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Franco-Belgian Front.
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BRITISH FRONT.
COLONIALS" 'SUCCESS,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDai, AUGUST 19, 1918.
Losos, August 13th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig e ports :---The Canadians captured Datory and Parvillers.
MARSHAL FOCH'S SCHEMË EXPLAINED.
7
Aerial Activites:
(THROUGH REUTER'S" AGENCY.} LONDON, August 15th. Router Correspondent at French
GERMAN POINTS BOMBED. Headquarters, telegraphing on August leh, states:-General Humbert received
SUCCESSFUL BRITISH ATTACKS. gorrespondents and summed up Marshal The Air Ministry reports: In addition Foch's manually re follows: The to the operations which were carried out Fourth British and First French ärmies on the 13th instant. we attacked Thion were to attack simultaneously in the genville and destroyed two aeroplanes. eral direction of Amiens and Roye rond.
Three British ninchines did not return. At the right moment the Third French -We- attacked ́a-rodromes and railways
BRITONS' PRACTICAL
PATRIOTISM.
Loyoos, August 15t.
Army would intervene, pushing on in the on the night of the 13th instant, and all British The German losses since Augustby-week investments, in consequence of
"direction of Roye, when the Germans. menaced by envelopment. would be forced
our machines returned. .....
Our airmen successfully
attacked. to retreat, our general objective being to sidings and the station at Offenburg, drive him back between' Amiens and the directly hitting the railway. Oise. General Humbert was to be allow-
In heary fighting we destroyed two
exceed
THE MILITARY SITUATION ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
LONDON, August 15th. The general military situation remains highly interesting,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Lassigny is still in the hands of the The village of
statement, to-day, said that subscriptions high ground on the ridge to the south the stupendous figures of £1,000,000,000. enemy, but the French now possess the fer National War Bands had reached They hold the whole of the massif and Thirty-four thousand prisoners have been been held by the Great War Loan of are at present working down the far side. So fär. the ·world's record bad... taken by the British Fourth and the French First and Third Armies and
1917, yielding £918,130,000. captured, of which 430 were taken by the achieved by regular and continuous week. between 600 and 700 guns have been remarkable fact was the great result The most
Sth have been greater in proportion to the Allies losses than in gay previous which we had avoided the dislocation of enormously our dead. Indeed, the total battle. Their dead especially
the money market and an upheaval of Allied casualties are probably less than credit, which, after a great loan, renders ed to attack after the Germans were reel-neroplanes and drove down two ancontrel. enemy intends to fight approximately one another lean for many months.
the prisoners we took.
There
is every indication that the"
is impossible for the Government, to ing under the blow of General Debener's able. and General Rawlinson's armies, he
the line now reached, except in the Cousequently, the success of National All our aeroplanes, returned.,
south, where the French possession 21 War Bonds is à unique achievement, and moving reinforcements into the setor bef tween Montdidier and the Somme. The blast furnaces, railways, sidings and vari.small tributary of the Oise.
Our night-fiers attacked an nerodrome, probably behind the Divette River, there is no doubt that the excellent re-
Lassigny massif will coniped him to retire. operation resulted as Marshal Foch farious other targets. All our machines re-
It will be sults attained will serve as a stimulus to foreseestt.
most advantageous for the Allies if the fresh endeavour. We need £95.000.000 General Humbert aftacked at turned.
enetny remains on the present lines, where weekly, and rely for that amount on the dawn on the 11th fastant the thinly-held
he is most uncomfortable and is suffering patriotism and sense of duty on the part "Heavy losses. The German retirement in of our people. We know how that the German line, which was incapable of PARIS FURIOUSLY BOMBED.
Snancial effort of the counter will be There is bentile artillery firing in thesistance. The Germans bad taken the
only be sustained but surpassed, and that Keimel Ypres front.„,
through to victory. we shall be able to finance, tit war
"VICTORY NOT ENOUGH.” INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM MUST BE REBUILT
We also advanced south-east of Proyart. taking priminers in both operations,
"Our patrols north of Albert were all day in contact with the enemy.
There was local fighting at w number
of points.
Our patrols were also active in the Vieng-Berquin sector, and we progressed" south-west of the village, taking prisoners. We successfalle raided north-west of Lacon. in Hieting casualties.
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LONDON, August 16th A Paris official message states that an air-raid alarm was given at 11.52 ed and dropped several bombs in the Enemy aeroplanes furiously cannonad- Paris district.
There were some casualties and some The all-clear signal was given at
precaution of evacuating the Montlidier Enemy aviation has decreased.
and Assain-Villers Salient. General Humbert, finding the resistance weaker We dropped 2 tons
of home on than was expected, pressed on in the Peronne, Oisel, the Engel dump, and efting rapidly, a change of plan was feasible direction of Rove. The situation develop Bruges flock.
and it was no longer necessary for Gen-amage We destroyed aeroplanes and drove feral Humbert to advance in the direction down six out of control. Fifteen British he swung the left round so that the whole
of Roye. Therefore, on the 11th instant. 12.32. mahines are missing.
ine, Fronted cast instead of north and he began the battle which resulted in court massif. the capture of the key points of the Thies
On the 12th instant. the enemy received reinforcements and began to offer most elastinate resistance. ther the German Divisions, has been We brought down an enemy night fierbrought to the fit of the Thiourt Hills, which did not surrender without
of
Our night-fliers dropped tons bombs, with good feet, on the Somme brudzes Peronne, Jual and Cambrai railways,
in ames
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One British machine to missing!
LOCAL FIGHTING.
Loxnos. August 16th. -" Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re porta: -We advanced our line slightly at night north-east of Morlancourt, and repulsed an attack on a post in this vicinity after slärp fighting.
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French
hard fighting.
GERMAN ARMY COMMANDS.
Lexden. August 16th. Reuter's Correspondents nt Headquarters, telegraphing on the 15th instant. states :-Ip the Gorman High Command, sacrifices are apparently being made to German public opinion. General von Madra who opposed General Gouraud in Champagne has apparently ben replaced by the Saxon General von been appointed Chief of the new Army group, including General von Hutier's Eighteenth Army and General von Mar:
URAZZO RAILWAY BOMBED
Lospos, Aitgust 17th. An Italian naval official message states: British aircraft bombarded the Durazzo railway on August 10th, causing fires, which were visible miles distant. General.
[TEROTON RECTEBE'S AGENCY.] GERMAN MAN-POWER LOSSES
OVER SIX MILLION CASUALTIES IN THE WAR.
the sector has been on a front of nine miles, to a maximum depth of two evacuate the whole of this salient in his ailes, Apparently his intention is to own time.
from the Serre salient north of Albert, The enemy has also started to withdraw
three miles. possibly behind the Anere, to a depth of
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LONDON, August 16th. London last night in celebration. of the The Government gave a dinner in of the International Food Supply Com fourth anniversary of the establishment
It was mentioned that the Com
pression that the enemy has abandoned These withdrawals strengthen the im the idea of an offensive in the north, Germans have thrown in 5 Divisions, in Between the Oise and the Ancre the cluding 13 from the Reserve, of which belong to Prince Rupprecht's armies..
Prince Rupprecht new holds the front only from the sea to Albert and General mitter. von Boehm commands the group of armies mittee had already voted supplies to the between Albert and Soissons. He is in-value of £100,000,000 for the Allies. timately nequainted with this part of the old Somme battle area.
Lord Robert Cecil, who presided, said that the immense strain on the nations THE POSITION IN RUSSIA. in partnership could only be met by a are increasing indications of an impendefferts would lead to victory, but victory Regarding the position in Russia, there complete pooling of resourers. He ex-
pressed confidence that their ing German attack upon the Murman
The international system must be rebuilt, bence the vast
Railway. The Bolshevik farce is report was not enough.
unitet
ed to be advancing 2,000 strong from Lake Oega, while the Germans are pre-majority were passionate believers in The latest statistics of German casual-paring an advance upon all railheads in ague of Nations, which, he believe Finland They are also preparing to
could be ultimately built upon an organi.
Pasis, August 16th.
Local fighting occurred in the north. Carlowitz, while General von Bohm has tiek, prior to the March offensive, showed attack Petcheng, which would give them action like the Food Supply Committer.
enstern outskirts of Thiepval Wone. Our patrils there crossed to the left bank
the Anere.
Patrols further north pressed between Beaucourt-sur- Anere, and Puisieux.
Aumont.
witz's Second Army on both banks of the Somme and in the region of Lassigne and, the Thiesenurt bills. General von Boehm is credited with snatching the Ger man Army from disaster after General Jangin's attack on July 15th. It is his There was increased hostile artillery role to accept the responsibility of Fail. fighting south of the Somme, and betweener and the retreat from the Marne this ures like the Malmaison battle last Octo La Basse Canal and Ypres.
His immediate business is to take PROGRESS TOWARDS FRESNOY-
the discredit of the next "unpleasant LES-ROY.
episode between the Somme and the Oise, which the German High Command ex- pects at no distant date.
Losno, August 17th." Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re IMPORTANT GROUND CAPTURED. pórtan --We-repulsed a strong counter.
LoxDos. August 17th. attäck against new positions at "Daunery, Heuter's Correspondent at French Head- inflicting, great lows, taking $50 prisoner's quarters, telegraphing on the 15th, says:
General Humbert's troops gained ground and capturing many machine guns Our to-day which is most important though troops advanced in this locality on the small in extent on the Thiescourt massif, 16th, in co-operation with the French, called after Attiches farm and the mono capturing Attiches. The position is so making- substantial progress in the direslith which crown the crest at a height of ASAHI BEER." Lion of Fresnoy-les-Roy and Fransart.
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6,000,000 including 1,400.000 killed. The foregoing does not include navni losses Germans lost 120,000 in killed alone. Between March 27th and June 17th the
WHY LUDENDORFF ORDERED ECONOMY.
PARIS, August 17th A Havas message says: The following figures, taken from a most reliable source, of men in the German give an idea of the frightful consumption
army.
a good submarine base. The Bolshevik rearguards are retiring before as in the Archangel district. They are committing every atrocity upon the inhabitants and are endeavouring to barn bridges and holding up our advance. However, we have pushert on to north of Obervkaya. which is 100 miles south of Archangel.
We landed a detachment at Ourga Bayns and are endeavouring to intercept the Bolshevik retirement from Archangel. There is little doubt that they have got German officers.
tachmens to work up to Dvina towards We have also despatched another de Kotlas, which is 260 miles south-east of Archangel.
There, has been no definite news re-
TSAR OF BULGARIA ILL
PARIS, August 16th. A message from Munich states that the condition of Tsar Ferdinand of" Bulgaria, who is at Nanheim, is regarded
critical,
AN ANGRY CARDINAL THE POPE, THE PRINCE, AND THE ITALIAN CENSOR.
Since the beginning of the war until the end Df. July, 1918. the Germans have had ubous 6,000,000 men killed, wounded or missing, the number of men called to the colours during the same period being 12,000,000. Half their Eghting forces have thus been put out of action.
The situation in the remainder of The figures of killed reach a high total. Russia is most obscure, and it is not even For the period included between August known for certain whether. M. Lenin, and
Cardinal Bourne made an excited speech, at Hampstead recently. He attacked the 1914, and the March offensive of 1918 Af. Trotsky have ch casualties. To this figure must be added the figure is 1,400,000, not including marine
newspapers in a querulous fashion for about 120,000 for the offensive of Marchtently about the Czecho-Slovaks, hut
having criticised the Prince of Wales' visit 21st, and the operations which followed, there is a disquieting report that the of the working of the Press. We pay over to the Pope, and betrayed much ignorance. to June 17th, Since then the losses Bus Bolsheviks are transferring troops to the his remarks, which ays ukimportant so fa wined have been very considerable, and Volga front and have inflicted a severe as the Press is concerned. would increase in striking proportion check on the Czecho-Slovaks. It is im- the figures above mentioned.
People do not realize the position of possible to ennfirm this. There is a posthings in Italy and Rome at the beginning This explains the order recently issued sibility that General Alexeieff and the of "the war." said the Cardinal - the A couple of miles north-west the crest is General Ludendorff to his Generals: Cossack General Denekin will be able to
astuteness and preparation of our enemica Loybos, August 17th.
crowned by the chapel of Saint Aubin,armid our former method of attack in General Alexeieff has a considerable force on authorities. In the summer of It is absolutely essential we should join hands with the Czecho-Slovaks.
and the supineness and want of care of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re-
which the enemy holds, pverlening Pdense formation and reduce our losses in of Don and other Cossacka, all of whom on aviation, says: We destroyedmont. With Attiches farm and the mono
1914 the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, porting
lith is our hands we are very nearly
and the Bavarian and Prussian Ministers four aeroplanes and, drove down five un- masters of the massif, and the position for econonly recommended by General It is easy to understand the necessity
were frequently in the antechamber of the On British machine is may become so difficult for the enemy that Ludendorff when American man power is controllable.
Cardinal Secretary of State anri also fi the presence of the Holy Father, and in the usual bullying Prussian way Were denying stateraents of atrocities inade to the Pope.
AVIATION REPORT.
every way.
inissing. We dropped 221 tons of bombs his whole left to Noron and the Oise may steadily increasing and troops are land-
and heavily attacked two nerodromes, several dumps and railway connections. All our night bonbers returned.
FRENCH FRONT.
TWO FARMS CAPTURED.
be endangered.
IMPORTANCE OF LASSIGNY PLATEAU
PARIS, August 17th.
ing in East.
UNITED STATES' DUTY. ENOUGH MEN TO WIN THE WAR.
are reliable.
BRITISH FORCE ON CASPIAN
... SHORE Important developments, which ob viously, cannot be discussed, are occurring id Pervin and on the Caspian Sea. It is permissible to say that British troops from Bagdad have advanced to the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, meet- WASHINGTON, August 16th. Power Bill extending the Draft ages
Reporting in the Senate on the Man-tribesmen. A detachment of the
ing with no opposition except from certain
was conveyed by steamer to Baku and is from 18 to 45, Mr. Chamberlain, Chait. now assisting the Armenians in defend- man of the Military Committee, quoted in Baku against the Turks.
The Allied force in Baku, comprising General March, Chief of Staff, as saying to send to France enough men to win the war in the West.
There was only one representative of the Altips, the Belgian Ambassador, a loty man of very advanced age. The Pope had. no first-hand information of what was frst man able to give the Pope correct going on, and professor of Louvain who reached Rome in November, 1914, was the information from the Allies.
"The Pope had to weigh every that had been established. in the early that be used and could only act on facts word
under German influence,
A Havas message says:-The French Third Anny under General Humbert pus- terday completed its great task, capturing the whole plateau of Lassigny, which dominates the whole south-western corner of the battle front. The Germans are falling back slowly, at two other points north of Albert, near Armentières, where A comdaniged states: -As the result or they seem to inged clearing gradually that it was the duty of the United States Armenians, Russians and others, is under days of the war the Italian papers were
right out of the sadient. These retreats ggest that they have abandoned all idea of a large offensive for the present; and are shortening their front as much as possible.
PARIS, August 10th.
a local operation, we made snine progress in the wooded massif between the Matz and the Oist
North-west of Ribecourt we captured Attach Farm and Monolith Farm, both | being energetically defended.
We took some prisoners.
FIGHTING NEAR THE AVRE.
PARIS, August 17th. A communiqué says:-In the region 112 of Roye we pressed back the enemy by series of local attacks, despite his resistance. North of the Avre, with the Canadians in co-operation, we ad- vanced our line to Goyencourt, St. Mard. les Troit and Lancort. South of the
GERMAN REPORT.
Loxoox; August 15th.
A wireless German official report eays: -We evacuated the projecting sector near alsed partial attacks on both sides of Puissieux and Beaumont Hansel and re- the Avre and southward of Lassigay.
Our chasers.engaged a British squadron og to Germany and forced it to retain, after the loss of five aeroplanes.
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LONDOS, August 17th.
The Committee's report reveals that the war programme provides for 8c divi- sions of over 3,000.000 mer being in.. France next June, with 18 divisions more in training."
AN AMERICAN ARMY OF FOUR MILLION MEN.
the Russian General Dukuchie, who is opposing the Turks. Neither side pos
esses artillery worth speaking" of.
BRITISH TROOPS AT-BAKU.
"THE PRINCE'S VISIT. Cardinal Bourne referred to the visit of the Prince of Wales to the Pope. LONDON August 18th.
Ho said The Holy See is sovereige In connection with the striking an State. The Pope is extri-nasional and nouncement of the arrival of a British super-national. The visit has given great force at Baku, it appears that the satisfaction to Catholics throughout the advance to the Caspian Sen from world, and the Holy Father was pro Committee that President Wilson's policy north-west Persia. The advance was not
Bagdad was begun in February, and there foundly touched by the
modesty and galia for the concentration of American forces on the Western Front, including posed, except by Jangali tribesmen, Itale.
The theory of the fighting in Bolsheviks. These were easily overcome who are in league with the Turks and future is that we must force the issue and. win on the Western Front:
and the Caspian Sea was reached through mountainuus.country, with bad roads,
Mr. Baker told the Senate's Military is already a considerable British force in of the Prince,
Avre we penetrated deeply in the Bois-South of Thiescourt the egeniy captured Senate Committee, referring to President scarce supplies and in face of great hard.
des-Loges. FORMEN FIRST LINES OCCUPIED.
PAZIA, August 17th. A French communiqué says our troops progressed in the region of Villers-le-Rove Ind St. Aubin: East of Armancourt we occupied our former first lines.
In Champagne we took home prisoners in the Perthe-les-Barlus sector,
We repulsed an enemy raid cast of Maison-de-Champagne.
AERIAL WARFARE.”
A wireless German offcial message says: Mr. Chamberlain, Chairman of the Attiche farm. The heavily in the fighting for assigny. We be diverted from the policy that the enemy Buffered Wilson's policy, said:-"We decline to drove him back six times during ten military programnie be centred on the hours heavy fighting.
Western Front."
Italian Front.
[THROUGH DEUTER AGENCY.].
2 ENEMY REPULSED ON THE PIAVE
PARIS, August 17th. An aviation.
LONDON, August 18th. Communiqué saya- We. hrought down
An Italian communiqué states:-Our on Wednesday-15 enemy acroplanes, and set fire to eight fire yesterday repulsed strong enemy balloons. Our bombing squadrong drop. reactions in the Tonale región. On the ped 32 tone of propectiles
in the sight of August 24th-15th enemy detach battle zone, also behind the front, Beveral ments thrice attacked the garrison on the railway stations were hit, notably Torg-Pe bun the heavy loss but nier, Noyon, Mercieros and Thionville. were driven back with losses.
ships.
NEW FRENCH RAILWAY.
A REMARKABLE, ACHIEVEMENT.
LONDON, August 16th.
that impression has not been conveyed as it should have been to the whole world. That was due to the action of the Italian censor, who did not hand and only meagre references after allow any references to the visit before- wards. He refused to allow the Catholic papers to use large headlines in reference to the visit.
The telegrams which conveyed the account of the meeting to the world were despatched from Switzerland. This I consider, was an insult to the Holy See, to the Prince of Wales, and to Catholics. throughout the British Empire:
the
General March" said:" We can win the war, but how long it will take de- pends exactly on what we do. If we put a small force over there, we are playing
The real facts about the agreement of Germany's game.
A Havas message says:-In the pre- I believe that with an
Government not to bomb Cologue or under one Commander-in-Chief, we can augurated, which has been added to the American army of 4,000,000 in Francece of the French Premier, M. Clemen Corpus Christi bave never been published ceau, a railway line has just been in-
It was the Archbishop of Cologne who ga-through the German line wherever we northern railway system of France. body of Allied, ainen--not British
made the requst, and for this reason that in 1916 on the Feast of Corpus Christi a please."?
necessitated the laying of 210 kilometres bombed a procession that was taking place. of main or accessory rails with a double at Karlsruhe. One hundred and twenty set of rails, with a view to bearing intense people were killed and 146 wounded. Most
It comprises two important of them were women and children takin bridges, and involved the construction of part in the procession. bankments tepresenting 800,000 cubic a tunnel 365 metres in length and em metres. The plans and execution took
CANADA'S
WHEAT CROP
OTTAWA, August 15th. prospects in the Dominion wheat crop, There are indications of improved which is now likely to approximate last
year's.
traffe.
loss than one hundred days.
the air raid was carried out by the Frencht "I believe," added the Cardinal. " that because a French hospital had recently
been bombed."