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THE WAR.
ENEMY
CASUALTIES ESTIMATED
AT 180.000:
'GERMANS' STAGGERING UNDER THE ALLIES-
BLOWS:
PROBABLE RETREAT FROM SOISSONS MARNE-RHEIMS SALIENT.
BRITISH IMPROVEMENTS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
THE KING'S INVESTITURE AFLOAT.
(Franco-chelgian Front
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE)
THE BRITISH FRONT.
MINOR ENTERPRISES.
LATEST CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT.
GERMANS' FIGHTING DESPER. ATELY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 26гm, 1918
LONDON, July 24th
7.35 A., Router's Correspondent at American LONDON, July 24th. Headquarters, telegraphing on Tuesday Sir Douglas Haig states:-We raided afternoon, states-There was no slacken. at night southward of Bucquoy taking 18 ing to-day in the triangle battle base, prisoners.
which stretches from Boissons to Rheims. There was another raid, north-westward The Germian is fighting desperately to of Albert in which we took a few pri-evape General Foch's pressure and to
soners.
We repulsed an attempted'enemy north-eastward of Bethune.
prevent the Allies capturing strategical id points like Soissons and Ferentar-de-Nois In the southernmost angle, where the Franco-Americans are closing in, the lighting is confused, irregular and o censing; but, on the enemy's part, it is a succession of rear-gard actions, fought by groups of men, having only a natural cover and helped by an occasional shell- hole, for heavy guns are not used much The Tune Correspondent at British | from sladr ignorance of the rapidly shift- Headquarters says tini a captured Gering line.
Hostile artillery is active in the north ern portion of the front, particularly in the neighbourhood of Loere. GERMANY WILL NOT ALLOW DEAD AND WOUNDED TO BE RECOVERED.
LONDON. July 24th.;
0.40 a.m.
THAN IMAGINED,
nian Army Order announces that the ENEMY GOOD DEAL FURTHER OUT Allica will not be allowed in future to re- cover their dead mid wounded, former are needed for the identification
The
EARLIER CABLES,
INCREASED HOSTILE ARTILLERY FIRING.
A SMALL SHOW.?
LONION, July 24th,
1.05 nm
Heuter's Agenes, learns that the new French attack (cabled carlier) has fun
HIS GRIP.:
**The 123rd division suffered very heavily‡ GENERAL MANGIN TIGHTENING and was replaced by the 56th, which was to hold op at all costs.
The Highlanders, attacking south of the Ardre against Courton Wood,
across the
ther resulted in clouring the woods north-fought their wey two mil east of Sanvillers and Montciital and wood and established themelves on the reached the western edge of another wood western border. 2,000 yards east of Mailly-Raineval. The advance reached a depth of two miles.
The French captured the heights dominating the valley of the Avre, and 1,200 prisoners and three gone were taken. The new attack is a small show," and is not likely to extend much further.
The line between the 'Aisne and the Oaren was advanced across the Boissons Chuteau Thierry road to the western edge of Vaux. This local attock was on
two miles front.
ENEMY CASUALTIES EXCEED 180,000.
Heavy fighting between the Oure and the Marne and immediately south of the Ourcq resulted in the French reaching the road at several places from Coincy to Armentieres, which village is south- east of Ouchy-by-Chateau,
Along the Marne the enemy destroyed some French across the river at Vincelles,
The British, supported by French. tanks, captured Marfaus, taking 100| prisoners.
On July 21st, we reoccupied Marfans, taking Saint Euphraise and Bouilly.
Ardre, and the Highlanders captured on Yesterday we re-attacked unth of the
prisoners.
At night on July 21st-22nd, our posi tions were very heavily boarded. We line, and, despite the enemy fighting with renewed the attack and advanced our
desperate tenacity, we difficult ground,
won'
new and
AMERICANS CAPTURE
JAUIGONNE,
· LONDON, Jaly 23rd.
5.30 LM..
An American communiqad states: South of the Oure we continued to press -the retreating enemy.
We took possession of Faulgonne and the woods to the west of that place.
FURIOUS FIGHTING BETWEEN. THE MARNE AND RHEIMS.
PARIS, Judy 24th. A communiquí: states:Our attacks on
To cover their rearward movenest the Germans throughout yesterday made powerful counter-attacks along the whole
the Allied troops' advance. Despite op. battlefront in desperate efforts to check
pofition, Generalissimo Foch's force pro gressed largely at vital points of the line. The village Epieds, six miles north-east
uch ground gained. of Chatenu Thierry, was captured and
Italian brontm
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'i
ITALIAN FRONT. ITALIAN REPORT.
LONDON, July 23rd. 7.45 p.m.
An Italian official report states :-Wo mashine-gous and a large quantity of captured " mountain-gun
aud ammunition at Corno-di-Cavento on July Six
19th. We also recovered much bridging Important gains have been made also material abandoned by the enemy on the in the Soissons region where General lower. Pinve..
lont-de-Paris, contanding the Manginis tightening his grip on proaches to Soissons.
(1)
On the front south-west of Rheims the British divisions did excellent work yes terday, realising a further advance and taking a large number of prisoners.
At no point did the Germans, despite the fact that a large number of fresh troops were thrown into line, succted in pushing back the Allied troops.
LONDON, July 3rd, 7.45.p.m.
An Italian official report stales: -- We captured the height northward of Berat, in Albania. Further eastward the French occupied the heights on the left. bank of the river Holta.
AUSTRIANS DRIVEN FROM POSITIONS.
LONDON, July 2nd.. 1.10 p.m.
A French Eastern comuniqué states:
Enemy reinforcements include troops been resting since the drive for the coast.struggles, which sometimes were hand-to- from Prince Rupprecht's army, who have-In Albania, after a series of desperate
GERMANS DISPOSED TO FIGHT
TO THE UTMOST..
LONDON, July 23rd.
1.50 sm..
This morning's news from the front l- tween the Aisne and the Ourcq shows very captured: Quchy-le-Chateau. The enemy little change, except that the French hure
It is estimated that the German ensual-both banks of the Cure have had satisfachere is apparently bringing up guns and ties since the last advance exceed 150,000. IMPORTANT-IMPROVEMENT IN THE LINE ALONG THE AVRE. LONDON, July 24th,
Headquarters, telegraphing at 2 p.m. on Reuter's Correspondent at French
July 27th, states:-Un the night of July 22nd wind and rain-storms greatly ham This morning it rained steadily, a violent pered activity on the main battlefield.
gale rendering it impossible to work.
Aviators are reducing the effectiveness, of the bombardment.
tory results, notwithstanding the stubborn stiffening his resistance, resistance of the enemy, who brought up
The Americans have occupied Buzanch, fresh reserves. North of the tiver we
another knifemite nearer the Boissons-
and La Ville, and aptured the village captured, and passed Plessier Halen,Ourcq and the Marne, the Franco-Arsuri Chateau Thierry high road. Between the
Montgru. reached the western outskirts of Ouchy cans continue to progress.
The operation between Montdidier and. The Americans are using almost wholly Moreuil is interesting because is gives us of units, and the latter would only help jy. It must not be imagined that the enemy was lost early in April.
rifles and automatic pistole very effective-again views over the Avre valley, which to maintain the Allied fighting strength If the Red Cross stretcher parties dis. attempting te prolong his stay in the val, Sauitillers and Aubvillers lie under Mailly-Raing regard the warning shot they will be shot pocket.
He is continuing to make the the crests of hills dominating the river ¿down. The order has already been acted best speed possible from it. He is a good valley, the capture of which means that deal further unt of it than is unagined, we have occupied the intervening hills His resistance is limited to the sheer de and have effected most important mands of safety›
improvement in the line along the Avre. The weather to-day is the most
FRENCH CONTROL ROAD AND disagreeable for weeks but the Scene is cheerful, in
comparison with few weeks ago
when the trenches were being hurriedly dug to arrost the German advance. Now, where the elemy snipers onceheld the river, great, guns are crossing on swaying pontoons along roads where once was stagnation. Everything is moving joyously forward and on all faces is an exultant smile of victory.
Loxvox," "July 3rd. 11.00 p.m.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig - re ports increased hostile artillery firing in the neighbourhoods of Villers-Breton- neux and Migges and elsewhere.
AERIAL OPERATIONS.
LONDON, July 3rd.
10.00. p.
Field-Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig re- : ports on aviation as follows:-The wea ther improved yesterday, and we carried out several long-distance reconnaissances. Twenty-three tons of bombs were dropped on the railway stations at Cambrai, Bray,
CROWN PRINCE THROWS IN LARGE FORCES,
RAILWAY TO AMIENS.
LONDON, July 24th. French experts point out that the French north of Montdidier now control. all the roads to Amiens across the Plateau between the Avry and Noye which has been placed in three captured valleys, and also that heavy artillery,
villages, protects the railway to Amiens along the Nove valley from bombardment. TANKS ATTACK IN MASIES.
AMSTERDAM, July 24th.
The French and Americans, south of the. Ourcq, crossed the Chateau Thiery road and advanced their line over one kilo- metre Eastward, the village Rocourt and the greater part of Chatelet Wood are in our bands.
The French have regained all the ground lost on July 2nd in the region of Grizolles.
The Americans bave captured Juul gonne, on the Marne, and are coutinuing 300, to advance. So far the prisoners nuinbor
Farther east, the Germans, well sup gressed afresh worth of Mont St. Pure and to cross tho Marne.
ported by artillery and machine-guns, are On the right of the Marne to prostubbornly opposing the French attempts
gonne.
hand, we drove the Austrians from all the positions south of the Holta river.
We captured during the past two days 600 prisoners and 12 machine guns.
FRANCO-ITALIAN ADVANCE
CONTINUES.
LONDON, July 23rd.”+
A Salonika message, dated July 19th, stated: The Franco-Italian advance in Albania continues.
The Italians crossed the Dovoli north right are clearing Gorg, one of the of Berat, while the French on' the
Skumbi rivers, and are threatening the highest mountains between the Devoli and
high road betwein Struge, north-west of Bulgariane, and El-Basson. Lake Ochrida, which is occupied by the
Aerial Activities,
EARLIER CABLES. (IBROUGH REUTER'¤ ̈AGENOX.] OFFENBURG STATION
BOMBED.
LONDON, July 23rd. The Air Ministry announce;-Our acra-
Chartaves, which is ours.
The French yesterday afternoon storin. Wå, extended our bridgebend at Jaul-holding the bend in the neighbourhood planes yesterday afternoon hit the main ed the heights north of Courcelles, also Between the Marne and Rheins the Germana hold,
of Chassone as far as Treloup, which the station at Offenburg Bursta-vero-scen fighting is most furious..
The French crossed the lame west, of Reuil and beat off heavy enemy counter attacks.
on the sidings.
our machines returned.
One hostile machine was destroyed. All
It is not anticipated that the Allied last night, with good results. Fires and We repeatedly attacked aerodromes advance will now be so rapid, as the Ger-explosions were observed. We bombed to bring up reserves, and appear to be General, mans have had plenty of time in which and machine gunned other targets.
The French and Bitish, betwen the Ardre and Yenigny, are attacking strong positions, and huve advanced over one kilometre. They inflicted heavy losses. - The British captured 300 prisoner and fire guns in a local operation north of disposed to fight to the utmost. Montdidier, whereby this morning we captured. Mailly-Raineval, Sanvillen and Aubevillers, which gavons 1,500 prisoners, including 30 officers
A
GERMAN REPORTS,
LONDO, July 23rd. 11,40 p.m wireless German oficial report states:-Wo repulsed the British at many points on the Western Front.
The enemy's violent partial attacks astride the Ourcq and between the Ourcq and the Marne were repulsed,
LONDON, July Eith A wireless German official report states:-Hetween Soissons and Rheims we frustrated a strong joint attack.
THE POSITION AT MARFAUX.
LONDON, July Ard.
4.45 p.in. Reuter's Correspondent
at British Headquarters mentions that it was the
The enemy penetrated our advanced The Frankfurter Zeitung's war corres-tured Bois-de Courton, while the English we threw him back to the river,
Scottish regiments on July 20th which cappositions on both sides of Jaulgonne, but pondent states that enemy tanks Panis, July 24th. attacked in such masses,
never battalions fought their way to the line. Hatus Agency states:-In order
Germe guns resting on. delay as long as possible the probable for the infantry, ta
to smashed dozens, but they forced the road towards Mariaux. The chemy put up r Bois-de-Rheims, deploying Lille, ammunition dumpe', near result of Generalissinia. Foch's munster GERMANS' GIGANTIC CASUALTIES. expected that this important tactical posi- EARLIER CABLES. tremendous resistance bere, for they had evacuation of the Soissons Marne Rheims salient the Crown Prince continues to throw large
LONDON, July 24th.
tion would be attacked Their recrves 5.40 .. fresh forces into the battle furnace. With Headquarters, telegraphing at 11 o'clock Itäined an intengo bombardment
from the Crown Princ's Any arrived Reuter's Correspondent at French continuously and masses of guns ein divisions, mostly brought from last evening, states:-It is known that Prince Rupprecht's front, added to the
The Correspondent only
and Armentières and Bapaume, and on billets along the whole front.
Twenty-three hostile machines were brought down and three driven down un -controllable. Three balloons were set aflame. Ten British aeroplanes are miss- ing Rain prevented night-flying.
QUIET ON BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, July 22nd.
9.50 p.m. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, states:Quict has resumed on the British Front.
counter-blow-the
new
already used since the beginning of the struggle on July 15th, he is keeping up his desperate resistance on both sides
of the salient.
ALLIED TROOPS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.
divisions since July 15th,
and prisoners at 150,000.
HARDEST FIGHTING ON WHOLE BATTLEFIELD.
covers the
not yet confirmed.
GERMANS DESTROYING HUGE
AIR ACTIVITY.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROTCH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE KING VISITS THE NAVY. WAR-TIME INVESTITURE AFLOAT.
LONDON, July 24th.
His Majesty the King is visiting an inspected the biggest and most powerful important Naval depot, where he has naval force ever nesembled. An idea of ta formidablepas may be gathered front wise, would stretch: in a continuous line the fact that there war-ships, placed end- exceeding 22 miles. American vessels fgured in the pageant.
am
Admiral Beatty welcomed His Majesty who subsequently went on board destroyer and passed along the lines. Tho crews of the vessels cheered very loudly His Majesty proceeded to the quarter- deck of the flagship for an unparalleled historical ceremony, namely a war-time Our aviators were very active on July javestiture afloat. His Majesty decorated 22nd. French and British pilots felled officers and men of the American and erous air-8ghts, of which the British INTEGRAL PART OF BRITISH or disabled 37 enemy machines in numAMERICAN SQUADRON AN
British Navics for gallant exploits....
felled 14. the enemy have engaged from 60 to 70 operations till July 21st, since when, ap-bombs were dropped in the daytime on large and visited the American flagship.
SFLEET, ⠀ In bombing operations 831 tons of HM the King, accompanied by
Admiral Beatty, next embarked in parently, there has been desperate light enemy nerodromes and stations. Thirteen Ho was most enthusiastically received. German casualties in killed, wounded tant key position at Cichy-le-Chateau is Maison Bleue, causing a conflagration cal the Ares, the King learned that the A careful istimate reckons the totaling The reported capture of the impor-ped in a night raid on the station at his Majesty took a shovel and helped to hundred kilogrammes of bombs were drop included a visit to the enigne-room, where At the close of the inspection, which
and explosions American squadrons American Squadron had become colloborated with us in the operations on integral part of the British Fleet for the the previous day... QUANTITIES OF MATERIAL Naval Activites.
duration of the war. In Naval matters, Jike signalling, PAIS, July 23rd.
imperative, the Americans have success
where uniformity
WAS Eavas Agency states:-There is an
fully unlearnt what they knew and have Headquarters stated at eight o'clock this under the repeated formidable blows of Router's Correspondent at French indication that the Germans, staggering
adopted British methods,
The bridgehead at Jaulgonne was con-
morning-Some of the hardest fighting the Allied armies, might retreat from the on the battlefields is now raging on the Soissons-Marne-Rheims salient. siderably widened and strengthened. The Germana, apart from their shell-
new British front astride the Ardre and Further progress was also made by the The British arrived at a point of connight, the Germans appear to be destroy According to reports received lant in Montagne de Reims ing, have shown no signs of disputing our Marne and Rheiras, nearly a mile being 17th and attacked on the morning of Julytions preparatory to evacuating this attack
French and British troops between the centration south of the Marne on Julying huge quantities of material and muni- gained between the Ardro and Vrigny seth on a five miles front between the Yesterday our gunners carried out
where the enemy lost particularly heavily southern edge of Courton Wood and the pocket" created by their costly advance
A brilliant local attack, resulting in important gains, was made by the French Village Samt Euphraite. They were in Mag. They have experienced in into the beach and four others, on the troops under General Debeney ly destroying in one area alone a big about two miles resulted. The positions have been engaged since July 15th and communications in the client, being
North of Montdidier an advance of 86th, 103rd, 12rd, end the 22nd, which creasing difficulty in maintaining their agus pit and damaging three others, won give views over a vast area and had have suffered very heavily in an attempt able to utilize most of the railroads had causing five explosions and starting thronen strongly organized by the enemy, to pierce the Italian front with a view to ing to the north owing to the constant fires in battery emplacements.
These gains are important in view of reaching the Marne and turning the activity of the Allied aviators and artil possible future operations.
French positions at Montagne de Rheima.lery.
Despite his opposing the Allied troops continued their progress yesterday, parti We consolidated our gains at Rossignol cularly astride the Ourcq, on the line good, despite the enemy's shelling and south of Soissons, also on the northern boobing attack, in the course of which bank of the Marne. we captured six prisoners, a machine-gun and a grenadenwerfer,
récent advance at Meteren,
vigorous counter-battery firing, complete
LONDON, July 23rd. 7.45.p.m.
opposed by four German divisions, the
1/100
EARLIER CABLES (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE,} GERMAN - SUBMARINE OFF CAPE COD:
A German submarine sank a tug and
NEW YORK, July 23rd.
were saved, three coal barges on Sunday off Cape Cod, Men, women and children on board was witnessed from the shore.
Two shells from the submarine fell close
mainland.
The King acknowledged the
American naval assistance valuable The King concluded the day by dining, on board the British Angship.
A LARGER AMERICAN MILITARY MOBILISATION.
WASHINGTON, July 24th. When Congress ro assembles Mr. Baker will submit proposals to modify the draft ages, and for a somewhat large military mabilisation.
AMERICA'S NAVY.
sinkings as an exhibition of German personnel is now 503,782 oficers and men.
A reaplane drove off the submarine.
503,782 OFFICERS AND MEN. WARRINGTON, July 23rd.
frightfulness in a vain effort to lower Official circles regard the Cape Cod
WASHINGTON, July 24th Mr. Daniels announces that the Navy the American morale.
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