THE WAR.
BRITISH REGAIN
POSITIONS.
SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA.
SUBMARINE ATTACKS ON ENGLAND.
PRECAUTIONS RENDER ATTEMPTS DANGEROUS.
BRITISH POLITICS
PREMIER'S PROPOSAL UNFAVOURABLY RECEIVED.
MB. ASQUITH TO ASK FOR £300,000,000.
FRANCO-BELRIAN FRONT.
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FIERCE GERMAN ATTACK.
HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.
Lospor, July 10th.
now
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY JULY 21st 1916.
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GERMANY'S MERCHAN
SUBMARINES'
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JOINS ARMY,
BALTIMORE, July 15th. Tho Doutechland is preparing to steal out in the darkness. She has a cargo of nickel and rubber. Gorman, shippers assert that the arrival of her sister ship the Bremen, is imminent.
AFRICA.
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EAST AFRICAN SUCCESSES.
LONDON, July 10th.- General Smuts reports that Brigadier Genera! Crewe sccupied, on July 14th, the town of Mnanzu, to the south of Lake Victoria. The Germanis fed on a steamer, pursued by our armed vessels,, leaving many rides and supplies, as well as a gun from the cruiser Koenigsberg.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
The enemy to the north of Handyni HOW OVILLERS WAS WON.was driven down the Pantsant River,
handoning a field-gou. GENERAL.
ENTIRE ENEMY. BRIGADE LOST.
PARIS, July 20th. A correspondent describing the capiurs General Sir Douglas Haig reports that of Ovillers states that a Brigadi attack- the enemy goliceted very large reinforced the place a three sides, and ther ments for au attack against our positions cast of Razentin. After an in- fense artillery fire the first assault was delivered in deuse massos ut 3.30 läst evening. The fighting continued through but the night, and was particularly violent at Delville Wood.
After suffering very heavy losses the enomy succeeded in récupturing. a por tion of Delville Wood, and also in obtaining a footing on the northern cut- skirts of Longueval. The struggle for these areas is still violent..
Elsewhere the enemy's attacks, includ
Corpuses.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGERICY.] REGISTRATION PROBLEM.
PREMIER WITHDRAWS
PROPOSAL
WAR DEVICES OF THE ENEMY:
́ZEPPELIN LIGHTHOUSES AND
** PERFECT”- SHİP.
THE
QUEEN MARY!!
LONDON, July 10th,
- TURTLE FORTS.-"' -
The Queen Mary, a powerful, perfect Lieut. Col. Sir Matthew Nathan bas
ship, was well-known and familiar to me. Great interest lins been aroused in rejoined the Royal Enginears. He will, Chea States army cires by an rewrites Mr. Filson Young in The Times) contributed The New Lord Times b those ceaseless winter ploughings of bo associated with the defence of London.
an American oncer who has seen a goue North Sea, often next astorn of the Governor of Hongkong, was Under-Secretary
Matthew Nathan, who is an ex
acal of the figating in Bis capacity CAN aujnorizedmiary userver, win th For Treland at the time of the recent.
permission, he states, of the nations con sising, subsequently resigning this position.jerned. Here are a few of this oldcer
considered observations:
The average layman is of the opinion. DELAY IN INDIAN APPEALS that the Coppelan has beeu rather muc..
oi a tailare in the present war, marni because the German raids an Englan have resulted in little more than searing the populace and dropping bombs whic did little, damage,
Lospos, July 19th.. In the Privy Council, the Lord Chan- cellor strongly criticised the delays in Indian Appeals and declared that future appollants would not be allowed rests if there were needless delay.
But the zeppelin has done far mor than this. It is acting unusual for these huge monsters of the air to pen trace mites beyond the Allies battle front and to lover, under cover of th aigat until the first streaks of dan: break in the east. Neutral-tinted, th
KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND. Zeppelins, large as a city block, woul
LONDON, July 19th. The amount subscribed
the kitchener Memoria: Tand has reached
£35,000.
to
LONDON, July 20th.
rise with the mist, and the militar observers could, with perfect safety make out the details of the enemy movements. The big airship would con level, and it would then report its ot tinue to rise until it passed the clou
servatious to headquarters by means o wireless, sometimes remaining hidden be hind friendly clouds for hours at a time waiting for an opportunity to make fiesi observations througà rits in the vapour
Mr. Fenwick Harrison has given to the Kitchener Fand the
of
AIBÒRAFT DEACONS, 240,000, to be placed ai the
Germany has not been content will dis-
building a large air fleet and then allow posal of the Red Cross Societying it to find its way about the country.
unguided save by a rather unstend
the terrain over which he is pasing As an additional measure of safety th German Government has erected a non CHANCELLORSHIP.ber of "war beacons," which, flashin
RUMOURS OF A CHANGE:
LONDON, July 19th. ·
parts of the empire, giv
ERHALTERNto the aviator as to hi
exact location,
was furious close-quarter fighting. The
to help wounded officers and men in the compass and the pilot's knowledge eirects were full of shell holes and the
form of cash, LONDON, July 19th. rained houses and cellars were each a The tremendous problem of registra GERMAN fortress. The entire German brigade wasion was emphasised by the Right Hon lost, the village streets being atrown with Mr. Herbert Samuel in the House of nutilated
Eight hundred Commons when he moved that the Selce! corpses were heaped up in the roadway Coramittee which had been appointed between two forts which were defending in connection with registration would the approaches,
have to consider whether in a General Election it was possible to excinde soldiers, or whether an arrangement was possible to include them. The Ballot- Act did not provide for their voting during a bombardment. He spoke strongly of the undesirability of an Election at present, alluded to the effects abroad, and said he was convinced that the public did not desire" a General Election.
There beacons act as lighthouses o the air, giving warning where not t It is rumoured in Switzerland that land and information as to the approac Priner von Bülow is about to supersede structed on
to the landing stages. They are 4011 the lighthouse principle Driven Bethmana-Hollweg. The former except that the light, instead of being
projected horizontally, is projceted vert is believed to support a ruthless sub-ally upward. In addition to marking maring policy.
PUSSIAN FRONT
(THROTOR REUTER'S AGENCY.}
THE LIPA DRIVE.
OCCUFIED.
ing three separate assaults at Waterlo TEN MILES OF STRONG DEFENCES Farm, completely broke down under cur fre. There has been no event of import- ance on the rest of the front.
POSITIONS REGAINED.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN PROGRESS.
LONDON, July 20th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a cou 'miniquí, statos: --Most of the ground.! lost, at Longueval and Delville Wood has been regained.
Heavy fighting is still in progress at both places. South of Delville Wood, in the afternoon, our fire dispersed a large body of Germans massing to attack the Waterlot Farm, from the direction of Guillemont.
Perpoons, July 19th The Russians are driving the enemy nerous the Lower Lipa, and have occupied tea niiles of strong defences on the north
bank from the junction of the Styr and the Lipa westwards. This is ominous for General Etmoli's" Army, which is defending the Lipa.....
Military experts, estimate that there are now only. 200,000 Austrians on the Russian southern front.
GERMAN AVIATORS BOMB REVAL
FETROGRAD, July 19th. A communiqué states:-German aero-
QUIET NIGHT ON FRENCH planes dropped thirteen hombs at Reval.
FRONT.
PARIS, July 15th.
A communiqué states:--The night has been quiet on host of the front.
SOUTH OF THE SOTME.
Paris, July 2013.
* A communiqué states:-South of the Sommo there have been minor opera- tions south of Estrees, which resulted in our capturing some trenches and taking
prisoners.
VERDEN.
Thero has been cannonading at Ver- dus, but no infantry attack.
There has been beaty artillery fire at Fleury, where we progressed, and also grenade attacks near La Chapella. and Seinte Eine.
RUSSIAN-CONTINGENT ARRIVES IN FRANCE.
PARIS, July 20th. ·
A fresh Russian contingent has landed st Brest. The troops will enter the Instruction Camp, and then proceed to the Front.
BRITISH GUNS ROARING ALONG SEVENTY MILE FRONT.
LONDON
FLOODS ON THE DNEISTER.
As a result of the heavy rains the river Daeiater has risen eight feet, demolish ing the Austrian bridges.
The Russians are approaching the mountain pasars south-west of Kuty, and along both the Cheremosch rivers.
TURKS DISLODGED.
the exact location for the benefit of the men aloft, these boasons are also user as telegraph stations, a system of dot (UN POLITICIANS CONFER. and dashes of light transmitting mes
AMSTERDAM, July 19th.
The German Chancellor has had a five bours' conference with the party leaders of the Reichstag, with the exception of the Socialists, on the general war posi-
tion.
sages to the aviators without the necOE sity for the litter descending. In the immediate vicinity of these beacons at the landing stages, huge sheets of ver thick glass through which shine light
faces, and landing accidents are almos to guide the aviator. The aeroplane and directly, on the glass-covered sur
unknown.
The Germans also have a very clove: manner of indicating to the air-pile the direction of the wind near the earth
Sir Edward Carson opposed the mo tion, and said he believert a Gentrat SPANISH RAILWAY WORKERS Red lights are placed at each corner o.
Election must occur in war-time. The appointment of Select Committee. was a farce. This prontaal merely,
meant abelving the matter.
The debate was generally unfavourable
MADRID, July 20th. The railwaymen have been promised albitration, and they ara now, resuming work
LONDON, July 20th.
to the motion, and finally Mr. Asquith MESOPOTAMIAN PRISONERS. regretfully withdrew the proposal, add- ing that the Government would consider the whole matter and submit proposals of its own.
ANOTHER HUGE BRITISH CREDIT.
LONDON, July 20th.
It is understood that Mr. Asquith will ask for a credit voto of £300,000,000 to prosecute the war during the Recess THE HOME RULE BILL.
LONDON, July 19th
In
the House of Commons, Me
Mr. H. W. Forster stated in the House of Commons that, notwithstanding the efforts of the American Ambassador at Constantinople, the whereabouts of the majority of the Mesopotamian prisoners
were unknown.
OBITUARY,
SIE VICTOR HORSLEY,
LONDON, July 20th." The death of Sir Victor Horsley, the matht
surgico, is announced. Death
the lending stage, and these are con nected with a weather vane. If the wind is from the north-west the lights, at thi north and west corners are autoasatically lighted; buy should the wind andder).
er to the south-east, the north an west lights are extinguisher, and those at the opposite corners lighted. When ther is no wind the red lights are all extin suished, and there remains orly the white light in the centre of the glass.
LAND BATTLESHIP.
The Intest type of German fortifica tion appears very much like a huge tor toise lying prone on the ground. The heavy steel domo which protects thr gatire battery is curved to prevent the impact of gunfire at an acute angle, and it can be rotated around its axis by electric power. The rifles within the dome are mounted like naval guns, and the entire operation of serving and lond ing the pieces savours of a battleship rather than a fort.
One of the novel ideas incorporated ir the construction of this type of fortifica tion is that the guns are not turned of themselves, as is usual in land forts, bur the entire barbette is revolved until the guns are raised or lowered, according to the range specified. striking innovation. Instead of having
Here, again, is ឌ long, narrow slits which would permit of the guns being elevated or depressed
agati, never out of station and wheel- Log benutifully.. Whatever was the con- Avült of tau įuetn Mury just beiore sho has sure of this as I anytNDS,
allonge physically there was, no vot, uproar and agony of wounded
, the dip's mind-by which 1 mean 40 aggrega.o mentality of her people
As he pogut Laose glorious ones nud won doing what cacy washed to do, and ey were where they wined to be. And is they had lived, and worked, and play-
d, a crose company, so they died.
As a mouse.
Tae, Queen Jurg was a remarkable ship in many ways that the pubho knows of; at Bag was wonderful, too, in some ways nich the public does not and cannot now. Evory saip bus her own indivi- uality, and the anips of a squadron are s dinerent from one another as the mem. ers of a human family, Of the four aips of that incomparable group, the ton, Princess Royal, Queen alary and ger, the Queen Mary was always (in y eyes) tae silent one of the family. silent at home, that is; she made certain oise in the world, and occasionally.** got nto the papers; but in the family circle of the squadron she was as demure She was never Burried, ever in the wrong, gayo JRI trouble. Other ships got into their little scrapes with the flagship; not so the Queen Mary. Vc never seemed to hear of her. Sho ept herself to herself, and had her own houghts, and was always brilliantly Heient at anything there was on hand, rom gunnery records to games. If at ea there was an irregular interval in ae formation on either side of the Queen lary, you needed no sea-chart to tell you hat she was in station on the flagship, nd that the others were wrong. If there as a target to be rammed after battle ractice, and the Eson had seen it go raning past her sides, and the Princess oyal pushed it over and under, so that only bobbed up in the wake of her ropellers, it was the Queen Mary who could tread it neatly down under the eam of her forefoot, never to be seen gain in the form of target-to the dis ppointment of the Tiger sheering wildly nd hungrily about in the rear.
The een Mary company were true band of rothers, who retained the stamp of the trone and lovable personality who harl soulded them, and had their own little indiviual ways and customs.
Such
it is a product of years and years of he highest training. The technical ne of the ship to the Fleet was equal, I should think, to all the other losses in miers put together. Her company is rreplaceable, as is every ship's company in the British Nay. On that point we en agree with the Germans, The loss Ta single British seaman is a real dis- ater; the loss of some thousands is z great disaster. But it is not a defeat.
GERMAN MUNITIONS.
The Ribe Stifelidende, whose excel- lent connections with Germzay have Diton been proved, has made a month's arching inquiries into the prezent con- tions in Germany. The following is an extract from its report:
In spite of German organising genius with regard to supplies it is new general- ly believed to impossible to keep Many think that the war cannot surviva things going till the end of the year. its second birthday,
Six weeks ago soldiers' rations began to be cut down. Meat is now becoming an execedingly rare commodity among the troops, only small pieces being dolod out now and again. Bread rations are also insufficient, being only three-quar ters of a pound, daily, while the former recently been abolished. Hot meals now privilege to buy half-a-loaf weekly bas consist mainly of boiled hors: beans, rice, oup, and vermicelli soup, with 271
The Caucasian army has again ad-Asquith announced that the Home Rutresulted from heatstroke in Mesopo- but which would at the same tima admitasional bit of salt fish. The privilego
vanced considerably south of Trebizond Bill will be introduced next week
and westward of Baiburt, everywhere. dislodging the enemy rearguards..
RUSSIAN-CAPTURES, During the last few days the Russians bave prisonered 80 Turkish ofiters and 1,000 Asteris
NAVAL ACTIVITIES:
[TREOUGH REUTER'S ADENOX.];
SUBMARINE ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHORES.
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS.
LONDON, July 19th.
In the House of Commons, Dr. Mac
hamara asatifed the House that measures
NO RESPITE FOR " BOSCHES," were being taken to make submarine ut tacks on the British shores inoreasingly dangerous for submarines.
MORE STEAMERS SUNK.
LONDON, July 20th. The steamors Wilton Hall (British) - and Ville-dc-Rosen (French), have been Ank.
20th. Router's correspondent at Headquar tors writes to the effect that he antici: patos that the British efforts will not be confined to Gommecourt and the Somme front. He also says that our guns are roaring along the whole of the remaining seventy miles, giving the Bez. shes no respite. It is stated that the
captured Germon guss run into three
"égures, exclusive of Maxima.
The steamers vangelistria (British) Angelo (Italian) have also been
sunk,
The crews of the digels and Wilson
Hell havt buchi landed at Algiers.
INDIA AMENDENT BILL.
LONDON, July 20th.
amia, where deceased had volunteered for service.
"AIR AWAKENING DUE TO THE PRESS."
of the easy entrance of shrapnel, the gun of parcels of food from homo has lately themselves are laid in embrasures and the on prohibited, apparently to prevent breeches are moved up and down. Thuivilians from sufering. Soldiers on the desired effect is obtained without leave invariably have the appearance of danger to the gun crews.
Laing physically weakened by having
it is almost incredible what an aburd In contrast with the shortage of food
The Indian Chambers of Commerce
The heavily protected steel home dead fcsufficient food. have detailed Mr. O. C. MacLeod to
signed to deflect the largest of moder lay their objections to the Government
projectiles and the fact that forts of th nature make use of high-angle fire while atlacking battleships would of necessity of ammunition, arms, etc., is every whare evident. The troope are being Lord Montagu ef equlieu at Man have to use direct fire, render theso for of India Amendment Bill before. ceter said, he was forced to the conclu-tifications impregnable to naval attacks supplied with brand now rifles and was Joint Committes now considering the sign that the first combatant nation in It is the opinion of military experts that pons at short intervals. Gorman artil- this warwchlly to equip and train a a hostile fest could be easily sunk bylery is badly short of horses, and lately laped air force would have a very great the guns of these forts before it could BRITISH NAVY AND OIL-FUEL,tage over other nations not simi-inflict any material damage,
larly quipped.
measure.
KIEL DEFENCES,
it has been necessary to reduce the teams to four horses per gun and two for am. munition regone. All classes of ammuni London, July 2063
On Air Service should be supreme, Probably the most formidable of the tinn aro constantly being improved, which and if some of the offcial people who German forts of this nature is that means increasing the explosive power of In the House of Commous, the Right now seemed to think that everything was which guards the entrance to the Biel shells, and especially of bombs used by for the best and that no fault could be Canal, where is gathered the entire aircraft. Something which has never Hon. Mr. McKenna, Chancellor of the found would only admit that mistakes German surface feet. This fortress con- heen believed possible in the German Exchequer, stated that a million sterling | had been made, and that they were still tains a mortar battery, mounting 11 and Army, namely, slackness of discipline. had been paid to the Anglo-Persian Oils good the deficiencies if they were projectiles smashing through the decks into past. There has been a great num
craping in the dark, but were willing to
10-inch pieces, capable of sending tons of has been unmistakably evident for some Company on recount of the two millions tiven time, they would have the sym- of battleships eight miles away. The bar of desertions, including officers and authorised by the House of Commons in pathy the-critics and the nation battery in tiers, the topmost tier being trying to counteract by extraordinarily
direct-fire batteries are paced above this Guardsmen This the authorities ar There was far too great a tendency 176 feet above sea level. In these tier harsh treatment, extra training, and new 1914. The Admiralty wers catisfad, to self-sufficient complacency in official the heavier pieces are placed below, and varieties of punishment, including the circles, and it was his sincere belief that range in calibre from 130 to 17.7 inch. despite the dificulties, that good progress had it not been for newspaper criticisms The lighter ordance on the upper testiging of soldiers to trees for hours, as in had been made. A large quantity of and the general state of public opinion consists of 8.2, 0.4, and 11inch rifles war prisoners' camps.r
in the country there would not have Leer
From all fronts news is received of oil fuel had been supplied to the Navy, the progress in flying affairs which had factor in the soloney of warfare will, in soldiers becoming rahid Socialists and and nothing had occurred to impair con- taken place lately.
the opinion of military experts, he proved Nationalists by the thousand, forming a fidence in the productivity of the gold.
They would never make a big thing of if the Allies attempt to capture the Ger- serious futuro danger on their return the Air Forvice of this country as long man fortiùcations, particularly the coast after the war, and causing gravo appro xa, they had it in the bands of two De defence forts, where are mounted 15-nsion. MR. TENNANT RE-ELECTED.partments with different methods. The inch and 17-inch guns behind ramparts phingo he had coined one olemment on designed to resist profectiles from 12-inch LONDON, July 2014.
was not a mere rhetorical | and 13-inch naval artillery.dk Tonnant please, hit a fundamental truth.
The
Despite the great value of the air need of Great Britain for an officient eve-teens is probable that one of the t of aviation was greater than the
lessons of this war will be the need of any other country
extension of cavalry arm of large
The Right Hon. Mr. H. has been returned unopposed for Ber
He had to seek re-election
wickshire.
upon his appointment is Secretary for
Scotland
and after tap war every machine and every man engaged in the Service could be profitably. pmployer.
That fortifications are still a gigantic
farmoured motor cars and the like) the cavalry is the best equipped to act speedily upon the reports of the avintors, and both the Germans and the Allies have found
armies. With the possible oxception of lay out during the present was that motorcycle squads or motor car artillery using cavalry in conjunction with the
10satinued on next Columnj)!
aviation corps.