THE WAR.
The following Cables were received on Saturday night and uued in our Barly morning Extra yesterday.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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FRENCE FRONT.
PROGRESS ON THE WHOLE
BATTLE-FRONT,
LONDON, August Brit,
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SEVENTEEN GERMAN PLANES
DESTROYED,
Losos, August 23rd,
THE HORARONG. DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 16TH. 1918
A French communique" states:-- Yesterday, we brought down seventeen enemy aeroplars and destroyed six captive balloora
We several times caught the retreating enemy under our machine-guns in the region of Lassigny and between the Oise and the Aisne.
BRITISH FRONT
SPLENDID WORK IN THE AIR.
LONDON, August Mrd.
Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, states: thick mist prevented our, nero- planes from participating in the early stage of the attack north of the Ancre on August 21st, but when the weather We dropped, during the day, 34 cons
cleared their participation became active. of bombs in the regions, of Chauny,
Dur airmen attacked hostile troops and Marteival, Vauxaillon and Anizy-le-transport from low altitudes with bombs Chateau.
At night we dropped 28 tons on rail-nd machine guns, scattering ammunition
wagons and marching "column18,
In saverul' cases they silenced guns firing at our tanks by means of, bombs and machinegunning" from-the air.
We dropped 12 tons of bombs during the day, destroying 21 acroplanes. We drove down eight uncontrollable. Eight British machines are missing.
way stations at Thionville, Confans and Mezieres and also on the battle zone.
Numerous bursts were observed on the objectives, and fires were observed on the stations at Confans. Ham, Gaiscard, Chauny, Thionville, Thiancourt and Pontavert are
A French emilerique staten; - During the day we continued to progress on, the whole battle-front,
Between the Matz and Oise we skirting the Divette from its mouth to Evricourt
East of the Obe we carried our lines to the outskirts of Quierzy.
Between the Ailette and the Aiste we captured St. Aubin, Selens, Bagneux, Epaga, Bieuxy Vaurezis and Pommiers, The enemy abandoned a great amount of material between the Aisne and the Dise. Over 200 guns have been counted since August 20th.
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FRENCH PURSUING THE ENEMY.
BIG BOOTY CAPTURED,,
7.80 1.4.
"LONDON, August 23rd. Reiter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday evening, us: The pursuit continued during the whole of Mesteribyenfternoon and evening.
We reached the Oise at Sempigny, just as the bridges were blown up, but the destruction was incomplete further south As we were occupying Perit Maupas the enemy began to Numerous trains on the other side of the retreat in disorder. Oise bave been seen hurrying towards the north throughout the afternoon.
barded. Dunkirk with shells of great cali Yesterday evening, the Germans bonz bry. Seven civilians were killed and one injured..
HURRIED GERMAN RETREAT.
Loxbox, August 23rd. Reuter's
correspondent at. French
BATTLE POSITION BEYLEWED INTERESTING SUMMARY OF WEEK'S HAPPENINGS.
LONDON, August 22nd. The intensely interesting battle, position continues to be the one" great topic. Events are moving so fast that it is difficult to keep pace with them, but a summary of the week's happenings may be useful
prevented
FIVE GERMAN TOWNS BOMBED:
Loybos, August 23rd.
The Air the enemy's determined protectiva efforts, Ministry states: Despite consisting of large numbers of icroplanes guns, we heavily attacked, Ave inipertant and an increasing number of anti-aircraft German towns and five aerodromes,
the night of August 1st end with very We attacked Frankfort and Cologne on
the stations and barracks. good results. Bombs landed all around
Mannheim on the morning of August We attacked chemical factories at end. During heavy fighting on the out- brought down. The remainder success- ward journey two of our machines were
fighting, occurred on the return journey fally bombed their objective. Very Berre
machines are missing. We destroyed thre as a result of which five other British hostile machines, two of which crashed to the ground. One fell in Hames
Coblenz in the morning and the aerodron
We attacked the railway sidings at at Hagenas with very good results. All our machines returned.
captured, but they are closely invested by Chaulnes and Roye have not yet been the combined operations of General Raw-railway junction: All our achices re We also successfully attacked Trevis tinson's Fourth Army, General Debeney's turned. First French Aray, and General Hum-drones, hitting many hangars, We also We heavily bombed four nero- bert's Third French Army. August 15th and 17th these French and lights and anti-aircraft guns. One of our Between machine-gunned hangars, trains, search. British forces advanced astride the pachites is missing." Amiens-Roye road to the western outskirts of Rore while the important key point of Lussigns, on the Lassigny ridge, was the ridge itself was captured by him in a captured by General Humbert; afterwards strenuous struggle. Uur night-bombers dropped 25 tons on Jermans stubbornly resisted the French Between the Mats and the Avre, the different targets. Cambrai and Marcoing offensive on August 19th and 19th. and stations were heavily, attacked, also, a
the French from making much Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday number of railway, bridges, lines, aero-Kech aimed at, as it Exed the enemy
progress This was exactly what Marshal evening, gives
attentioas on this part of the Seid while a graphic battle-picture. dromes and billets. He says that General Mangia's advance, We broke down the Aubignyaubac bridge new development was materialising else this morning, was remarkably swift and on the Douai-Cambrai road.
where.
This new development was the the troops, at noon, were seven miles machines returned.
All our hammer blow by General Mangia's Teath beyond yesterday's line at certain points.
One of our night 19th on a front of about ten miles, and French Army, which began on August How harried the Germans were is showa fliers brought down affame a large enemy has swept forward irresistibly as far as by the fact that the foot bridges across bomber: One British machine, reported the Ailette, By Wednesday evening, Gen. the Oise were left intact. Our advance was so swift that the line has become missing yesterday, has now returned.
langin's battle-front had broadened to vague, and it is difficult to mark the line. BRITISH PROGRESSING SATIS.
sixteen miles from the Aisne to Bailly, and now the war mavement has been resumed.
the maximum penetration so far is some FACTORILY. NEW FRENCH ORDER OF BATTLE. The order of battle" is nowadays as;
LONDON, August 23rd. follows:-Well beyond the infantry,
1 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig states:-Fighting patrols and advance guards slip cleverly is proceeding on practically the whole ahead, ceaselessly barassing the Germans, front between Lihons and the Cojel and cavalry patrols advance in open They may be seen starting at a gallop Country, exploring woods and farma. from the front lines, and then slowing down, scouting on No Man's Land. From time to time a parts of troops will return at a gallop bringing back informa ❘tion.
The enemy rearguards fought their fercest to save important material, but in vain. Our troops at the close of the evening had advanced to St. Paul.
Other regiments, following, collected a the Tanks covered in dust and oil, look- No less picturesque are the crews of hug quantity of material, heavy gansing like "niggers." The Tanks every- ap machine-guns.
where closely follow the infantry, reduc- ing machine-gun nesta as the latter unmask themselves or are reported.
Our artillery and cavalry pushed ahead. ADVANCE TOWARDS THE AILETTE.
waa de-
"It was pooh noticeable that the enemy resistance, chiede by machineguns, was diminishing. Nevertheless, it sperate at certain points, notable at St. Aubin, and to the north of Fit 14 where we are fighting with bombs. Batches of prisoners arrived all night long. It is impossible to, wount them as there are at least several thousands
The enemy considers the positions of his Erst line divisions as very precarious. He rests his hopes on the second line divisions which are echelonned in depth, in order to remist at all costs.
O advance continued this morning towards the Ailette, through the enemy's broken front.
AMERICAN AVIATORS AT WORK,
LONDON, August 3rd.
2.53 43n."
An Anerican official statement says A successful raid north of the Vesle yielded 11 prisoners. Our aviators on August 21st and end successfully bomber the railroad yards at Longayon, Audon- leroman, and Conflans with 3 tons of bombs. Many direct hits were recorded. All our machines returned.
CEASELESS ARTILLERY
BOMBARDMENT.
LONDON, August 23rd.
7.35 4.01.
Behind the Tanks comes the artillery. The batteries pass at a canter and take up new positions where, generally, they do not stay long in these days.
Supply columns follow up the advance with equal speed, and the limbers no longer bring up ammunition at a walk. They eace up at a gallop in a cloud of dust.
The most striking part of the battle. picture. however, is the close co-operation of the Air Service as a fighting"arm. NUMEROUS VILLAGES OCCUPIED.
LONDON, August 22nd.
river.
We are progressing at a number of
'points.
We repulsed two attacks at night in the neighbourhood of Daillesepurt farm, cast of "Beaucourt.
Le Toaret, north-west of New! Berquin, We slightly advanced our line cast of
and east of Outtersteene.
A local hostile attack north-west of Baillent broke down before our positions. BRITISH CAPTURÉ ALBERT.
LONDON, August 43rd. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:We have captured Albert, the Australians participating.
We took 1,500 prizoners and a few suns
ADVANCE TOWARDS ALBERT DESCRIBED.
LONDON, August 23rd. ports: -The British East Country and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-
holding the sectort between the Somme London troops, with the Australians of carrying positions on the high ground and the Ancre, attacked with the object
the Bray-sur-Somme
traversed by
A French communiqué states:-During with the enemy between the Matz and the night, our troops maintained contact the Oise and east of the Oise.
We occupied Le Piemont, Thiescourt,Albert road. The attack was completely Neannectancourt and Ville and reached successful. We captured the whole of the Divette.
advanced two miles on a front of over our objectives at an early hour, apd six miles. We retook Albert,
We are on the edge of the Oise, east of Nayon, from Sempigny to Bretigny.
Further east, we captured Bourguignon and St. Paul-aux-Bois and are pushing northward of these villages.
We reached the Ailette at Quincy
Bassec.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne. there has been no change except in the region of Pommiers, of which we hold the western outskirts,
MAGNIFICENT 'FRENCH WORK IN THE AIR. The weather was close and threatening Reuter's correspondent at the American to-day. yet the French aeroplanes aloit quarters, telegraphing yesterday, were as numerous as ever, mercilessly says:-The enemy is feeling the effects of harrying the German aeroplanes which our prolonged bombardment. Our nero-appeared. planes are meeting with less opposition Our bombers £y ahead of the infantry, awing to the urgent demands on enemy bombing German columns and convoys. aircraft elsewhere.
Some of the latter plunge in all direc- tions, in disorder, in their attempts to escape the hall of bombs. When thus scuttered they are pursued and peppered with machine-gun bullets.
Our airmen are effectively assisting the gunners in keeping the Aisne bridges and their approaches under constant fire. All supplies for the Germans south of the Aisne must daily cross by the bridges, some of which are always unserviceable Owing to our fire.
it
Immediately the dense morning mist was dissipated, the "overpowering heat wis responsible for the surrender of many Germans who were exhausted ht They say that they are unable to sleep in the night owing to our artil lery bring and persistent bombing, which "has also reduced their supplies of food.
REVIEW OF COMBINED ALLIED DRIVE.
The congestion on the Somme. road, where the Germans are retreating is all the greater as the Germant had accepted battle and there was no question of sur prise Reinforced, they continued stub boruly resisting, yet on the second day they were already bending and are now retreating in confusion
GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT,
PARIN, August 23rd..
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The enemy strongly resisted at certain points, particularly on the slopes north of Bray, which itself formed part of our objective in this latter sector.
13 or 18 miles.
GENERAL HUMBERT'S ADVANCE." Army, advancing on General Mangin's Meanwhile, General Humbert's Third telt, progressed more than five miles at the further slopes of the Lassigny ridge its further point and is streaming down
that it constitutes a serious threat to the and beyond. It is too early yet to predict the effect of this advance, but it is evident enemy's positions north of the Aisne, and, if it can be continued further, will out Hank the whole German lines on the Aisne and Vesle Rivers. The German lines west a formidable wedge between the Crown Allies bave, in fact, succeeded in driving of the Uise are also threatened. The
of armies. Prince's and General von Boehm's groups
The total prisoners captured between the Uise and the Aisne from August 19th LD 10th exceed 10,000. This number is likely to be considerably, exceeded when the captures of yesterday and to-day are added.
The French have made the most success fal use of the element of surprise, and their uses have been gratifyingly small Surprise tactics were also effectively el ployed on August 21st, when General Sir Julian Byng attacked north of the Ancre The British in this sector have advanced Ratiway practically to the tine of the Albert-Arras
GENERAL BYNO'S ATTACK.
Thiepval Ridge, also to the right tank to the German positions on the important General Byng's attack is a direct threat
positions have a melancroly interest for the enemy s line on the, Ancre. These both the British and the French, as they were the scene of several costly failures in 1915 and 1916.
During the week the Germans have effected a slight further retirement in the Serre salient, and have also evacuated so trenches on both banks of the carpe la the Lys salient the with- drawal has been continued, accompanied by successful hustling tactics by the british, who have secured nearly 1,000 prisoners.
do the Gerinuns intend to retire!" The An interesting question is "To what line capermans have recently shown a desperate
A counter-attack pressed us back 500 yards. Fighting continued some time in Albert until the town was finally cleared by our troops. In this successful opera tion we took 1,800 prisoners, and tured a few guns.
We also progressed on the left bank of the Antre, south of Beaucourt.
North of the Ancre the enemy counter attacked heavily at a number of points. After the repulse of one hostile assault in the early morning in the Tiraumont sector, the enemy again attacked this sector and entered our positions.
Our counter-attack immediately drove him out
The enemy also succeeded north-east of Achiet-le-Grand in preming back our for ward posts, but again our counter-attack re-established the position. We took 200 prisoners."
We repulsed other attacks east of Cour- celle, and east of Moyennevile,
six to evacuits salients and str Len their tront. The opinion expressed withdrawal on a more extended scale, such ibat this may be a preliminary to a as was undertaken at the beginning of that the Germans are going to retire so 1917. There is at present nothing to show far, but such a retirement is not impos- losses and serious shortage of men. sible considering the. enemy's extreme
tons during the day.
We dropped 104 bombs at night and 21
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RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
THREE HUNDRED CZECHO. SLOVAKS MURDERED.
Guards, upon capturing Simbirsk, public According to a German source, the Red y hanged in
AMSTERDAM. August 3rd.
Crecho-Slovaks,
the market place 300
GENERAL PETAPOFF REPORTED CAPTURED.
AMSTERDAM, August 22nd. Archangel that General Fetavoff, the The l'exer Zeitung Icarns from Commander-in-Chief, of the Red Army in Murman, was caught by pensants when fleeing and given to the British.
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GERMANY HATED IN THE PACIFIC ISLES.
LONDON, August 22nd. Interviewed by Recter's representative the Rt. Hon. Mr. W. G. Massey, Premier of New Zealand, replying to Dr. Solf's demand that Germany's colonial posses sions should correspond to the measure of protection the Germans had recorded to coloured races, said he had no personal knowledge of Africa, bat as regards the Pacific Islands, he was able to say that Germany is hated and detested by the gative races who, on the other hand, have shown in a most practical form their sympathy with Great Britain.
places had made the supreme sacrifice for The aratonga, the Gilbert Islands and other natives of New Zealand, Jiji, Nuie
Massey said he had never heard of any the Allied cause. On the other hand, Mr. native of ary island occupied by Germany before the war, who wanted to light for Germany.
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WAR REFUGEES FOR AMERICA
WASHINGTON, August 3rd President Wilson has transmitted to the admission of war refugees into the Congress a joint resolution authorizing United States. The resolution proposes the waiving of immigration laws in their case until half a year after the war. It is particularly designed to admit 1,800 Serbian refugees including 500 children now in Russia.
THE OTHER FRONTS.
important has occurred in Italy, but it Regarding the other theatres, nothing is interesting to note that the Austrian June 15th to August 15th are estimated losses on the British front in Italy from BRAVE AUSTRALIAN NURSE at 20,200, whereas the total British cas
HONOURED.. ualties during the same period, were only 2,544
LONDON, August' 23rd. The Russian situation is
On Saturday morning the Military somewhat Medal was awarded to an On the Lys front, we progressed east
obscure, but it may be mentioned that staff nurse, Pearl Corkhill. During ad Australian of Merville and in the direction of Neue-the Japanese force which has landed at enemy air raid she attended the wounded Berquin, taking prisoners and machine. In Persia and the Caucasus, the only enemy were overhead. Her example was
Vladivostock is considerable.
regardless of her own safety, though the We also advanced our line north of change during the week has been the of the greatest value in allaying the
defeat of the Jelus in the area west of prisoners.
We took a total of over 5,000 prisoners yesterday and to day, between the Somme and Moyenneville.
guna.
is in full retreat on both sides of the Bailleul on a frent of 1 miles, taking Lake Urumiah.. by the Turks, who have patients' alarm,
A semi-official statement says the enemy Oise between the Matz and the Ainne, on
front of fifty kilometres. Our light detachments have crossed the
Divette.
PARIS, August 21st.
(Delayed)." The operations directed by Marshal Foch were yesterday marked by, a fresh
GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. development. General Byng's Third
LONDON, August 23rd. British Army attacked at down on The British and New Zealanders attack- A German official message states:- front of about ten miles between Arras and the Ancre. Their gain of grounded between Moyenneville, and the Ancre. Their frat onslaught broke down before greatly threatens Bapaume and Albert. his French Army pressed his advance counter-attacks, portions of ground which Simultaneously, General Mangin with our battle positions. We recuptured, in between Soissons and Noyon, and reached we had ceded. aint only 1 miles from the latter abort distance south-west of Noyon. Wo
According to "plan" we retired Supporting him General Humbert with also withdrew our troops from Carlepont another French Army took in the flank Wood to behind the Oise. The enemy and the rear the Germans who were fight gained at Bleramcourt. ing General Mangin. "Lassigny was Eapi" British attacks on a large scale north tured.
west of Bapaume, and between Albert and the Somme, failed.
town,
enemy.
General Mangin has now driven a dent of about ten miles deep into the German front at a most dangerous point for the
His rapid advance through; difficult wooded country is one of the most wonderful feats in the battle, and has already brought him most important results:
yon, which has continuously been pumbarded by the Allied heavy artillery, has now been brought under the fire of the French field guns.
hood of Dickcbusbe."
We repulsed a raid in the neighbour-taken the town of Urumiah This led to a wholesale migration of the Jelu population, who feared a massacre. They THE MOYENNEVILLE-BEAUCOURT were closely pursued by the Turks until
RAILWAY.
a force of British cavalry dispersed the enemy and escorted the fugitives to safety.
Feneral.
at British
LONDON, August 22nd. Reuter's respondent Headquarters, telegraphing this even ing, states:-
Last night we established ourselves.
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along acarly the whole of the railway TRIBUTE TO THE FRENCH except in the Miraumont sector. between Moyenneville and Beaucourt,
le Grand where the enemy concentrated. We fell back in the vicinity of Achiet Sharp fighting occurred at Beau regard, between Miraumont and Puis eux, which finally came into our
possession.
None of the enemy counter-attacks GERMAN BOMBAST.
were pushed with great strength or AMSTERDAM, August 22nd.. determination, nor caused us to give Field-Marshal von Hindenburg, re- ground. viewing the Third Guards regiment, on the anniversary of the storming of St. ground between Albert, and Bray, we An operation," launched on the high Privat in 1870, said: Although we may eminently satisfactory, more than 1,000 frankly admit that we have had a set-prisoners being taken, totalling, with back, our position is favourable. We yesterday'a captures, 4,000. ****. must not be influenced by what has hap pened. Buocess is with us. The enemy begins to show weariness. As long as wa
An unconfirmed report states that Albert is completely in our hands.
In Flanders, we are steadily advanc, Our successes yesterday and today entailed quite light casualties.
All the operations of three great do not relax our efforts we shall obtaining towards Baillend. armies under Generals Byng, Humbertan banqurable and a strong German and Mangin were admirably co-ordinated. peace.
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AMSTERDAM, August 22nd The Foraische Zeitung states that over 4,600,000 Iron Crosses have been awarded,
AMERICA'S MAN POWER BILL.
WASHINGTON, Angust. 23rd. Both Houses of Congress have begun the debate on the Man Power Bill. The House of Representatives will sit con- tinuously till the bill is passed.
QUEBEC BRIDGE READY:
INCREASING SUCCESS AGAINST SUBMARINES.
PARIS, August 23rd. Returning to Paris' from a trip to the Franco-American naval
bases, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, the assistant Becre
OTTAWA, August 23rd. tary of the United States Navy, yesterday
The Quebec bridge has passed the received Paris newspaper-men. He de severest tests and the Government will clared that he was much impremed things espacially excited my admiration; Naval effort in France. He said. Two take it over shortly.
Το Erstly, the organisation and tremendous KING OF HEDJAZ REPORTED works completed in so short a time, and which will be devoted to the after war needs of France; secondly, the remark able efficiency of the methods in combating submarines, There are cow ports and French coast which are absolutely protect places where our troops Jandon the [ed.”
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