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MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918
TELEGRAMS.
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THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.
*THE VICTORIOUS PRESSURE ON
SOMME FRONT.
AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
*,, LÒNDON, August -171
THE CHINA MALI
and gemain on the defensive against Italy and the Austrian counter-demand that Germany make 4-further declare
the night of the 16th our quadrona powerful move in the direction of peace
The Air Ministry announces that on / Dion regarding Belgium and also make by weil carried out by the Royal Navy : attacked four hostile aerodromes and and solve the Polish question favourably two railway junctiona.
to Austria
The visibility was poor and queerf** vation of the results was difficult.
MORE HUN, BRUTALITIES...
LIQUID FIRE SQUIRTLE ON PRISONERS,
LONDON, Aug 17 Yesterday's communiqués show that the British and French continus their
LONDON, Aug. 17: victorions pressure on the Somme battle- Details are officially published of front, having transferred the main gross outrages, perhaps unparalleled for attack from the Lassigny area north fiendish cruelty, upon British prisoners wanda toy the Roye region, where, as the and wounded men in March last. The result of yesterday's gains, the Allies facts are authenticated by sworn atate- hold the absolutely straight line Goyen-ments of Scottish soldiers, who were of court-St. Mard-Lancourt, ruuning north the party maltreated..
and south, only a mile west of Roya A private of the Royal Highlandere) This micance yesterday was two miles tells bow he and a number of comendas in depth on a front of nearly four miles were surrounded and compelled to. The Germans hold Roye very presurrender near Monchy on 28th March. cariously The French are west, and
the Canadians north-west of the town. The capture of the bulk of Bois-des- Loges removes the last remaining obstacle to the defence of Lassigny on the north west. The gains secured by the Germans in this region last March are now completely wiped out.
PRENCH AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
A DAY'S BAG.
Lostos, Aug. 17.
A French official mesarge says that German aeroplanes were brought down on the 15th inst."
IRISH COAL,
SCHEME FOR GREATES OUTPUT.
THE MAGISTRACY,
STOLEN ZING SHEETINGS.
with och readiness to fight for their King, their Country, and their Allfest.LER) Bengkok to Koh-i-Chang were extreme- -be-transport arrangements from
the Chief of the Naval Staff accompanied the contingent to Kobai-Chang and E. D. C. Wolle this morning with A Chinese was charged before Mr. personally superintended all the business thst had to be done.
stealing six zino covers from the The Supre rived at Singapore on uulitury block houses on the 23rd of June. While there the.
Kuother nina
Was
contingent was inspected by Hironounge. Excellency, the Governor Cons Anding charged with receiving thos-stolen
and General Commanding
the garrison at Singapore; the latter property. also showed other marks of camaraderie commanding the contingent and superior the soul defendant. and friendship, entertained the Colonel oscars to luncheon.
Mr. J. H. Gardiner appeared for
Lobos, Aug 17. The select committee of the Horse of [Commons on Transport Reform has
Inspector Davitt will the fit The Clovernor made an admirable appointed anbcommittee to investigate the condition of Irish porte and canals speech to the soldiers complimenticiofentant engaged juukud two sben on their physique and congratulat witive work to a ritmatay more ex-ing tbent, on going out, to help a crush coolice, at the Kowloon where aml tansive working of Irish coal.
the Gurmans.
| jirocrèded to -Saiwan where he sold On the end of July the the Aue sherlings. Witness was renched Colombo, where" the British authorities also showed the utmost courtesy, but no detaiq Bayes jel'attived by mail.
ca
OLD FRENCH CRUISER TORPEDOED.
PARIS, August 17.
(Continued on Page 3.)
The old croiser Pelit Thouars (9,516 tons) co-operating with the naval Te say: "Our rifles and equipment patrul in the Atlantic was terpedeed on were taken from us. We consisted of August. one officer and sixteen men, ter af: whom were wounded. We were lical of whom thirteen are missing.
American destroyers rescued the crew up in an original front line trench and left without a guard for some time. Then a German officer and two men jappeared on the "erige of the trenda. One man carried a container on his Lack. The other was armed with a rifle and a short bayonet. The officer carried a revolver. The officer gave an order and the man with the container turned stream of quid fire straight dowa the trench in which we were standing.
could plainly see we were un armed. He continued to play on us for
six or seven minutes. The witness
addleckthat be and a few companions, who ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON FRENGH❘ were able to move scrambled down the
FRONT.
LONDON, Aug. 17,
ommunication trench, and got over the
np to the British lines,
SIAM EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
ARRIVAL IN EUROPE.
[COMMUNIQUE FECH THE SIAMESE
HENNRAL STATE]
The first main expeditionary con tingent from Biam has arrived safely in Europe.
A private saya that after he did some June, and now the following details They left Bangkok on the 19th of other prisoners were captured and about their departure and A French communiqué states :-ik disarmed they were marched down the be authoritatively given to the puldic There was great artillery activity trench to an emplacement about six feet!
send-off of Public during the night west of Roye.
any kind was We enationed south of the Avre, our twelve feet long.
deep, nine feet wide, and from nine to stranged, because it was undesirable The skies were from a military point of view, but His progress in Bois-des-Loges renching the perpelicular except at one end which Majesty the King was graciously pleased to receive the whole contingent at the
The friendit
informeel of the matter and visited the junk where he found the stolen
to our soldiers by the British asthorities in neighbouring ports are much appre cited by the siamese Government
and kindness abown property. He arrested the frst de-
Fort Said was reached on the 20th of July, the wire not having calleding at Aden, and the voyage across the Mediterranea.na started on the 2nd:
and also the muster & the our be charged with
the stolen property.
Wolfe discharged the second,
In spite of bad weather, the monsoon lefendant" and adjourned the case having been in full force in the Indian figues Bist defendant as ht Ocean, and in spite of enemy submarines wished to bring witnesses. the Siae contingunt has arrived in Europe without any mishap every member being not only usts and wound, but in the best of health.
gone to
The contingent could have Europe much earlier than they did, for everything was ready in the beginning of April; the delay was due solely to shipping dificulties:
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CWolfe with bawking oliver in Nathan Road. "
There being some who actually Mr. Wolfe, who recognised him to
persons
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pressed the doubt that our contingent would never leave Siam at all, thee an old offender, and one who had General Staff bope that this compassed though his Court on three muniqué will reach the eyes of such
occasions, pregled shijai with Here Angust 2nd. 2461, ·
We are agun.
Inspector Gordon said the defen- dant had been given chances of re- forming hitself, hit, be seemed tɔ take no notice.
The Magistrate remarked that at one time defendant was charged with selling vaziras things in the street,
eastern edge. We repulsed strong slope. The prisoners were tightly we rear the Anantasmagon farm, between the Mata and the Oise. Two Germans appeared. at the received individually from His Majesty's entrance of the amplacement. One
attack against the monolith and Carney packed in this enclosure. He says:- Hall, when every officer : PR 13th, Colonel Ystefasked-the: Secrtiare | Storage
GAIN TIME. +3
PARIS, Aug. 17.
By
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THE GERMANE ON SHAMEEN.
QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Commons on June for Foreign Affair whether it was on his own-personal authority, or under Inspector Condon: Yes. He mane own hand xerit with the floyal instructious from the Foreign Office, tirues blows a trumpet in the streets ENEMY'S DESPERATE EFFORTS TO had no rifle or equipment. He carried Monogram engraved an epteresined to many, that his Majesty's Consul-General He is a hume te the neighbour
engraved upon it, and after when China declared war upon Ger a revolver and appeared to be p ofisar. The other also were no equip dinner at the Royal table
-while-the at Canton informal the Germans in the bond found that ment, but had strapped on his back were given dinner near traiter British concession on the island of dinner British War Films were shown to Shameen that they could resin there; a cylinder with flexible pipe över bis the contingent in the ing's presence;
My Wolig" taddressing the defen- A Havas Agency message says:: The Gernians yesterday continued his hand. Just as he reached the tainment
shoulder the end of which he carried in the men keenly appreciated such enter and whether those Germans were still dan You told me sometime ago
living on the British concession. the carries they have been forced to entrance of the enclosure fame sported
a long story of your troubles and At 4 o'clock in the morning of the Mr. Balfour aid that shortly after the misfortunes. What is your story employ during the past weeks. They out in a stream from the pipe and 19th of June the contingent was declaration of waz by China against the are making desperate efforts to stave caught the men who were Dearest assembled in the quadrangle inside the Central Powers his Majesty's Consul
now? off a further advance and gain time for immediately dropped as far as I could General Staff arrived and addressed the Chargé d'Affaires at Peking that enemy the stuff, but was going to visit a
War Office buiklings. The Chief of the Genera at Canton, suggested to the Defendant said he did not “Hawk | the removal of their supplies and the and got my face on the ground." organisation of their defence.
soldiers, rocalling to them and encourag- A private shows how an officer ing them to full their duties in a subjects in the British concession at large sale counter-attack they endear-rounded in the head and foot also four manner worthy of the That race; in Shameen should be placed under police friend to have a business talk with oured, yesterday, to secure temporary wounded men and three unwounded answer the men gave tremendous cheers supervision. Having received sanction him: relief for Roye which is constantly men, including the narrator, were in an the country and to this proposal, a notification was issued under close range fire, but in this aim old trench when two Germans came heard at a
the Stamere Nation
"These cheers were
The Magistrate: Did you tako thay completely failed. Two hundred with liquid fire. One stood with a Office, and as they suddenly arose in the garian subjects that they were only olives with wou for your friend?
distance from the War informing the German and Austro-Hun- and fifty prisoners and several machine. guns were left in the bands of the Allies: revolver in his head and ordered the
allowed to remain in the concession The defendant: Yes, I took soque and Frecek and Canadian troops to
under conditions which had already of tlient. I paid 20 to 80 cents. bees stated. The twelve enemy subjecte gether foliowed up their success had
who still remained if Shamen bed ATWgistrate But you dire closed the cordon tighter round the
observed the conditions laid down. charged with crying your wares. etown by advancing along the river
Colonel Yato suggested that the për or no?-No. mission to remain should be cancelled,
Magistrate: I understand you Mr. Balfour asked that the question
TRA3"
have rusical instrument to should be pat down.
frighten the lives of the inhabitants finƒle neighbourhood, but the people do not seem to appreciate or like their. Even brightened by music. I want to warn you. You will, prob- ubly get into trouble. ...“
Avre,
BRITISH LINE ADVANCED.
LONDON, July 15... Field-Marshal Siz Douglas Haig
reports:-
Our line northward of Proyart was advanced slightly last night, and to-day progress has been made on a front of nearly a mile northward of Lisons.
The enemy attacked certain, of our! posts in the Scherpenberg sector but was repulsed after abarp fighting. We best of an attempted raid in the neigh- bourhood of Loere, the enemy leaving prisoners 'in our banda.
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very early morning, they caused a good party to get back to the German lines. deal of surprise to the uns were Another man squirted liquid "fire over After that the contingent turned all the members of the party. The towards the Royal Temple of Emerald narrator's handa and right ear were Buddha and a service of special prayers burnt. Three of the party managed to gone through at the end the run away and reach the British Jesus the National Anthem The Germans must either have allocated gain great load/chears in honour of
Majesty.
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and
or burnt all the five wounded men for Having Anished with this simple but nothing further has been heard of them. most solemn ceremony the contingent The British Government has protested marched to the Royal Landing, from Whence they were transported in small to Germany against These outrages.
bosts to the Bri Smad and Kla Talai.
The Ministers of War and Marine with high officers of the Army mod Navy vare assembled to see the contingent of ut the Royal Landing, the Minister of Marine personally superintending, the transport of men to the ships
TWO" BRITISH DESTROYERS MINED.
TWENTY-SIX MEN MISSING.
LONDON, Aug. 17.
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The defendunt: I do not think so. air. Wolle fined him 50 cents,
command, alati a que BOY ENGINEERING GENIUS.
cwas said to hold 4 boy of 17,4 At » few minutes past six, His Majesty's gunboat Sagris, with the respect of aeroplane work, appeared at whereupon the defendant laughingly large contracts with, the Government in of the General Staff on board, the London Sessions rent! He was Two British destroyers struck mines chor and proceeded up kobert Boots pand, was charged, with replied that he had no money. ? and were sunk on the lath inst
to turn it the Samsen bead, receiving supanting of steles tools, H followed by Sri Smud, while Twenty-six men are missing and it is the
Kla
counsel, Mt. St. John Hutchinson, front ited in
of the presumed they were killed by the Royal Lan
a fairly all he was a laid of exceptional ability and explosion or are drowned, One man soldiers of the contingent cheered
bad she
before him as turn there
very great fature died of wounds.
an engineer-:"32 325A The lustily the whole time while going along ed at an ordinary elementary school, Scott, it was told T court, was educat the river and the woke up the tunaten
banks.
ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED.
We brought down 13 hostile saro planes and drove down two out of control. Six British machines are mise--THE SUNKEN SPANISH SHIPS. ing.—Hostile-aeroplanes at Haabourdia-|- and Lomme were heavily attacked ou the mornings of the 10th and 17th respectively by large numbers of our
GERMAN SHIPS TO BE CONFISCATED.
TRICT OPIUM.; zineme
A Chinese was charged before
Wolfe with being in unlaw
of those houses that lie along the rivers and later at the Hugh Myddetton-ion of four teels of opium Higher Grade Schoot which be left at indescent.the quantity permitted
On going up stream Bere was practi- 14 years. He then went into the service eally no one to be seen along the river of Mr. A. Boynton, to whom the by the Government.Peta
Mr. Wolfe remanded the cuse till banks, but on coming down stream, the stolen tods belonged, wing to his maschines Bombs were dropped from a
same river banks were absolutely fall skill in engineering, Beatt was able to Jow height and at the former aerodrome,
LONDON, Aug. 17... with people, all jetties and landings were other boy started business on their own
earn. 25. ok, and at 15 he and an-to-morrow, d six hangars were demolished and two The Times Correspondent at Saatan- crowded to Adangerous point, everybody account it back room, where they machines standing in the opez were der, telegraphing, on the 15th, states desired to see and wish boni voyage made screvs and naila
to the brave soldiers who were going When his partner reached 18-be was Armydd Sebt, then only 15 antinued t
THEFT OF RUBBER TYRES.
Amoun pleaded guilty to stenting
destroyed. Three hangars were destroy-that the Spanish Note has now been away to take part as representatives; of called the business bimeel, ane rubber tyres of spavate. rick-
ed at the latter aerodrome. At both received in Berlin and annonces that the diamese Nation in the great war. places the living quartars were heavily Spain will confiscate German shipping The soldiers cheered tuerall and and developed it in a remarkable way.
red on and several fires were started.in Spanish ports to an amount corres sung patriotic songs; ou passing the He took premisesat £134 ayear, and isbaw in Bhanghal Street. Over 40 tons of bombs were dropped ponding to the German outrages, on. Legations of Allied Powera, tremendous was now employing men and eight Inspector Gordou said the rickshaw 'by us in twenty-four hours.
Spanish shipping.
cheers were raised in honour of the women. He had investad: Es Din
hose representative had rather
FRENCH CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.
LONDON, Aug. 18.
A French ecmmuniqué says:- We have continued our progress. Fighting north and south of the Avre, we captured the strongly bald Cæsar'a camp trenches west of Boys and pushed our lins south of the Arre to the vicinity of Beauvraignes.
Over a thousand prisoners, fumerous machine-gans and much material were
**sur Matz/"
A strong enemy counterattack
Carney farm was repulsed Ra
I
-Allies, "whose
There are about 30 German steamer in Spain
a sudden awakening on that memorable machiners and also put considerable was kept in Shanghai Street, while amount of money into War Loan stock tire owner went to Aston Road to A morning 24 Ma
Sir Bobert Wallace, chairman of Be The
THE AUSTRO GERMIN- CONFERENCE.
orable
craiser and transports proceeded
sons, domorod the way in which Boots take his meal" "His brother," who to cross the bar at 3 p.m., but the dr har god his great gift but said he was passing along the street at the Smud stuck on the bar, therefore all had
MATAN MAYEZ to stop and wait there: till midnight" wouldgive him onemore chance by binden baw defendant cutting the tyres a
THE "POLISH - QUESTION;
AMSTERDAM, August 17.
when with the, early, Bri Sorud succeeded in
ing over. He warned him that if he
tide he was spilty of any offence he would be from the rickshaw. One of the tyres
the sent he and punished heavily,
It ships proceeded to Khasi Chang 411
The British ship the Empire, chartered by the French Government, bad anired A Berlin official message declares that on the 16th of June from 8aigon, in the conference of the Emperors and order to transport the contingent to Austrian and German statesman and Europe. All the officers on the Empire generals of German Headquarters has were of British nationality, but the cal officer of the French Navy; tho
tical
fan had "blrondy, been cut into pieces and pup into basket containing on
A FLIGHT TO BYDNEY
Defendant said he was a hawker?TFC? Mr Wolfe sentenced him to pue There is nothing to prevent a fight month's rigorous fupristaiment.
captured-north and south of the Ayro again manifested complete agreement ship's doctor was.& Frenchman, a madi-to Bylher being made-to-marrow-il the regras „MÁV since yesterday.
Farther souta, we captured Canyon political and military tasks and iden acted also as the representative of the evenment quand Vor, while to THEFT OF TROLLEY AXLES.
interpretation of the alliance.wrench Dovernment boer make the experiment, says Mr. C. G The Frankfurter Zeilung say's" 85:5 Jon
Koh-i-hung was reached at 5' sin..Grey editor of the Acroplony foA Chineso un charged with_steul- result of the conferences Polish pro and when the Worth of the Aisse, in the region of blams are considerably nearst solution. Tales had come alongside of the Oveicas. The flight, he says, would ing the axles of a trolley wheel used
the Kaipire, Autriche, we captured enemy positions is believed the Abatrian Archdake the contingent Boarded the Europeane do ve Versailles, Home, Greece, for the purpose of carrying, and to will be elected to the throne of Polarf als proceded there to inspect the the Malay Archipelage A fight Sergeant Me Tulloch said defendant
gransport the thief of the General Cyprus, Palestinis, Pagdad Colentia, and Burasulpo AUSTRIAN PREMIER'S PLAN arrangements on Empire and to may - Ameria, he feels confident that the jour-iwda eeeh at Taixó mums, shops in
respondent says the Austrian Premier
The Keser Zeitung's Vianas Cor Contingunt sae to the bey biwem Newfoundland and the Worl
on s froat "of five kilometres and a depth of 1,800 metres, taking 240 Prisoners..
Twelve German seroplanes were brought down yesterday.
AERIAL POST IN FRANCE.
LONDON, August 17,
A Harden
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Au revoir, sud bon
At 21 minutes past ten in the morzing of Irand will be made thi bas prepared a plan for the conversion of the 2uth; ther, Pimpire, veighed kn distraia woki oqcup of the Dual Monurthy into a féclaration | chôr and steamed away amidst ringing | fringi
of States according to nationalities heers of the soldiers,
THE MATTERS! USSED.
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