Page
THE
WAR.
CZERNOWITZ
TAKEN.
BRILLIANT FEATS OF BRUSSILOFFS ARMY.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK ITALIAN LINE FAILS.
CONSIDERABLE FIGHTING IN
FRANCE.
THE KING AND THE FLEET.
RUSSIAN FRONT,
{THROUGH REGTER'S AGEKUT.] CZERNOWITZ CAPTURED.
AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS.
L'ETEOGRAD, June 18th, After desperate fighting, the Russians Deenpied Czernowitz
AUSTRIA ADMITS LOSS OF TOWN.
AMSTERDAM, June 18th An Austrian communiqué says:—Yos terday the garrison of the Czernowit bridgehead were compelled to withdraw before
a concentrated fire from the superior enemy. In the night the enemy forced the passage of the Pruth at several points and entered Czernowitz m our troops evacuated it.
HOW THE TOWN WAS TAKEN. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION FROM
ENEMY SIDE.
AMSTERDAM, June 18th. The Berliner Tageblatt gives a graphic description of the scenes at Czernowitz from the enemy side. It says the actrial struggle for possession of the town began on Whit-Sunday, and was preceded by cart Police Proclamation, in which the population were warned that the town would be bombarded that day.
1
(THROUGH BEDTER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIANS ADVANCING ON LEMBERG.
A BRILLIANT FEAT.
PETROGRAD, June 18th. North of Lemberg, the enemy is falling back on the strongly defended Vladimir Volynsk-Sokal line, whither the Ger mans are speeding reinforcements,
The Russians are now advancing from
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 20rn. 1916,
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
MUCH AERIAL ACTIVITY.
THIRTY AIR COMBATS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
TRAGIC END OF VON MOLTKE-
DIES AT MEMORIAL SERVICE TO
LONDON, June 10th,
VON DER GOLTZ General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com-
Austenuan, June 18th. muniqué, states --There was much flying
General Von Moltke (who was, at the yesterday owing to the better wonther outbreak of war, Chief of the Imperial There was a marked increase in hostile General Staff) died in the afternoon aerial activity. One British machim hike representing the, General Staff at attacked in the course of a reconnais temorial Service in twonour of Bance eight enemy machines, and droveite General Ven der Goltz, in the the
down two in the enemy lines. There were
Reichstag.
PRIME MINISTER'S GRI ETING
TO RUSSIAN VISITORS.
NEW ERA OF FRIENDSHIP.
The members of the Russian Dume and. Council of the Empire visiting Great Britain were entertained by the Govern: ment at dinner at Lauenster House.
After the toast of The King The Emperor of Russia had been honoured, Mr. Asquith, who was ear- dially received, said :--
I
and
GERMANY'S NECESSITY. VON HINDENDURG'S PURPOSE-
LESS ATTACKS.
The Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post, writing on May 9th, says timeous series of apparently purposeless The Germans muistain such a co- attacks upon Russin's northern European front as to produce a growing "convie tion here that the line of the Dwinn, At any rate, is not the real objective have now the pleasure of proposing anything Germany may be planning the toast of our guests and of offering a
for this summer. The neutral Press: most cordial welcome in the name of his "Pears to be freely used by Germany to
ed representatives whom we see here of Majesty's Government and of both
create an impression at her aim is House of Parliament to the distinguishga, and that her feet will co-operate in the coming triumph. Credut Judicus, the Council of the Empire and of the.
It is held here that the truth is much Duam. We are particularly glad to have
nearer to the statement, that Germany you, as par guests on the eve, for such
no longer has any coherent strategic the first assembling of the Dumn. The great fraternity of Parliaments now al the privilege, perhaps the melancholy most encircles the world, and we have
birther of Parliaments. (Cheers.)
of age to salute you in the
altogether thirty air combats, but no THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. believe it is, of the 10th anniversary of Plan for the prolongation of the agony.
other decisive results. Otherwise, for the Inst twenty-four hours it has been quiet. ITALIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.) VIOLENT ENEMY EFFORTS. TO BREAK ITALIAN LINE.
Rome, June 18th.
▲ commùusqué states that south-west of
LONDON. June 10th.
The Paris economic conference closed, with a series of resolutions which were unanimously passed, and these will he subsequently published..
Eaff Crewe, interviewed, said that the drcisions renched will be approved alike by Allies and neutrals, and will conviner
of this war. She has reached the stag where she is reduced to the necessity of
and gaps in her lines of defence which patching ap by any means nearest to hand those increasingly numerous leaks the rising tide of the Allied forces con- I need hardly any with what deep at splendid work in Asin, Germany, so fnr tinues to effect. Thanks to Russin's Lention, and with what warm participe from raising the Orient against Europe, tion, we in this country have followed is forced to consider whether she can the exploits of the Russian Army any longer afford to assist the Turks to du moment for decisive action, they menace, So far from breaching the outer the Eastern front. While awaiting to defend their country from the Russian pied, and size every opportunity for keep the enemy's forces constantly occu- lines of the defence of gallant France,
Germany finds herself subjected
to
Asiago the cemy has renewed his violent their enemies of the ability of the Allies Caue and the gallant Army of the counter-attacks which seem to promise
repulsed with the most heavy losses. Bo efforts to break our line, but was always
tween the rivers Frenzela and Murcesina odr infantry continues to advance, though impeded by intense artillerying the north-east in the direction of Lem-18th we took 306 prisoners and twelve in wended country. In the fight on the berg on both sides of the Dubno-Lemberg machine-guns, in addition to those al- railway
drawal of enemy forces on the Italian ready reported. There has been "no with.
front, and as our counter-offensive dova
ops it will become more difficult. NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
"The Russians performed a brilliant feat, storming
over three miles of formidable enemy positions along the flooded Pliashevka, flanked by a series of ten lakes, and supported by fire from the heights. This operation, in conjunc tion with the capture of the Rostok Forest, decided the fate of the whole of the Kremenetz region.
escane General Sakharoff's claws, but to The enemy had na option, in order to
boat, a hasty retreat westwards towards Brody, leaving another section of the Lemberg railway in Russian hands.
that the evacuation developed into a The latest reports from Lutzk show
panie-stricken flight. A Russian armour-
A heart-rending exodus began, endlessed-car detachment dashed through the screams of Christians, Jews, Germank, enemy-frs and reached the heart of Rumianes, Poles, and Ruthenians passing Lutzk, adding to the confusion and en- through the streets. But the shells were abling the Rusia to occupy trenches already shrieking overhead,
and the town with very small losses,
There were the same scenes on Monday, with the addition of smoke and the glare of firus caused by the shells.
The town Council issued hourly en
FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT. fTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
couraging reports, but on Monday night SEVERAL GERMAN ATTACKS. the intensity of the bombardment-made-
us shudder. On Tuesday the fighting was REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. most desperate. It lulled in the aftermon,
but on Wednesday the bombardment was bellish, as if a thousand volcanoes were vomiting fire on the town. Storming columns were on assailing the trenches, the defence of which was very heroic.
BRUSSILOFF'S
PROGRESS
CONTINUES, DESPITE REPEATED ENEMY
COUNTER-ATTACKS.
PETROGRAD, June 18th. communiqué says:-Despite the
PARIS, Jane 18th. 4.40 p.m.
A communiqué states:---After a most violent bombardment the Germans made several attacks on our new Morthoma positions, but despite the use of liquid fire they were repulsed with serious Josses. We entirely maintained our previous gains. A series of caemy attacks portḥ of Thiaumont failed after most sanguin- ary losses.
enerny's resistance and repeated counter Hill 20 was repulsed.
A grenade attack on the approaches to
attacks General Brussiloff's forecs con tinue to progress in various directions.
At four o'clock yesterday afternoon General Letchitsky's troops stormed The
Czernowitsbridgehead, on
ARTILLERY
DUEL AT
VERDUN.
the MINING ACTIVITY IN ARGONNE,
PARIS, June 18th. 11.40 p.m.
left bank of the Pruth and occupied Czernowitz after desperate fighting, the fords and bridges being destroyed.
duel on the northern Verdun front has A communiqué states:-Tho artillery
assamed a certain intensity in the region
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] WAS THE "FRANKFURT
SUNK?
COPENHAGEN, June 10th.
A Danish smack bas brought in the body of an. officer from the German eruiser Frankfurt.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] KING VISITS GRAND FLEET, AN INSPIRING ADDRESS.
in definitely end the German dream of economic hegemony.
under the brilliant strategy of
the Grand Duke and his Staff, and the pleasant consequences. dashing lead of his generals, has str-hibiting liveliness all along a front mounted almost inconceivable difficulties which aggregates in three continents Germany keeps making attacks ex and hardships in the victorious advance
A Russian delegate to the conference which has already been marked by the considerably over a couple of thousaåd· and Trebizond, miles in length. It is a marvellous per-
aid that the economic union of the Allies had been realised. It would make netrals understand that both their interests and security forbid afliance with Teutonic nations,
FAB EASTERN
PRELATE
AESIGNS.
LONDON, Jane 18th. The Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak has resigned owing to ill-health.
MEXICO
AND AMERICAN INTERVENTION.
REMOVAL OF ENEMY SUB- JECTS FROM THE "CHINA.”
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S CON CESSION TO THE U.S.A.
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grave menner,
capture of Erzerum (Cheers.) In Persia, too, the Russian forces have completely transformed the situation, which contained elements of We shall offer our visitors, I hope, during their stay amongst us oppor tunities of forming a judgment on our own contribution to the Allied cause. may be allowed to say to them that 1 trust that what they see here may tend to confirm their confidence in the energy and persistence of their Ally. The deeds of our British soldiers at the front call of our activity which are less con- for no emphasis, but there are other sides spicuous, and it is these that we shall hope to show to our guests, *.
COMNEMON
formance to those who forget the forty of the globe. But these attacks have lost years of preparation in every quarter their terrors. The soldiers know them defensive, no longer the onslaughta that for what they are, namely, an active lvad, to victory. Germany has several big stakes still to play for, but the world-conquering confidence is gone, the material to patel the gaps must be with supplies of men are failing, and the drawn from the defences themselves at the risk of leaving perilously this places.
SUMMER HEAT IN INDIA, WHAT CALCUTTA SUFFERED FOR A. WHOLE WEEK.
The
The burden borne, and the success. achieved, by the Royal Navy (cheers), are nowhere better known or better appre ciated than in Russia; and, if I may judge by my own experience, the sight
The first few hot days of a new sum WASHINGTON, June 18th. and contact which bring us a sense of mer are always trying. They come and The Commander-in-Chief On
the full reality of its power come almost denly with little warning and the result the Mexican border announces that the and read of its achievements. We hope, unprepared. Those who have felt the as surprise to those who have heard
is that the most seasoned hand is caught leader of the Carranza troops at Chihuacantile marine, and what is being done may take comfort from the following also, you may see something of our mer discomfort of the approuch of super (A German newspaper recently admithia has threatened that any further in our shipyards and our munition fae figures showing what Calcutta residents ted that the new cruner Frankfurt was
GENERAL.
tories. For we all realize we are meti- "damaged" in the Jusland fight.J American movemont will be the signal bors of a common partnership, and that fares are taken from the Statesman of
had to put up with last month. for a Mexican attack
it is the duty, as it is the pride and the May 5, which saya:-- privilege, of each member of that part- There were nership to contribute to the utmost limits Toon of some relief from the heat wave signs on Wednesday after- of its opportunities and resources to the in which Cacutta has been submerged for
and (Cheers.) the common object, eight days. Late in the afternoon the the monky was overcast and the temperature most gratifying results of became noticeably cooler. The weather our alliance is the complete agreement report, og speaks of the move of rain which has been established between the from Assam to Lower Bengal, so the British and Russian Governments in re prospects of a change that is greatly gard to Eastern affairs. (Hear, hear:) needed were bright at the time of going I remember, as do many here, the days to pross when in that quafter, whether in Europe successive day on which the temperature Wednesday, however, was the eighth or la Asia, the interests of the two Ewell passed the century mark. At noon Pires were supposed in both countries to normal attitude to one another was one be irreconcilably antagonistic. Our nt Alipore 103,6 degrees was registered, or 8.3 in excess, and the humidity was sleepless vigilance, and I may almost probably greater than on the other days y sensitive suspicion, and more than of the heat wave. ore than a possibility, of an actual rupture of our relations. Those days o whether it be in Turkey or in Persia, or wherever British and Russian interests come into contact with one another, we have arrived at a common policy, whic we are both determined loyally and in concert to parsuc. And for this purpos existed so long and so happily between let me add, the accord which has now
Affairs and my friend and colleague, Bir Edward Grey, is of incalculable value your illustrious Minister of Foreign.
(Hear, hear.)
LONDON, June 19th. H.M. the King, during a recent visit to the Grand Fleet, addressed representa tives of the various units on parade. His Majesty said:--
"You have waited for early two
A Memorandum from the British Fomign Secretary to Washington formally accedes to the demands of the United States Government in the case
What Calcutta has had to suffer since
years, with most exémplary, patience, of the steamship China. This ship, 1 cuce there was a possibility, and even April 20 can be seen from the following
will be remembered was stopped by a
trians, and Turks who were on board wort removed. The memorandum states. that it is the intention of the British Government to release these persons, and
presses regret, but Great Britain ré serves its decision so far as the question of principle is involved. The United States' contention is that no belligerant has a right forcibly to take persons off a ship which is at the time flying the American Bag
But it is not merely, I will venture to say it is not mainly, a question of part-
for an opportunity of ongaging the enemy's feet, I can understand how British cruiser and 38 Germans Aus nisunderstandings are happily over, an trying this period has been, and how great the relief when you knew, on May 31st, that the enemy was sighted. Unfavourable weather and approach ing darkness prevented a complete re sult, but you did everything possible in the circumstances. You drove the enemy to his harbours and inflicted the most severe losses. You added: nother. page to the glorious traditions of the British Davy. You could not do more, I thank you for your splendid work." The King at the conclusion of his visit tent a message to Admiral Jellicoe in which he said: "The name of the British navy has never been higher in the eyes of your fellow-countrymen. Good luck and God speed. May your future efforts be blessed with complete success
LONDON VOLUNTEERS
REVIEWED.
LONDON, June 19th- Field-Marshal Viscount French review. ed at Hyde Park 10,000 London Volun- teers over military age, who were recent ly recognised by the War Office,
SIR MATTHEW NATHAN.
LONDON, June 18th. Lieut. Colonel Bir Matthew Nathan has returned to the Array.
DIDDLING THE GERMANS,
BRITAIN.
The indignation of Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, against the National Bugar Commission, for employing a German to purchner sugar, expressed in his speech at a meeting called by the British Empire Producers not long ago, is somewhat misplaced. lu reality the employment of this so called German WAS &
âgures;
April
26
15
27
11
May
Temp. Excess.
102 10 0.7
104.1 1.8.7
105.1 9,6
103.8
9.7
105.4
10.6
103.6 8,9
104.8 9.8 $104.6 8.3
whole result of their visit. They hoped prejudices which uncal tally dad, up to to set the final disappearance of certain
fallen from the Prime Minister upon the nations. They appreciated what had
ward to a further development of the Eastern question, and they tooked for Entento between the Britisa and Russian Governments into a hearty friendship between the British and Russian peoples. Nations, as well as single persons, iust, in order to bring about true and fruit- ful friendship, thoroughly know each
other, and the inevitable result of a
better understanding, would be true and everlasting saity. (Cheers)
nership between Governments. It is a certain point, divide the two great question of an ever-growing sense of brotherhood and fellow-fooling between peoples. (Cheers.) And speaking her "HUN " BUYS SUGAR FOR GREAT if I may for a moment, in the name of the British Parliament, the represents tives of the people of the United King dom, to you, our guests, who come here as the representatives of the people of out a hand. We forget, we blot out, all Russia, I venture to say each stretches the misunderstandings of the past, and we realize that each can give something the other, and that in the growing sense said that each can take something from
A MESSAGE FROM THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. 8 sense which grows, not only month the toast. They came, he said, to bag. Professor Miliukott niso acknowledged by month and year by year, but day by land representing divergent political day of intimacy and unity between the great Russian people and the people of the British Empire, which the common sacrifices of this war have deepened, and I am not going too far when I say con secrated, you see one of the best hopes for the future of mankind. (Cheers.)
We are told from time to time of the not unnatural endeavours which made by our enemy to weaken the mutual confidence of the Allies, and to detseb,
piece of strategy. Tarkably clever The sugar had to be purchased in a neutral
country, and the National Sugar Commission knew that if they employed one of their regular. English agents to nccomplish the transaction they would have to compete with buyers representing the German Government, whe equally anxious to secure the sugar. If British and German agents had started to bid against each other the price would have been ran up to an exorbitant
were
In the fighting for the bridgehead we took over 1,000 prisoners, and captured guas. We are pursuing the enemy, who of Hill 304 and the sector north of the is retreating towards the Carpathians.
General Kaledine repulsed desperate
village of Thiaumont There has beee unter-attacks in the Styr and Stokkod.
no in₺istry attack
It has been quiet. regions, the attackers including Germans elsewhere, except in Argonne where active brought from the French front. Over mining activity has continued.
-extent 9,000 Austrian and German prisonera We brought down five enemy aeroplanes
The National Sugar-Commission were were brought in.
clever enough to foresce this possibility, at Verdun, and two Fokkers east of
of obtaining the services of an agent and the brilliant idea, accurred, to them General Kaledine has taken prisoner Bezanges, one being afire. One of our since the 5th inst. 71,000 officers and men, yaachines was compelled to alight. A COLLISION NEAR BIRKEN-e for purchasing be as the rest with a German name who was willing. to act on their behalf. When the time French air-squadron bombed enemy do
agents found that there was, apparently, no British competition pots at Semide, and the railway stations:
They believed that the German named and factories at Thionville, causing two
LONDON, June 18tacting for the National Sugar The liner Cian Ross, outward boun German Government and consequently Commission was another agent of the explosions, and also aviation establish collided with's coal elevator at Birken did not bid against him, eats at Etain and Tergniere. Enemy head. Fire broke out in the foreheld, aeroplanes bombed Pont-a-Mousson, where the cargo was mainly composed of tha Emperor of Japan congratulating Nancy and Baccarat, doing insignificant sulphur, but eventually the ship was sic him on the glorious victory in Galicia.
cessfully docked.
63 gams, and 236 mschine guns.
On the Dvina front there has been violent artilleryinga. “
JAPAN CONGRATULATES
RUSSIA,
PETEOGRAD, June 18th,
The Tsar has received a telegram from
5.
damage.
HEAD
of the Hups is better imagined than the astonishment and intense chagim had actually been purchased on behalf described when they found that the sugar of the British, and that the British Goy ernment had thereby been saved many thousands of pounds.
united by the sacred bond of national views and parties, but they were now lety and by the necessity of national defence. They represented the policy of its national life, and nationalities in a great nation in the greatest crisis of Kussia,, as well as political parties, all
against the aggression of modern bar- stood united. Russiaze were conscious are that they were defending themselves now one and now another of the Allied barinus but they were more than ever Powers from the rest. Such endeavours when they found Great Britain on their convinced that they were in the right thod, but they are foredoomed. (Cheers.) are not only let me say, clumsy in me side. (Cheers.) They brought this mes Germany knows--for this purpow nobody wish you to know that we, too, under- continue to be united, we must conquer. knows better thatted, we must
sége from the Russian people:-" We
long and however severe the test of on But we know it too and in this know ago we shall stand together, however
have beaten to the ground, the forces common endurance may be, until we can which now withstand us, and we shall begin in pesce to rebuild, in concert with pean civilization (Cheers) *** one another, the shaken fabric of Eure
his colleagues had been eye-witnesses of DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTENTY, Mr. Gourko Birst reponded. He s lorzage Army, and its invingala Navy British activity in reinforcing but this could not and must not be the
(Continued on wars Cofano.
and what is at stake. We wish you to
understand, like you, that nothing but ronds to fight on to final saccess We be assured that Russia will not sur render, but that the Russian people are
of international solidarity. We all feel, decisive victory, can bring about an era indeed, that a whole generation cannot to our dear dead to bring their exertions have been sacrificed in vain. We owe it
Tell the British nation that we Russians to fruition, and to nitain the great sim for which they willingly gave their lives.
with you, our Thies, we look forward to realy to endure and that, together
mark
nattestion *Ɛwhich will