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THE WAR.
ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT. ANGLO-FRENCH FORCES CAPTURE MANY PRISONERS
AUSTRIA'S LOSSES ON
ITALIAN
FRONT.
HUNGARIAN PREMIER'S REMARKABLE ADMISSIONS
NAVAL ACTION OFF BELGIAN COAST.
Branco-Belgian Front.
GERMANY'S NEXT
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BLOW.
BRITISH FRONT.
INCREASED BRITISH GAINS.
LONDON, June 20th.
12.55 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Heig re. I ports: --We captured over 100 prisoners in Friday's successful operation eastward of Nieppe Forest. These do not include those captured westward of Merris.
Two field-guna and a number of machine-gung and trench-mortars werp saptured
There was active hostile artillery firing opponite Vaire Wood, southward of the Somme, and westward of Feuchy. There was also increased reciprocal artillery
hring in the Nieppe Farest, sectoř,
NEW POSITIONS ATTACKED.,
LONDON, June 30th.
12.45 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:We pulsed, after sharp fight- ing, an attack on a British post in the neighbourhood of Merris,
We raptured a few prisoners in night patrol at different parts of the front.
There was considerable hostile artillery
was co fing against our new positions enstwarıl of Nieppe Forest, also in the Albert sects northward of thy Scarpe and near Festubert
AERIAL ENCOUNTERS,
HAMMER
THE BONGKONG
AMSTERDAM, June 29th. General Tiebert writes in the Taenliche Hundichau:-" It will not be long before another blow of the German hammer falls, and the Entente will again be surprised when once more it falls pre- cisely where they do not now expect it." He also says that we must familiariso ourselves with the painful thought that our Allies are unable to carry through their assault across the Plave which so holdy and dashingly began.
·REPORT CONFIRMED.
LONDON, June 28th.
6.15 p.m.
A well-informed source confirm, this morning's Amsterdam message regarding the impending German offensive, prob. ably in a northern sector. Subsidiary attacks elsewhere are likely.
offensive.
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PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY
2ND, 1918.
Naval Activities.
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FRENCH FRONT, FRENCH ATTACK FORTIFIED
POSITIONS.
1, June
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, June 29th; 10.50. wireless German official report states: We repulsed the French neac Ambleny but they gained ground beyond
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY) SHORT NAVAL ACTION.
A communiqué, states: South of the Cafre Aisne we attacked this morning from
Our counter-attacks threw them back holefo south of Ambleny to cast of Montgobert, on to the heights on both sides of Cutry. with the object of driving the enemy from fortified positions.
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LINE.
PAR18, June 28th. A comantin liqué states: North-west of Montdidier we slightly advanced at Senecat Wood, capturing 30 prisoners. Between the urne and the Ourcq
We penetrated enemy organisations on front of seven kilometres and carried trenches above Laverside and the heights: north-west of Cutry, carrying our line to the western outskirts of St. Pierre Aigle and to the crest south of that place.
The advanco attained a maximum depth of two kilometres.
One thousand and sixty prisoners have local operation south of Dammard en-
alike us to cuptura 29, so far been counted.
Herial Activities.
During June 26th and 27th 20 Gerinan acroplanes and four balloons were brought down.
Fifty-eight tons of bombs were dropped on aerodromes in regions on the Somme and the Aisne and on cantonments and bivounes at Rozieres-et-Santerre, Fismes, and Guignicoult, railway stations al Boissons and Ferent-Ardenois
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BRITISH AERIAL ATTACKS
THIONVILLE THE OBJECTIVE.---
LONDON, June 29th. The.Air Ministry announces ---Aero-
Two planes yesterday afternoon dropped three ammunition dumps were blown up and tons of bombs on railway workshops, stations and sidings at Tinonville,
several fires were observed.
THE SCENE ÖF LATEST ADVANCE. | Observation was difficult, but direct hits
LONDON, June 29th."
Were observed on the works and railway 4.50 a.b.
line.
Beuter's Correspondent at French
Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday. stated:-The advance made by the French this morning was between the Aisne and
Villers-Cotterets forest and along the valley separating the Montigny and Dommiers plateaux,
Hostile aeroplanes attacked our forma-
tious and severe fighting ensued, in which three hostile aeroplanes were shot down and another was driven down. Two of ours did not return, one being forced to land owing to engine trouble.
We successfully attacked, an aerodrome at Bolchen on the night of June 27th, bombs being released from a low altitude and machine guns fired on the hangars.
All returned.
The cnetry bombed one of our aero- dronics, but there
material. damage.
The Italians are not likely to launch any further great counter-attacks, as their difficulties would be very great. It.
The attick was made on a front of 45 will be long before the Austrian army. has recovered sufficiently to resume theunder of points which might be useful railes, the objective being the capture of a
to the enemy in every fresh offensive, Init chiefly at Fosse-en-Bas, in the valley 24 miles south of the Aisne and Cutry. Two miles farther south below the orest on the Eastern wall of the valley, the infantry advanced at five o'clock in the morning and attained most of tur objec tives in 11 hours, including Hill 102,
The Air Ministry monteen which is 500 feet high and overlooking enemy aerodrome at Fresenty was attacked St Fierro Aigle and Dominiers.
on the evening of June 28th. Bursts were The German artillery are dominated by observed oying to had visibility.
three" | our guns.
ENGLISH TROOPS CAPTURE THREE
HUNDRED PRISONERS.
· LONDON, June 29th.
$10.50 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigre ports-English troop carried out a successful minor operation on and-a-half miles front Nieppe Forest.
of
We advanced our line to an average depth of nearly a mile and captured over
OBJECT OF ATTACK.
PARIS, June 29th.
A semi-official report states:-The successful French attack, cabled earlier,
LONDON, Juric 28th,
7.05 p.m. Heuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, states: The changeable weather lately bus confimed air combats to short periods, 300 prisoners und 22 machine-guns. All enables a strengthening of the defence of which our airmen made the most, as our objectives were gained, including the against a hostile attempt to surround the was witnessed in yesterday's fighting, bamlets Lepinette, Verterus and La forest of Villers-Cotterets towards Com when in 40 encounters 16 enemy touchines Becque. were destroyed, with the loss of only
three of ours.
The German preparations for further offensives proceed with anaccountable leisureliness. The enemy evidently does not anticipate an outbreak of initiative on our part, but some offensive move on our part should be kept in mind as s
possible event.
ONLY ARTILLERY FIRING.
piegne from the north..
AFTACK ON MANNHEIM.
LONDON, June 30th.
We
very successfully attacked the Badische Aniline Soda-Fabrik at Mannheim yester, day, despite the unfavourable weather.
Six We dropped many heavy bombs, barats were observed on the factory.
Five hostile machines attacked our formation over the objective, and we drove down three, two of which wore out of control. All our machines returned.
THE DEFENCES OF PARIS.
We surprised the enemy. Our casual By pushing back the enemy line ou ties were light,
kilometre cast of Nieppe Forest the British advance, cabled yesterday, will have an important result in preventing aircraft defences of the capital, point out
The Australians attacked and captured posts westward of Merris, taking 43 prisoners and six machine-guns,
ENEMY RAID REPULSED.
LONDON, June 28th,
1.30 p.m.
any attempted German infiltration.
NEW FRONT MAINTAINED.
PARIS, June 29th. ⠀ "A" communiqué states:--The Germans twice attempted to drive us from the Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-positions, we captured yesterday. ports:—An attempted raid on a British A counter-attack by several battalions post in the neighbourhood of Moyen-between Fosse-en-Bas and Ravinde Cutry ville, southward of Arras, was repulsed, was repulsed, and our new front was with lose.
maintained in its entirety. South-west We captured a few prisoners in a of Rheims lively fighting occurred. sticcessful daylight raid near Mericourt without suffering casualties.
There was active artillery firing in the There was much air-fighting yesterday neighbourhood of Rossignol Wood and
LONDON,
June 29th.
30.50 p.m. Feild Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports:-There was only the usual recipro cal artillery fring
INCREASED AIR FIGHTING.
LONDON, June 29th.
Enemy machines showed considerable
We shot down 17 and drove down six uncontrollable. Three of ours are miss-
Ing.
Our airmen and balloons co-operated with the artillery, engaging batteries and dumps with good destructive effect, causing a great number of explosions
and fres
We dropped 12 ton of bombs in the daytime and 14: tons at night-time on various targets.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, June 9th.
10.20 p.m. wireless German official states Three British assaults against
Merris broke down,
report
The enemy penetrated Vicus Berquin, but was thrown back by our counter
attack.
south-eastward of Gommecourt, where our patrols inflicted casualties.
AERIAL OPERATIONS. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re- porting on aviation, says: Our aero planes did a full day's work on June 27th. There was some increase in hostile activity and more air-fighting. We de stroyed 20 aeroplanes and drove down nine out of control.
In the Montagne-de Bligny sector the Italian's drove back detachments which obtained a footing in the advanced
elements.
AMERICAN REPDKT..
LONDON, June 29th, An American official report states: We again improved our positions southwärd of Torcy.
Our prisoners from the operation on June 25th are now ass.
FRANCE.
Parie, June 20th. The newspapers, criticising the anti-
LONDON, June 29th.
The Admiralty announce Four British destroyers, patrolling off the Coast on the evening of June 27th, sighted cight enemy torpedo-boats. The British destroyers full-spended on an easterly course, engaging the enemy long range the action lasting fifteen
minutes.
Three more torpedo-boats joined the enemy, upon which the British fell back upon
their supports..
THEIR
MAJESTIES ——SILVER
WEDDING.
LONDON,, June 30th. Three thousand women workers march- ed to Buckingham Palace to present an address of homage to Their Majestics tho King and Qacen as a women's present on the scansion of their silver wedding.
His Majesty the King replied, paying a warsa tribute to women's services in tho wur adding, "I trust your procession to day till bring home to those who do not yet realise it that the country needs their holp." FOURTH OF JULY REVIEW
LONDON, June 30th. A Paris Ministerial Conference has decided to hold a review on July 4th in
participate.
FAMINE IN NORTHERN PALESTINE.
The enemy did not follow; and the which American and Allied troops will action was broken off,
The British vessels were not damaged.
Italian Front.
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AMSTERDAM, June 30th. The Jewish Correspondence Bureau publishes a letter graphically describing the terrible famine in northern Palestine. It says that owing to the Turkish requisi
on the prices of foodstuffs are extor- |tionate. All the shops are closed and many people die of hunger in the streets. The people eat gruss growing on the graves. Hundreds of orphans are wap- dering naked and finished. GERMANY'S POTATO RATION
AMSTERDAM, June 20th.
potato ration is reduced from seven to three pounds weekly. Four hundred gramas of cereals are substituted.
An Italian communiqué states: Sen- planes bombed the quays and hangars at Darazzo, with good results, on June 20th Berlin officially announces that the
and S7th.
All our machines returned undamaged, We drove down an enemy seroplane which was returning after attacking our torpedo-boats.
AUSTRIAN FAILURE DUE TO.. “TREACHERY.”
AMSTERDAM, June 29th The Kotiniche Volks Zeitung suggests that, besides bad weather, treachery was responsible for the Austrian failure ou the Piave. The paper quotes the offiein! Vicana Reichpost for the statement that the German gassing methods are a failure ITALIAN KING'S CONGRATULA TIONS
Rome, June 29th. King Emmanuel, in an Ariny Order, congratulates the troops on their brilliant victory on the Piave, which is
shining augury of anni triumph
AUSTRIA'S LOSSES.
LONDON, June 30th. -An official Vichna telegram seaks to minimise the Austrian losses in the recent offensive, which the Hungarian Premier Weckerle is reported to have declared in the Lower House to be 100,000. The tel gram explains Premier Workerle's figures were due to a telephonic error. The losses and were less than those of the tenth eleventh of the Isonzo battles, which amounted to between $80,000 and 100,000 Moreover, the losses covered the whole period from June tạth to June 28th, and included the sick,
CRITICISM OF AUSTRO-HUN- GARIAN OPERATIONS,
FEDERAL DEVOLUTION,
REFORT OF DEFUTATION B PROCEEDINGS:
LONDON, June 30th The Press Bureau publishes the report of the proceedings of the deputation of all parties, except the Irish, which urged the case of federal devolution to Mr. Lloyd George, who was accompanied by Chamberlain, Mr. Walter Long, Dr. Addi Mr. Barnes, General Smuts Mr. A. son, Mr. W. Hayes. Fisher and Mr. Shortt. Robertson and Mr. Adamson were among Lord Brassey, Eard Belbourne, Sir Wm. the spokesmen of the deputation. Mr. Adamson, while in favour of devolution, said the labour party will not acquiescer in an attempt to establish a federal torka
: of Government being made an excuse for hanging up Home Rule for Ireland. He believed that unless the Irish difficulty were settled quickly it would be necessary either to resign to Ireland or in the near future to bring other forces to the settle ment then two sections of the British people over
always had beeli a strong federalist. Hex
George, replying, mid be realized the impossibility of Parlia ment dealing adequately, with post-war problems if it was simultaneously taxed with local affairs, but it was impossible to carry such a mensure during the · WALI". without something like general, assent. There was no doubt about the Scotland and Wales, but the opinion opinion England was not so clear, and that
really mattered. It was really a question for the English constituencies. Other special ailleulties included the question of Ulster, upon which the deputation's view was not clear. He would not like to predict to solve the Irish question
how far devolution on con
and Home Hulers had an uneasy fealing must be eased. Both Unionists that the best was being done for the country, but if the scheme proposed giv ing equal treatment to Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales you can say to Irish- men,“We are giving you exdolly what we are taking enough for us
oughts What
to be good food for you."
That
s
Domin ions, who are convinced we are treating Ireland clumsily and, tactlessly by not
that even the most intenso barrage rarely
LONDON, June 30th.
giving her that freedom which is her duc. brings down the enemies, who descend
The Hungarian Minister of Defence. That certainty is the feeling in America low after penetrating it.
replying in the Lower House to a criti-He had received letters, even during the last few daye, from prominent pro-Eug Numerous suggestions are made to cism of the operations in Italy, said that lish Americans, who were most unhappy improve the defences, including the
Therefore, he was glad they were pro that the Irish question remained unsolved. mounting of machine guns on monuments,
moting a solution which would ultimately creating a laminous zone, and separate
give some satisfaction as being fair, just and businesslike. zones for guns and aeroplanes. A heavier reprisal against Frankfurt, Coblentz and Cologne is also demandedt:
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RAID ON PARIS,
PARIS, June 28th: An official report states-Groups of enemy aeroplanes attacked Paris at 10.40) last night
nobody could have foretold the storms would have been so tremendous and that the river would swell, so that the retreat was ordered according to plau
AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE.
WASHINGTON, June 30th General March announces that the first contingent of American troops. has arrived in Italy, are battle-
Reviewing
entare battle-front General March says the situation is extremely favourable for the Allies General.
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HUNGARIAN PREMIER'S
ADMISSIONS
AMSTERDAM, June 30th. The Hungarian Premier, in a remark able speech in the Lower House of the Hungarian Parliament, said: In tho retreat from the Piave 12,000 prisoners fell into Italian hands. Much sadder is the loss we suffered in dead, wounded ang sick. In the tenth and eleventh Italia uffensives we lost between 80,000 to 100,000 | Tuen...... Now, however, our josses similarly wero about 100,000. Regarding thes that Hungarian troops were
numbers so that the losses would only fall upon them, I would point out the
that 33 and 37 Austrian regimenta
rumours
Bombs were dropped "All clear" was ROUMANIAN HARVEST COM-again called upon in excessively large Kignalled at midnight,
LATER
There were many casualties in the air raid on June 27th, due to large numbers of people remaining in the streets, thus becoming victims to bombs and shrapnel- The material damage was fairly con- siderable"
CZECHOSLOVAK THOOPS IN
PARIS, June 30th. In presenting colours to the Creche Slovak
in France, PresidThe enemy came in relays from different ent Poincaré said he hoped they would soon be reinforced by the heroic Czech directions. legions which had cut their way through Siberis from Ukraine."
troops
FURTHER ADVANCE,
CASUALTIES.
LITER:
The casualties in last night's air raid are-Eleven killed and 14 injured.
Fourteen British machine are missing. We vigorously bombed behind the lines, dropping 21 tons of bomby on railway junctions and other targets.
BATTLE OF TANKS PREDICTED.
PARIS, June 30th, A communiqué states: In raida, not- PARIS, June 20th
ably west of Hangard and south of Correspondents on the British front, Autreches, we brought back prisoners.
South of the Ourcq, in a local opera- commenting upon the increase in the
tion, we captured last evening the number and variety of Tanks, predict crest between Moslog and Passy-en-air raid at 11.30 last night. Bombs were Valois, thus advancing 800 metres on, a that soon we shall see a pitched battle of front of the Women We captured dropped, but there were no casualties
275 prisoners, including three officers.
tanks,
·RAID REPEATED.
PARIS, June 29th. An official report states:-There was an Man
*All Clear" was signalled at 12.30 a.m!:
PLETE FAILURE
AMSTERDAM, June 29th.
In the Reichstag, the Progressive Departed in the entire offensive anth
DECREE.
puty Herr Gotten stated that the Hou- retreat. That is 47 per cent, Hungarians manian harvest will be a complete failure and 63 per cent Austrians. In the údvance owing to the war and the bad weather. and retreat the Italians lost 150,000 men, far surpassing ours. Rumours weLG thus U.S. PROTESTS MEXICAN circulaled that our loses were imused by lack of ammunition, but oar army was never so well provided with ammunitiozi as in the middle of June. Three bridges the Piave, unfortunately The State Department has published solemn protest which has been sent to dificulties arose in tra
whereby ing
insurmountablo Carranza against the Mexican decree of tion and provisions. The retreat was in transporting azumanas.
WASHINGTON, June 30th.
€
February 19bly establishing a tax upon r
oil lands. Publication was only decided carried out according to plan, and
such an Orderly and amobserved manner upon when it was learned that the that de Tations and not observe is bas Mexicau newspapers, after printing still continued their attacks. Despite President Wilson's
speech, almost immediately published the text of the these regrettable events, it i United States oil
we inflicted important Josses with conuments protest declaring it to be inconsistent with the ing a considerable part of the
Italians,
and provented them fre President's speech.
to the Western, Front, which in
per
The State Department anys it is usual interest common to carrying on the war for friendly Governments to ask mission before publishing such docamente
is without doubt the objective which it and it declares the Mexican tax procti cally amounts to confiscation, in which the United States cannot acquiesce,
also our duty to attain and did attain.
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