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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 1918
FRENCH FORCES REPEAT ATTACK.
"ADVANCE PROCEEDING. WELL,”
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AUSTRIAN STEAMER SUBMARINED.
ITALIANS
REPULSE STRONG ATTACKS.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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BRITISH FRONT.
"BRITISH LINE ADVANCED.
Losos, August th.
12.30 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Exig re- porta:-We advanced our line to the beighbourhood of the Vieux-Berquin--· Outterstrene rond, capturing 18% pri- joners.
We repulsed four attacks on posts to the orth-east of Chilly.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, August 19th. 11.45 p... Awireless German official report states:--We repulsed British attacks between Meteren and Merris
We advanced our lines at Lonally, to the north the Ancre
An Australian attack at broke down.
Hellevillo
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of Beauvraignes,
The enemy penetrated the western part We. withdrew to the eastern edge of the village.
An enemy casault between Carpent and to the south-west of Nouvron broke
Weccessfully rùided a post to the down, after a hitter struggle which Inated
many hours,
rest of Bray.
Ur patrols toade further progress etween the Law and Lys rivers being
ow to the east of the bad.
Paradis-Merville
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ERMANS SLOWLY MOVING BACK,
LONDON, August 10th. D.00 p.m.
nt British
Reuter's Correspondent eadquarters, telegraphing this evening, ates: from north of Hebsterne to
utb of Albert the Germans continue owly and methodically to move back. ere are now signs of retirement in the arpe Valley, where our patrols estab- hed contact with the enemy" on both nka of the river and made progress. on
Mouth side.
Prisoners state that the object of the thdrawal is
to take up improved posi ms before the winter and conserve the n-power by shortening the line and
ground.
A
upying more favourable vertheless, the withdrawal means a re- ciation of the offensive and an admis
h of the loss of initiative.
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ERMANS SHORT OF HORSES. na document which has been captured dendorff bemoans the shortage of Bey He says We must take care our horses, as they cannot be replaced. men must thoroughly understand
t this is accessary in order to continue
war until victory is reached."
he shortage is so serious that officers'
nts
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FRENCE FRONT.
GENERAL MANGIN AGAIN ATTACKS.
LONDON, August 20th. 2.30 p.m.
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General Mangin again attacked today on a ten-mile front between the Oise and the Aise
The advance is proceeding well.
A maximum depth of two miles was attained.
Five hundred prisoners,, have already, been coung,
FRESCH OCCUPY VASSENS
PARIS, August 20th.
were
A communiqué · states:-There reciprocal bombardments" in the regions
of Lavigny and Dreslincourt.
Between the Oise and the Aisne last evening we occupied the village Vassens, to the north-east of Morsain.
Maison-
An enemy, raid to the west de-Champagne paved abortive.
last evening.
German aeroplanes bombarded Nancy Six civilians were killed
and 20 wounded.
ENEMY'S SOUTHERN FLANK
MENACED.
LONDON, August 20th.
5.00 a.m.
Reuter's Correspondent at French Hend
Belegraphing states:-Simultaneously
ve been ruthlessly requisition.quarters,
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Inst evening,
with General
be attack on erday was more successful. than was raz believed. Six hundred and sixty
prisoners were captured, including officers, many of whom are Poles, remainder being typical Saxons,
Oulterstene ridge Mangin's attack cast of the Oise, General Humbert attacked from Le Hamel, on the right of the Oise," north of "Ribecourt to Bois-des-Loges and midway between Roye and Lassigny,
e established an entire domination he ridge, with wide observation over adjoining territory. The enemy is no er able to watch us except from Bona,
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Thus the enemy, who hitherto has been. fronting west to General Humbert's, General Debeney's and General Rawlin- kon's armies, is now menaced on the south- crn flank.
General Mangin's two attacks, on the ASTROUS POSSIBILITIES FOR one point to barely within two miles from 17th and 18th inst., brought his troope at General Humbert's, and the conjoined
THE ENEMY. -
LONDON, August 19th, 0.45 p.m. ter's Agency learns that General gin's attack has been brought to a factory conclusion. Practically all objectives were attained."
neral Mangin now holds all the high and commanding the Oise Valley the South and threatens the enemy. tions towards the Aisne..
FRENCH CAPTURE VILLAGES.
PARIA, August 20th.
A communique states:-Between the Matz and the Oise we continued to make
progress.
We captured Fresnieres, notwithstand- ing a desperate resistance, and reached the western outskirts of Lassigny..
Farther south we succeeded in debouch- ing from Thiescourt Woods,
On our right we captured Pimprez, and pushed as far as the southern out- skirts of Dreslincourt.
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North of the Aispe, completing our success between Carlpont "and Fontenoy, we captured the 'village Horsain,
The number of prisoners we have taken
in this region since yesterday reaches
9,900.
Three German neroplanes were felled yesterday.
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ENEMY AGAIN SURPRISED.
LONDON, August 18th.
8.35 p.m. Reuter'a Correspondent at *French Headquarters, states: --General Mangin's attack was telegraphing to-day,
made after a short artillery preparation. The enemy, who was again surprised, was holding line weakly without reserves within call.
We gained useful ground overlooking the deep wooded ravine running south- east from Nampeel to Nouyion-Vingre, through which the Germans brought up troops unobserved,
The enemy must now withdraw all but
BRITISH TRADE.
LONDON, August 20th. There was an increase in imports of £19,067,153 and a decrens, in exports of £8.180,217 compared with July last year. EARLIER CABLES « SBIPS FOR JAVA TRADE
CANTON NEWS, [ST OGURTESY OF THE ! CHUNG 2001
SAX PO."
CANTON, August 21st, PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION.
The authorities have received a tele-
gram front the President in Peking stating that he has made up his mind, to resign when his term of office is gon
RUMOUR DIN;50:
WASHINGTON, August 19th. Forty, Dutch ships lying in the Dutebcluded. East Indies are expected to be released as the result of an informal, modus rimendi to bring sugar, tin and quinine to the United States.
AMERICA'S GREAT ARMY. WASHINGTON, August 20th. General March informed the House of Representatives Military Committee that
60 Auerican divisions of 45,000 men each should be able to successfully conclude the war. He said the American army on August 1st exceeded 3,000,000 been. It had been planned to send 250.000 men, to France monthly, and it was hoped to in. crease the number in the spring.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, August 20th? The silver market is quiet.
EX-TSAR AND BOLSHEVIK, THE JOURNEY FROM TOBOLSK. German-papers reprint from the official organ of the Soviet Government the fol- ovieff, Commander of the Ural Troops, lowing account by the Commissary Yak- of the removal of the ex-Tear from
Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg
When I arrived at Tobolsk T at once
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SWATOW NOTES (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}
Swarow, August 19th. During the last week or two rain has.. fallen abnormally, A great deal of the" roads have been rendered impassable. 10 green craps has been destroyed. Country
that some people have been shut out from knowledge of world news. NORTHERNERS. DEFEATEN,"
It
Early last week a furious battle was the report regarding a proposed restora-the Northern and Southern troops.
The authorities have "announced that waged in the vicinity of Tapu between tion of the Monarchy in Peking is abso was perhaps the biggest fight that has futely untrue.
taken place between them since the cap- ture of Swatow by the Cantonese. News has reached us, which is confirmed from
have suffered defeat, losing two guns, a other sources, that the Northern troops large amount of animunition and about their men were killed and a number zaken five hundred rifles, Several hundred of
the charge of the Dauvin at Swatow, prisonera. The latter have been placed ip
As the new British Consul for Wachow have requested the British. Consul in has not yet assumed office, the authorities Shameen to open af enquiry into the three junks near Tak Hing. As a result recent collision of the xs, Ko Chor and of the collision the the junks were sunk and three persons were drowned. We are informed that the British Consul in Shameen has refused the request on the ground that the matter does not lie within his province...
ATTACK ON KING CHOW.
As Lung's troops in King Chow have not yet surrendered, the Tuchun, has ordered the River Defenes Department to send small gunboats if one to attack the place. Four other gunboats will be sent by the 1st Squadron to co-operate with, the military forge, which will attuck King Chow from three directions,
POLITICAL MEETING.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
secure, is now advancing to a small town Chan Kwen-ming, having made Ta-po about seven miles east of Ta-pu, to which the defeated Northerners have retreated. About twelve miles to the North of Ta-pu there is an important market plner called Feng-shi. To this place boats ran down the rapid Han river from Ting-chow, a fimous paper-producing district. shi, therefore, is of some importance, and Feng-
of money value to the soldiers who possess it. For a few days quite recently it was captured by the Northern troops. If it had been retained it would have rendered Chan Kwen-ming's hold on South-west. Fukien impossible. But having regainesi
tary Government Chamber yesterday.it Chan Kwen-ming is able to hold an
A meeting was held in the Union Mili It was attended by all the Controllers also to Shang Hang, and his object now General Luk, and by the Tuchun, who represented is to secure again Ying-Ting town and
The proceedings were SeCTED.
county. The people in this last-named place have suffered a great deal. The inhabitants have lost their all. The pro- ple who could get away have all gone and houses owned by families of an standing have been denuded of everything. IN OTHER PROVINCES.
the immediate fighting line behind the had myself announced to the ex-Tsar. I platen on his side of the valley, presented myself to him and said to bim, "Citizen Romanoff, the Soviet" of the Naval Activities.
People's Commissaries has charged me to remove you from Tobolsk. Your depar..
GOYERNMENT EMPLOYES. 1ere must take place at four to-morrow RECRUITING CIVIL SERVANTS. morning. Plcuse prepare yourself for it." The ex-Tsar shrank back and asked
A return has recently been made show. where he is to be taken to. I answered the number of persons employed' in that the destination was not exactly
the various Government departments at kmen to myself, and that I should re- ceive definite orders-only cu rutete. The
the outbreak of war and at the present ex-Txar thought for a moment and anid,tines the number who have joined the "I will not go
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SUBMARINED.
LUNDUs, August 20th. "Antalian naval communiqué states: Submarine 7 crossed the mined areas in the upper Adriatic and entered the sank a large Austrian steamer, after Gulf of Quarnerolo and torpedoed and.
which the submarine returned safely to its base.
AUSTRIAN SEAPLANES
CAPTURED.
LATER. Two Austrian seaplanes bombed Hari and subsequently fell into the sea, where they were captured: Italian Front,
(the ex-Tsaritsa) came into the run and At this moment Alexandra Feodorovna
from his family? That is impossible he aid, "What do you want to do with him! Are you going to separate him has a sick son. He ennant go. He must remain with "
To that I replied that I had definite instructions and must carry them out. There could be no question of a separa-
civil "duties.
It is interesting to note, what is happening in other Provinces of China." At present Suchen bas passed over entirely into the Southern group and we Forces, and the number of men of the now military age laid down by the Military Suchuen are moving towards the Province Understand that soldiers from
possessing engineering or other technical has cooled on both sides. The Northerners" Service Acts, 1816, still retained on their of Shensi trying to win the Province for
A large number of men
the South. In Hunan, where much fight- ing took place some months ago,' ardour qualifications who are specially retained do not want to fight there and the South- in civil life for the design or production el war material are included. The figures erners are playing the defensive rule. The Aupposition is that the leaders are not in employed in the Civil Service on August want to conclude peace between the two lat, 1914, was, in round figures, a little under 230,000 while the number at present
factions. In the Province of Kiangsi- employed is somewhat over 280,000. There there is fighting. At present the strife is are therefore about 50,000 more Civil ser
more or less confined to Sinfung district, vants, male and female, now, than there which is in the south-eastern portion of
It further appears that
the Province, According to the meagre during this period the number of men accounts" that come to us the advantage is employed in the Civil Service has decreas with the Southerners two bours, fed from about 193,000 to 138,000, while the number of women, employed has increased from about 38,000 to approxi An Italian official report states:-We
mately 144,000. The decrease of about lines, on the southern slopes of Sassos footman should travel with Nikolai, repulsed strong attacks on the Cornonethe Court lady Demidoff, a servant, and 57,000 in the number of male Civil ser
vants since the beginning of the war does plete, return has been prepared by the An elaborate but nimittedly incom- Rosso, inflicting heavy losses.
The other daughter, Alexei, Tatishchef, not indicate the full extent of recruiting Treasury for Mr. Herbert Samuel in an-- and the rest-in all, forty persons were Aerial Activites.
in the Civil Service, for since the out-swer to his request for the numbers of to remain in Tobolsk till the spring. I was rather surprised that Alexandra Feo break of hostilities just over 93,000 men the staffs and the total costs of the new dorovan was willing to part from her employed by Government departments Ministries which have been created or of son, but the commander of the guard,(about 48 per cent of the whole original the departments which have been largely Kobilinski, told me he had accidentally beard her say to Tatishcheff, I'm afraid that by himself he (Nikolai) will commit too many follies,7% St
tion, as Nikolai Romanoff's whole family show that the number of men and women favour of prosecuting the civil strife and
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REPULSED.
LOSDON, August 20th."
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ATTACKED!
LONDON, August 19th. aerodromes and landing ground and The Air Ministry reports: On the night of August 18th-10th we attacked machine-gunned various ground targets. One machine did not return,
were to be removed with him.
At the moment, however, the journey was a very difficult one. For that reason the sick Alexei (the ex-Tsarevitch) was to remain at Tobolsk till the spring, when it would be possible to move Him. As to which of the other Romanoffs should make the jourtier and which should stay behind, they could decide for themselves. Alexandra Feodoroval called after me,
That is too cruel." After had gone the Romanoffs dis- cussed the departure for Several times they changed their minds, but in the end it was decided that Alexandra Feodorovna,. the daughter Marie, Prince Dolgorouki, "Professor Botkin (formerly the chief Court doctor),
were in 1914.
vide a nucleus of trained administrators.
THE WHITEHALL ARMY. STAFF OF 91,000.
Department.
male Civil Service) have been released for the armed Forces. Of the total num-i expanded during the war. ber of men now employed less than per The text cu punctually at four in the cent. are men under 31 years of age fit Treasury, states in his reply that the Mr. Baldwin, Becretary to the morning, all was ready, and we set out for general service. It is urged that if
but little. During the past year he has employed for the inermine which trans The journey was very quick I had view of the enormous increase of the work wast majority of the staffs are temporary thirty-five men with me.
The arduous of administration since 1914 neither the women clerks. The 6gures are as follows: grown much stronger, as he has worked a though rapid journey tired Romanoff actual number of Civil servants, now
Trial Annual attacks of the two armies secured the line,
with pre-war establishments, which has
Sta great deal in the open air-chopping ment of women, can be considered exces War Office......
been met by the greatly extended employ- Munitione Ministry....18,800! river and on our left, is causing the enemy which, advancing along both banks of the
LATEST CABLES. wood, shovelling snow, and so on-and sive. Many of the older departments have National Service
he is in excellent bealth. Apparently he been compelled to expand to meet special Inland Revenue... LONDON, August 20th serious anxiety for his positions between we attacked aerodromes, railways, much, exhausted, e atitude is proud require very large, staffs, and for which Board of Trade
has completely reconciled himself to his The Air Ministry reports:-Laat night position. Alexandra Feodorovna
war needs, and, in addition, it has been. Bois-des-Leges and Lossigny.
was necessary in the national emergency to Ministry Labour...
Admiralty n but she tried
create new departments of State, which bangars and trains, and various ground and reserved. She was much impressed the older departments have had to pro-Food Ministry targets were bombed
by the treatment she received. She ex- and machine-pected rudeness and insults, but everyone
behaved to them with absolute decorum. number of Civil servants in the higher Stationary Office
In the earlier stages of the war a large Post Office Savings Bank 3,687 No one ventured a discourteous or in medical categories volunteered and were Ministry Shipping sulting word.
Alexandra Feodorovna released for service with the colours. Office of Works looked at us wonderingly, but Nikolai After the passing of the Military Service Air Ministry...... soon settled down, and was quite at his Act, 1916, further extensive releases took War Trade Dept. Case From Tiumen we travelled by rail.place, and in the course of last year the Foreign The guard was increased to 160 men. The tion the immediate release of a quots of Civil Liabilities Com-
War Cabinet decided to require in addi-
Office and whole time Romanoff was in excellent
Ministry of, Blockade 829 2,000 men. The health. Three things seemed to interest over 200. For quota was, exceeded by him the family, the weather, and the vice Committees have been in operation in Food Production Dept... 521
mission. Minum some time Military for Dept. of Information... journey. He seems really to love his the Ministry of Munitions and the Minis War Trade Intelligence family, and is very anxious about them try of Food, and are carrying out a re- Romanoff. Alexandra Feodorovna is departments,
On this journey I got an impression of view of all exemptions from military sex War Savings Committee 327 the phenomenal limitations of Nikolai vice held by men employed by these
Department 380 quite different. She is very clever, proud,
These committees have Dollar Becurities Cou proved very successful, and the War mittes +63 and has great influence with her husband. tid not want to ho under any obligatiohs will therefore be appointed by the Minis Ministry of Reconstruc Cabinet has decided to extend this review Public Trustee (Trading She was very reservel, and for days at a to all current exemptions held throughout time did not show herself at all Bhe the Civil Service. Similar committees Central Control Roard 128
with Enemy only)
$17,412 to us Romanoff's daughter, Marie, is for ter of National Service to deal with every
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ber age very undeveloped, and has no con
Government department, on which the
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24,035 ception of the realities of life,
Ministry and the departmenta concerned ments is appropriately 4,500--and the
The aggregate staff in there depart will be represented.
The German resistance is desperately hard, but we reached a stage correspond gunned. All our machines returned. ing with that of the Germans at the end of March and the beginning of June, when cur reserves began to arrive and
by further French advance between restored the advantage of initiative -hy Aisne and the Oise would have dia-successful flank attacks.
bus possibilities for the enemy, who,
sing the danger locally.
are counter-attack-
tween the Laasigri massif and the fighting continues
Lo
French progress continues. elbile and a half north of Rite was captured, constituting an nce of a mile and three-quarters.
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The enemy is now using his reserves, and however he may grudge the necessity
of having to waste them in a defensive
General.
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| AMERICA CURTAILS COTTON GINS.
WASHINGTON, August 20th. battle, which in the end can only be the to grant priority to manufacturers of The War Industries Board has declined prelude to retreat, he still possesses some
cotton gins for iron, steel and fuel. The
30 fresh reserve divisions in addition to Foard has agreed to substantially cur- 100,000 youngsters of the 1990 clams, and tail the normal production of new gins our successes are most carefully planned next year. It is believed that the existing and manfully won.
plants and equipment with repairs can be made to last after the war.
tion
C'ost. £2,776,179
.16,100. 14,610
2,206,523
1,574.190
6,273.
1,047,555
6,118
065;110
5,768
756,265
5,714
$83,67€
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565,400
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£250,000
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annual cost £33,208,000.