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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918
TELEGRAMS.
Continued from Page 1.)
THE
GREAT BATTLE.
ENEMY SUPPLY.COLUMNS BOMBED.
--
Lastos, June 2.
Longpont, Corey, Faveralls and Troestice. The fighting was terribly bitter at Troosion and Corey, which were attacked again and again and held, in spite of all the efforts of the energ
Our counter-attacks | enabled the line of villages fontan Blu East to be maintained.
BITTER STRONGLE ON THE MARNE
THE CHINA MATL.
FRENCH DIVISIONS FIGHT AGAINST CRACK ENEMY
FORCES
Loxous, June 3.
MASTERLY ADVANCE IN WORLD'S RECORD IN DESTROYER
MACEONIA.
BIGGEST SUCCESS SINCE MONASTIR.
LONDON, June 4 Reuter's Special Correspondent en the Mareshmian Front, telegraphing on the ist instant, sigs;
↑ Reuter's Correspondent at French Frede was re-taken by
Headquarters, telegraphing on the counter-attack, new Germanorning of June 4th, says: Division was identified in this fight. The latest reports of yesterday's consolidating their new positions at The French and Greeks are actively ing. relieving the lid Division fighting confirm the tast shit the Skrudilegen, which were brilliantly which suffered heavily in the open-enciny has been held. There was a carried in Thursday's advance. Reuter's Correspondent at British |i4g dayy pi the butthe-
bitter struggle from the Oise to the. The prisoners, who now number Headquarters, telegraphing to-day,
South of the Durg the fighting Mame with minor, fluctuations, the 1,712, do not conceal their admin was almost equally obstinate. The bance of the advantage being with tion of the masterly attack upon the There was henry artillery firing on village of Pussy-en-Vallons and Hill the Allies. Such progress as the positions, which have been so far both sales in the gorthern areas for 163 were taken by the Germans early Germans have ende has postan regarded as impregnable. The cap. the past 24 hours. Our gunners have in the morning and re-captured later exaggerated price in casualties. tured positions consist of the first and done such excellent counter-hattery in the day. On the whole, the firing, frequently hitting trains, sup-enemy has nothing to show for the ions were engaged in very hitter dominates the third enemy organisa
Dismounted French cavalry. Diri second liner, the latter of which ply colure, moving troops and day's work on the Western Front.
fighting for the possession of the tion. The new lines extend 'twelve almops.
The German line round Rheims. read south of Villers Cotterets Forest kilometres and a depth of two kilo. Many explosions Were Bisteck.
heginning at St. Leonard on the against enemy cruck Division, who metres... tine of our big shells killed over Aisin and the Mame Canal, three
are dearly purchasing every feet of 30′ hories. Our heavy gurs scored miles south-east of the city, pusses ground gained. These dismounted biggest since the Allied empture of The success is undoubtedly the event direct hits on enemy big high through Betheny to the north Divisions have been participating Monastir in 1916. welwity zas.
Tres Fontales.. to the north-west since the beginning of the butch with
Several Bullgar counter attacks en thence south-west between the suburbs of S. Bace and the mainon, who was surrounded worth of barrage fire,
extronlinary « vakar. One hatta May 1st waris fustrated by our town, to La Haubetter. Nune of these places, except St. Leonard, is more
magnificent The mains dew low, we drop.then a mile from the city of theirs
taguosium there, which which is surrounded" o
Energy innen off the night of May 31st reshmbed-a group of hospitals, which were previously visited, and ewisert many casualties,
p
the Past,
ted for a considerable time mosterth and west. Fully three qua Billiantly.
ters of an arted circle found the
is held by the German Nothing wort preserving is left iu Kheims but the Catheral
THE GERMAN LINE.
ENEMY'S METHOD OF
INFILTRATION.
1
Loynoy, June 3. Renter's Correspondent at French Headpnrters, telegraphing at mid. | night on the 2nd. says:-**
vity
HEROIC RESISTANCE OF ENGLISH DIVISIONS.
BARNS HIGH PRAISE OF FRENCH COMMAND."
The past week brought many un-
Loxpoy, June 4. welcome surprises and hours of acute
Kourer's Correspondent at British anxiety, of which no blame is a Headquests, telegraphing on the tached to the troops. If the fronted and unhing some particulars new slows a tendency to stabilise.
the Man, with a
战
ARMENIANS RE-CAPTURE
ERZERUM.
ILL-EQUIPPED INHABITANTS RESIST TURKS.
-CONSTRUCTION.
IN 11 DAYS AFTER LAYING OF KEEL
WASHINGTON, June 3. The newest type of destroyer will be launched in 17 days after the keel has been, jaid, creating & now world's record.
CARS on HIRE
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A Large Number of
SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA New and Comfortable Cars
MELBOURNE, June 3,
building of steel and wooden ships The Commonwealth is speeding up
throughout the five States.
Several vessels are now being constructed....
SHIPBUILDING IN CANADA.
TON VESSELS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
OTTAWA, Jons 4. The Minister of Marine announces
down at Halifax for the construction of that three private berths are being laid
steel 10,000.
,000 ton ships, the first of which is expected to be commissioned within 15 mouths.
GERMANO-DUTCH NAVAL
AGREEMENT.
EARLY SETTLEMENT
-FORESHADOWED.
Whereupon they were ordered to bayonet charge tut way. nut.
hesitatingly obeyed driving out the re-take the position. They un cinemans from the position where
AMSTERDAM, June 4 they were previously surrounded,
The Handelslut regards the German safe conduct to the Dutch steamers in LONDON, June 4. HEROIC DEFENCE OF RHEIMS.
the Zeil Dyk sector as indicating a Reuter learns that the Armenianspeedy conclusion of the Dutch and since November have desperately German Naval agreement, and believes Paris, June 4,
resisted the advance of the Turks. The drince of Rheims is one' of
that Germany has now dropped the the most beraie features of the
The re-cupture of "Erzerum was earlier contention that vessels con battle The French troops guarding
remarkable event. Poorly fed udstructed in Helland with material from the approches to the city on May quapped-Armenians faced the Germany should for a certain period 27th gradually fell back to the Turks single-banded from November not gail to the United States.
the February, when the Turkish at suburbs in consequence nf Westerly withdrawal of the line, The temp to occupy Batums roused the Georgians, who have since co-oper troops left held out for eight days"
ate against the Turke, compelling
of the share of the British Divisions unrelieved. Those encircling the city the later to bring up fresh Divisions
is is use of the arrival of rain in the Aisne Battle, states:
the right only retired a hundred
|
and delaying the Turkish march towards Porsia. ---
forcements, which have stiffened the
On the eve of the Geruan attack yards until the increase in the gap -line to a point at which it is physic-of our Divisions were in line, with tion of the fine..
the Eighth, Twenty-First and Fiftieth on their left necessitated a modifica All the Germa ally posible it can hold. Up to Sunday we could only hold the enemy troops holding the line pretty thin were fruitless.
the Twenty-Fifth in reserve the attempts to attack the city frontally. from hose to hour, the Germans These Divisione had participated in to employ Tanks and rush the They were unable being abled to manoeuvre and go the almost incessant hard fighting suburbs, as intended. round obstacles. Their numerical
of the two previous months. It Three Tanks were perceived on advantage vanishes from day to day was not till the evening of May 26th the afternoon of Any 31st approach- Weyhave now arrived at a stage at that the enemy attack was foreseen. ing. They were immediately shelled ever heard in the Old Bailey conf
which the formation of a continuous Then it was well understood that the One was set on fire, while the others line forces the Germans to attempt attack was coming on the morrow,disappeared. The French resistance mass attacks against strongly held Thereupon, the troops were ordered between the Ceres suburb and Fort positions, instead of turning them.
to stand. to the gunners and to be Pompelle was equally firm, caused La Persemilon, the birth-place of
on the alert. The enemy bornbart by the attack of four regiments from Racine, was bombarded, and shells! are beginning to fall on Villers Cot- fnent was opened at one in the May 31st to June 1st on Pompeile,
rooming. An infantry attack was described in communiqués. Our aviators re-gained the ascend-launched early at dawn, and it is
SERIOUS EXPLOSION IN FRENCH ant during June 1st. The following understood that 25 Divisions partici-
-MUNITION WORKS. night they dropped 69 toms of ex-pated, and 10) Tanks were employed plosives on German communications against the Britists alone. Our in- and troops.
terets,
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22
fantry trench-motor teams remain- ed at their posts, firing rapidly unitil On May 30th an enemy column
the German waves were close up, three miles long was attacked by
then retired #ystematically, after 50 neroplaries which, flying low,
destroying all the heavy trenchinor machine-gunned, bombed and dis- peted the troops over neighbourinstars, which it was impossible to
fields. Sistren German plance were brought down on the battle-field;
[remove.
The Fiftieth Division, on whom the main weight of the attack fell,iu-
besides a large number of ballooncluded a proportion of the new drafte five of which were destroyed in the Rheims sector in one day.''
This evening's reports are more hopeful than any since the beginning
150 CASUALTIES.
PARIS, June 4.
A serious explosion occurred in the Beaussens munition works, causing. severe damage.
The number of victims cannot at present be discovered. Considerable munitions have been lost.
CHARGE AGAINST M.P. FAILS.
ALLEGED LIBEL ON. MISS MAUD ALLAN
LONDON, June 4. One of the most sensational cases
150 AMERICAN WAR VESSELS IN EUROPEAN WATERS.
New York, Jane 4. di Rear-Admiral Cleaves in a speech mentioned that America had now 150 war vessels in European waters on which there were 35,000 to 40,000 men.
THERE IS NOTHING EASIER
THAN MURDER."
GERMAN." CRUISER
SUBMARINES.”
LONDON, June t Mr. Archibald Hurd, writing in the Teluded to-day when Mr. N. Pember. Daily Telegraph, expoaca the exaggerated ton-Billing (Independent 3.P. fir German reports of the so-called cruiser Hertford) was charged criminally for submarines, which are merely large. Ribelling Miss Mail Allan in hype of ordinary submarine, their displacement being not 5,000 tons but lewspaper, Vigilante, by suggesting 2,000 tons. They are not 450 feat long that she was "a total pervert," but under 300 feet, their surface speed because she played Oscar Wilde's not 28 knots but 12, and their submerged Salome," which play appealed to speed not 15 knots but 10 knots pe sexual perverts.""
hour or so. The use has been characterised. He points out that the British Inow by scenes of disorder unknown in a leas of their own submarine activities British court:
than of Germany's, because enemy Mr. Billing and his witness were targets are few compared with the everal times shouting at the top of thousands that we present weekly, but their voices, contradicting. Judge the percentage of the hits we make is ¡Darling and counsel, som vista di
treble that made by the German. Mr. Billing, who defended himself,
The enemy campaign is maintained declared that he published the state by defying every international law and ignoring the ordinary ment in the Vigilante becerise may dictates of humanity. There is leading people in England were sub nothing esmer than murder." ject to Gerinan terrorisation and feared blackmail. Therefore, it
pre
MARSEILLES, June 5 A hundred have been killed and who fought overwhelming odds with 50 injured in an explosion in the superb gallantry. The field-gunners Besusens munition works on June vented prosecuting the war vigor served pieces until the enemy hordes 3rd.
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the westward, fusing the front in the blocks and fought the assailants with Clemenceau presided at the Sap verts, including. Mr. Asquith, not be again used for war purposes is not intend to suggest that women
revolvers.
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FIVE NEW Y.C.S.·
throughout the day, delaying tho enemy's advance for over twelve hours. The battery was withdrawn with very
Second Lieut. E. P. Beal lod a party,
who was strongly bolding gap of
cusly. He called a witness, whe
AN UNSPECIFIC ENEMY”- testified to having seen a black book
SUGGESTION.
Mr. George H. Roberts, Minister of great difficulty, in accordancs with compiled in Germany, containing
AMSTERDAM, June 5, 47,000 fames of the best-known Eag
The repatriation of Germans interned Labour, refering to his Sheffield orders, in the eroning when the
ammonition was spent. fish people, who were sexual per in Holland on conditions that they will afraid he was misunderstood. Bà slatement cabled yesterday, said he was
direction of Paris, where attack and
Hostile aircraft, invisible for days present besides Mr. Lloyd George,
reme War Council at Paris. There were Justice Darling and Lord Haldane. suggested by the Fasische Zeitung, in counter-attack were followed in quick | succession, the gains of the Germans previously, now swamed, bombing Lord Milner, M. Pichon, Signor Orlando,
The Judge, summing up, held the an article on the food scarcity in should be employed as aviators in the under a dozen men, against the enemy, were at least counter-balanced by and machine-gunoing The enemy Baron Soarino, the American and aleged book was irrelevant to the Flolland. The paper thinks that Army, but he aviators in time of peace.
undoubtedly such an offer op Holland's thos of the French. In the centre attacked in dense masses east at Japanese Ambassadors, and a number west of Craonce.. Some worked of military representatives including
In the course of the summing up, part would be enthusiastically welcom the enemy extended his front north! of the bank of the Marne, which sound and reached the bridge of the Generalissimo Foch, Major General Lord Alfred Douglas called the Judged by the German people, and says the forthcoming British and German still bounded by Chateau Thierry, Aisne at Maizy. Consequently, when Sackville West, Generals Bliss (United a liar, upon winch Lord Douglas way
ejected.
LONDON, June 4 negotiations at The Hague will perhaps evacuated some days ago, and the British carried rearguard fight-States) and Robilent (Italy):
constitute a good opportunity for the
The Gazelle announces the award of Dites Government to make such an five new Victoria Crosses, two of the offer. Freamably, the ides is that recipients being dead British interred men will also be The stories, as usual, revent almost repatriated, though the Porsche waperhuman horoima, Zeitung does not specifically mention this point.
the Marne and Rheims the live
The jury returned a verdict of was received
Vemevil.
The French reserve began to ar
ing to the bank of the river some PRISONERS OF WAR CONFERENCE. not guilty " Between Verneuil and north of found the bridgo down and the retreat
cut of.
GERMAN DELEGATES,
THE Hiatz, June 4. The German representatives of the
with cheers.
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TO BE STOPPED IMMEDI- ATELY AFTER WAR.
runa practically straight north-east.
There were no changes of importive in strength on the afternoon of
Major Drastet, who has participated in
LONDON, June 4,
TWO POSTHUMOUS. AWARDS.
400 yards - between the left of his. company and the neighbouring mik which it was vitally important to eles. Reaching the enemy machine gun, Set Lt. Beat immediately sprang forward and killed the team with a revolver and captured a gun altogether and similarly, exptured 4 machine guns and inflicted severe casualties on the enemy. Sub- sequer tly regardlow of the danger Beer Lt. Beat walked up close to the ener
For example, Liest E. 3. Doagall, machine gun and brought in a wounde Field Artillery, who was subsequently man, who was left in the open, under kiled, undoubtedly averted serious heavy enemy fire. See Lt. Baal was EMPLOYMENT OF HOMER AT THE reach in the British line by hit killed by sakell on the following - ma
„FRONT.
ance in this direction, except around May 27th, while the Twenty-Fifth British and German Prisoners of War NOT Theims, where the Germains bute English Division came la action in Conference will be General von Frien drawn their line closer. To-day, as support. The battle increased in drichs, Privy Councillor von Eckhardt yesterday, the fighting is very hard fury on May 28th, when fresh Ger- on the Western Front. The German man Divisions were atteckel The similar conference, and Prince In the House of Commons, Mr. advance is along the eastern border British continued their heroic resist Hatzfeldt Wildenberg, Envoy ExtraorBonar Law said that, although the of the Villere Cotterets Forest and ance, earning the Ligh praise of the dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Excess Profits tax could not be ro to the south between the Valleys of
French High Command, Relief to
garded as permanent, it would not war DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
be stopped immediately the war cod Ourcq and the Murne, the Fifliath Division by the French
Babed. DISABILITY INDICATED BY thick toreat, which favours the Ger troops began in the evening of May
WHITE ARMLET. aran tactics of infiication, is 28th and gradually the English troops traversed cast to west by two well-were withdrawn from the struggle.
the
LONDON, June 5 £800,000,000 from it in the current.
la the House of Commons Colonial year. To obtain such a sum
defined volleya along which runs SAFE, SURE, ALWAYS, CURES Sir A. ST. Griffith Bescawen (Ministry the income-tax would mean
railways from Soissons and Pinus
entering the forest, Longport and Troesnes small tributary of the Ourcq jolas these two points. Alo this stream achotly conte
batily
pain in the stomach when Cham-
Dot sufer fram ramp coin or of Pensions) stated that a white armlet, of e, in the e erlain's Colic Chulera and Diarrhea bearing red crown, will be fauned to Remedy goes to the right spot and giver all quabled scadiers and sailors in immediate-relieff. You cannot afford
to be without is if you app zabject to order to indicate their disability, and an attacks of this kind. For sle by all appeal will be made that every cousi
Tazed all any and another found Chemist and Btore pers
tion
uld be shown
personality and skilful_lendenbiping. throughout tryingday. Lieut. Dougall LONDON, June
rallied and organised the infa
whom Mr. George H oberta, the Ministes the enemy had pressed Inck, level with addressing the Queen Macy's. lis battery, supplied them with Lewis Anzilities at Sheffield, announ- guns and armed, all the guoners he ter on there will be women could spare with rifles, and with them thought they would formed a line in front of his battery,
which in the mearrile wad
will do every
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Jime 4
ally in connection pesanti offeriales yin
the advancing, asemy)
ord that while the Although under rifle fire and machine
that they gu
eep dat
all
Lieut." Dougall, fearienly
about like on parade, calmly
women giving orders and encouragin
body. He inspired the
the assurance
the trenche
THE HEW DERBY STAKES,
for the