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THE WAR.
ALLIES' OPERATIONS IN
BALKANS.
THE
RUSSIANS RE-OCCUPY MUSH,
BUMANIA AND THE WAR.
ZEPPELINS VISIT ENGLAND.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGREGY.] BRITISH REPEL ATTACKS. :
HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES.-
LONDON, August 25th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a cam muniqué, states:-We continue to Take prisoners. A hostile bombing attack
(THROUGH REUTER'S LONNOT.) ENEMY SITUATION
PRECARIOUS.
THE HONGKONG DAIL YPRESS, SATURDAY AUGUSŤ 26 × 1918.
PARES, August 25th. The continual British progress in the Somme region has now brought us close to our original objectives," naměly, “Uli tinguich. Courcelette, and Thiepval | A villages of Guillement. Ginehy. Mar- against our Bazenin-le-Petit was easily repulsed lastest, where a desperate struggle has footing has been gained in the first night. There was nonsiderable hostile
been proceeding for three days against shelling 10-night, but mainly in reply to our bombardment.
the Brandenburgers, whom we are gradually wearing down. We are only
now trenches north of
to
THE BALKANG
(THROUGH & PRER'S AGENCY.]
ALLIES" SUCCESSFUL
OPERATIONS..
WAITING WITH CONFIDENCE.
PARIS, August 24th.
AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
(ZAROVON REVTER'S AGENCY.].
ZEPPELINS OVER ENGLAND.
LONDON, August 24th. It is officially announced that a hostile
No
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AUENOT,] UNFORTUNATE GERMAN
SOCIALIST.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE INCREASED.
AMSTERDAM, August 2014. The Supreme Court-Martial, sitting at Tuesday's operations in the Balkans airship crossed the East Coast shortly
before midnight, and dropped incendiary Berlin, has dismissed the appeal by Dr. and explosive bombs in fields.
Lichknecht against the sentence of 24 damage casualties have been reported. years' penal servitude for
war treason, The airship went out to sea before one
and has increased the sentence to faur, o'clock.
years and one month. Dr. Liebknecht is Lønnes, August 25th. `-
also deprived of all civil rights for a It is officially announced that several | Friod of six years, airships crossed the East and South-East |
GERMANY'S consts of England at midnight.
were entirely favourable to the Allies.
In the centre, the Franco-British forec maintained Rod consolidated all the positions won between the Belox moun- tains, to the east of Lake Doiran, and Mojlenica, a river parallel, to and west of Vardar.
Further on the left, the Serbians in creased their progress on the wooded slopes of Kuburoff, to the north of Strubing, thus nearing one of the rare passes crossing the Moglena mountai chain,
OP
A number of hotabs were dropped. So far no casualties or damage have. been reported,
LATER.
SUPER
ZEPPELINS.
LONDON, August 20th. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, speaking
(TRIOUGH: NEOTER'S AGENCY.]
MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION.
THE VINCENT REPORT.
LONDON, August 24th,
In the House of Lords, Lord Derby said the Vincent Report was communi ented to the War Office last week." It had not arrived sooner. apparently because the Viceroy had informed Mr. Chamber lain that there was nothing in it require ing immediate action as everything press- ing was being attended to. The War Ofice was carefully examining the Report, and every demand for medical storey had been net. Any further demand would <južek. ly be supplied. Orders had been given for the provision of the necessary river.
Of the six air-raiders only one travel information that the new German super-
at Bury St. Edmunds, stated that he badtransport, but it would be impossible to Finally, on the extreme wings, the led far inland.
remedy all defects until at least the end Zeppelins would be 750 feet long, with.
of October. a maximum speed of t5 miles, u radius | IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AT of 3,000 miles, and bomb-carrying
Bulgarian double offensive, towards Lake, Up to the present it is reported that Ostrovo to the west, and on the Strumaine persons have been injured, some. River to the east, has been completely fatally. mastered. We can therefore confidently await further operations.
They would be.
CALAIS.
LONDON, August 25th-
An aeroplane Greit on a raider at close capacity of five tons. range, but the raider escaped.
available in October. The air-raiders came at intervals beMB, W. M. HUGHES RETURNS forence held at Calais yesterday attended It is officially announced that a Con- tween midnight and three in the moru-
BRITISH ARTILLERY ACTIVE. Strenuous offorts by the enemy
The British Commander at Salonica half a mile from Thiepval, where the reports artillery activity on the Boiraning, regain the lost ground between Guille situation of the Germans is becoming front, in which our guns dispersed mont station and the quarry were re-precarious. puised.
Bulgarians entrenched on the left bank of the river.
The attack was pressed with such deter: mination that it reached the parapits ju places, but after a sharp struggle it was repulsed everywhere with heavy enemy Jurney
Afterwards the enemy intensely bom- bardegi us, but there were no further infantry attacks.
A communiqué States:-South of Thiepval three hundred yards by four hundred yards deep of an enemy trenek were taken.
Many prisoners were raptured.
THE WHITE FLAG. SURRENDER BY CORPS D'ELITE.
LONDON, August 24th. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar ters in France gives a narrative of the fighting on Friday and Saturday, in which the Warwickshires were conspicu sus. It began on Friday with a horri- cau bonhardment, compared to which all the previous bombardments were a zer whisper,
RUBBIAN FRONT
ROUMANIA'S WAR PREPARATIONS. According to Reuter's Correspondent at
(THROUGE RAUINE'S AGRNOX.) ANOTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY.Amsterdam, the well-informed Bucharest
TWO TURKISH REGIMENTS
CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, August 24th.
Correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, affirms that Bramania is preparing for war, and that Yon Hindenburg is playing the foremost role in the political nego-
An oficial minouncement ways:-Antiations at Bucharest. enemy attack Bear Tobly, on the west bank of the Stokhod, was repulsed,
We took prismuers sume Turks on the Złota Lipa.
AUSTRO-GERMANS AS A.S.L Reuter's Correspondent at Salonics says it is authoritatively established that Our offensive to the west of Lake Van Bulgarians are those in charge of motor the ouly Austrians and Germans with the is developing.
transports, ranchine-guns, aircraft and some artillery,
We have captured two Turkish_regi- ients near Mosul with guns and machine-
gos,
RUSSIANS BE-OCCUPY MUSH.
SERBIAN SUCCESS.
SALONICA, August 24th, The English and French easily re- The Russians have reoccupied Mush, pulser several enemy attempts to retake capturing 2,300 prisoners.
positions north of Palmi, in the Duiran sector.
TURKISH STRENGTH IN CAUCASIA.
PETROGRAD, August 25th.
It is officially believed that between la When the advance began, a section was and 16 Turkish divisions are operating held up by a strong machinegun post.in the Ersingan region, about two corps An attack on this post, was organised.are engaged in the Lake Van region, on when the Germans suddenly showed the white flag, and 242 men and six officers, the Bitlis-Mush line, and that there are with three machine-gatras, belonging to the between four and six divisions -Caps d'Elite, surrendered. FRENCH MORE THAN HOLD TURKISH INITIATIVE ON VERGE
THEIR OWN.
PARIS, August 24th.
Mesoponimia.
in
OF COLLAPSE. Military Authorities are of the opinion that the Turkish initiative
On
the
A communiqué says --The enemy at- trusted a grenade attack on the Soye Caucasian front, more particularly in coul. Wood, which imulately Persia, north-eastward of Hamadan, is -chiced. The attack was preceded by the anosi violent bombardment.
on the verge of collapse.
Was
An energy
The Russian successes southward of
sting which was being prepared to the Lake Urmia are the most important southeast of the wood was caught in a haerge and was unable to leave the trenchs.
oh
A iolent enemy bombardment positing captured by us between Fleury and le Thiaumont work took place yesteray, when we made 250 prisoners.
FOR GERMAN AEROPLANES
BROUGHT DOWN.
In violent artillery duel at Chenois,' four erman acroplanes were brought dtown.
FRENH ADVANCE LINE BEYOND
MAUREPAS.
PARIS, August 25th.
strategically.
Several bombs are reported to have been aimed at ships.
HOME.
MELBOURNE, August 25th. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, has returned. After
by Mr. Asquith, Mr. McKenna, Hon. E. Montagu, Mr. McKinnon Wood, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the The damage inflicted includes two
Governor of the Bank of England, and Louses wrecked, and a railway station and three days' specctics in Sydney urging of the Bank of France, concluded an MM. Briand and Ribot, and the Governor
were killed. several houses damaged.
the
Two horses
The anti-aircrafters were in both on land and from ships,
Aeroplanes went up in pursuit:
GENERAL.
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT.]
UNPOSTED LETTERS,
Australians La prepare. for
greater sacrifices, his position is arrangement with regard to payments.
Bet inn regarded as immensely strengthened,
TESTIMONY TO DESTRUCTIVE BRITISH FIRE.
LONDON, August 24th. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar ters in France says:-A number of kler in German trenches continue to testify unposted letters of officers and men found
to the devastating effect of the British
fire One officer writes. "There is
numerous
ex-
aad he has received pressions of trust in his leadership. Although he has not mentioned a word of conscription, there is not the slightest doubt regarding his intentions, and that the Federal Labour Party are discussing the matter. The Federal Parliament meets on the 30th inst.
BULATZEL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRITAIN
AIOLOGISES.
WITHDRAWN.
PETROGRAD, August 24th.
M. Bulatal went to the British Em
bassy, formally apologised for yeater day's scurrilous artick, and withdrew his allegations against Great Britain. Sir
The Serbians are developing the often nothing to eat or drink and the ceasles, ligorge William Buchanan accepted the
sive on the whole of the mountaimus recepied a lust height. front west of the Mojienica, and, have WEAK RESISTANCE EXPLAINED,
ATHENS, August 24th.
A Greek Deputy explains that the Allies have offered practically no resist ance in the Bulgarian advance towards Florisa, as there are only unimportant forces between Horovitch and Prespa, NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE GERMAN FLEET.
IN MAD RETREAT.
i.
BOTTKEDAH, August 25th. Dutch skippers confirm the ignominious flight of the German Fleet.
The Turkish object in diverting thr Russians from the Erzingan Sivas lines o'clock in the morning guided by thre They say they sighted sixty vessels at has signially not been realisesi.
The Russian plans on the Caucasiano'clock, in the evening farther north, Zeppelins, and again sighted them at 0 front embrace immense distances, but they are slowly and surely developing.
steaming furiously eastwards.
ITALIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH HISTER'S AGENCY.J ITALIANO CAPTURE
A
POSITION.
RONE, August 24th.
A comuniqué states:-North of the A communiqué states:-We occupied a Sommere attacked the German post-position at the head of the Fossernica tions.
An thMaurepas region we captured in a singleash part of the village still held bye Gerinans, and the adjoining trenches
We cried our line 200-yards beyond
on a fe of two kilometres.
Valley.
The enemy violently counter-sttacked and retook the position, but family to was driven off.
We carried the trenches at the head of the Cia Valley,
We sured 200 prisoners and ten AFRICA inachinens south of the Summe.
There's been an artillery duel east
of the se.
Severaerian counter-attacks on our new fronetwern Thiaumont and Fleury were reped.
We adfeed slightly beyond Fleury, A totaf 300 prisoners was taken to-day ing Fleury sector.
(THROUGH SETTER'S AGENOY.] KILOSSA CAPTURED.
LONDON, August 25th.
Other skippers an hour previously saw British squadrons steaming northwards in the direction of the enemy. The thres Zeppelins appeared from the north, but they turned on spotting the British, after which the German Fleet was seen in mad
retreat.
The British squadrons were seen for hours scouring the sea. LOSS OF AN ARMED YACHT
LONDON, August, 24th.
The yacht Zaida, engaged as a petrol sture, has been destroyed in the Gulf of Alexandretta. She has been given up as Just,
The Tarks report the capture of twenty-three of her crew, Teo are missing.
Reuter's Correspondentat General STEAMER AND SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, August 95th. The Italian steamer Eric and several sailing ships have been sunk.
Vandeventer's Headquarters. announces that the South African Horse have entor ed Kilossa.
din of guns is driving us mad." Others describe the enemy losses, instancing one company reduced to four and casualties in one regiment numbering 1,500.
A SAVOY WAITER.
One prisoner, a former waiter at the Savoy Hotel, was amazed to hear that the hotel had not been wrecked by Zeppelins, and remarked that there would to trouble when the Germans found out how they had beer anisted.
:
TERRIFIED BOCHE'S APPEAL.
The Warwickshires, after capturing two machine-guns, enjoyed a good hot ineal, spread in a deep dug-out. A terri- fed Boche, who was hidden behind a cur tain, which was being bayonetted, yelled vut:-"No shoot. I most quietly go."''
General Birdwood has warmly thanked,
the Anzacs, the Warwicks for the support they gave
apology.
POLITICAL SPLIT
There is a
HUNGARY.
IN
LONDON, August 24th. grave political split in
Hungary. Conate Apponyi, in the Chan ber, announced his withdrawal from collaboration with the Government, and
Hungarian nation was unshaken. Couni afirmed that the moral unity of the
Andrassy, Constitutionalist Leader, and- Herr Rakovszky, of the Catholic Party, made similar declarations.
NORTII GERMAN LLOYD -
STEAMER.
LEAVES NEW YORK FOR NEW LONDON.
New Youx, August 24th.
WOUNDED RECOVERIES FOR the thic-mile limit,
THE FRONT.
LONDON, August 25th. The Commandant of a London Hospital states that 75 per cent, of the wounded treated in the United Kingdom are able to return to service.
GERMANY A PARIAH AND AN OUTCAST.
LONDON, August 25lb. Commenting upon the speech delivered
It is announend that the North German Lloyd steamship Willehad sails today for New London, Connecticut," using the canal route and keeping inside The alleged object is to move to better, docking facilities. FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.
OTTAWA, August 25th. There has been a recurrence of the forest fres in Northern Ontario, Twenty farmera in the Hudson township have perished.
The Casey Cobalt Mine, near New Liskeard, has been destroyed. A woman and six children have been burned.
Other wines are threatened. by Mr. Birkett at the apogal meeting ofthe presence of dense smoke at Ottawa, The intensity of the fire is indicated by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, The 900 miles distant. Times believes that his declaration, that Germany must be treated as a pariah and an outcast until she has, re-won the right to recognition as a civilised nation, expressen well the view which has been armly adopted by representative business bodies throughout Great Britain, and certainly strongly held in the city of
London
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DANISH WEST INDIES.
abroad and the maintenance of exchange between the two countries.
The Conference reached a completes agreement upon all the subjects discussed. A GIFT FROM SIAM.
LONDON, August 241h. It is officially announced that British subjects of all ages in Siam have given the Imperial Government a sum of £2,250 with which to purchase a fighting aero- plane. They hope to provide another later,
DARDANELLES COMMISSION.
LONDON, August 24th. The Dardanelles Commission sat pri- vately to examine General Monro.
CHINESE AS MUNITION WORKERS.
--
LONDON, August 24th. The Times Correspondent at Paris says the French Government has decided to employ Chinese in the war factories, and that a trial batch of 5,000 has, begun to arrive at Marseilles.
AN ACTOR KILLED,
LONDON, August 24th. The actor Mr. Basil Hallam has been killed in action. He was Commander of a Kite Section in the Flying Corps.
SHIPPING DEAL.
LONDON, August 24th, Messrs. Furness, Withy & Company, Led, have acquired a preponderating interest in the Prince Line.
"MUNITIONS „F¿CTORY
EXPLOSION.
CAUSE UNDISCOVERED.
LONDON, August 24th. In the House of Commons, Dr. Addison said the cause of the Yorkshire munitions factory explosion had not been discovered. OBITUARY.
SIR RICHARD BIDDULPH
MARTIN.
Lovos, August 25th. The death of Bir Richard Biddulph Martin, Chairman of Martin's Bank, is. announced.
CHENG CHIA JUNG INCIDENT. PRESENCE OF JAPANESE TROOPS,
Toxic, August 24th. With reference to the presence of COPENHAGEN, August 25th. The Danish Parliament has rejected,
Japanese troops at Cheng Chia Tung, the proposed sale of the Danish West
it is stated that due portaission was Indies.
granted by the Chinese Governor of Mukden, and also by the Government Coalition Cabinet to pass the sale have of Japanese by Chinese there some years All efforts of the King to constitute a at Peking, because there was a Massacre thus failed.
480.