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THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
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1 Reuter's Service to the Chino Maija)
TURKEY AND PEACE.
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LONDON, "Out, 8: The Zurich Correspondent of the Daly News states that Turkey has informed Germany of her determina
tion to propose pence to the Allies.
Germany, in reply, assured Turkey of her intent on to geupe Bulgaria | ruiliemily.
A GREAT VICTORY.
ENEMY'S DESPERATE
DOGGEDNESS.
ST. QUENTIN-CAMBRAI SECTOR.
ENEMY'S DEFICIENT WAR MATERIALS.
LIQUID AIR AS SUBSTITUTE FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
LONDON, Oct. 2.
Reuter's Correspondent at British, evening, enys Headquarters, telegniphing
Although fghting blazed up
this
morning with greas intensity, later infantry fighting decreased along the Cambrul-St. Quentin front
We are busy mopping up and consolidating, our gains.
The Canadian attack: Jetterday anticipated & very heavy anemy assault, engaging two fresh storm 45 divisions. Hence the furious fighting in which the Canadians gradually gained the mastery. The enemy is Reuters Correspondent at British unquestionably beginning to feel the Headquarters, telegrapling today, heavy loss sustained in wie routerials, and has for sometime past employed
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aging. But has turned so definitely explosived
in our favour that it would not be Inforcing the Beaurevoir-Wian spreninture to call it a great victory, court fine yesterday, the English the enemy's desperate doggedness 32nd Division borc a compicuous and endurance alone warding of imeshare, fically breaking through the measurable disaster. By the after-last outpost on the Siegfried line, noon of October 1st the Australians which enabled the attack to swing had breached the Windcourt-Beat-northwards athwart the Germany revoir line which is, the list rearward massed below Cumbrahi
output of defence of the Hindenburg |
The statement that the Germans system, thus-giving the French funk have set fire to Eumbraï appears to covering for the cupture of St. he unconfirmed. It is now believed Quentin.
thus the fire was caused by the barn-" ing of dumps..
The way the whole Germit resist. ance has stiffened during the past
In the attack along the Canal- days is remarkable, seemings to in bunk north-west and south-east of dicate the enemy's sudden couscious-Veadlille our troops relieved a party news that he is fighting with his back of Americans, who were surrounded to the wall. This is confined by the day before, but had put up a the sullenness and careely subdued magnificent resistance, though out? savegeness of recent prisoners.
nuinbered. The ground was strewn with dei Gerinums."
ENEMY'S RETIREMENT
PROBABLE
HIS LINE OF RETREAT THREATENED.
Henter
LONDON, Oct. 2.. Agency learns that the. news early this afternoon from the Western Front shows that the ad
vance
We have satisfactorily progressed eastwarde
on various parts of the new battlefield.
Our nirmen dropped over 30 tons of bombs da likely spots. This morn ing the enemy opposition is increas- ing reinforcements appear in the
Fine
The whole of the Hindenburg sys- tem balow Bellecourt tunnet is now
reported to be in our hands. Strong Patrols are working through the tun nel and many lateral galleries!
between St. Quentin und Cambrai, where the enemy's have been broken, is threatening is This honing the Australing e line of retreut from the Oise and St. Giobuin. In view of the loss of St. explains yesterday's quins und are Quentin awl the lines outward, the on; likewise or the English
and the Canadian Dissions betw retirement of the enemy on a fairly i
Le Catelet and the Senseo. large sale is probable. This is al
FIGHTING MORE INTENSE that it is prudent to predict
AND, STUPENDOUS. present..
tl;,
A the climax of the war apa proaches the fighting grows i доте OERNAN REPONT.
intense and more stupendous. Never was there such a searching, test of AHMENTIERES AND LENS
human endurance: The present kille EVACUATED.
Fing pace cannot long be maintained "LONDON, Oct. 8 Great progress was made between the Vesle and the Aisne. The enemy 6.00 P wireless German official report retired to the Aigns and Marne Canal, North of Bheime the enemy were yucunted Armentieres and forced back upon the river hind
line on Lens, without fighting, on the night the whole of this front, oxseptay in cl-the 1st und occupied positions a small vector, four miles wide and one mile deep, at the extreme north- em corner of the Canal, where the my je fighting, and on the conth bank of the Alene, zar Jernicod b
da-Lo Wooi, mughly on the R
enstward.
String attacks against our new lines north and south of St. Quentin failed,
French local penetrations in Chura- road: pagne south of Orfeuil were reduced by our counter-thrusts
ST QUENTIN FULLY IN "ALLJELM
NDS.
LOND
Oct
GERMANS, EVACUATE" CIVILIANS,
AT LILEE
Router's Corresponden
LONDON Oct B Frontier correspondents. announce that the Germans are evICI ristians at Lie
now, fully.
the