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TELEGRAMS.
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THE ALLIED DRIVE
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IN BELGIUM.
GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONDON, Oct. 17.
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A wireless German official message
We withdrew our front to a line) eastward of Thourout, Coolscamp and Ingelmunster behind the Lys. Tospos, Oct. 16.
A wireless German official message states:-
A COUNTER-ATTACK BY THE
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ENEMY.
LONDON, Oct. 17. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas "Haig reports:
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
OSTEND CLEAR OF ENEMY. The enemy delivered a strong local counter-attack at Haussy, pressing
BRITISH ADMIRAL LANDS. us back to the western edge of the
LONDON, Oet 17. village, whero fighting is proceeding.
The Admiralty states:- We have further progressed south-Air Force coatingsats attached to the Navy landed at Üstead this morning and reported it ofear of the enemy.
Admiral Sir Roger Keyes landed at Ostend this afternoon.
westward of Lille."
CONTACT WITH ENEMY MAINTAINED.
Lospos, Oct. 17
is
THOS
BRITISH ENTER LILLE.
LONDON, OCA 17. The British bave entered Lilla,
A French communiqué states:-- Contact with the energy maintained during the night, aleng the entire Oise-Sees Frout.
There was
fairly gent machine.
We evacuated Ostend, Tourcoing, gun and artillery activity...
Roubaix, Lille and Douai.
HAS BRUGES BEEN EVACUATED.
LONDON, Oct. 18. News received at Belgian Head quarters indicates that Bruges han been exactiated.
AT OSTEND. "
PARIS, Oct. 18.
THE AMERICAN FRONT.
il
CAPTURED ENEMY ORDER TESTIFIES TO ITS GREAT IMPORTANCE. «
Losos, Oct. 15.
OFFICIAL REPORTS,
· LONDON, Oct. 17. Field-Man Sir Douglas. Haig Jeports:-
We attacked at 3.30 this morning on the Bohain-le Catesa front and are Batisfactorily progressing.
By a successful local operation in the sors Vallar, waptured Hausy with Reuters Corresporsient at Ameri-bis withdrawal on the Douai-Lille front 300 prisoners. The enemy continues ENORMOUS MATERIAL CAPTURED Headquarters, telegraphing to-We are closely following and have
[day, says
reached the general line of Oignies, The American advaner whereby Carvin Allennes-le St. Marais, Maugre and Capinghem. There was sharp the breach in, the Kriebilde posfighting between the enemy's rearguards The Tirpitz battery af Ostend was tion was widened, way time in thu and our advanced detachments and we Deptune with shormous material face of a most stihbean resistance, took prisonera.
The Second British Army under which the Germans were unable to including desperate counter-attacks
General Plumer, co-operating with the Petilove.
supported by hairy tillery. The French and Belgians, has advanced eight
by encircling, not storming, ohje- this period, despite strong apposition, tive. Gern nachine-guss filled
this army bas captured Comines, Werving, Healo, Wevelghem, Houle and the woods. The heights were de Cuerner and has secured the northern fuged with gas shelfs and the Ameri-portion of Courtrai. The left bank of cas were wompelled to fight for the Lys is now cleared of the enemy as
far north-eastward as Harlebeka. lars in gas masks, while vist.ex.
To-day we crossed the Lys between tents of wire insufficiently eut by gun Armentierca and Meniu. fire pad enfilided by the enemy held Reuters Correspondent at Head up the advance. Yet the Americans quarters, telegraphing this morning, Altered steadily though to thus sum-|
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"matter of fact, The Burton Mystery" is at the heart of it nothing more terrible than a regulation spoof" play upon the latest American patters. Mr. on the subject. Eackett himself has already tried his 1o develop the Versailles Council head st the method ja "From 9 to 11," forthwith into a rudimentary internach bewildered a score of audiences s tional organisation, advocated by cretain members of the Freach oficial couple of years ago at Wyndham's group, is the most urgeat practical step Since then he has joined forces with in connection with the league of Mr. George H. Broadhurst in giving as. nations the reasons
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of the Allies Organisation,
Violent explosions are heard to the American gains were accomplished miles in the past three days. During operation effected now, may prove fall over it, murder both on and off the
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THE BRITISH IN LILLE.
A DRAMATIC EVENT,
LONDON, Oct. 17..
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to be the nucleus of a permanent league. Broad community of interest is more and opposing interests are more readily patent in the face of a common danger, reconciled at such a time
It is of the utmost importance that the Allies should present a common front at the peace table, and in order to effect this they must reach an under standing, so far as possible, on, specifle questions in advance of the peace ens ference.
The settlement of questions arising
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On the 18th instant troops, under the Allies during the war will be makes excellent sport with the so-called King of the Belgians continued their British drums are throbbing A captured German under states: attacks between Dixmade and the Lys,. The creatice now of an onanisation science of paychometry By it a involving habits of common action and sensitive" is supposed to be capable through the streets of Lille while the The Fatherland depends on the and advanced an average depth of over fixed relations with one another will of picturing to himself the details of an battle patrols are advancing east of resistance in the Verdun sectors. thx kilometres. The Belgians crossed tend to hold the allies together after unknown occurrence on physical contact
the Yaer northward of Dixmade and the war.
with some object concerned.. - In the the city in contact with the retreat. Since the Americase haver crowed occupied Schoorbakke. The British The proclamation of just aims by such. ing enemy. It has been one of the the Kriemhile position it is essen-crossed the Lys and pushed several ap organisation will disabuse the mind course of the play, however, we have most dontic events of the war. tial to prevent the cutting of the kilometres beyond Menin. The Belgians of the German people of the idea that little piece of morn familiar dream captured Thourout, the French Lichter: and will thus tend both to shorten the that, the alience is not supposed to the Allies seek their permanent injury,poca wild little murder scene At four o'clock this moniing the German communications which will velde and Ardoye and the British war and to draw a liberalised Germany recognise as poly a dream until it i -German commendatar ordered all oblige the entire Western. line to occupied Menin
It is reported that to the group. La inhabitants to assemble yield." Bence the best German they have optered Courtrai Over promptly na possible. They were divisions are densely 'massed ugnist20 villages bato been freed. told to proceed towards the British, the Americans. tines and meet their friends. Mean.) ting the garrison' was parading and sounds of departing columns s001 followed.
The departure was not marked by a single fire or explosion. A British airman first espied the civilians brim- ming over with joy edrying out tha conumandatur's instructions. The
airman immediately reported and patrols advanced and entered the
bity.
The inhabitants frantically waved their handkerchiefs and shawie.
Courtrai is apparently the pivot of a double enemy retirement north- werd and southward. It appears to be a methodical and well organised retreat. The French and Belgians, pivoting upon Lombardzyde, are pushing on northward
HEAVY FIGHTING IN NEW ATTACK.
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS ..
REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS.
LONDON, Oct. 18." Field-Marshal Sir Douglas, Haig reports:
This morning the British and Americans attacked on a nine-mile front to the north-east of Dobain. They met with strong opposition along the whole front and toere has been heavy fighting all day,
On the right, the British attack-
AN AMERICAN ARMY OF FIVE
MILLIONS.
CONGRESS AND THE APPRO- PRIATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. The House of Representatives has considered additional appropriations of six billion dollar to equip and maintain an army of 5,000,000 Amaricare most of whom will be in the fighting line next July.
THE BALKANS.
ALLIES EXTENDING THEIR
ADVANCE.
Loscox, Oct. 17. A Greek communiqué stutes:- We have occupied Drains. A Serbian communiqué, states:- We continue to pursue the enemy.. We have occupied the town of Alexinatz and the mountains of Kresgibaba Yasterbatz, capturing B2 guns.
The French have captured Pires. "German" aeroplanes are bombing Nish.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 17.
A massage from Vleons states that
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LONDON, Get. 17.
A French communiqué states: To-day we progressed north-west of Sistant, carrying Notre Dame-de-Liesse, and westwards of Grandpre where the village of Talma was captured.
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LONDON, Oct. 17.
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over. So you can pay your money and take your choice or, indeed have both!|| For the psychometry, we have to The league we get up now is, of offer our sincere thanks to one Beverley, course, not the kind of league.we hope & grotesque "physic adventurer and to institute eventually. It must omit Bagraat humbug, whose powers are the fundamental provision for disciplin ing the recalcitrant member, because tried as a desperate resoures in any attempt to do this while so power connection with the murder of a Mr. fol
country as Germany remains Barton. For this a young man of the without the circle
role would be fatal. And name of Maitland had been arrested it must include a feature which should and madamned, he having been the be abandoned later on, namely, action last known visitor to Barton's room ot in this case both defensiva and offensive --directed against outside nations.
A
the night of the murder. Little by
A Belgian communiqué states: Dar troops continue to advance on the whole front of attack. They crossed
original plan of the American little-although there is nothing that the Yser at Schoorbakks and progressed League to Enforce Peace is a gentleman's might not have been shrewd guess agreement operating only on its own work-Beverley, in between assaults towards Schoore. They captured Reyen members. The object of this limitation upon the whisity and cigars, undoubted and reached Praestbosch and эге enveloping the Thouroat line. They follow the footsteps of the leagues of that the murder has committed by
the fear that willly does at certain He reached the railway station at the past, notably the Holy Alliance, woman. It was. He mys that" Mrs. |
"the and become an instrument of" ob
oppres raedaele and Hooge, Thourout Bruges Road, where we sion. The league we institute after the Barton will be found to have a letter And we proving Maitland innocent. She has ara adraneing between Thourout and waz should not go further." Mandel. French troops reached Turt have got to win the war in order to have All the while everything is done to even leagde of this kind, a league show that Beverley is complete hanwe, and captured Lichtervelde and which will include & liberalised Ger charlatan. In truth there is so little gained the outskirts of Coolscamp. many South of the Lichtervelde-Thielt railway A change of spirit on the part of the need to premiss occult powers in We advazend beyond Ardoya. The German people us
the anly
hope for the Beverley that many of the audience French entered the park of Ardois world, and if we believe in the upward would have guessed what he suggested Castle, whence the line runs to the advent! Just as Talleyrand, represent paychic other at all. Some of us, trend of history, can we doubt its without any hand waving or talk of outskirts of Emelghem. Iseghem was ing a new France was soon acrented as right up to the last act, were expecting occupied. Further east, the Belgians an equal at the Congress of Vienna, beyond the railway station of Ingel-entertaining on his own part no him to prove a detective in disguise. munster reached the Lys near Bavichove animosity for the coalition which had And Jet, as he himself suggests, in Several hundreds of prisoners were takon to-day. p qua ́,
The enemy bombarded Dunkirk and Ladanne all day.
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LONDON, Oct. 17. An American communiqué states: The First American Army continued its attacks and advanced on both sides of the Mease." HIDING THE TRUTH FROM THE GERMAN NATION.
AMSTERDAM, Oct.. 17. The Berlin Press has discontinued the publication of the Allied com. muniqués
THE KAISER.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 17. ing in close cooperation with the the "Emperor to-morrow will proclaim
That the Kaiser was still reigning-on French northward" of the Ose, ad the Federalisation of Austria, com- Ors. & appears from a decree published -vanced to a depth of two miles norces prising the four States--German in Berlin signed by the Kaiser on that the high wooded ground eastward of Austrian, Czech, South Slay and date prescribing that decrees of Military: Commanders under martial law minat be sending delegates to the Federal Ar
authorities. sembly.
Bohain and captured Andigdy. Ukrainian-with National Assemblies issued in agreement with the civil
Fermes
Further north, we carried the line of the Selle river along the whole.
front southward of Le Cateau and DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY BE progressed on the high ground cast
wards of the river, capturing Lavallo
AVOIDED
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GRAND DURE - NICHOLAS COR DEMNED TO DEATH.
FABIA, Oct. 17,
Emulatre and Larbre-de-Guise. PATRIA wally core that the ex Generalissimo, the Grand A wireless Rossin messago, atatea On the left flank of the attack we cold prepares the child's system for the Duke Nicholas has been condemned cleared the eastern portion of Le reception and development of the to death
Cateau and established ourselves on
diphtheria germe When there are CAADS
of diphtheris in the neighbourhood children Lust have colds, should be kept
the line of railway beyond the town The enemy held these positions at home and off the streat until/reuv
erer. Give them Chamberlain's Cough, Flores Bay ferrann Divisione being mocy and they will not have to ront of attack, and they remain at home long. Valso blpane anst
the culture beds, which form in a chill' at determined threat wbet it has cold, and minuni
epulsed risk of contacting infections "dis
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overtbrown Napoleon, so s new Germany shorn of her conquests, repentant and undertaking to expiate her crimes, should soon sit as a friend at the council table of the nations.
Conditions will indeed be intolerable anlam.wo effect this resultin
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