THE WAR.
GERMAN FLEET AGAIN AT SEA!
TURNS TAIL ON APPROACH OF BRITISH FORCE.
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS IN BÀLKANS. BRITISH CAVALRY IN TOUCH WITH ENÉMY.
BATTLE OF THE SERETH.
ENEMY RETREATED TWENTY MILES.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH READTER'S AGIMOT.] BRITISH TRENCH GAIN. STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
LONDON, Augast 2018. General Sir Douglas Haig reports local bombing geounters at some points on air front between the Bomime and the Amere last night, but the enemy made'no serious attempt to recover the ground which we captured on Friday.
RUBBIAR FRONT.
TYD HJASKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESSAY, AUGUST 42sn 1818.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AQENCY.]
GERMAN FLEET FEARS BRITISH.
AVOIDS RATTLE AND RETURNS TO PORT.
The cruisers Faftingham and Falimath were submarined while searching for the
GENERAL,
(YHZOUGH HEUTERʼN AGRIOT.) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN
DIVISION.
GOVERNMENT STRONGLY IN FAVOUR OF IT.
BANDOM REFLECTIONS,
CANTON SITUATION. NEW COMPLICATIONS.
LUK'S ATTITUDE.
A CRITICAL PHASE
MONDAY.
There has been ne fighting since Satur- day night. Except for a few shots fired at long intervals no sound of firing has has been very unsettled over the week-
bh heard on Shaincen.
The weather.
As was only to be expected, the stream of refugees from Canton has brought INDIA RECALLED.
down many gentlemen with foggy ideas of meum and zuum, and they have been, LONDON, August 1st. It is officially announced that General busy of late, especially in Kowlom, where a bedroom window left open at Si Beauchamp Duff, Commander-in-night on the ground-flour has frequently Chief in India, has been recalled to give resulted in the admission of something LONDON, August Zist-
more tangible than air. At all events, The Admiralty Announces that the Ger- ovidends before the Mesopotamia Com-
the full. The Chinese newspapers to-day, man High Seas Fleet came out on Saturmission, and that he will be succeeded watches and similar little trifles placed end, and this may have a lot to do with under pillows for safety have disappear: | however, publish the news that buk has day, but avoided battle with considerable by General Sir H. T. Munro.
ed without the knowledge of the siceping Fatshan, and that he has definitely stated decided to make his headquarters at British forecs and returned to port.
PROPOSED SOUTH AFRICAN
owners, and that could hardly have hap he will not come to Canton Also, TWO BRITISH LIGHT CRUISERS
pened even if the air came in with the that he has issued a proclamation to the SUBMARINED.
force of a typhoon. Some of the victims commanders of all the different regi- ments in and around Canton instructing incline to the belief that their boys are them that, they are to take their orders
and ordering them. "in the know," but the police state that from him
stop fighting. He says that if Lang LONDON, August 20th.
the visitors from Cautón sre very deftcontimies to allow his soldiers to fight At u usting hựld at Johannesburg. it with their fingers in the removal of sou he will declare Lung -a rebel, and the forees of the Central Government will was announced that the Imperial Govern-venirs, and quite competent to fend and be used against him. This brings up a now situation. If Luk makes his head- ment strongly favours the establishment forage for themselves without any assist-
quarters at Fatshan, it means that he will of a South African Division for service ance
send a deputy to take over the seals uf office. Lang has declined to treat with o fin Flanders, but nothing can be done in
deputy, and he will certainly not go the intter until the conclusion of the
Fatshan to meet Luk. Then may cessation of fighting for a day or two, and there is a possibility of a peaceful East African campaign.
settlement, but it is very remote, and it fighting recommerces it will mean that all the rebel forces will have joued back and that an attack on Canton City will be the result, an attack which will in all probabilily mean the downfall of Lung Chai Kwong. It is difficult to sco how more serious fighting can be averted. but it is evident that Tuk is not at all sure of his position and that he is afraid of making friends with Shum and Li.
enemy.
·wore
All the officers of the former saved, but. 38. men are missing.
All belonging to the Falmouth "were!
saved
{THROUGH BHUTIMA'S AGEHOY.] THE RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.
PETROGRAD, August 20th. The enemy lusses in the fighting which resulted in the Russians crossing the Upper Bereth averaged 70 per cent, Austrian detachment of 5,000 mustered 300 after the two days' attacks. · Nine- teen hundred were captured and the ran Imainder killed or wounded. The majority of the dead we're bayonetted during close
Losnos, August 21st. General Sir Dougins Haig, in a comfight ing muniqué, statca: --A strong enemy attack near Biga Wood succeeded in reaching our line, but the enemy was immediately
driven out.
North of Bazentin-le-Petit, a further portion of the enemy's trenches was gained.
STRONG ENEMY ATTACK. General Haig reports:-At noon un Sunday, the enginy delivered a strong nituck on the new line we established for about half a mile from the western corner of High Wood. He succeed- ed in reaching this line at certain points, but he was driven out again by our in- Faniry, who immediately reoccupied the
trench.
An
The feature of the battle was a charge by the Russiari cavalry, who galloped a mile, and a half and plunged into the Hunk of the German infantry hastening to the support of the Austriant, practically exterminating & German. tegiment just arrived from Verdun and two battalions
of Austrian Facger. They pursued the remainder to the trenches, where the majority were cut up, only a few being taken prisoners,
Austro-German communiqués mention that General von Bothmer is employing Tarks, and that the Russians close to the Hungarian frontier, which has not | yet. Joen crossed. are advancing by Jablonitza or the Korosmizo Pass, which
Subsequent-hostile attacks broke down is the main, raute from Kolomes to under our artillery fire..
Debreczin in the plains of Hungary,
AUSTRIANS ADMIT A
FURTHER TRENCH CAPTURES.
London, August 21st............ North of Bazentin-le-Petit to-day" we gained a further portion of the enemy's trenches.
The enemy heavily shelled different portions of our front, more exspecially High Wood, Hamel and Mailly,
RETIREMENT.
LONDON, August Wik
An Austrian communiqué admits & retirement to the west of Zabie, after violent Russian attacks on the Chorna hora ridge in the Carpathians
RUSSIA'S NEXT GREAT BLOW. A telegram from Petrograd states that the comparative lull on the Russian front does not signify the ecasing of the offen sive, but is a natural result of the bigness
of the Russian :SUCCESS.
Elsewhere there is nothing of import
ance to report. AIRCRAFT USEFULLY EMPLOYED.
Despite the low clouds, our aircraft, did most useful work yesterday, com- municating with the advanced infantry.
One came down to a low, height and opened machine-gun fire, which was most effective the enemy's front line simultaneously regrouping their armies
: On Trenches, and also on hostile reinforce in view of the next great blow.
Guneral vom Bathmer's new positions on kuents,
The enemy at some points has retreated 20 or 30 miles, destroying bridges, which the Russians are busy reconstructing,
FRENCH CAPTURE A WOOD. the Zlota Lipa are outflanked to the
ENEMY BOMBARD FLEURY.
PARIS, Adgust 20th.
The night has been calu on the Somme, Obstinate German attacks at Fleury and Thiaumont were bloodily repulsed.
Pakis. August Dial. A communique states:-North of the Somme, the French carried a strongly fortified wood between Guillemont and Maurepas, capturing much material-
French batteries were active along the whole Somme front.
south by "The Russiaus operating north of the Dreister.
EFFECTIVE COSSACK CHARGE. PETROGRAD, August 20th. A communiqué states:-On the Blok-
the we retained ho,
of village Toboly after it had frequently changed hands.
Two-hundred Austrians were sabred in a Cossack charge and six hundred taken prisoners.
The heights of Jablonitza and. Lore senka have been occupied.
SUNK.
TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES
One German submarine, was destroyed and another rammed and possibly sunk.
There is no truth in the German state- ment that a British destroyer was sunk
a battleship damaged.
The
were heavily
An official communiqué states: German version of the sea fight states that their submarines, on the 19th inst.. sank off the English coast a hostile small cruiser and a destroyer, and that a small cruiser and battleship damaged."
The North Sea fight was mainly a scrap between patrels, the big ships ap- never getting into parently since the German ships retired when warised by their screen patrols,
contact,
DEATH OF OLD HONGKONG.
RESIDENT.
FORTY YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
The junior member of the Hongkong Sanitary Board, Dr. Ozorio, lias an- nouneed his intention of saking some very pertinent questions at to-day's meeting of that body. Dr. Ozorio is evi- dently the first member to realise the menni to public health offered by the Trash af Al sorts and conditions of Chinese from Canton, and the interroga- tions which appear on the agenda in his
nauw,
and in
the a
of Mr..
Bowley, reflect sentiments, which the majority of Europeans have entertained ever since the incursion began. Over crowding does exist in the Chinese quer ters, with resultant dangers to the Colony's health, and more light is needed on the cases of cholera which have been discovered here, and the steps which the Government intend to take in the event of a serious outbreak--by no means an improbable contingency so long as people
IMPRISONED GUNBOAT ESCAPER,
The Kong Han, Lung's gunbant, which was imprisoned in a creek near Sam San, managed to escape on Saturday night at high tide. There was a great deal of bring in this vicinity, and Shum is reported to have been reinforced last night. There has been no dentinuation of hostilities, and the thunderstorm, which was very severe in this vicinity. seems to have damped the ardour of both sides. Two European honses at Fati were struck by lightning during Batur- day's storm and soyeral Chinese huts and matsheds, were lifted bodily into the river. There was also a good deal of damage done in Honam,
Tdeath took place at his residence at Kowloon, late on Sunday night, of Mr. C. Xavier, one of the oldest residents of Hongkong. The creased, who was in his 68th your, was very well-known among the legal Portuguese community, and at thus time of his death was receiving a pension from the Hongkong Government. The late Mr. Xavier had been a Goverie ment servant for a period of over forty years retiring about ten years agu. At the time of his retirement he was Chief The Nottingham was a cruiser of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and also Chatham class-Tannage, 5,400; spood, 25 knots; complement, 400 armament, nine clerk to the Chief Justice, Sir John can come without let or hindrance from Gin, and nine smaller guns. Built in 1914. Carrington. During Sir John. Carring Canton. Sume apprehension has been The Falmouth belonged to the Weymouth ton's term of office the use Mr. Xavier; cheforge; 5;250; speed, 25 knots; in the absence of Mr. J. W. Let Jones, caused by the knowledge that bacterial complement, 990; armament, eight 6-in. acted as Deputy Registrar and Account-ogical examination has revealed the fact and nine smaller guns. Built in 1011.ant, and at one time the deceased was in that seven deaths from cholera have al-extent so far we cannot tell. His troops
the unique position of keeping all the accounts of the Court. ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK.
f his younger days the late Mr. Xavier achieved local fame man, and his catch, with rod and line, of, a snapper" weighing 11 lbs. is lieved to be a local record. This was at. ngtime when, fshing in the harbour was
very popular pastime.
LONDON, August 1st. The Italian steamer Stangalia has been sunk. THE BALKANS
(THROUGH REUTER'E ADENCY.]"
BULGARS AND GRBEKS COLLIDE.
GREEK FORTS OCCUPIED.
LONDON, August 20th. On the east bank of the Struma, the Bulgars have occupied the Greek forts of Starchists and Liss, the Greeks retiring, as alleged, after collision with Balgar patrois,
Bulgar attacks on the west bank were repelled by our fire.
There has been lively cannonading on the west bank of the Vardar.
Bulgars
advancing from engaged `, with' of Monastir. BRITISH CAVALRY IN EVIDENCE.
sagauree
Florina
1
SALONIKA, August 90th.
~~ A British official announcement states: -We have established our line west and north of Bakerli and Cidemli, and south of Doldzoli, where we repulsed counter
ntiacks.
reudy occurred,
SHEK LUNG.
is
News from Shek Lung continues to be contradictory. Lung, it is evident, has suffered losses in this area, but to what
are at the second station on the railway from Shek Lung, and are preparing to make another advance. on the town.
how Mr. B. L. Bowley, also, will Tang Hang, however, is a fisher-
raise another important quistion at the stronger position than he has ever been hefore, and it suits him to keep the rail- Sanitary Board meeting. He will way unrepaired, so that communication that notices be issued by rail. Merchants in Shamoen are has not been restored either by wire ar move householders warning them of the risk greatly inconvenienced by this state of affairs, and it is hoped that an arrange- anent will be come to ensuring that both sides will not tamper with the railway and the telegraph to Hongkong.
Dovens, was a widower, this wife bay ind predobased him three months ago, of infection arising from the practice of and he leaves one son, Mr. £. A. D. allowing Chines who are not in their Xavier. The interment took place at the employment to sleep in their servants” Roman Catholic Cemetery last evening,
WONG SHA.
when many were present at the gravesidquarters. Every householder, is probably to pay a last token of respect to one who aware that this practice is upeo to ujerumber of troops have been moving, in had been held in very high esteem and tion on grounds other than those of by -respect.
THE TIGER?
Except for the fact that a considerable the direction of Wong Bha, everything giene, but the difficulty is to stop it. It is hereabouts has been quiet. The guns on all very well to point out that under the the river front have been silent for more than 24 hours, and there has been prae- Servants Quarters Ordinance of 1913 netically no rifle fire. may arrest without warrant and hand over to the Police any such persons who may be found on the premises, but lew householders other than those, per baps, in official" positions--can be said to te masters of their servants in this Colony. If they have satisfactory servants they fear to displease them because of the dif- ficulty of finding others to take their places. Previous experience has taught aem that it often means a constant pro- cussion of incompetents, and that by Encroachment upon what the staff regard as their prerogatives, might result in a boycutt. These and other dangers can only be avoided by the introduction of a system of registering servants such as ob- tain in some other British Colonies.
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A wag asks whether the local Magis trates are honorary members of those Guilds which foster an independent and #88rea ve spirit among Chinese servants and coolies. The question in no doubt, prompted by the tenderness which is ex hibited when dealing with Chinese Oilly the offences against Europeans, ather day the coolic class were made aware that for 10 they may enjoy the luxury of striking a European lady on the head with
a filthy bucket, seiz her by the sim, and behave generally ав outrageous manner that would bring down condign punishment 11 native in South Africa or buoligan ir, London, The fine im- posed may represent a coolie's" wages for a month, but why fine much a raffina
by the Guilds, and the sentence is not felt at all? In such cases the money is found by the offender.
In
on
Hre
Nor is it only when Europeans molested that the magistrates how such reluctance" to make the punish- ment fit the crime." Not long a buatwoman was charged with i-treating an eight-year-old girl by beating her about the head with a piece... of wood after having bound her to an
go
LARGE PUGS SEEN.
Though nothing further has been seem of the tiger which an Indian constable UTI the Bowen Road on states he saw Friday evening, the police, authorities nire, by no means a sceptical of the Indian's accuracy of vision as many people in the Peak district seem to be. The police claim that the Indian, having conte from a country where "strijka ” is more or less common, should know To the southsich an animal when he was one, and this particular, Indian constable is alilutely certain that the animal he saw the bush near the Military Hospital Friday was a tiger; not a big dug. At present household servants are the Siner the discovery P. Burchill and most independent class of the community, a party of Indians have been sent to because they can leave one situation and inspect the country in the vicinity of the go to another next day without any re Military Hospital. By the side of a ferences; or, if references be insisted bullah were found two pug marks of what upon, they can easily be obtained from a must have been a large animal, and the friend and used without fear of detec marks of the claws could also be die tion. An illustration of this came to my tinctly seen! Eight feet away from the notice quite recently. A boy was nullah two more pug marks were distrodiced" for a vacancy and produced written character, which was all Our cavalry is in tollch with the enemy cofered, all being of the fore feet, No
marks of the hind pugs could be found, that could be desired. It mentioned, on the Serums front.
and the opinion held is that such marks however, that the bearer could be as were seen would be caused by an identified by missing finger bar. When stopped by a Police Inspector samjhl springing up the hillside. Be the left hand. The applicant had over- yond this nothing more was discovered, booked this, but when his attention was
Rumours of growls and mysterious called to it he was in no way disconcert movements in the bush have been circulated. The "chit," he smilingly explained be- ed in the customary free-handed manner,longed to his brother, In another case but little credence can be given to these employer in engaging a boy asked if of such cases one had to remember that There is no doubt that a large animal is he had not seen him somewhere before the Chinese were a mere hardened race than Europeans In the eyes of our at large in the Peak district, and, in and received a definite negative. Later magistrates this may be a On the occasion of President Poincare's
view of previous visits by stripes "to the question was repeated with the same seasoning justice with mercy until the There has been issued a most signite island, the opinion that it is a tiger result, Then somebody identified the boy flavour of the former cannot be dis birthday, His Majesty the King tele- graphed his congratulations and express- Ecant communiqué from the Macedonia does not seem to be altogether beyond as an eminently unsatisfactory substitute red, but in the eyes of ordinary
the realms of possibility.
who had worked in an adjoining at mortals it 'would serm an excellent reason month or two before. He was accordingly for increasing the severity of the sen LORENCO MArques, August 20th. ing his confideree that the Anglo-French front showing that fighting is general on
questioned a third time, on this occasion tence. You cannot make much of an im- the almost the whole line from Monastir to
in the presence of his former employer pression of the hide of a hippopotamus It is officially announced that the Ger- troops, co-operating, will ensure
Kavalla,
He still stuck to his story, however, de mans, on the 15th inst, attacked a Portu- success of the common cause.
olaring that he was being mistakers For by flicking it with a feather duster.
Once again the vagaries of our system gues convoy on the Kovuma River,President Poincare sent a reply thank-
finally and irrevocably established by of archange are illustrated. Notes stand separating the German and Portuguese ing His Majesty for his congratulations
his brother. His deception, however, was peculiarity of one of his fingers, whi bat a premium of only about 4 cents per he endeavoured to hide. In the meantime hundred dollars over subsidiary coins, colonics The Germans were driven back and expressing his confidence that the
questioned, but they were not going to slight discount. The explanation, I am pursuant to notice, will ask
1-In view of the influx of refugees give away a fellow countryman to a for-told, is to be found in the recent influx from Kwangtung what steps, if any, are eigner. In circumstances such as these of refugees, which has caused an in- what chance has the unfortunate house- ordinate demand for small coins. Bulgarian patrols are preceding small being taken to prevent overcrowding in holder of protecting himself against de At the beginning of last year the CAIKO, August 20th. LONDON, August 21st.
Bulgarian forces approaching Kavalla.the Colony t
What stops, if any, are being taken ception, Unconsciously he may harbour subsidiary coins were at a discount In addition to Jeddah and Mecca, tele-
Elsewhere, numerous Bulgarian attempts to prevent the introduction of cholera and his home a nest of gaol-birds. Surely of 18 per cent, as compared with notes and of ten per cent, as compared with the aviator, French
graphic communication has now been
British or Mexican dollar. Colony by land or water frum. Kwang-
RODERICK RANDOM. Brindejong Moulinaise, has been killed established with Taif and Bahra rd to advance were stopped by the Allied other diseases by Chinese arriving in the it is high time the Government came to
(Continued on next Column.) in an accident at Verdun.
The enemy violently bombarded Fleury,
AFRICA
(ZEROBOH REUTER'S AGENCY.) GERMAN ATTACK ON FORTUGUESE CONVOY. REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS.
KING AND PRESIDENT. [CO-OPERATION AND CONFIDENCE
LONDON, August 20th.
GERMANS CLAIM A CAPTURE. LONDON, August 20th. A Germana communiqué claims the cap ture of Florina, south of Monastir.
BULGARIANS ATTACKING.
PARIS, August 20th.
The Bulgarians are taking the offensive everywhere, except near Doiran, where the Anglo-French force has captured and
IN
OVERCROWDING USCA HONGKONG.
BOWLEY TO ASK QUESTIONS. At to-day's meeting of the Hongkong
MR.
she was in the act of rushing at the poor child with a chopper! This female fury was merely bound over to keep the pager, this Magistrate remarking that in judging
reason for
ter dheir own bank with heavy loss. The close co-operation of the two countries is holding the important position of Sanitary, Board, Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, the other servants of the house had been and the silver dollar is if anything, at a
Portuguese suffered five caenalties.
FAMOUS AVIATOR KILLED.
The
well-known
is a sure pledge of victory.
EGYPTIAN ITEM.
Halfa and Sunkin.
Doldueli village against most violent Bulgarian counter-attacks,
fire.
his aid.