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THE WAR.
THE HUNGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1714, 1918.
FRENCH PROGRESS CONTINUED.
TOTAL ALLIED CAPTURES.
GERMANS DOUBTFUL
OF VICTORY
CONFERENCE AT GERMAN HEADQUARTERS.
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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BRITISH FRONT.
GENERAL ACTIVITY. ".
LONDON, August 5th.
2.10 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports:-There was severe local: fighting to our advantage last night to the rast "of Rainecourt.
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FRENCH FRONT.
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SEVENTY THOUSAND. PRISONERS CAPTURED.
PARIS, August 13th. Under the constant pressure of Gen. Humbert's troops between the Matz and the is the Germans have beeù forced to
Our line was advanced slightly in this relinquish their hold on Ribecourt, and neighbourhood.
British patrol rushed a post to the north of Alberi. Between Albert and Avette our patrols were active through out the night and maintained.close touch with the
enemy.
Further progress was made at `n numi ber of paints and prisoners and machine
guns were taken.
We repulsed rulers at night-time to the south-east of Arras and near Mer ville.
The enemy's artillery were active to the cast of Robres and in the Scherpen. beng sector.
The total hinüber of prisoners 'enp- tared by the British Fourth Army since the morning of August 5th is now 21844, and by the French First Army 8.300. ninking a total of 30,444 prisoners cap- tured on the Monididier Alert front. EARLIER PARLES.
EXAMX_EVACUATES FORWARD"
POSITIONS..
LONDON, August 14th. 11.10 p.m. Fid-Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig re ports: In el fighting in the neigh bourhead of Parvillers we are pro. gress, taking prisoners.
Following his recent withdrawals in be Hebuterne sector, the enemy evacuated is forward positions a: Beaumonttamel, bert." Puisieux-Aumort’and-Bucquay,
Our patrols are advancing and are nenntact with the enemy. They gained round around these villages, taking risoners.
AERIAL OPERATIONS.
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are falling back along the Dise rivers
They had made desperate "efforts to eling to the town, owing to the immense importance of its situation on the Com- piegne railway to Noyon, hut in vain.
FAIRLY GREAT ARTILLERY
ACTIVITY.
PARIS, August 15th.
General.
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A communique states that the night MAXIMUM PRICE OF SILVER was marked by fairly great artillery activity between the Avre and the Oise. LAVISH USE OF GERMAN GAS
LONDON, August 15th..
6.58 a-m. "One of the chief features of the
Lassigny fighting was the lavish use of German gas, which sometimes caught the Germans themselves.
하
LONDON, August 15th. A Treasury order fixes the maximum price for silver bullion sold in the United Kingdom at 4813-188, per stand.
ard ounce.
indieating that the Chiness demand is Shanghai exchange is above parity,
likely to increase.
It is believed that some supplies have
The fall of Ribecourt is most import-been secured at San Francisco, but they ant, as it commands the road along the Oise towards Compeigne, which is thereby relieved of immediate pressure.
A noteworthy development is the fact:) that the army on the, Somme, hitherto described as in the group under Prince Rupprecht, is now coraimanded by Genera?. von Boehm, who extricated the Crown. Prince's army on the Maine."
Italian Front
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIANS CHEATE DIVER.
SIONS.
are not sufficient to meet requirements.
THE SILVER MARKET:
Losey, August 15th. The silver market "is unchanged. Government has Exed the maximum prie at 43 12-16d. per ounce,, ~
THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.] GERMANY'S DIFFICULTIES
"INCREASING.
PARIS, "August 15th.
A Haras Agency messages states that not only have Germany's difficulties in BERSAGLIERI CAPTURE ISLET ON also the new trouble which is breaking the West to be considered, but they have
out in Russia, where the Bolsheviks are tottering.
PLAVE.
LONDON, August 15th. An Italian official report states: --The
an islet to the south-west of Grave-di- Papadopoli, capturing 35 prisoners.
ITALIANS PREVENT ENEMY TROOPS GOING TO FRANCE.
The figures taken from the official re- ports of the captures made since July | Bersaglieri, crossing the Piave, occupied 14th, the date of Marshal Foch's counter- low in the Marne salient, up to August 18th ars 70,000 prisoners and 1,700, This is the greatest total captures made by the Allies during the war in such a short period.
West of Bapaume, following his with. drawal at
Hebuterne on the British Front, the enemy has evacuated other advanced positions in that neighbour
hend.
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-PARIH, August 15th.
A Havas Agency message says the Italians have been carrying out raids on a large scale on their front, keeping the enemy on the alert and preventing him from detaching troops to France..
Aerial Activites.
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(THROUGH REETER'S AGENCY.] IAF RAIDS IN GERMANY.
LONDON, August 14th. The Press Bureau announces:During July the Independent Air Force carried out 100 raids, of which 95 were into Germany, when they dropped a tons of Lives, despite the periods of bad weather. bombs upon important military objec- This constitutes a record both for the number of raids and the weight of bombs, Activit.es.
KEY POSITIONS AT LASSIGNY.
LONDON, August 14th, 8.10 p.m. Router's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing t two o'clock this afternoon, states:-In the Thiescourt massif, the two key points for the French are the Saint Claude and Ecouvillon farms, the capture of which Gen. Humbert has demand essentini, while the Germans are flytermined to retain Naval
them in order to menace General Hum- bert's right; Consequently, there is fieres fighting on the whole line and our progress, is most difficult,
Nurth of Gary, where the enemy is installed in our 1914 trenches, we did not gain ground.
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WASHINGTON, August 15th Replying to His Majesty's message on
Ukraine is in revolt, and the German plans are shattered.
Great uneasiness is showing itseli, in the German Press, which complains that Germany can no longer make certain of victory.
It is also Risclosed that British, French and Japiness troops have now
anded Vladivostock.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
: BRITISH ARMY. HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.
LUNDON, August 15th. The Press Bureau antoinees: His Majesty the King has despatched the follow ig letter to Sir Douglas Haig
"I most warmly Congratulate you and your troops.on the happy results of the operations during the past week. 1 return home with a feeling of pro found admiration for my armies, and I am convinged that in union with our Allies, we shall, with God's help, secure a victorious peace worthy of the noble sacrifices we have'madr--a peace which must be a surety to the euning geperu
·tions against the suffering such as the 'present world' has endured."
CONFERENCE OF KAISERS.
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AMSTERDAM, August 14th. The Weser Zeitung states:-The meet-
THE T. M. B.”
"THY JAMES RODSON,Į
called by the doctors, the TM. B. (Tevel. He sat in his shirt-sleeves wäiting to be ting Medical Board): On the other sid
the door were the men, who would decide his fate-send him to the battle oner again or give him a safe job;
What did he wish-or hope.l. He hardly
ing at German Headquarters includes the Kaiser, Emperor Kari, the Bulgarian Crown Prince, the members of the Polish Regency Council, and, the leading German Ministers and Army leaders. It is expected that the Polish question
ing Austro-Bulgaring cseperation on the will be settled: also the question regard.new. Certainly he wasn't anxious to
go back and yet many of his happiest, days had been spent over there,” Life 10 England had nothing that 'compared with the beauty of the comradeship öf Flanders."
Western Front.
"VORWAERTS MOURNFUL
PLAINT.
* Ma... ♫ said a voice inside. He went in. Three doctors were there alientepant, a major, and a colonel. **Turned down from a draft: supposed to be beart trouble," he said in reply to
The rettenant walked to him, the alvery tubes dangling in his ears. beart was thumping madly,
Hin The lieu- Lie down here." ha
AMSTERDAM, August 15th. Commenting upon Emperor Karl's visit to Main Headquarters, Fornerts dwell upon the facility of deliberations aimed at a lution of the Eastern proan inquiry. blems unless an overwhelming German victory in the West is obtainable, con- cerning which the paper expresses doubt, and utters, a warning against manufac turing King loans and States which might react against their creators,
The paper declares that the miserable Brest-Litorsk peace is not worth the bones. of a single German wollier.
AUSTRIAN EMPLOYES DEMAND WAR BONUS.
AMSTERDAM, August 15th
A
A depatation, representing 200,000 Austrian State emploger, demanded war bonus of 30 per cent.
Heavy rains are damaging the crops.
AMERICA'S SEPTEMBER
DRAFT.
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WASHINGTON, August 15th, The American Provost-Marshal has ordered the registration of all youths who have reached the age of 21 since June 5th, This is expected to add 150,000 to the September drift.
GERMANS DECLARE WAR IS LOST.
LONDON, August 15th.
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in Germany is afforded by the increasing
· Elmquent testimony to the real feeling
number of laboured articles- condemning pessimism, capecially in the Rhine pre- vince. The papers complain that the people are openly declaring that Ger many is losing the war.
KAISERS CONDEMNATION OF LICHNOWSKY
AMSTERDAM, August 15th. À Berlin official message states that the Kaiser has approved of the Prussian MESSAGE: FROM IMPERIAL WAR Lichnowsky, who, therefore, is deprived Upper House's condemnation of Prince
CABINET.
LONDON, August 14th.
The Press Bureau announces:-The Our continuous day and night bombing off the Germans fall back among the the occasion of the latter's visit to the Cabinet send warmest congratulations Douglas Haig: The Imperial War Prime Minister telegraphed to Sir e Somme bridges and railway lines and hills on the massif, they will probably American warships with the Grand anctions since the beginning of the offen- retire first to the old French line, then Fleet, President Wilson said he was con- ve has bold up the enemy's reinforce to a former front at Piemont.
upon the great triumph achieved by the ents, and has forced him temjiley-
IMPORTANCE OF
vinced that the des coupuration of the Allied areas is the third battle of the LITTLE rge"formations of scouts in an "fort to
SWITZERLAND.” -
Fleets was greatly to the advantage of Somme, and the Empire's heartfelt rotect his vital communications, but our
With the expture of Saint Claude and Germany.
the cause of the nations associated against thanks to you and your most gallant ncentrations of machines have effec-Ecouvillon farms
troops. the danger of vely dealt with all opposition."
counter-attack from the Thiescourt The Near East.
VON massit is removed,
We dropped 21 tons of bombs in the day. me and 37 tons at night-time ou the ove objectives.
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Whether, after a pause for a rest, an- other buttle begins for the posmenion of The British and Americans raided an "Little Switzerland" depends upon the Fodrome from a low height and ¢ stroy-plans of the High Command, At any rate,
six machines and set fire in the there will be a
new operation with stronger inaterial and means on both ngars.
We brought down 21 and drove downsides.
uncontrollable. Six British machines missing.
GERMAN REPORTS.
LONDON, August 14th. 12.16.0.m.
wireless wireless German
official report bes-AVe repulsed oft-repeated attacks the south of Morris. We also repulsed acks to the north of the Amiens-Roye
and to the south of the Avrt.
LONDON, August 14th. 11.30 p.m. wireless German official report ex:-The enemy attacked to the west.
to the south-west of Lassigny. His ck astrie Canny broke down under
FRENCH CAPTURE RIBECOURT.
PARIS, August 15th.
A communiqué states:--During the day we continued to make progress between the Maiz and the Oise, and captured Ribecourt.⚫
East of Belval our infantry, having
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OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE
V. RIOUS SUCCESSFUL “
CAPELLE'S 'SUCCESSOR
AMSTERDAM, August 14th. The Wear Leitung states authoritative- ty that Vict Adaliral Behnke will succeed on Capelle as State Secretary at the Admiralty..
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS, GERMANS MARCHING ON,
PETROGRAD.
PARIS, August 14th
ENGAGEMENTS.
LONDON, August 14th. A Palestine official report states:-On the night of August 19th we BUCEERS-
tea-mile "Tront astride the Jerusalem-German troops are marching towards fully raided various points on A A memage from Helsingfors states that Nablus road, killing 200 and capturing Petrograd 17 Turkish officers and. 230 of other ranks and 15 machine-guns.
learned that an enemy counter-attack Royal Air Force and Australian uaits On the morning of August 8th the was being prepared, succeeded in captur-bombed enemy camps in the vicinity of ing, seven officers 'and & number of men. the Amman railway station.
In the regions of Roye and Lassigny the effective hits were obtained and ground liveliest artillery, fighting was continued. targets were machine-gunned.
On the night of August 13th our bomb-
ers Cropped 32 tona of bombs on various objectives, including 15 tons on Ham and Noyon, where big fires were observed.
SOVIET TRANSFERRED TO KRONSTADT.
of membership.
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LONDON, August 15th. The British recognition of the Czecho- Slovak nation is likely u have far- reaching consequences, Although atu rally, nothing has been settled regarding
Lenant listened.
said.
He lay down Hra beart went steadier. lle felt strangely calm. travelling over his chest, pausing, making "receiver
The silvery at the end of the tubes was little leaps, pausing again.
Ever been ill? asked the lieutenant. Pleurisy when I was fifteen, answered. The lieutenant left him.
the still air of the room and some mu
Palpitation" came across to him on tered whispering. He felt like lying there.
child
the
Out of the corner of his eye he saw major coming, adjusting his tubes. gave little sharp
แ hum's" and ha't” The tune he was listening to didn't seem to please him. Next he gripped the wrist and started out of the window.
* Mr.--...
in an abstract sort of way, dreamily. He began to regard himself felt sorry for the poor devil lying there, lag played about with. He wondered what the verdict would be.
Irregular pulse." The words Bloated on to his consciousness. They came frouz somebody at the other end of a telephone
hundred miles away.
The colonel was over the Boy now, with a black, wooden-looking tube with a dise like top. The tube was hopping about over his chest and the colonel kept pop- ping his car on top of it and listening. voice over the telephone, and the reply Ever bad rheumatism?" asked the seemed to form itsell foot. Yes, you anid the voice, as if Once, in the it had known all about it. The colonel had gone.
He roused himself. got up, and slowly. proceeded to drims.
France leng. Mr.?" asked the Colonel.
ally.
gentlemen?"
Fourteen months," he replied laconic **Um am! Agreed an your decision,-
#
Yes, quite." said the colonel, smiling."
Hoine service only for you, Mr. --~--~* "Good-morn-
mind what he thought about it all.
He walked out trying to make up his
SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS" STATEMENT RY MR. BURTON, The Hon. H. Burton, K.C, 'M.L.A., Minister of Railways and Harbours, who represents the Union of South Alrien at this year's Imperial Conference, in an sid interview with Reater's representative, "Nobody regrets more than I do General Botha's inability to come person ally to England. He feels that in exist- ing circumstances his first duty at pre- sent towards South Africa and the Em- pire lies in his own country, where the political situation requires his wise and firm-control. I do not mean that there is any practical danger of trouble in" the shape of a pro-republican rising or any thing of that kind believe that any action of that kind
Indeed, I do not contemplated by the leaders of the No. the boundaries of the new State, it means
tionalists: The republican doctrine has some substantial following in the late an additional obstacle to German extenrupublic, but in Natal it, of course,
no support to speak of, whilst in the sion towards the East
Cape Provinces it is by no means popular among our African, even of the Nationalist party.
Dutch-speaking
South These people have lived for generations under the British system of government, and value its advantages and liberties, which they are not prepared to exchange for the problematical benefits of repub and constant preaching of republican licanism. At the same time, the insistent propaganda throughout the country in- ons may be to carried away as to endear- volves the danger that irresponsible per..
s our to put into practice what is being preached. Apart from the theycal troubles, which are largely
upon the continuance of the war, and
depen which may be expected in the main to be greatly modified when it is over, the general outlook in South Africa is entire ly promising. The country is ojoying extraordinary prosperity, and there is a notable spirit of enterprise.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION. CZECHO-SLOVAKS' DANGEROUS
POSITION.
LONDON, August 15th.
The Times' Correspondent at Vladi vestock states that the Czecho-Slovaks are in dangerous position and are liable to be cut off altogether unes speedily obtain assistance.
has
THE CHINESE COOLIE, CORPS, Becond-Lieut. A. W. Lockhead, of the CLC, writing in the Chinese Border is to do its utmost in aiding the cause The policy of the Union Government with regard to the Chinese Labour Corps, Nationalist sentiment there can be no of the Allies, and, in spite of so-called The Tier Correspondent at Stock-very camp, and the coolies have an South Africa is perhaps more niive now
LONDON. August 15th..
saye:—A dry canteen is established in doubt that the great majority keenly sug holm state that, the Petrograd Soviet opportunity to spend their frane a day to the real significance of the war this port the Government in its attitude. as they please I saw one man eat a tube it has been at any time, and a very large of tooth paste, and two others drink a people share the feeling of English South
and influential, section of our
Dutch bottle of Montserrat lime juice, neat, at attitude of the Nationalist party and it
Africans in this respect.
at Winnipeg I saw a coolie sell a pair now, And, as a matter of fact, in spite But for the. Kitting A British N.C.O, sold a five insidious operations in our country dis and was court-martialled for the offence. the Dutch section even than is the case shilling watch to a coolic for 73 francs,tricts, South African recruiting would be
of common bamboo chopsticks to a Cana of all the unfavourable influences, a sub- swelled by a much larger proportion of
dian for 25 cents. martialled for the offence,
He was not court-stantial portion of the recruits now being
elisted are of Dutch extraction."
Many has been transferred to Kronstadt,
PEASANTS TO AVENGE PLUNDERING.
Bands of starving armed peasants are
ing with the Arabs, seized Madawara marching towards Petrograd to avenge
The Imperial Camel Corps, co-operat="
railway station, and killed 35 and cap- the plundering by hordes of Ited tured 120 prisoners and two guns.
Guarde.