhere repulsed except at North Mr H. B. Stewart started it with a pro- ning, defent cn Loam inficted 1 stan
The University team a
The 88th Co, just managed to get the posal for a concert with the proceeds in Thessaly to Peloponnesu, sad the wood, where they gained a foothold in going to the Red Cross Society and this ground. The drizzling rain of the night game with the 7th Co. by the odd goal delivery of the stores in Thessaly to thequr advanced trench.
was enlarged on by Mr Cruickshank; and morning hed almost made the pitch Meeting takes place, to-morrow (Tues The Hongrong Football Clubs Arma Állica,
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and twelve extrus gave the agreed to repeat last year's ideaa big University the win by eight wickets and financial effort for the Scottish Red four runs. Redmend is his monal capable Cross Last year the $10,000 mark was style took four wickets for nine runs. reached and the President concladed the The scores and analpeas were as under discussion by swing, that not led than that figure would branched this year.
CHREST IN ABYSSINIA
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ITALIANO CAPTURE STRONG ENEMY POSITION.
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ANNIHILATED,
LONDON, Oct. 21
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