WAR.
THE
SAILLISEL.
DESPERATE
FIGHTING
FOR
THE HONGKUNG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 141a, 1916.
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ENEMY LIVELINESS.
LONDON, November 12th. An Italian official message. says: --- There is an unusual movement of enemy troops and transport between Vallorsa and the Tragnolo Valley.
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RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.
RAPID CONCENTRATION.
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{THROUGH" "MEUTYB'S AGENCE.]
ARABIA ** OUTRAGE.
THE LAST SCENES.
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GERMAN CRITICISM. LONDON, November 19th. FETROGRAD, November 12th
AMSTERDAM, November 12th, According to Router's correspondent at The Russians are attacking the bridge
The Lakalamieiner, commenting on Mr. head at Czernavoda from the left on the Malta, the Arabia's survivora confirm the western bend of the Dartube, The village report that there was not the slightest Asquith's speech at the Guildhall, de- Artillery is active on the Julian frost, of Dunares, which they occupied, is panic when the ship was torpedoed. clares that the Germans are fully
opposite Czernavoda, about a mile from Everything went off in most perfect pied with their own affairs
hardly be expected to act as the saviour. order. The women and children were- the river on the Bukarest Railway.
of the Armenians or others suffering --
Another six-inch gun has been found.
GERMANY AND A SEPARATE
PEACE.
LAST MOMENTS
OF THE ARABIA."
The Balkans.
NORWAY AND
GERMANY..
ROUMANIAN OFFENSIVE.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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BATTLE OF SAILLISEL.
· ́DESPERATE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE
FIGHTING.
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LONDON, November 19th. A French communiqué says:-North of the Somme we made some progress fast night, north of Saillisel and also in the eastern portions of the village.
The enemy violently bombarded the whole district south of the Somme.
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[TEROLIUM, MOTHER'S AGENCY:]
SERBIANS PURSUING
DEFEATED BULGARIANS."
SALONIKA, November 13th. The Serbians are continuing the pur suit of the defeated Bulgarians. They have captured the village of Iven, north of Polog
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SERBIANS' VICTORIOUS
ÁDVANCE.
PARIS, November 13th, A communiqué states: The battle of
VILLAGE CAPTURED.
•Baillisel was resumed on Saturday after- An enemy attack south-east of Berny,
LONDON, November 18th. noon after an artillery preparation which followed by a lively bombardment, was A French communiqué ways:--The Ser- French mostly broken by our fire. Enemy trac-bians are driving back the Bulgariang at awept away new enemy works. detachments assaulted the village, and tions which entered some advanced tren- the Corna loop and continuo their vic- desperate fighting ensued, the enemy ches were immediately ejected. In a forious advance. The whole of the Cuki offering a moat vigorous resistance counter-attack we maintained both posi- Nevertheless, the fiery dash of the tions. French crumpled two Bavarian divisions:
Wo were successful in a coup de main and re-took the greater part of the enemy treach opposite Arman
village, the houses being carried one by one, each harbouring one
more
machine-guus. At four o'clock, the whole
of the contral part of the village was in our hands. The battle continued the whole evening and the greater part of the night. A document found by Staff Officers showed that the German command had ordered Saillisel to be held at all
costs.
court.
Lieutenant Henteaux brought down his telfth acroplane and Lieutenant Deulin
his ninth.
It is believed that only a small enemy force has crossed the Danube, but it is not known whether the bridge has been recovered of a passage effected by boats.
The Russian concentration for the ad- range on the Roumanian front was most
cân
placed in the boats first. Several of through the misfortunes of war. It adds: remained aboard until the last moment
The submarine was not seen, but the wake of a torpedo was discernible and the periscops of a submarine was soon three hundred yards away after the ship
had been struck. The Arabia was the in
Nobody in Germany has the slightest inclination for a separate peace with Great Britain, but if other enemy States sound Germany w will perhaps try to build them a bridge."
HERR BALLIN `AND SUB- MARINE WAR.
The occupation of Hixsova, on the the bunkers near the engine-room. The right bank, and between fifteen and focal blocked up the rent and stemmed the twenty miles of country to the east there inrash of water, undoubtedly enabling of, shows that they have progressed four-the vessel to remain so long affoat. teen miles within the last few days and
Some of the passengers assert that the are now about twenty-five miles from torpedo was discharged at only fifty
yards' range. The crash was terrife and paralysing influence upon the Govern- ment in the matter of submarine warfare, the vessel swerved around by the forceThe Frankfurter Zeitung publishes &
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Czernavoda
CONTINUED ADVANCE.
LOKOON, November 12th.
A Russian communiqué says:-After a whole-day bombardment in tho Lipitsa Dolnis and Soistelniki region, the enemy attacked with large forers. The battle raked till evening, when we recaptered
of the impact. The noise from falling glass and splinters of wood was deafen- ing. Many passengers in the saloons were thrown down.
The periscope of the submarine was dit
a section of our half destroyed trenches,tinctly seen circling round the vessel, but
For a long time a suspicion has been abroad in Germany that the great Ham- burg shipping interests are exercising a
letter from no less a person than Herr Ballin on the subject. He says:----
“I have always been of opinion, and still am so, that there is room enough in the world for us and England and Ame rics, and other Powers, too. I still think, moreover, that this mad war might have been avoided if British statesmen had acted more cleverly. Great conflicts of interest do not necessarily lead to war,
range is now in their possession, as volhetos attacks continue south of the submarine never came up to the auranless lending men feel themselves forced
as the village of Polott, which they cap tured after a brilliant assault.
All the Bulgarian counter attacks have been repulsed, with heavy losses,
The Serbiane have also progressed fur ther to the weat and north of Veliselo,
1,000 PRISONERS.
LONDON, November 12th. Beuter's correspatient at the Serbian Headquarers states that the success on the Tebuke range continues.
Doravatra without success,
South of Almashmezo we carried two commanding heights, taking 200 pri-
Somers,
face. When first assistagco arrived, the Arabia was still floating, though' she was listing heavily. The first arrival was a trawler, which, as the submarine was
Our southward advance on the Danube still in the neighbourhood, steamed con- front continues..
SERBIAN GAINS EXTENDED,
tinually round the Arabia till she sank and the submarine disappeared.
SA-music-ball artist, -- returning from BALOSTIA, November 12th.
India, said the explosion destroyed the The Berbians on Saturday repulsed a boat assigned to his company. He assist Bulgarian counter-attack on new post-ed Lady Tata and other ladies to another tions and extended their gains, capturing boat. He was among the last to leave the rest of the village of Palog.
the ship, and, when about five hundred
by them, instead of, as Bismarck, becom ing masters of them.
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But now, when the war is an Recon- plished fact, we are being told that by Rabmissiveness and abandoning a claim for victory we might get back the condi tions that our development in years of peace aimed at setting up. This is an utterly absurd idea, and one that should never be expected from a man who for a generation stood in the thick of the economic battle with England and who, so to speak, tote away from England one trench after another. In Hamburg every... · one, from myself downwards, desires that England should be forced as quickly as possible to make a peace which would be honourable and just to us, and which would guarantee us that political freedom of movement which we have been ateadily losing since Bismarck's death.
FRENCH POSITION AT VERDUN,
LONDON, November 19th. The French position at Verdun is de scribed by Reuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters. He says they The Bulgars, reinforced by fresh troops, hold, the trench line facing Douau-counter-attacked on the 11th inst., but mont, and the enemy at the nearest point they were thrown back and pursued, BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS, yards away, saw the periscope of a subtitled to pronounce & conclusive judg
DOW
is extremely uncomfortable, being only four hundred yards distant,
BRITISH ATTACKS
GERMAN TRENCHES ENTERED;"
LONDON, November 13th, The French are also in front of Vaux, General Sir Douglas Haig reports where the Germans are in a line of shell In the morning we attacked the German holes below the fort. Owing to the wet positions on both banks of the Ancre. Friesa of the ground, the latter cannot dig Aiready there is a considerable number trenches and are compelled to occupy a of prisoners. We successfully discharged gus and entered the German trenches south-east of Armentieres.
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FORT DOUAUMONT,
WHY IT WAS ABANDONED.
LONDON, November 12th. Beuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, who has visited Fort Dou- aumont, says the Germans abandoned the
field line in the ground, where a man sinka waist-deep in mud unless he keeps to the ridges. The French are much better off for the winter, being practi- cally unexposed to the German fire. The present French artillery work is such
that next spring, when the ground
themaand additional prisoners, erkl howitzers and other war material being captured.
By what means this long-desired aim oan best be achieved, I am as little en-
"SABONIER, November 12th. marine moving towards the Arabia, evid-ment as any other civilian. That bust- ness must be left"to the men in" respon- A British official message says:-Onently with the intention of boarding her sibility, among whom, thank God, aro But when The Stroma front, our patrois encountered and securing the ship's papers, but the Hindenburg and Ludendorf,
calumny goes as far as it has gone in the Fifty-six enemy guns were taken last detachments and took prisoner same of rescue vessels closing in at full speed defamatory leaflet of Janius Alter, who month.
states that persons in responsibility, are apparently frustrated her design.
influenced in their decisions by considera- tions of the private interests of the Ham- burg-America Line, denial seems to me superfluous.
BOUMANLAN OFFENSIVE.
VIOLENT FIGHTING.
LONDON, November 12th.
them.
BRITISH AEROPLANES.
ACTIVE.
LONDON, November 12th, An Admiralty announcement says that a
The majority of the passengers are, con- vinced that a most grave disaster was averted by the promptitude of the Euro- pean crew in closing the water-tight duors. The Arabia tilted down gradually
The damage which German shipping. might be compelled to suffer by the mea- aures that are now under controversy could be superabundantly made good by the cost of three days of war. But even
We attacker and squadron of naval aeroplanes on Friday { gilt her, boilers burst. There was a buge if they were not compensated there is not
A Roumania communiqué says: In the Trotus Valley, occupied mounts at Alumnis and Preote Balc.
bombed Bulgarian serodromes and stores
Drama, Porna and Angistra with crash, and the vessel then plunged into
the waves almost perpendicularly. excellent results, ':
bardens, attacks here will be exceedingly In the Uzul Valley, we repulsed eign Friday's raid at Focklingen was carried General.
airaplified;
MORE BRITISH GAS.
LONDON, November 12th.
fort hurriedly on September 23rd, owing General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- to the big explosion of a magazinemuniqué, says: Enemy artillery is There is no doubt that they meant to active at Les Baufs and return, but the French forestalled them.
l'Abbaye.
Eaucourt
German statements about the evacua
We twice discharged gas north of the tion and the damage are total inventions,
Apere. Except for a big hole in a roof, made by
VERDUN FORTS' RESISTANCE-A French heavy shells, the Fort was un.
SURPRISE. be Every apartment can damaged.
LONDON, November 19th. utilised and the electric light is in good order. German signs and directions were Reuter's correspondent at the French still on the walls. There were consider Headquarters says:-The storming of the able stores of German bully-beef and Verdun forts proves that the resisting biscuits. The French Commandant's power of modern fortifications is greater table was found to be littered with Ger- than was supposed and that Antwerp was man stationary and books. Two 78's and nr criterion, The German sixteen inch henry gun, loft by the French when guns never pierced the massive roofs at they evacuated, remain. Sixty Germans Douaumont, or Vaux, notwithstanding who had been asphyxiated by an exple that the bombardment was tenfold heavier sion months ago are solidly immured than at Antwerp. The French also the inner wall like faithless nuns.
furiously bombarded the forts, but their shells only pierced the armour of each once. The Verdun forts have justified General Sir Douglas Haig, in a comtheir builders and strategists, muniqué, Bays: Last night we fully released gas south of Ypres,
SUCCESSFUL USE OF GAS.
LONDON, November 19th.
· SUĆCERS"
CONQUEST OF SAILLISEL
COMPLETE.
PARIS, November 13th.
Italian Front,
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attacks.
In the direction of Cernica, and beyond the summit thereof, we took the offensive
out by naval aeroplanes. Naval Activities.
on the whole front from Vrancea to do Blasic and occupied the Lupees and Atamaria summunity in Buzen Valley,
We repulsed no enemy attack on the right bank in the Alt Valley..
We continue to progress. The enemy on the right bank attacked violently. In Jiul Valley a vialent enemy attack com- pelled our men to retire slightly to the south of the Dubrudja.
We advanced as far the Topalo. Iman, Cisine, and Cianasup front and made four hundred prisoners.
FUBTHER ROUMANIAN
SUCCESSES.
The
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(THROUGH REUTER'S MENOY.] NORWEGIAN STEAMER
ARRESTED.
LISBON, November 13th.
The Norwegian steamer Breidablik has bonn arrested, with a number of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Comma.
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LATEST SINKINGS. AMERICAN STEAMER
SUBMARINED,
LONDON; November 12th. The latest sinkings report are the Norwegian steamers Daphne and Seirsted and the Danish steamer Freja.
Lowboy, November 13th. A Rouesnian communiqué announces tacosses on the northern front.
It is confirmed that a Gernias sub Roumanians assured the offensive on the marine sank the American steamer Moldavin front and advanced in the Columbia. fobrudja, to the line between Topol, Cisme and Granasut, capturing one hund red prisoners.
THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
ATHENS, November 19th. More garrison officers and non-com-
www.
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A SINISTER THREAT.
AMSTERDAM, November 12th. The Lokalanzeiger, though it admits
irritate public opinion in England and France; but the Batente are confident that by diplomacy z satisfactory solution will be reactied.
PORTUGUESE TROOPS. ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR THE FRONT.
Laseos, November 12th. The Premier amounced în the Chamber that Portuguese contingents were about to leave to fight on the battlefields of Europe,
one German shipowner so morally de based that he would not gladly suffer this sacrifice too if only the grest, sim could be promoted thereby.'
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In short, the Hamburg-America is not resisting the submarine warfare because it will mean the loss of all her ships in American harbours.
SERVICE OF VOLUNTEERS.
LORD FRENCH ON THE TERM OF ENLISTMENT.
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THE GREEK CRISIS, ENTENTE MINISTERS' HINT.
ATHENS, November 12th, The Entente ministers have intimated
Field Marshal Lord French, addres to the Government that non-fulülment sing the 1st and 4th Battalions of the of its obligations will dangerously spected at Slough, said he knew there Bucks Volunteer Regiment, whom he in-
were certain misconceptions with regard to the Volunteers. One was that the Government were remina to not finding them arms, ammunition, and equipment. He wanted to remind them that the whole country was one enormous arsenal, and that every nerve was being strained to provide arms and ammunition not only for ourselves, but for our Allies. Things were much better now than they were, and the time was coming very soon when arms and equipment would be available for the Volunteers if they. had not already got them. But at present they could resign from the force within 14 days, which meant practically a mo ment's notice. As business men he was sure they would understand that no Government could embark on the expen- diture of huge sums of money unless they had some certainty that the country would get some return for the expen- diture. He thought the Government Caixo, November 12th.
would agree to provide them with apms General Sir Reginald Wingate's ap- and equipment, but the Volunteers on their part must come to some agreement pointment does not involve the severance
as regarded their liability for service. of his connection with the fudan,
He did not think it was too much to Colonel Stack. Civil Secretary of services to the end of the war, all their ask Volunteers to agree to give their
Khartoum, will be acting Governor, and private interests being safeguarded within certain limita. Ho know if they
war under the direction of Generalgo a very long way towards providing them with the necessary arms and equip- Wingate
ment. He put it to them as patriots and men of business that this was an
Major-General Sir Francis Lloyd in- pected the National Motor Volunteers: at Wellington Barracks and in the Mall on Saturday afternoon. There were some 400 cars on parade including ambulanco cars with women drivers. Major-General. D. C. Macintyre is
GENERAL WINGATE'S
APPOINTMENT.
nofficial message says:--North of the ITALIAN ADVANCE ON missioned officers are joining the National al it is unaware of the Norwegian Acting Sirdar for the duration of the did this the Government would of th
TRIESTE
Mizan, November 13th.
The Itahan udvands towards. Trieste
PEACE MEETING ABANDONED, arrangement which must be c
Fibrement and are proceeding to overnment's decision regarding belli- Somme, we completed the conquest of Saillisel, and, judging by the number of
Baloniks, where a draft of 554 organised Barent submarines in Norwegian waters, corpses on the captured ground, the Ger
Greek volunteers from Egypt has arrived. 58ys if Norway adheres to the regula
Lornon, November 12th. man losses must have been most heavy,
It is reported that the Government has tions moently published, Germany will There were taken prisoners 227 men, and has east a gloom in Austria, but the
acquiesced in the Entente's demands that ignore them because they are illegal. If, The Ramsey Macdonald peace meeting, eight machine guns were captured.
inhabitants are overjojad, and the police public officials and officers shall be per overtheless, Borway inwar
there will arranged to take place to night at Cardiff, There was only the usual artillery fire ontrol is tightening. The entire civil mitted to join the National, provided the be no question of a contingan of has been shandoned in view of the elsewhere.
population is gradually receiving.
officers resign their posts.
diplomatic other relations
assemblage of's farge hostile crowd.
in command,