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SELF AND FANCY
THE WAR.
The following Cables were received on Saturday night and issued in our Harly Morniny, hatra yesterday,
FRANCO BELUJAN FRONT
›[TAHOUGH ERUTER'S AGENCE.]
CAPTURE OF THIEPVAL AND COMBLES.
AN UNPRECEDENTED FEAT
ToxDox, September 20th. It is pointed out that Thiepval und Combles were superior to any extant mcdera fortress, even to Metz and Verdun. Both were modelled on lessons
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FRENCH BOMB MONASTIR.
LONDON, September 29th, A French official report from Balonika states Ohr aeroplance bombed Monastir end an explosion was observed.
BULGARIAN DEFEATS
Lexnow, Boptember 20th
A French official report from Salonika states that four. Balgarian."attacks" at Kajmačkalan were repulsed with heavy lassce
An enemy attack in the Brod river region was completely defeated.
NAVAL ACTIVITY.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGEXOT;]`
STEAMERS SUNK.
LONDON, September 20th. The following steamers have been sunk: Thelma (British), Anuthilde and Stathe
nationality unstated).
THE FATE OF THE **BREMEN "
A SUGGESTIVE FIND
A life-belt marked Bremen (the name of the German merchantman submarine) with the name of a maker at Wilhelmshaven, has been found ashore at Cape Elizabeth.
"PORTEANT, MAINE, October 1st.
The life belt is apparently new, has not been in the water Jong, and is stained with oil.
No wreckage has been found
ENERAL·
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S
TIRADE.
GERMANY READY FOR PEACE.
A further instalment of Dr. Bethman
LONDON, Beptember 29th.
Hollweg's speech in the Reichstag is to
A French engineer officer says that Thiepval was even stronger than Combles for it was a veritable underground sity with galleries bewn in chalk. Fifty feel underground, there were three tiers ab- solutely secure from bombardment. Liftshand as follows: took men and munitions to the surface. After further abuse of Boumania These lifts were responsible for the heavy Allied losses in the earlier attacks on the fortress.
HOW COMBLES FELLY
GERMAN RETREAT LIKE A PARTRIDGE DRIVE.
which he described as expecting the re- ward of Judas, the Chancellor referred to the fighting Ho admitted that the British and French had achieved successes. in pressing. Back the German lines and inflicting heavy lossca, both in men and material, but he asserted that they had failed in their object of rolling up the German front. He was confident they never would get through as little as the LONDON, October 1st.
Russians in the East, while the repulsé of the Allied attacks in the South-East Reuters correspondent at Headquar had frustrated the great Entente plan ters describing the capture of Combles, to over the connection of Germany, with says:-At the outset the enemy's posithe Orient by the separate conquest of tion was such that he had either to with Turkey and Bulgaria and Austria-Hun draw from the town or risk a miniature. He dealased that the Entente's Sedan. Our bombardment gave no indica fast of conquest was responsible for the tion where our attack was going to launched
Two lines of tronches were easily taken but a sunken read beyond these proved a more serious obstacle. We fought on, however, and cleared it yard by yard, the sight of the bolting Germanns in the final stages being reminiscent of a pur
tridge drive:
A DRAMATIC MOMENT.
daily heaping of mountains of carpses, as Germany had already declared her. headiness for peace. He asked if any one in face of M. Brland's declaration. in Cerniany dared now to demotid peaco
FIERCE DENUNCIATION OF
BRITAIN.
Continuing, the Chancellor said Great Britain was fighting for world supre The Germans began the evacuation of macy, with an expenditure of strength Combles at night, when the British artikunexampled in history, breaking oné" in- lery put a terrible barrage across every ternational law after the other. Great possible exit. Our patrols entered the Britain was the most egotistical, the town at three o'clock in the morning fiercest and the most hatinate of their It was a dramatic moment A voice enemies, and the German statesmian hesi cried out--' Hallef Que va la?"" to which tating to use against this enemy every camo_the_"reply—"We're the British available instrument, and thus shorten Then came the delighted rejoinder-
the war, should be hanged. The Chan Anglais! Bon!!
cellor expressed disgust at and contempt for the allegations that all means of fighting were not being employed by Germany to the fullest possible extent.
Les
Thus the two armies were linked up at Combles,
A FOKKER FELLED.
Pants, September 29th A communiqué states that a Fokker was felled north of Rheims and another was badly hit and dived nose down into its own lines.
FARM CAPTURED.
THE DYEING OF BRITISH UNIFORMS.
ALLEGED USE OF GERMAN INDIGO,
LONDON, September 29th. Presiding at a meeting of the United Indigo and Chemical Co. at Manchester. We captured a strongly defended farm Me C. J. Whittaker denounced the south-west of Lesare.
BRITISH AR ATTACK.
ON ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS.
Losnow, Boptember 30th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com muniqué says Our aeroplanes attacked Enemy reinforcements on the mo yes- terday. HENRY
Enemy aircraft patrolled actively be bind their own lines, but showed little offensive enterprise;
PREPARING FOR FRESII ATTACKS.
ALLIES INCESSANTLY
BOMBARDING.
PARIS, September
30th
highly-placed men who were instrumen- tal in deleting from Government con tracts clause providing that: Army, Vavy and Police uniforms must bo guaranteed to be dyed with natural indigo, thus allowing them to be dyed with German synthetic indigo, thereby robbing Indigo planters and throwing thousands of Indians into idleness.
LEATHER COMMANDEERED.
LONDON, September 29th, The Army Council is commandeering feather in the United Kingdom suitable for Army boots.
CROP PROSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA.
BYDNEY, September 29th. There have been splendid rains over most of New South Wales ensuring pro- tiac crops.
The Allies are incessantly bombarding THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF
the enemy positions on the Somme, pre- paratory, to early áttacks.ORG
| We have progressed between Fregicourt and Morrale
Intense artillery bombardment is pru reading Borth and south of the Somme.
THE BALKANS
[THEOUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
GREEK FLEET.
MORE VESSELS JOIN FRENCH SQUADRON.
LONDON
LONDON, September 29th Sir Wiliam Dunn has been elected Lord Mayor of London.
OBITUARY.
THE DARDANELLES COMMISSION.
Hello! Are you there ?
Oh, no, it's not nearly finished yet, and Haig's simply pouring shells Hun across into the positions north of the Somme.
Hand grenades, too, are the order of the day, and our boys do REALLY GOOD WORK with them.
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you won't need my help to draw a mental picture.
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HIGE COST OF LIVING.
REMEDIAL MEASURES PROPOSED.
LONDON, September 29th.
LONDON, September 29th, The death is announced of Sir Charles A Board of Trade Committeo has in- Cayzer, head of the firm of Cayzer, Irone vestigated the increase in the cost of Co., Ltd., steamship owners of London, foodstuffs and recommends the acclera- Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, tion of the construction of merchant ships compatibly with Naval needs, the immediate provision of sufficient dockers and railwaymen to prevent congestion, the further restriction of imports, the Governmental development of direct sources of rucat supply, meatless days once a week, and municipal shops for the sale of foodstuffs where there is reason to believe the retailers are making ex Cessive profits.
KAR (Continued at foot of next Column.)
ATHENS September 29th. MR. CHURCHILL GIVES BVIDENCE. ek There is an upconfirmed report that besides the Hydra, the battleships Spetrai
LONDON, September 29th, and Pearn and four destroyers have Mry Winston Churchill gave evidence placed themselves under the command of to-day before the Dardaneles Comunis Admiral Fournier the French Con- sion. L mander-in-Chief.
(Continued at fact of next Column.)
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REWARDED.
LONDON, September 29th Flight Lieutenant Robinson, V.C. has been entertained at dinner by the Lord Blayor of Newcastle and presented th
cheque for £2,000.