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LUDICROUS SPEECH BY GERMAN COLONIAL SECRETARY.
SPAIN TO CONFISCATE GERMAN SHIPPING.
Franco-Belgian · Front,
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(THROUGH REUTER'S «ADENOT;}'
BRITISH FRONT.
AN ADVANCE OF THREE MILES.
Losos. August ist. 2.30 p.m
It was the Third Army under General; Sir Julian Byng that attarked this morn: ing on
a front of nine miles between, Masanneville and Reaumurt-sur-Auere. The attack
was launched without, artillery preparation and was a complete surprise
to the enemy.
It is reliably reported that Courcelles. and Achiet-le-Petit have been captured.
THE ̈ HƯNGRÒNG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD
ENEMY IN JUMPY " CONDITION.
Lspos, August 20th. 4.20 p.m. Resuuter correspondent 4. British Headquarters.. legraphing to-day, states:-Our patrols maintained a steady pressure on the withdrawing enemy and inflicted considerable casualties.
The enemy manifestly continues in a jumpy condition. Early this morning he furiously barraged the La Clytte. Scherpenberg road, apparently na a pro-- tective movement, but no infuntry move. ment followed.
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GERMAN FRONT LINE PASSED IN ONE HOUR.
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Reuters correspondent French Headquarters, wirgraphing fast evening, states:This morning's advance was on a front of 20 miles from Pimprez to Fontenoy."
During the night the Germans brought up fresh divisions from a long distance in the rear."
A Jaeger division, the captors of Mant Kemmel, was shifted from the Soissons region to resist General Mangin's shock, These reinforcements proved of little avail as three hours after the attack began the French-had pressed forward au Average distance of two and a half miles on the whole front.
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Thousands of Germans were captured. The German infantry fought well. but the artillery were feeble.
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Aviation was practically non-existent.
The whole German front line was passed an hour after the attack began. The most
Genarul.
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SECRETARY.
AMSTERDAM, August 21st.
1918
HOLLAND'S MINISTRY.
THE HAGU August 20th, Monsignor Nolens, a. Catholic member of the Second Chamber, whone Queen Wilhelmina
with forming
charged
a Cabinet has declined to farez A Ministry. S
UP IN
SEAPLANE.
BOMBING THE AUSTRIANS.
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[FROM WARD PRICE.
I had the fortune to-day to be flying over the Austrian lines on the Piave with an, Italian bombing squadron during an hour which, if the reports of this after.
The German Colonial Secretary, Dr.INDIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN be true, may prove to have been the Solf, addressing the German Society, referred to Mr. Balfour's speech, on the
IMPERIAL WAR CABINET.
grass "immoral herony of the German
Lowney, August vötb. Empire, and the abys that existed be- derision is awaited it is probable that The Times states that, though a definite tween the Allies and the Central Powers,
the representative of India. at the After denying that Germany did not in-periodient meetings of the Imperial War tend to restore Belgium as an independ-Cabinet will be the Secretary of State 'för ́ references to the German Colonies. Dr. ent State, he spoke of Mr. Balfour's India
Solf declared that the consciousness was. hspreading abong the German working classes that the retention of the Colonies was vital question for Gerinany's honour. He denied that Great Britain enuld govern colonies, better than Ger- mang
Dr. Solf proceeded to claim that Ger- many is the only Power which adopted the demilitarisation of Africa as one of
her war aims. He said "Neither in the Pagifie nor in Africa dos Germany wish
THE SILVER MARKET.
Losnov, August 21st." The silver market is steady.
THE U-BOAT
CAMPAIGN.
SIR ROSSLYN WEMYSS' NEWS.
historical turning-point of this great battle. Day after day during the past week of warfare, this squadron · from Austrian divisions converging" thoses' Venice has, harried without merey tho footbridges over the Piave which the enemy,, hat, huped were going to be the wooden threshold of a great victory, and the loss of Major Barracca. the crack Italian airman, has been paid for n thoa-" sand times in Austrian lives." The coun- try round the Lower Plave mouth is covered with water, but naval seaplanes are used against the enemy there. They were 'n gay-looking lot ay they sfid out of their sheds on to the long lane of water- painted, all of them, with dragons, griffins, and winged lions of St. Mark.
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In our advance near Vieux-Berquin all difficult part of the operation was the to pursue an aggressive policy. We desire y the Germans and the effect upon the circled for height. "One's first impression
our objectives were gained;
The enemy troops now falling back belong to the Sixth German Army, com It is unofficially reported that Achiet-manded by General von Quast, while von le-Grand also fell into our hands. If the latter Peport is correct the advance at this point would be three miles.
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BRITISH ATTACK ON WIDE-
FRONT.
LONDON, "August 1st. 12.05 p.m.
Field-Marshal. Sir Douglas Haig ports: We attacked at 4.55 this morning on a wide front to the north of the Anere.
We are progressing, satisfactorily. We completely repulsed strong attack against our
nese positions to the north of the Scarpe.
We slightly improved our positions.in The neighbourhood of Fampoux.
We advanced our line at night-time between Festubert and the, Lawe river,.
We captured Le Touret,
The British troops carried out a uccessful local operation on a mile front n the Loere sector. All our objectives verė taken, also a number of prisoners. BRITISH ACHIEVE NUMEROUS SUCCESSES,
LONDOS, August 20th. 10.35 p.m.
Field-Marsha Sir Douglas Haig re orts: There was local fighting on both anks of the Scarpe
We repulsed attacks to the south of the ver against the post which we had
stablished to the east of the enemy's
rmer line,
We advanced a shurt distance to the at of Fampoux, after shar}, fighting,
which we took prisoners.
We also gained further ground astride Lys, and also took Le Pinetti and e are now to the east of Merville. We also took Vierhouck and La buron, to the north of Merville. We repulsed a raid to the north-east of
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AERIAL OPERATIONS.
LONDON, August 20th. 10.45 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re- rting on aviation, states:--Early sterday morning, we very successfully acked the Philempin nerodrome, to
south of Lille and dropped many nb from a low height. We machine- aned ground targets.
Ye hit several neroplane sheds, started fres and drove off enemy formations. ich attempted to interfere,
our machines returned.'
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We also bombed Bruges docks, Roisel
way, and a number of dujips. her total" Lambs" dropped during
was 153 tons.
Bernhardi is the Corps Coinmander directly, concerned. As the latter's writ-
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ings porno tactical theories to fit every conceivable situation, it remains to
practice.
passage of the Andignerpart Ravine, on the northern edge of, which was the German main line of resistance. FRENCH ADVANCE THREE MILES
LosDos, August 20th. 10.35 p.m.. Reuters Agency learns that General
ear.
A compromise as regards colonial qurs tions on the basis that colonial possessions shall correspond with the economic strength of European nations, and to the merits which they have shown in the matter of the protection of coloured races entrusted to their
Colonisation menns mission work. The State which be seen hor far these are vindicated" | Mangin's Arnty has captured the villages endeavoured before the war to respect the maintain anything in the character of Cuty and Vezitponin Two thoumandbasanity of coloured races have won the eight hundred, prisoners were captured moral right to be colonial Powers. This by three o'clock this afternoon.
right Germany won before the way. *** To-day's maximum advance at Cuty is
Dr. Solf concluded by arging Girent three miles over most difficult ground.
Britain to endeavour to enltivate more The French are on the plateau enst
confidence in Germany. All the belli of Tartiers, and are making progress
gerents should awaken to the realisation towards Camelin.
if their common tasks, namely, the pre- vention of future wars, the insuring of the efficacy of international agreements, the wafety of non-combatants and the spar. the proteccion of national minorities ing of neutral States in future wars, and
Much rain has fallen during the night, hat the ground is still good guing.
PESSIMISTIC ENEMY LETTERS.
LONDON, August 20th,
8.20 p.m..
Router's correspondent 1 British Headquarters, telegraphing this evening, statis: If the German retirement is according to plan, they aris now con. fronted with a situation which must com plicate their calculations..
The hasty abandonment of Merville on the 18th inst. was doubtless due to our
The Germans are stils resisting at Hill 150, east of Le Mew, and our attacks are proceeding. FRENCH CAPTURE EIGHT
THOUSAND PRISONERS.
PARIS, August 21st.
unexpectedly obtaining possession of the dominating contour east of Merris.
A communiqué states:--South of the Nineteen officers and 843 men
Avre, after a bitter struggle, we captured made prisaners in Flanders up to last Beauvraignes, night.
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In the course of yesterday's advance be tween the Matz and the Oise we captured 500 prisoners.
East of the Oise we attacked this morn- ing on a front of 23 kilometres, from
The enemy's losses were very heavy. A captured order signed by Sebisch- witz, von Hutier's" Chief of Staff, states that the homeward mails of the Second Army have been specially examined, distally to the Aisne. closing a wholesale disregard of the re gulations. Officers and men are writing exaggerated | accounts if the enemy success and making false statements of
On our eft" we renched the southern, borders of the forest Ouseampi and the outskirts of Carlepont and Caisnes.
In the centre we captured Lombarty,
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Lowboy, August 9th. The London streets continue to be without buses,
The tram strike is spreading, and the point at issue is Becoming" absorbed in thi general-neguntept that women work ers are doing the same work as the men and are eptitled to the same pay.
The strikers' unions.confer to-morrow, when important decisions are anticipated, The great majority of the railway
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In view of the appearance of German Ten fast single-seaters were the sort submarines off the American ecast.hardly necessary, it seemed, for the Aus representative of the Associated Press-intrian airmen venture rarely near the lines London called on Sir Rosalyn Wemyss,
and in their midst few twenty bombing First Sea Lord at the Admiralty, to oh planes, the caft horses of this aerial tain his opinion upon this new departare stable.
We rose in thundering succession and inquiry as to what importance he attach-The mad shows through the lagoon. She naval situation. In reply to a general was that "Venice is net nearly so majestie ed to the Germans in sinking shipping looks like a city pathetically stranded on seen from an aeroplane as from a gondola.
off the American roust, Sir Rosslyn said: sandbank or overflowed by raio, and If I were inclined to be, i should way shine for everything to dry up and the you feel that it needs only a little sun- there has not been more than one sub people to be able to get about everywhere maride of the American coast.
again. For a while the whole circus I may droned round and round in circles, climb be wrong, but this is the impressioning. The shadows on the green water of have formed. with my interpretation of the enemy's of mysterious monsters heneath the sur- That conclusion, fits in the Adriatic below look like the darting object.
The Germans cannut hope to face. Then we turned across the flooded blockade. The distance is too great from have been up and down that region often Piave Delta towards the enemy's line. I a demonstration with the hope of causing how thoroughly the Italians had done their hases; the enemy has merely made cough in hits, hat I had never realised us to decentralise our efforts to put down whole land, inborinusly redeemed, has been
their inundations last November. the submarine. His object is to Irighten drowned again, and the multi-coloured the American people, is the hope that they mud that the water has carried every authorities. may exert their influence on their naval where gives it the appearance of a tinted
You will remember Nape leon declared that exclusiveness of pur- Seological map Only here and thern great operationes." pose is the secret of great successes and erge little fortified fractions of dry
Now if the Germans and this demonstration of the American east. could cause a dispersion of naval force
OVER THE ENEMY LISES. It needed but a few moments to be over would achieve its purpose. I hold firmly the lines. I could pick out the artillery I believe firmly in decentralisation in ad- to two principles. As Chiel of the Staff, servation post in which I
Cavazuccerina
Was t Yesterday believe as firmly in centralisation of effort against the green clunips of trees,
The white nistration, but as Chief of Staff L also smoke of shell-bursts showed brightly against the enemy. I think it was Adency servation balloon behind his line. miral Mahan who said that the great end was sinking fast into his nest. Three of war feet is, not to chase nor to fly and it would wait for no attack from its kind went down in flames yesterday, but to control the seng Now with that those Italian hornets statement in mind glano at an ordinary enemy's aerial barrage had school atins if you have not got what the black ahead of as, a nosegay of sooty By поч the Germans would call
sprung up You will observe that the Central Powers wriggled everywhere, some persevering a
a war map" handy.
rose buds in the sky. Enemy trenches have formed block in Europe running down from the North Sea to the Adriatic long way, some struggling to an aimless and to the point where the Dardanelles stop
The foot-bridges over the Plavo debouches into the Mediterranean. Any
were plain enough, but what tiny marks submarine to reach the American "const lan to pasa either to the north or the bombs!
to have ben hit so often by the Allied south of the British Isles, or along the ed around. Nor make out a single gun I could see nothing moving as we cruis. Mediterranean, where Gibraltar stands emplacement. I suppose it needs & train. a sentinel over the narrow exist
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the casualties, the food and clothing Blerai, and Courdelle, and gained a foot employés continue to work, but efforts the American coast-bound traffic will be docitely earthwards with a light cant on
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shortage, etc." It points out that the writing of pessimistic letters is a punish-- able offence. It is definitely stated that the 415th Infantry Regiment refused to obey an order to attack Puisieux recent- 15, and sent a written "protest to the regimental commander. "CONGRATULATIONS TO BRITISH FOURTH ARMY,
LONDON, August 20th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has telegraphed to General Rawlinson his warmest congratulations.to all concerned in the magnificuit success recently gained by the Fourth Army
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FRENCH FRONT.
A BATTLE OF EQUAL FORCES.
PARIB, August 21st. Reuter's Special Correspondent at the French front say that General Mangin
ing on the plateau north of Vassens. **
Vezaponin. Tartiers, Caisy-en-Almont, On our right we captured the villages
Osly and Courtil,
We made an average advance of four. kilometres on the whole front, and cap tured over 8,000 prisoners.
Altogether over 10,000 prisoners have been taken since August 10th between the Oise and Aisne alone.
PRESENT BATTLE POSITION.
LONDON, August, 20th. 6.00 p.m. The battle position is becoming extra ordinarily interesting. Gcheral Mangin's advance to-day means that the enemy will probably be forced to retire from the Vesle and Aisne positions to the Chemin-des-Dames,
The French now, threaten to outflank not only the Aisne line, but also the Chaulnes Boye--Lessigny line. More
venience.
SPAIN AND GERMANY.
NOTE TO GERMANY APPROVED.
MADRID. August 1st."
The proper policy is, as I have said, rd eye to find these things. centralisation of effort in the decisive however, what the pilot was looking for areas in the marrow waters, through which it was a cluster of trenches and huts close. all the submarines, whether intended to to the Piave, in which are sheltered some cruise off our shores or off the American Austrian reserves. He raised his hand to const, must pass. That is the right policy red borib lever, then another. I bent over show we were over the place. Jerk of the as every seaman will, I am sure, agree. But that does not mean that Do aubmarine the side to follow them with my eyes, butz such guarantee can be given. What, then, cd over again, and there they were. can escape and cross the Atlantic
could not see them. A second later I look... No should be donet I see it is reported that apparently close together, and falling convoyed.
If that be the case the same them, it seemed. They looked to me like are being made to bring them out, si
principle will be adopted as has proved nothing much as two postal parcels adding enormously to the public incon-made by the Secretary of the Navy in chocolate earth told that they had struck, successful during the past year or so. neatly packed in tin, and travelling vary The Tubes are overwhelmed with traße, But this will be quite a secondary effort. steadily and surely to their destination. I imagine, since, according to a statement it seemed a long time before a spout of Washington, the American naval auth plump on the edge of a twisting com rities are convinced that if the submarine munication trench. Whether they did any is to be mastered it must be mastered in harm I do not know, but with fairly the narrow seas. The American resources large experience of bomb-bursts on the are developing rapidly, and two policies horizontal plane I can say with certainty I hope may not prove incompatible, name that the only plane in which to enjoy them. ly, co-operation in the main offensive, with is the vertical one. A measure of protection to local traffic.
VENICE FROM THE AIR. "This submazine business," Sir Rosalyn continued, "will not have any effect on dropped the bombs, to defeat the Austria
My pilot dived at once after we had-
the standpoint of a seaman, has no presion that we were coming down, a transport movement which, judged from barrage, which, evidently under the in- the enemy was boasting that his sub-pany us with a shell or two on the way parallel in modern history. A year ago apparently diverted one gun to accom marines would prevent the American towards the water. At 200ft. he lattened know whether that statement was ever The marsh was dotted with Italian pon troops being moved to Europe. I do not out, and we flew back towards Venice believed in Germany, or whether it was toons mounting long grey naval guns. would make the Americans nervous. But towards it. The crew waved welcome, and merely put about in the belief that it The pilot pointed to one and zoomed " the performances of the U-boats have the engine burat into a roar again, god wa whichever it was, neither the threats nor a score or two of feet above their deck affected the movement. That is a very skimmed on. In this way we visited a German newspapers, is producing a great who, marooned for months past in their remarkable fact, which, judging by the lot of the lonely gunners of the marsh, the falling off in sinkings of tonnage was thing that moves. impression in Germany. Not so long ago anchored hulks, are delighted to see any explained by the enemy as being due to lost sight of the other seaplanes of our Meanwhile, one had the t fact that there were few ships to company. They had scattered about their attack. And now in face of that state several affairs, and it was only after land ment the American troops are coming ing we heard that one, bit in the petrol tank by the enemy's barrage, had bad to are moving up to the fring line At the same time war BUD- Darrow canal.
TAI great variety are being brought across the Atlantic with comparatively tower, and Murano, where the guides used And so over Torcello, with its lonely British Isles is actually more satisfactory flow back. But before the pilot wheeled small losses, and the food position in the to take tourists to see Beads inade, WA of the submarines we have got rid of a sign to make a circle at a low height to-day than it was a year ago. In spite round towards the sheds. I asked bim hy the
the people are contented, and over Venice And that was wonderful the general situation, no fat as, le 19. in experience, à mass of red roofs rising.
sults, Bir Rosslyn concluded, "have been of a curiously wrought jewel. Bansovino fluenced by the naval effort has improved straight from the sea, and striped with although the enemy has been making his the long, narrow of olive green canale. maximum attack on every ship afloat, Saint Mark's and the square and ther British, Allied, and neutral. achieved by the adherence to the only and the other architects of genins that
These re. Doge's Palace were shrunk to the likeness- sound strategic principle-concentration built this Venice never saw it from above, of effort." Reuter
or even all of it at one time)
It is officially announced that the Council of Ministers, or the 20th inst., fsally approved of the Note recapitulat ing the German, outrages whereby 20 per cent of the Spanish mercantile marize hed been sunk and. 100 Spanish lives had been lost, and declaring that any fresh torpedoing would be followed by the seizure, as a temporary measure for the duration of the war, of German ships anchored in Spanish ports to the amount corresponding to the sunken Spanish tonnage,
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Instructions to this effect have been
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yesterday found the Germans strongly over, any further deep thrust would carry sent to the Spanish Ambassador to the Atlantic, by tens of thousands,ke a forced and risky landing on
entrenched and ready for his attack, General Mangia to Ailette and force the Berlin,
which they made every disposition to gates of the Chemin des Dames. It is hoped that the German Govern parry with the best units. Thus, there General Humbert's Army on Gmeralment will recognise that, this decision was was no question of surprise or withdrawal Mangin's left continues to make pro not incompatible with strict neutrality, according to plan. It was a battle of gress in the valley of the Oise, where the which Spain has always observed and.
Germans are stubbornly resisting. intends to observe,
The French Press expresses satisfaction
the equal forces, in which the Germans had to retreat after their defcat, suffering
Ye bught down 44 aeroplanes and extremely heavy, losses. The French are that the latest British advance in the Los
ve down seven uncontrollable.
even British machines are missing,
now fighting in more hilly and more sector has freed the important mining difficult country.
centre of Calonne.
Beñor Dato denies that the Government
SAN SEBASTIAN, August 2lat
has received a Note from Germany in timating the rupture of relations.
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