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The Generalissimo of the Froach Army
Writing from British Headquarters, on August 8th, Mr. Philip Gibbs says:
Last evening, just as dusk was creop Three men of Sir Ernest Shackleton sing over the battlefields, the Australians, and the guiding spirit of the united army
Expedition with English troops on their left, Imperial Transantarctic
sprang alice in London recently, having over the parapets of their lines at of the Entente Allies, on August 5th It Comarom South Georgia Island in the of rising ground, atormed through the at the deadquarters of the General Stau Pozieres, advanced up five hundred yards ved the American trees correspondents Norwegian steamer Ormell, which regu trenches of the second Gorman line, and and for upwards of an hour talked on arly voyages to South Georgin in cu captured the crest of the ridge which many interesting current phases of the nection with the whaling industry
Ties are members of the grow of the looks down to Courcelette and Martin war. He expressed the view that the turn- Top My ping point of the great conflict now had Endurance, which sank in the Weddell
It was a great and tragic surprise to been successfully reached and passed, and Sea Harry McNish (the carpenter), Jong the enemy. They may have believed that with the united action of the Entente Vincent and Timothy McCarthy (able think they did believe that after the Allies on the many fronts they were press seamen). They were thrce of five volun serica of battles in the July ighting the ing forward to the certain collapse of the toers who accompanied Sir Ernest in the spirit of the British offensive was broken, German efforts and to an assured victory remarkable journey he made across 760 and that our troops were, too tired to of the Allied armies, miles of tempestuous seas, in a small boat make fresh assaults. The German It was an exceptional opportunity to from Elephant island, in order to bring generals tried to put "comfort into succour to the remainder of the Weddeu the hearts of their men by telling sco and talk with the military comman Hea party, who were marooned there but them that the British guns and the der who not only is host of the French have recently been rezevedo
British soldiers had done their worst, army, but also is in supreme authority Perhaps the worst fact we have 1 and that the attack was at an end. The over the French, British and Belgian reckon with among the men left on Ele lull deceived them. Because two or three forces on the Western front, and the pliant Isinne, said Mr. McNish to a action after thirty days of unceasing half a million men around Salonika,
days had passed without any infantry French, British and Serbisa armies of Daily Chronicle representative on Aug battle, there may well have scerned to the well as being the senior commander in 4th, is that they may think that the enemy & reasonable hope that we shorld the united action, by which the Allies ar Georgia has, founded with all hende, holding the ground gained. One thing, the Russian, Italian, Frerch and balkan sanal boat in which we reached out content ourselves with digging in bad conducting simultaneous campaigns in and that consequently the world is still however, must have disheartened the Ger- theatres as part of one systematic whole ignorant of their fate. It was, I sup: man troops and prevented any kind of Leith recent co-ordination of the com pose one change in a hundred that the nervous recuperation after the appalling mands on the many fronts that has per boat would ever get through and time strain of the month's shell-fre. The Bri-mitted Gen. Joffre to give full scope to after time it was only by a miracle that tish guns, which should have been worn his military talent, which probably has we escaped drowning But, of course, it out, aid the British gunners, supposed been exercised over more men of the was only by an act of Providence that we to be exhausted, went on firing. Allied nations than ever has fallen to were able to make Elephant Istand at all, They went on all yesterday, as on the and the beach on which we landed, inho day before, and more than a month of pitable as it was, was suitably named yesterdays, with their long, steady, bom Providence Reach. But it was no good, bardment--that bombardment which is for a camp, and as most of the men were now rumbling with its sullen shock of fairly done we had to try to find another, sound as I write, and as it goes on night and day. Long-range guns were reaching Wild went out prospecting and found out to places far behind the German a place to the northwest that was christenuich was falling to pieces. There is no Gen. Pelle, h's Chief of Staff, and lines Courceltre was a ruin Martin ed there and then Wild's Beaua, and it safety for Germans anywhere, and up in was wild in every sense. The wind blew the lines no safety except in the deepest everlastingly, and you had to crawl on dug-outs for officers and lucky men, and your hands and knees to make headway then not much tranquillity of mind, for against it. In the Weddell Sea it was an although these underground rooms are absolute calm we called it the Windless fairly safe from shell-fre, they are death Son but here it always seemed to be traps if the British come Across the blowing a gale...
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Gen. Joffre was in his private office at Mr. Asquith said he had been a life- NETH. spondents arrived. It was 10 o'clock he could not deny these claims. Nothing in the morning, but the General had al- would be more injurious than to reopen ready begun his work at 7.30 and had such complicated questions. The Govorn Bone through reports of the fighting on ment proposed to provide for the excep ication would be postponed to November the various Allied fronta, tional conditions. The period of quali several staff officers were about, but ex- 1st, enabling the new register to operate! copt for this there was little outward evi- next. May: Provision would be made for dence of warfare AVALOR war workers at home and prevent their
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cors, square-built and sturdy, in a dark Gen. Joffre stood among the staff of blue service uniform with little gold braid and decoration.
His face ban the red glow of perfect condition, but its strik ing features were firmness and calmness, Most French officers are scrupulously not lacking therein, says the New York tailored and groomed. Gen. Jefire was
Sir Edward Carson agreed that n
As many mon as could get into dag that a pida must be made to the nearest there yesterday, listening to the crashes cided before we reached Elephant Island outs to the north of Pozieres were down land where help could be found, and as of our heavy shells, which were sinashing World correspondent, yet something sug-sider the larger questions involved in the soon as we got there I was set to work to the treiches about them and screaming gested Gen. Grant's disregard of the little fit out our largest boat for her adventuroverbend on more distant Journeys. The ous voyage. It was a dificult job, but with barrage of our shells advanced across the conventionalities of uniform and surface the help of Marston and McCarthy, who second German line and beyond their appearances. His heavy grey moustache made a great hand at sewing frozen can new cuttings. The prisoners who were and bristing hair savo some suggestion vas, the most diicult proposition in the terror at the awful sweep of the shells.
captured by our men confess to their alan of Gen. Phil Sheridan." way of sewing that there is, we managed English troops, including men of Kent, feelings toward the American people,
"I want through you to express our to make good. We decked her with sledge Sussex, and Surrey Regiments, and the said Gen. Joffro in an easy conversa runners, box-lids, and the canvas I told Australians, were waiting in their own tional tone. you about, and made her as seaworthy as trenches. They, too, during recent days, has existed between France and America, "Deep friendship always Possible. But even then it seemed a crazy had suffered the ordeal of great shell fire, and it is particularly opportune, craft in which to sail 750 miles through but they had made good cover for them after France has been fighting for two the ics and the yales.
selves, The journey was almost worse than our clear the hire eager to attack so as to yours for the ideals doar to both, that
high ridge before them expectations. Though we set out to came up. The woods darkened. Shadows THE REWARD JOE VERDON to war, but when they could anticipate
with a make things easier. strengthened.get
and this old friendship should be renewed and
peteren ther we had, and for a fortnight, there crept down from, Thiepval Distant was a constant succession of terms and cornfields in the world beyond the war, continued:
Turning to the campaign, Gen. Joffre gales, I don't think we saw the sun half so near as uiles are counted, so far away Although the fighting is getting more
dozen times during this period, and it in peace, became bronzed and red, and and more bitter, everyone recognises in Mr. G. Wardle (Lab Stockport).
thon, all dark and vague in the evening the complete unity of the Allies that des mist Above the sky was still blue, with tiny has shaped its course and every one stars very bright and glistening,
going to be can clearly see what the final outcome is
was very difficult to get au observation. GAZA BOAT NEVER FREE FROM ICE.ADAM:
The ico constantly forming on the boat was the worst handicap we had to face Ohe man was employed all the time cutting the ice away with an axe, just as in a more temperate climate he might have bee baling water out of the boat but we were never free from ice, and we had to jettisen quite a lot of stuff, even unrs, to keep the boat affout
the clock goes now in France and Eng It was, I think, about nine o'clock as and when the British troops, left their trenches. They went quietly, without any great clamour, across the 500 yards of ground-dusky figures, the brown of their khaki no different from the colour
general election at the present time was impossible, but they ought to have the register ready. Eight months extension questions affecting the community and was, he maintained too long. Great future ages might arise in less than eight and sailors did not involvo months. The enfranchisement of soldiers culties than the Governments proposals: The Government was doing them a grave, injustice Women's suffrage stood different category. He recognised that Ther had arrived at the critical stage of the and
He was, anxious to have a register en- abling the country to express its views said if Bir Edward Carson raised the on critical post-war problems.
question of enfranchising soldiers and sailors he would raise the whole question of the franchise.
characteristic of the campaign. now going The unity on all fronte is a grest on, and the effect now is apparent of the constant pressure on all sides by the MORE MONEY FOR PENSIONS.. Allies, who now have had time to form
of the earth around them through the their plans, thanks to the sacrifice which gloom of coming night, The Australians the French nation has made at Verdun. Of course, we hadn't a drys rug on worked up to the right, the English to We annst also pay full mage to the , and the sleeping bags were soaked the left. Before then was the German splendid part our Allies are taking in We managed to snatch an hour or two of second line on a front of about 3,000 the increasing effort along the Somme sleep occasionally under the half deck, yards, and part of that mg line which and on all other fronts. but as a rule it was all hands to the was pierced and takon on July 14th, be-
week after we started, while tween Bazentin-le-Petit and Longueval, in organising and putting forward larger pump.
"The Russian effort now has succeeded hove to
a gale, we lost our sex anchor, when the British troops went up in waves and larger forces of men drawn from the rope being cut by the ice. This and astounded
the world by their their apparently inexhaustible resources Meme
be almost the last straw, but achievement, 0 Sir Ernest Shackleton rose, as usual, to
NERVE ST
of human material, and at the same time the occasion, and I never saw him in bet- ter form than be was that day.
We're going to go there all right, he said, when things seemed perfectly peless, and sure enough we did. But we were very nearly finished just before we madein landing, and 1 am not quite char noy how we managed to escape with whole, skins
YRONG BIDS OF THE ISLAND, As you know, we first sighted the vest mast of South Georgia. It was during zayreak in a snowstore, and as we knew
PRISONERS
It was no longer a line of trenches. I fully arming these masses. The splendid was a wavy line of hummocky and tumrcaults of their efforts are shown in what bled earth along innumerable shell they have amplished in Galicia and craters such as I described at Montauban, along the entire Eastern front. Only the dug-outs or some of them, stifi remained in all this chaos, filled with England to show the vast extent of her "Once more the chance has fallen to living and wounded and dead. shell-craters and the broken ground were the extent of her efforts is proved in The resourous both in men and material, and ditches full of sand, for there had not what has been accomplished on the beon room below for all the men who Somme front had been ordered to hold this ground at all costs
Out of the wreck of earth, as our men
"The Italians have had a much barder. and you know how admirably they have task and a more limited sphere of action,
FOE DRAWING ON LAST RESERVES.
nghing about the tide of the Island we advanced, tiving men came out in groups. fufilled their part of this common action ht to hold off till daylight.. Next day They came forward through the dusky As for the reorganised Serbien army, it thwind was b'owing a hurricane, and night with their hands held up pitiable is only just beginning to take its full what the greatest difficulty in keeping shadowe. Most of them were utterly part in the war. thiboat affost, Enormous as were nerve-shattered-beaten and broken men ruing on a dead let shore, and it was with no fight left in them, but only an holes to try to land. After a time animal fear, and desire of life. Their Gon. Joffre now turned his attention wepund ave were drifting on to the cliffs, surrender was received, and the English to the German side of the campaign, tak 1t as just touch and go, and if Sir and Australians put guards around them,ng up the evidences of weakness, which Erst had not set & reefed sail I believe and sent them back to our lines, while have been shown in the quality of their no of us would be alive now. We had they went on to clear out the dugouts attacks and in the number of reserves to ale continuously, and but for of men who refused to come out, or would they are able to move to various fronte. theind shifting at a critical moment not come out, and to deal with those who On the other side, we consider the we uld never bare put ashore alive. farther back had still the courage to de- condition of our enemy," Gen. Joffre continued, We know for certain that There was some
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ernestness as he referred to the extent of Gen. Joffre was speaking with great the German forces maased on the Western topic, saying :-) front, but he now turned to another
had left most of the stores on fend themselves, bayonet fighting and although they are fighting is desperately Elcant Island, but we had enoughi rath to carry on. We were, however, bombing. From behind the German lines, as ever they are drawing on their last re- verhort of water, for we had not taken in isolated redoubts, machine-guns were serves. Their game has been, up till now, mucaboard, expecting to meet bergs at work spraying out bullets. from which we could Aenish
to tranfer their reserves from one point sup As a matter of fast we didn't told, less, 1 imagine, than in any action but with the united action of the Allie But our casualties were very few, all to another and from ono front to another, comitrass a berg during the whole trip, of importance during the Battle of on all frouts our enemy fitda such thod there was plenty of salt water ite Picardy. The enemy's losses were heavy course impassible now and will find it in- on trd. When we got to South Georgia More than 400 prisoners have passed the creasingly so in the future. It is not for
therong side of the island, pen-we were just about at the end down. In dead he lost more than that to last, but that really matters little.
it hap toll-bar, and others are being brought me to say how long the struggle is going of water. We were all frost-bitten, and his wounded must number high toot the main thing we troubled about figures. It was a blow which must be feel as well as we do that we already have on the front an army of which the spirit "We know the crad is coming and you is going on for yourselves. You will see wamething to All our stomachs. grievous to him after all the hammer-i
strokes of the month, and what is most reached and passed the turning point. and energy have remained exactly the nd that we found soon after land significant is the troubled state of his The five months' resistance of our troops same after two years of war. Not only ing According to the rules and regula soldiers, these dazed and nerve shattered at Verdun has shattered the hopes of the that, but the number of our soldiers at Brit flag fies you are forbidden to pride. left in
They had no Germans and has turned the scale. But the front actually greater to day than
"A GLORIOUS FEAST.
MORE TEDOPS THAN AT WAL'S START.
it is the best thing for you to see what to give you this information, yet I think
"But, although it is a pleasure for me
tiopof the Southern Seas; where the men who su them. They were like still, do not imagine that there is a com it was at the beginning of the war. You
killalbatross. It comes under the doomed men who had resigned themselves plete weakening of the German effort on will understand the determination to sce Wildrids Protection Act, or something to certain death. The strain grows very the Western front. We know there still the war through to a victorious conclu- of thind. But there are no laws where great upon the German armies in the are opposed to all our armies on thesida huvgimen are concerned. We knocked fields.-Daily Telegraph, over ee of those birds, and with their
Western front two-thirds of the best fight We are fighting not merely for the feath off and trussed they must have
ing forces that Germany can put in the interests of our respective countries but field-that is, 199 divisons of their best also for the liberties of the world, and troops against the French and British we shall not stop until the liberties of the
ne on the west and fifty Gorman divi world are definitely assured. sions operating with the Austrian forces along the Russian front
weigh 14lb. a-piece Each of us actssted nothing nicer since we had dog count for half-o bird. They were beau cutlets, when we had to kill the last of tifullynder, rather hike ducklig, and our dogs after the Endurance smashed we athem, bones and all. We had P
The men look none the worse for their tntinued on next Column.) adventures.
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