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1918
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THE WAR.
TO-DAY S TELEGRAMS.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
STRONG LOCAL ATTACK EY THE
BENEMY.
LONDON, JAK 6. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED
BY DECISION OF GERMAN CHOREN. COUNCILL
ZURICH, Jaz,
The enemy made a strong local After a Crown Council at Bertor, attack against pur positions on the at which Field-Marshal von Hinden Hindenburg line, to the east of burg and General Ludendor were Bullecourt ord a small party occu present, it was officially announced pied asap before a front trench. that the Central Powers had tempor The enemy was repulsed on the arily suspended negotiations with remainder of the Front, before reach-Russia, owing to the Russian Govern ing dur, positions.
ment's request for the transfer of the
There was hostile artillery activity negotiations to Stockholm to the north-east of Ypres
Our aeroplanes, on Friday, dropped
250 bombs on Densin, Ledeg, Menin 25,000 GERMAN TROOPS
and Boulers railway stations.
The air fighting was mostly con fired to the northem portion of the Front where we bought down night machines and drove down two, Five al ours are inissing.
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JAH TAGGART,
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PEAK HOTEL.
TELLAT VICTORIA GAPD
FIRST-
ATEME
REVOLT
DESERTIONS ON RUSSIAN TRONT YERY NUMEROUS,
LONDON, Jan, & Russian message states that
We bombed at night, factories, tallway communications and other
Home Creeman deverters state that, targets of militare importance at
in consequence of the drafting of all soldiers under 13 years of age for the All our machines returned.
Western Front, in contraventions of SAP RECAPTURED,
the armistice, desertions are very Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haip Kerno have revolted. They have numerous and 20,000 to the fast of
reports
LATER.
We recaptured the up to the cast of Bullecourt which the enemy Cecupied yesterday morning.
GERMAN RAID ON FRENCH FRONT.
entrenched with their
who are powerless, are trying to cut, machine guns, and the
elf their food suppli
Loxtos, Jan TURKISH PEACE TERMS.
A German official message states, We penetrated the enemy lines, to the west of Beauvaus, and took mumerous prisoners
'ARAB RAID ON A TURKISH RAILWAY.
PETROGRAD, Jan The Turkisir peace terms inclule the restoration of the unla llum frontiers and the withdrawal of the Rusaian troops therefrom ecept guards not exceeding Division per LONDON, Jan 6.150 kilometres; the demobilisa tacm The War Offc announces that the of the Russian forces; the demobilis Anubs in Hedjsz have successfully tion of the Black Sea Fleet; the raided the railway to the south of withdrawal of the Russian tops Mean and hire slso taken prisoners from Perai, and the annulment of the garrison of an important post, the treaties defining the spheres of - further south
influence. in Persis-
FRANCE RECOGNISES FINLAND'S
INDEPENDENCEVINS
PARIS, Jan
The Temps arounces that France; his recognised the independence of the Finnish Republic.
THE QUESTION OF CHINESZ-
TROOPS FOR EUROPE
Meanwhile Turkey is to remi armed to the teeth in order to ret the Allies.
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