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THE WAR.
THE
ANGLO-FRENCH SUCCESS
CONTINUES.
AMERICAN ARTILLERY'S BAPTISM OF FIRE.
'AUSTRO-GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY
FRONT.
ON ITALIAN
SIXTY THOUSAND ITALIANS TAKEN PRISONER.
GERMAN MENACE TO PETROGRAD. RUSSIA'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH SWEDEN ENDANGERED.
Bra
-Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
BRITISH FRONT.
ELEVEN HUNDRED, GERMANS CAPTURED.
LONDON, October 28th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Huig yo : ports: The operations by the Frerich this morning north of B1 Janshek were: scontinand with sugeess, thie. French*ral
vancing astride the Bixsche to-Bisminde road, despite the diffientes of foods and the heavy ground,
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We consolidated our gains without Interfetence and further progressed to the west of Passchendaele, enpturing eighteen nutchine-guis.
ENGLISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS.
CONSPICUOUS.
LONDON, October 27th.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports - Operations, with limited shee lives, were jointly undertaken. A fine day on Thursday with a fine drying wind Fromised improved fighting conditions, bu a sudden change came during the night and heavy, almost incessant, rain has fallen since an early hour this morn-
ties facing the ABird troops considerable.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2öre 1017.
By mid-day one airmen discerned our Aerial Activities. troops upon a spar of Bellevue Ridge, a vantage point for which there had been much fighting previously If the pur is finally held the day will be marked by at least one conspicuous gain. Other. places on the battle front were im possable Floods are reported to be hold- ing up the advance, The enemy is pretty densely massed all along the front, An attack on the left by the carried a Bumber of concrete defences with the lightest casualties, owing partly to the rmtic nature of the enemy barrage.
LATEST CABLES. (THROCOR BRUTER'S JOHNOT,} NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVE.
French
It is probable the enemy was aware of the coming attack, became his aeroplanes were flying low over our positions for half hour before the attack was Iwanched, and for five minutes before our heavy fire opened all along the front.
The Canadians bore gallant
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purt to-day's fighting -
LATEST CABLES. FRENCH FRONT, ACTION CONTINUES
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Panis October, 27th, A communiqué states: la Belgium our troops are continuing the action between Dreigraehlen and Druibink.
We captured now: German trenches worth of the beefiers which it Fenched yesterday-
Our progress contimus satisfactory, despite the diffenty of the ground.
LONDON, October 27th The Admiralty annouine that Naval aircraft bombed Varsseimere, aerodromé and Thuront ailway junction yesterday. The weather, rendered pleservation ditioult,
DUNKIRK BOMBED.
Pants; October 27th, →German - neroplanes - dropped twenty bombs of inrge calibre on Dunkirk. There were thirty civilian victims.. Italian,Frånt.
EARLIER CABLES. {THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.}" ITALIAN FRONT, CREAT BATTLE ON CARSO.
LONDON, Octainer: 27th- An Italian official message states: After crussing the boundary fine between Monte Canin and the head of the Judrio. Valley, the enemy attempted to reach the opening on the plains.
The hostile effort on the Carso is de
Thrusts. SITUATION ADMITTEDLY GRAVE,
creasing. We repubed string, offensive
Losos. October 27th.
An Italian somi-official statement says all the details of the position on the tint it is at present impossible to give Front where the struggle continues bitter and undecided.
The statement admits that the situation is grave, but if the Italian troops fight as they have done previous the enemy is not likely to trend on Italian soil for Jong..
GERMAN CLAIM.
LONDON, October 27th
A wireless German official report says: South of the Aisne there was intWe are rapidly progressing on the Halian front. taking prisoners and broty. hourly
The French emptured the villageing Notwithstanding the great difficul, Aschloop, Kippe and Merckem, with a great many farms and strong points, tak-progrew was made and valuable posi-mittent artillery Bring. ing a number of prisoners
There was great reciprocal artillery firing out the British battle-front, but there was no infantry action.
-The number of prisoners captured since Fraterday inorning exceeds 1,100, of whom 1300, wen captured by the Frenckt,
AEROPLAXES FLYING LEVEL WITH HOUSE-TOPS.. Despite the rain, our aeroplanes yester day performed valuable work in locating qur attacking infantry and reporting on suitable targets to our artillery. 7
Our geroplanes flying low, fived 10,000|| -rounds at the enemy's troops and trans ports.
Two "of four machines few down the main streets of a Lówn on the love with the housest us, ftring s bodies of cucuy
Troops.
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Three Germinar machines were brought luwen, one wna driven down, and two of Sar mnebines are missing.
GERMAN REPORT-
LONDON, October 7th. wireless. German official report states :- "The Angh-Fruch effort in Flan ders, yesterday falls and the French vainly endeavoured to gain a foothold the worth bank of thẻ Vise-Aisne
Canal
LONDON, October 27th.
Lions won on the greater part of the fronts attacked.
The main operation was carried out by English and Coding regiment, on the front to the arth" of the X'pres-Randers railway: The Canadino hattations ads vanced tong the main ridge towards Paschendaele and, passigg beyond their objzetiyes, established theruselves on the rising ground to the south of the village.
Other Canadian battalions with troops
AMERICAN TROOPS BAPTISM OF FIRE.
ENDON. October 2711.
It is anumired t American troops are now on the Front line in France,
GREAT CONCENTRATION OF GERMAN TROOPS.
LONDON. October 27th. Mr. Ward Price, the Press Corrs dent, writing from the Italian Front on Oktober 24th, states that 300,000 Germans from the Russian Front have been con The American artillery have fred their forced by Austrians, against the Italians, centrated on from of 20 miles, rein and more reinforcements are behind
· first shot..
General
LATEST BLES #{THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT.] THEIRREPRESSIBLE HARDEN
Amat hiba," October 27th, Maximilian Kardon, the Edito of Zakonit, Lins heen prohibited from delivering lectures in Berlin."
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS.
MADERO, October 27th: The Cabinet has resignet,
EARLIER CABLES.
PREPARING TO EVACUATE-
HELSINGFORS,
FETROGRAD, October 27th. Preparations for the evacuation of Helsingfors are proceeding. GERMANS EXPECT EASY LANDING
IN FINLAND,
PETROGRAD, October 27th Advices from Stockholm show that the Gerinaus are sanguine of easily truding in Finland, capturing the Russians with out resistance and of cutting the railway communications with Sweden.
LATEST CABLES.
ENEMY SQUADRONS BOMBARD COAST.
PETROGRAD, October 27th. A wireless German official sport states Enemy squadrons bombarded the Ainazh sector, Balimuudes and the southern coast of Kung shind.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS
THE DEFENCE OF PETROGRAD.
LONDON, October 27th. Kettasky, said there was no question of In the Preliminary Parliament M. surreratering the capital to the enemy. On the contrary, the strengthening of the their consideration. "Any defence to the utmost was 'engaging evacuation would be due to the food and fuel supply. difficulties.
·Be
General Mackense is directing!
The prisoners we took this more and, advancing under cover
exered 200.
Parliament approved of the Goveri ment's declaration.
EARLIER CABLES.
PREPARING THE DEFENCE OF PETROGRAD.
EARLIER CABLES. Austro-German offensive and
Bulow is commanding the Germans, FRENCH CAPTURE FILIAN. The latter, profiting by the thick mist suddenly attacked the Italian outsueks PARIS, October 7th.position hcross the Tunze, smshing the of the English Naval Brigade and bat
defending brigade, reaching the banks of A Tommuniqué slates:-There were no talions of London Territorials, made fur-ziny counter-attacks in Belgium,
the
and the rain up the ther progress in face of strong opposition
they wad, the town of Ca then divided, a part attacking
Pardonin, October 27th: along the spurs between the main ridge
Starischki and the remainder pushing on
A special committee: comprising repre towards Rabit with a view to turning the sentatives of the Workmen's and Soldiers' and our positions. Eastward of Pool Following up our successes o
whole the
Italian line, of defence. efforts were held up.
Both Council, the Baltic Fleet Committee, capelly we captured a number of strong right, on the north of the Aiste, we drive
professional organisations and others, has Meanwhile the other Germans made a undertaken the internal and external points and fortified farms.
frontal back the enemy from the region to the front tack the main Italiae defence of Petrograd.
line. and tonk Lucie also north of Chandle Str. Bertae to the Honth and Taluinu. They surprised-and-THE CONGRESS OF POLITICIANS reservoir, capturing the village of Filiun. the position at Clubocuk A Brigade of geted the Italians holding the key to
Moscow,
cow October 27th. Lancashire
The Congress of Politicians has elected and north-country troops Farther east, we went beyond the erest | and
Bersaglieri recaptured Globocuk by homb M. Hodzianko, a former President of the progressed at certain points.
of the plateau, to the north of Creviegny
Theoret
is very force fighting, however, as President. In the course of a speech he declared that the Congress where the enemy is making aimed at awakening the National Con- spar
nerosy the Isonzo, and very heavy fight- anarchy, ing is proceeding on the triangle formed It is the object of the enemy to push by the Isonzo with the apex at Tolmino. down the valley ronds into the Friulian plain:
Heavy lighting, occurred "enstward and north-eastward of Pectenpelle, in which
Subsidiary Simultaneous attacks work made by English troops in the neighbour. houd of Menin road and by the French northward of fixschcote,
There was fierce fighting all day long astride the Menin read and eastward of Polderhoek, in which progress was made and considerable number taken prisoner.
Northward of Bixschoole the French, FINE ADVANCE BY CANADIANS. Tattacking with great gulinairy, crossed the Saim Jansbeek in food and captured objectives beyond with a mmmber of pris oners.
Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters states:--This morning the weather was fine, but the ground indes scribably had.
The Allies in the course of these operas tious book prisoner eight hundred.
During an air-raid on the night of the
A feature of the fighting yesterday was the fino advance made by the Canadians 24th-25th another ton of bemba was drop along the Passchendaele ridge. The situaped on Burback works, Three partici- tion in this region further improved pating arroplanes me missing.
Our during the night.
sexplanes on Thursday night attacked four her dromes. Forty-five heavy bombs were dropped and obtained a direct hit in one instaner on a group of hangars. One machine has not turued.
BATTLE IN FLOODED FIELDS. Beuter's Correspondent at British
Headquarters says ---To-day's battle has
The situation elsewhere is unchanged We have counted 180 grins that have heen captured since October 23rd, includ ung veral eight-inch howitzers and many heavy guis
The enemy coup de main in Champagne failett...
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, Detolwr 27th.
:
A wireless Gemma official message in Bixechnote to the Tpres-Roulers slates that strong Franco-British attacks railway, astride the Menin Ypres road, by ke down, sanguinarily.
BATTLE REACTIES LOGICAL CONCLUSION..
Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, summarising the result, of the Aisne offensive, says: The opera tion reached its logical conclusion with the cupture of the German artillery cen Filain The whole of the tactical objec- tres in Pinon Forest and at Pargny and tives from left to right were secured. Moreover, the strategic objectives of Finn and the wooded crest behind a well as Pargny and Filain were obtained. at relatively small cost.
The troops are practically everywhere Canal: now in touch with the Oise and Aisto
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BRITAIN'S WAR COSTS. ECONOMIES NECESSARY
LONDON, October 27th. The Sulect Committee on National Expenditure reports that the gross war expenditure up to the 30th September approximated five thousand sterling, against which £1,021,000,000 millions
will be owing by the Allies, the Domi nions and India
The dead-weight of the National Deht had been increased by £3,000,000,000 and, if the present daily expenditure does not increase, each six months of the war will add £1,000,000,600 gross to the Debt. Despite the large advances from the United States, our advances do not show -nny tendency to diminish, und further
Pennonies are necessary
The Imperial General Staff should be required to closely and constantly con- sider the comparative cost of alternative proposals before eching conclusions.
are
Referring to the Wheat Commission, the Committee state that the Commis sion's operations are not limited and not financially controlled by the Treasury, from whom the Commission has drawn
The great bulk of fourteen quarters of wheat bought by the Com- mission from the Australian Government is still in Australia, and it is feared that much of this must be wasted if ships ar no1 Goon provided.
The Commission has fargely increased the reserve of wheat in the United King dom, but owing to lerk of suitable storage. it is estimated that there. will be a loss of at least two inillions sterling on the year's working.
PORTUGAL AND GREAT BRITAIN, SOLIDARITY OF FRIENDSHIP.
LONDON; October 27th. The Press Bureau anuances that the President of Portugal has sent a message to the King warmly acknowledging the demonstrations on the occasion of his visit to Great Britain and saying that are sure proof of the friendship and solidarity of the two nations.
The King, in reply, expressed his drya satisfaction at having the opportunity f weleoning the head of a State which is our most ancient ally, and reciprocating. the earnest desire for a continuance of the old and sincere friendship of the two peoples.
BRAZIL AND GERMANY. SEIZURE OF ENEMY WARSHIP.
Lason, October 27th, The Gerinan warship seized by Brazil is the gunboat Aber The torpedoed. steamer Hueun was formerly the German steamer PelatOM KE
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY AF PROVES STATE OF WAR.
RIO DE JANEIRO, October 26th, The Senate has unanimously approved. und the President has sanctioned the procention of a state-of-war-with Germany,
ONE DISSENTIENT IN CHAMBER
RIO DE JANEIBO; October 27th. The Chamber passed the vote that a state of war exists with Germany-by-
nined effort to drive the Italians gress to the suppression of the existing 140 votes to 1.
THREATENED STRIKE.
to strike on the 28th just unless their The Municipal employés, have dreided demands are accepted.
Throughout the fighting, the Germans. have shelled the Carso with seventeen- Italians there, inth shells with a view to hotding the THE ARMADA OF THE AIR
GERMANS CLAIM 40,000
PRISONERS.:
A windess German
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
EARLY SNOW IN SCOTLAND
LONDON, October Stic Six inches of snow have fallen in the cast of Beotland,
THE SINN FEIN CONVENTION.
LONDON, October 27th. The Sing Fein Convention has adopted a so-called Constitution und has ap pointed an executive of 24, including LOSBON, October 27th.
eleven of the released prisoners. to The Austro-Germans have cap Headquarters says French experts have
De LONDON, October 27th. official report Reuter's Correspondent at French
valera has been appointed president.
He outlined red, the mountain, ridge at Stol and established that the Zeppelin Armada County Cunncils and all the Irish Gov- a policy of capturing the Mount Makjur, and are pressing or disaster was primarily due to a break banking and insurance business from erjunent machinery, separating Irish through the Julian Alps towards the down of the system of steering by wire English finance and removing the amal- Italian Plain,
less. The prisoners now total 80,000
When Hying az more than fifteen thou- gamations of Irish and English labour guns. 450.
sand feet high optical steering is intion on the executive:
Count Plunkett failed to secure elec because there are no means of correcting THE ITALIAN CABINET CRISIS possible and the compass not dependable, the drift Consequently the Zeppo
and
'the
far as Wippae, but the enemy is main
The Italian Isonzo Frost in shaking as faining his positions on the Carso The Balkans.
EARLIER CABLES. {TEROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.) BALKANS FRONT. SUCCESSFUL ANGLO-FRENCH
RAIDS:
LONDON, October 27th,
An Eartero cominique says: The British raided the village of Salman, south of Seres, taking fifty Bulgarian prisoners
Hostile shelling was not excessive, as it is believed that most of the guns have been moved to the rear. It is certain that the enemy is finding great difficulty in maintaining communication,
FEUD BETWEEN ENEMY ARTIL LERY AND INFANTRY. News from the German laey show that been fought on flooded fields in driving 200 men of the Nineteenth Reserve Infan-rain of pitiless intcusity, although the
wore recently imprisoned owing ito meteorological experts overnight regard-oppling of the enemy artillery by the In outpost fighting the French took
A striking feature of the battle was the their refusal to enter the line at Lepa, ed the portents hopefully. Therefore, it French bombardment preventing the feed of Pagraded.
prisoner twelve Austrians in the region and the feud between the enemy artillery is a marvel the troops have accomplished ing of batteries with unitions. Conse and infantry does not seem to lesen.
uently, shell wounds were phenomenally The Near East. Tow EARLIER CABLES..
of the smartest Prussian Guards were in Many of the prisoners belonging to one CANADIANS REPULSE HEAVY
a state bordering on rebellion when cáp- ATTACKS.
tured, and declared that they had been foodless for three days and that all their officers has shandoned them.
try
50 much.
The sum total of the day's results is a series of important tactical gaius, although we should have done much more Losnos, October 7th. under favourable heavens. Ju the region Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigre of Poelderheck Chateau the advance was ports: The Canadians successfully rea dashing performance. The place was pulsed two heavy counter-attacks, regimental headquarters garrisoned by yesterday morning, to the south and west four hundred. We took prisoner sixty of Passchendaele, taking a number of from the remains, the defenders includ Prisoners
ing an adjutant
ENEMY ARTILLERY CRIPPLED
lins in such circumstances depend on continuous stream of wireless signale
....
ROME, October 27th.
seht, nut by a number of German radio- The resignation of the Cabinet fol goniometric stations whereby they are. lowed tha. Chamber'a rejection of the vete
enabled to steer & correct course.
On
of confidence by an overwhelming
vote
the last occasion these signals failed, majority that was Joost surprising, as the probably owing to a storm which was speeches of the leading Ministers during
Thared and fog.""
shows that the several days of the debate intere
that the credit had been tumultuously first mess England was that a Zep cluded his detailed analysis of the Pope's
especially the speeches of Signor received from Germany when flying in
is noteworthy that the latter cơn. pelin training ship had broken loose and Pease Note, by expounding and support- was being carried
The
Allies,
the men were
Italy
There are indications that the enemy is A british message from Salonika. The 4 came down in France because ing the aims of the individual Allies,
ed away by the wind, uneunifortable in the marshy ground of says: We captured four villages south it was impossible to endure the temperabe e dishonoar, and a betrayal of Italy's the Canal banks and is making for posi- of Beres killing sixty Bulgarians and ture, which was 30 degrees below zero, at
declaring that an immediate peace would Lions farther up the valley slope. Any taking 100 prisoners. We then returned à
height of 22,000 feet.
and the ruin. the enemy in is
of observed utility be Wally under to cur lines. PARIS, October 7th stupefied with cald when they were cap is wholly a personal one, a smaller aver The feeling in Roma is that the crisis Bovettes.
tured. The water ballast froze in the more homogeneous Cabinet, with more tanks and the motors and apparatus were stopped by the cold.
wireless
fertigt
The Zeppelin destroyed at Luneville
hit by a
A shell at a height of 17, The
chief novelty in the construct of the captured airships is the ballonst which are covered with gut instead of with rubber, which is very scarce in Germany The intestines of 300,000 cattle are required to caver the ballonets of a single super-Zeppelin.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] OPERATIONS IN MESOPO- TAMIA,
LONDON, October 27th,
Ving power is desired. There will probably be a reconstruction 21706of the Iste Ministry, headed by Signar
Sonning or Signor Orlando.
THE SILVER MARKET. PRICE RISING.
LONDON. October 27th.
Silver is quoted 424d. Eastern c changes closed stendy.
Meests Samuel Montagu's market, ze-
P. & O. PURCHASE HAIN LINE port states:The market is nerveless owing to the accession of supplies satis ping to neutral countries. fying, orders and the difficulty OF There is a stronger position of
of India
The rise of a half-penny in Shangin
By yesterday the only German gims reries st. Monamupteuil lying across canal An official report from Mesopotamia that a provisional agreement has been currency silver reserves and freex sales able to fire in the valley were the bat
LONDON, October 27th. froin Chavigaon, but these were soon states that the Turks, on both banks of concluded by the Directors of the Hain from Mexico
The Times states that it is understood cilenced by our frontal fanking fire. the Tigris, on October 24th, approached Steamship Company to sell their shares From our new positions we now view the the positions at Samarra. On our ad to the P. & C. Lompany at a price of £80 exchange yeaterday imparted steadiness. enemy's communications running across vance, the Turks retreated without fight for each £10 share, representing a total the valley to Coucy Forest.
ing
payment of nearly £4,000,000.
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