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THE WAR.
THE
OF INVASION
SERBIA.
EPOCII-MAKING DEATH
GRAPPLE.”.
SIGNIFICANT ATTITUDE OF GREECE.
BRITISH
SUBMARINES'
ACHIEVEMENTS.
SUCCESSFUL
RUSSIAN STRATEGY.
LORD KITCHENER AND THE NEED OF MEN,
THE SERBIAN FRONT,
AN
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE INVASION OF SERBIA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
The Morning Post says Greece must be If asked to declare for or against t
- she refuses to fight on our side she must be treated as no vuey, a blockade must by declared and all her shipping and
" EPOCH-MAKING DEATH || islands seized.
GRAPPLE."
MAGNIFICENT RESISTANCE AGAINST GREÁT ODDS,
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING ANGLO- FRENCH TROOPS,
PARIS, October 17th.
The latest reports from Nish state that the Serbians, in an epoch-making death grapple with the invariers, are offering a magnificem resistance, The Austro- Gertoons have already Jost 20,000 killed arul 40,000 wounded on the Obrenovatz, Belgrade, Semerid ja and Gradishte front
TERRIBLE GERMAN LOSSES. The Gerinnns bave sent at-ridiograph message to the German Legation at Sofia stating thus their losses are terrible, and that the Serbian resistance is exceeding all expectations. The messige also urges that Bulgaria must begite its nɩtack against the Serbians without delay.
Despite the enemy's most violent attacks, und their superiority in heavy artillery, the Serbians still hold positions along the Drina, Save end. Danube diuinating the Gormons at Semcudria and Belgrade. The enemy has been able tú advance only ten miles on the Moraya Plain, attacking the hills separating the Morarn and Mlava valleys in great force. The objective appears to be the capture of the large copper works near Zaitcher, and the jeffecting of a junction with the Bulgarians
ALLIED TROOPS PROCEED TO SERBIAN FRONT.
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ATHENS, October 16th, The allied troops left Salonika Saturday for the Serbian front, on the Serbo-Bulgarian Frontier.
THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S . CO-OPERATION,
ROME, October 16th.
An inspired statement explains that Italy was consulted with regard to the Salonika expedition She considers it best to aid Serbia by not diminishing the pressure on the Alps, but she has placed ships, arns and imaterial at the disposat of the Allies. Sutarquently, if necessary, she will send me
BLOCKADE OF BULGARIAN COAST.
LONDON, October, 17th.
THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OUTOBEK 18TH, 1915.
(THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.)
BRITISH SUBMARINE'S
FINE FEAT,
EFFECTIVE SUBMARINE SCREEN IN BALTIC SEA.
THIRTY-SEVEN GERMAN STTAMENS"
PRACTICALLY INTERNED.
COPENHAGEN, October 16th.
FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT
[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HARTMANNSWEILERKOPF
SUMMIT RECAPTURED.
PARIS, October 17th. A communiqué "says! - A vigorous counter-attuck enabled as to recapture all our positions on the sum- The British submarino E 19 sank hermit of Hartmannsweilerkopf; also to carry second German destroyer Lotween Moena fort previously held by the enemy.
A squadron of aeroplanes bombarded Island and Zvelund, in ́interüstional
Sablons station * Metz, and numerous waters,
explosions were observed,
It appears that the German squadron returned, reinforced with tackle for the
Wo completely repulsed a fresh attack submarins, but caught a Tartar aghin, in Artois. Trench fighting and cannonad. ing continue south of the Somme and grenade fighting in Argonne,
ENEMY
and Acd.
The Danes say that got a single vessel in the Baltic has escaped the British sub- marine screen. Thirty-seven German: Steamers are now practically intermed 'in Swedish ports fully laden with or Ger- man Naval mes are planning to, meort batches of them by warships, as the out- Tut of maritions in endangered.
[Further reference to the sinking of two German dstroyers in the Baltic Sea by a British submarine will be found in telegrams on page 6.]
BRITISH SUBMARINES SINK FIVE GERMAN TRANSPORTS.
PETROGRAD, October 17th.
COUNTER-ATTACKS
REPULSED.
PAEIS, October 16th. 5.10 p.ni.
A comin naiqué states that we repulsed in Lorraine last night several counter-
attucks against the trendlies we occupied yesterday, taking a hundred prisoners. The enemy in force attacked Linge and Schretz-Macnelle-it-the Vosges, but after.
violent bombardment was repulsed- There is nothing to report from the rest
of the front
A comuniqué states that Eritish sub inarines in the Baltic Sea bank vo German transports and forced another to GENERAL. run ashore.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL MIGHT.
ANOTHER GLIMPSE AT THE GRAND FLEET.
LONDON, October 16th.
A glimpse at the activities of the Grand Fleet is again furnished in the nation by Mr. Frederick Palmer, the American author, who is the accredited representa- tive of the American Press on the Western front.
Describing & visit to the Fleet at sa
veyed to him were its absobite proof against submarines, its power to accomplish its primary objective at any time, and
It is officially annoured that the Vicits immense, réserve strength available for Mr. almost any conceivable emergency, Palmer says than even as an American he Admiral commanding the Eastern Mediter- runean Squadron of the Allied Fleets has declared a blockade of the Bulgarian coast and the Aegean Sea, commencing from six o'clock this morning.
Forty-eight hours' grace will be granted for the departure of the nentral vesseln (İzl
the blockaded area.
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ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN MINISTERS
LEAVING GREECE, -
AMSTERDAM, October 16th. The Athens correspondent of the Cologne Gazette states that the Italian and Russian Ministers aro preparing to leave Greece. Their families will probably · leare to-day, in a wership for Italy.
RUMANIA TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.
PARIS, October 17th.
[THEODOR RUTES'S AGENCY.)
BRITISH CASUALTIES.
LONG LIST OF OFFICERS.
LONDON, October 17th. The following lig of ensualties has been published :---
KILLED: Tent-Colonel C. A. Worthing: ton (Buffs); Cabanel. F. II. Fairclough (West Surreys); Major J. E. S. Woodman
Lancash're Fusiliers).
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.Į THE AIR RAID ON LONDON.
A CERMAN DESCRIPTION. The following is apparently a continuti. tion of the German version of the air-raid on London last Wednesday, the first part of which appeared in our issue of Sntur- day:
LONDON, October 10th. There were bo several attacks in the City of London und Docks, on the Hamp ten Waterworks, and on Woolwich. The. places were lavishly bombarded with incen- diary explosive bouls. All were hit with great effect, big fires being observed. All- the airships returned safey, despite a vigorous, artillery fire from the cont inwards.
BRAVERY IN THE FIELD.
AWARDS OF V.Cs..
LONDON, October 17th. Further awards of Victoria Croses havO been made 19 the following:
Lieut. W. J. Symoss, 7th Anstraban Contingent, for most conspicuous bravery on August 8th at the Lone Dire trenches.
He comunanded a scetion which repelled counter-attacky with great coolness. The eRony Zext" Mürking, made determined attacks on the isolated sap, successively killing or seriously wounding six officers, a portion of the sap being lost. Lieut. Sympons then led a charge and retook the sap, shooting with his revolver two of the Turks. The sun was under heavy, fire from three sides. Lieut. Symons then found some overhead over and built. send barricade. The enemy ignited the
woodwork of the head ever, but. Lient. Symons extinguished the flames, and by his coolness and detrímiza- tion compelled the enemy to desist,"
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Corporel C. R. BARRETT, of the New Zealand Bignallers, for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, at Chanak Bahr, Gallipoli, on August 7th.
After the New Zealanders had establish
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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] LORD KITCHENER AND THE NEED OF MEN, WE MUST HAVE MORE, AND
IMMEDIATELY."
LONDON, October 18th.
message
it I need
to
Lord Kitchener, in Birmingham recruiters, sags: still more men, if the present field armies And the armies which are proceeding abroad are to be kept at proper strength. I can only do my duty by the country 1
We must have more you do yours by me. men, and immediately,"
THE EXECUTION OF MISS CAVELL. THRILL OF HORROR IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON October 16th. A thril; of horror has passed over Great Britain at the execution of Miss Cavell, who was one of the head nurses at Brussels, The exvention is regarded, as being atro- cims for such a charge.
A telegram published in our “extra” [toring and which is reprinted on page 6 of this isse stated that Miss Cavell was sentenced to death and executed by the German authe rities at Brussol, on a charge of harbouring
give Anglo-French souliers and Belgian of military age, and assisting them to escape from Belgium to join the Colours ]
SIR EDWARD CARSON RESIGNS.
LONDON, October 17th The Daily News states that Sir Edward Corom, the Attorney-General, has resign- ed, but the Government hopes that be with withdraw his resignation; lienes no The anuureement has been made. reason for his resignation is not known.
[Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on püge 6.}
WAR AND WORDS.
A YEAR'S ADDITION TO ENGLISH VOCABULARY
its
These e dour days for dictionary nakes. Even the late Bir James Murray. could not have hoped to keep up with the coining of new words provoked by the Flanders, hardly a soldier writes a letter. he says the overwhshining impressions con- ↑› Captains J. G. Clarke (Surex Regt); } eú thémselves on the Chuyuk Ridge, Cor- war. Hardly a few yards are gained in J. Gemmell (Highland Light Infantry);ful Bassett, in full daylight, and under- home, hardly a statesnilai makes a public a continuous and heavy fire, kucceeded in speech bu: a new phrase leaps to the J. E. Lynch (Yorkshire Regt.); J. F.
grave. For these are days of sinking ships, McLaren (Camerony); A. P. Palmer laying a telephone to the positions in the tongue or an old he is remirected from sudden death, and piracy or the high seas (writes a Dai's Chronicle corres- most gallant work in repairing the telo (Welsh Guards); V. D. Shortt (Northamp: rear, and also put in further excellent and ton Regt.)
expressions, formerly found only in the almost daily- Lieutenants E. Ashcroft (Devonshire phones by day and night under heavy fire.ndent) and many old but no outworn
pages of tomance, 2nd Lieut. B. H. GEARY, 4th East Surreynor the headlines of our newspapers. had a lump in his throat when he witness-Regt.); G. E. L. Cressy (Yorkshire Regt.);
Pirate, I, R. Holdman (Sussex Regt.); D., D. Regiment, for conspicuous bravery and Words like ed this anbodiment of world power.
On April 4th.. GO
Grenade, Macmaster (Camerons); C. B. Munro determination at Hill A
Sap, Incidentally Mr. Palmer
He held the left side of a crater with queer sensation expérienced by five con- |(Royal Scots); L. L. Phipps (Northamp-
his THEY Andi Some platoon af trol officers during battle. They said that ton Regt.); J. Scott (Scuts Borderers);
of the Bedfords. The German gril- 8 theyLord A. J. Stuart (Scots Fusiliers). everything in the fight was
2nd-Lieutenants B. 0. expected, only when shells burst against armour fragments were visible as they flew about, and they had an extraordinary desire to reach out and catch them, The also mentioned that not one in twenty German shells hit at 18,000 yards.
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Beor (Westery broke down the defugees, and the Kents); C. Meads and M. Thorne (Bhat infantry made amb attacks thriughout Surrey); H. M. Porterus (Highland the night till the crater was filled with dead and wounded, but every attack was Light Infantry).
Brassard, Munitioner,
may now be frequently found in sprech or print.
Other
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KUT
common enough words, manner and meaning to us before have now taken on a new significance. Noldy will ever think of Jack Johnson fears as a godly headed pugilist. The belching out grim darkness, decalation vision will be rather of a guar and death on some far held in Flanders. "Black Maria" is no longer a rather of Lieut. Geary, who sometimes used for prisoners leaving a police court. Our soldiers' vivid letters home have made it rifle with great effect. Sometimes, also,
a much more read and horrible thing.
The following he is fairly representa- he threw grenades, exposing himself re-
tive of the words and phrases many of gardless of danger, and he used the quieter them that have came into con
use since war was declared: -- intervals for organising the amaunition
DIED OF WOUNDS: Lieut. K. W. Han repulsed, mainly by the splendid gallantryomic and music-hall kind of conveyance
vey (Royal Field Artillery). Another correspondent tells of new sube
WOUNDED: Majors W. McAlister Hall marines and destroyers of incredible speed, (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders); W. turning about almost in their own length-N. Porter (Royal Sussex Negt.), The Dominions will be represented in the
Captains G.. W. A. Alexander (Gordon
John Jellicoe's men think the Fleet will soon show its gian: power.
W. R. C. Murray (Grenadier Guards); | G. M. Darell (Coldstream Guard);' Je
daylight.
Private L. KEYson, 1st Australian Con- tingest, for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Lone Pice, on August 7th.
in the Timok Valley.
ANXIOUSLY AWAITING ANGLO- FRENCH TROOPS.
next battle by thy. Curača, Australia, and 11ighlanders); H. L. Aubrey Fletcher and supply, etc. He was severely woanded at Owing to the large Cermin reinforce
New Zealand. A great battleship jomed ments, estimated at 80,000, the Serbian
the Fleet, not many days ago: its guns On the proposal of the Rumanian Pre- Right Wing is being pressed, and it is feared that the army which is gallantly mier, M. Braidano, the Cabinet has decided are not intended to hit ships: what they Downie (B.A.M.C.); A. Finch (Norfolk holding the Pojarovate frontier may be to maintain strict neutrality. All mili-hit will cramble to ashes and dust. Bir Regt); W. 1. St. Fraser (Seaforth High out in two. The Hight Wing is thrown tery measures necessitated by the silaa.
landers); B. W. Gustling (Royal Fusi- liera); F. R. Hodges and H. F. Law along the Rumanian frontier; therefore,tion will be taken on all the frontiers.
Suffolk Regt.); S. S. Lang (Scuts Bor- the arrival of the France-British troops is
derers); J. Robertson (Royal Septs.); E. anxiously awaited. The Serbians are 'con-
A. Rugglesbridge (Essex Yeomanry). vinced that if the Allies arrive promptly,
Lieutenants E. S. Aplin and R. F. and in sufficient numbers,' the Austro-
Baker (Worcester Regt.); C. A. M. Cator Germans will find a grave in Serbia,
and E. D. Mckenzie (Scots Guards); G. NISH-PRAHOVO RAILWAY CUT. ATHENS, October 16th. Railway communications are cut betweem Prahovo and Nish for a distance of fifty- six miles.
Serbian
Salonika.
refugees are
arriving
BRITISH OPINION ON THE ATTITUDE OF GREECE.
AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE RUSSIAN FRONT.
AGAINST MONTENEGRO.
ATTACKS EVERYWHERE
REPULSED."
CETINJE, October 18th.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE RUSSIAN SUCCESS AT
TARNOPOL.
The Austrian offensive began yesterday MENACES THE LEMBERG ROADS. Cory Wright and G, A. P. Jones (Buffs); against Montenegro along the whole Montenegrin front.
The Austrians tried at three places to nicross the river Drina and attack the Man tenegrins operating in Bosnia, but the
PETROGRAD, October 17th The Russian success at Tarnopol is menacing the roads leading to Lemberg. wedge between The Russian drove a
E. H. de Fontaine (London Regt.); J. Gardner and C. W. Peak (Royal Scots.); N. B. Green (West Kents); P. G. K. Harris (Somerset Light Infantry); P.
He was in a trench which was being heavily bombed by the curmy when he picked up two live bombs and threw them back at the enemy. He continued throwing bomb, though wounded, soring the portion of the trench which it was most important to hold. Next day Key se bombed the enemy out of a position. He was again wounded, but refused to go into hospital and threw bombs for another company until the situation was relieved.
OTHER HONOURS,
The following Honours have also been
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Zops, Slacker, "Strafe," Respirator, Tipperaries, Hay maid, Conductres Curtain fire, War work,
Bombed, Dug-out, U. 'Boat, Baby-killer. Submarined. Glaserd, War plane,
Pig & Whistle." Scrap & Paper. "Anzac."
The last med appeared on August 4th, for the first time and is port Zealand Army Corps. Then there are such manteau word for Australian and New apt phrases as "A certain liveliness."
Gott strafe England" (for which, how- ever, we can hardly claim eredit) "Silver hullets, " - Pash and go," and "Business as usual. And finally, that typically Cockney, typically English word, that will go down to history as a record of endurance at Foglish courage and
Wipers!"
Austriang were everywhere repulsed with Botliner's and Pflanzer'e armies, while Malcolm (Grenadier Guards); J. R. Parkconferred for distinguished service in the functionary named Lepetit - Vermoulet
considerable loss,
NAVAL ACTIVITIES,
(THROUGH RIUTER'S AGENCY.] CAPTURED GERMAN VESSELS.
LONDON, October 17th.
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South
the necessity for reinforcing, General vou (Camerons); G. W. Paton (Cameronians); Hinduburg at Dvinsk has diverted three H. Redway (Royal Fusiliers).. divisions intended for Serbia » €........2nd Lieutenants R. Č. Barkworth and Experts believe that Hindenburg W. E. G. Bryant (Royal Fusiliers); R. preparing to restrike heavily in order to J, J. Beran (King's Royal Rifles), G. E. compensate the German chocks in the Boon and G. Lindley (Buffs); D. H. Brand and D. W. Ellis (Scots Guards); AL. Harrowbunn (Sherwood Foresters); J. E., Hill (Norfolk Regt.); M, H. Mac millan (Grenadier Guards); F. H. Mather (Lincoln Regt.); E J. O'Conner (CLI); A. N. „Robinson (York and Lancaster Regĉ.).
The Times says the answer of M. Zaimis (the Greek Premier and Foreign Minister) to the Serbia appeal for help will be read with disappointment and shame. It is impossible that the Allies can séquiesco in his disingenuous Interpretation of a A Government Gazette contains a list of plain obligation. They must learn forth-twenty-four small German vessels, from a with whether they can trust in the good hundred to two hundred tons, which are faith of the country at whose request they now in Grimsby and Newcastle detained
anded troops on her soil. The situationer captured," in continuation of the list at does not admit of half measures,
published on September 17th,
The
THE TSAR,
PETROGRAD, October 17th. Tear, after a short Biak Tsarskoe Selo, has returned the Front with the Tsarevitch,
field:
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PATRIOTISM BY PROXY. The desire of the French Governmen to obtain gold has given occasion for piece of humurcus impudence on the part of a Parisian burglar. There lives in the Boulevard De Batigonelles a retired whose house was recently broken into. The thief took 9.000 frames in gold which C.B.---Colonels H. (). Walker and Yarr. had been placed in a casket, and enclosed in the drangs of the writing desk. The C.M.G.---Lieut-Colonel Cayley (Wor
police were called in, but the burglar could not be found. Now, however, he cester Regt.),
has sent to M, Lepetis Vermoulet the D.S.O.-Majors E. A. Molesworth, H: following sensing letter:
"Str.-It is an indiguan patriot who M. Farmer, F. Moore (City of London
You dared to kep in writes to you... Regt.), Wood (Essex Reg.), and Captain your place joe twenty-franc gold coins t
McLaren,
THE ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN
NEW YORE, Oulcher 16th The Anglo-French. Loan contract bas been signed.
a time when the country is seeking gold everywhere. What you did not do I have done for you have been to the bank with your 2,000 francs, and as I am hondareble I paid them in your name. I send you the receipt: The bank naturally gave me in exchange 2,000 france in notes. which I am keeping to compensate, me for my trouble."