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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
GERMANS ABANDON ATTEMET ON RIGA,
THE
RUSSIA'S STUBBORN DEFENCE OF
NAREW FRONT.
Belgian Miners Shot for Refusing to Work for Germans
B
MORE DISORACEFUL ILL-USAGE OF FRENCH PRISONERS,
· { Beuter's Service to the "Telegraph,”"]
THE SUBMARINED ORDUNA,
GERMAN CONFIRMATION:
August 0,2.10 p.m.
A deepatol. pablished in New York says that the German admiralty ocnfirm the statement that a submarine attacked the Cunard Company's Ordün's without warning.
MORE GERMAN “KULTUR."
ILL-TREATMENT OF FRENCH PRISONERS.
August 3, 2.10 p.m.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 10,
1915.
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
WAR BRIEFLETS.
ANOTHER ATTACK ON LINGEKOPF FAILS.
BNEMY'S CONSIDERABLE LOSSES.
August 9, 5.00 p.m.
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The ournal de Geneve learns that the Italian factories are sup- plying thirty thousand shells daily
Fire million guilders in gold have arrived at Amsterdam, from
damsobe Bank,
August 10 1914,
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GERMAN INTRIGUE IN ATHENS.
836 PERAVNUM
An Allered Plot to Kidaap M.
Venizelos,
A well-informed Greek cor
TELEGRAMER
JAPANESE POLITICAL
CRISIS
COUNT OKUMA REMAINS "PREMIER
Router's corespondent at Paris says that there in violent Austria consigned to the Amster-respondent writes to the dice", Menter's Servion To The Telegraph”)**
fighting at Sonobes and Neuville where the Garnian attacks wers. completely defeated.
The grenade battle continues in Argonne, the French having the advantage.
The Germans in the Vosges made another attack on Lingekopf which completely failed; a French curtain of fire inflicted coagider. able lonses on the enemy.
[la the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
VESSELS SUBMARINED.
August 9, 4.20 a.m. The British steamer Ravel, the Swedish steamer Malland, and the trawler Ocean Queen have been sunk,
The crews were saved..
THE DARDANÉLLES.
A postcard from a French prisoner in Westphalia, received in
August 9, 4,20 am. Paris, says that 5.000 French prisoners especially chosen for their
Reuter's correspondent at Pa is states that General Bailload, birth and education have been segregated in a camp among the temporary French commander in the Dardanelles, has issued an marsher and treated like convicts, as reprisals for the alleged ill-order stating that Major General A, G, Hunter-Weston, O.B., treatment of German prisoners in Franch colorisa,
D.8.0., commanding the British eɔrpe, has been compelled to leave owing to illness,
Veneral Sir Ian Hamilton, in his despatch at the beginning of July, highly praised General Hanter-Weston.
THE RUSSIANS.
GERMANJ "ABANDON (ATTEMPT ON RIGA."
August, 9, 210 p.m.
MORE ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
·A telegram from Petrograd says that the abandonment of the Ger- manattempton Riga marks the failure of the general scheme for forming
August 9, 4.25 am. battle on the retreating Rumiane, before they reach the Brest-
Henter's correspondent at Rome says that both the Italians and litovsk lins. The stubbornness of the Russian defence on the Narew | Austrians are fertile in expedients in warfare surprise attacks. ~~ comtributed mainly to this impoștant sucoses.
AUSTRALIAN METAL· EXCHANGE.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
August 9, 2.10 p.m: Beater'a correspondent in Melbourne says that the Common- weslah has decided to establish a metal exchange sa from Sept. 6. There after all transactions must be candnoted through the Ex- change
SWEDEN AND RUSSIA.
RELATIONS MOST FRIENDLY,
August 9, 2.10 p.m. Beuter learns that all rumours that Sweden is likely to abandon her neutrality are unfounded. Her relations with Bumin sre most friendly.
¡ROUMANIAN WAR CREDIT,
£4,000,000 Voted,
August 9, 2.10 p.m. The Roumanian Cabinet has voted a new war credit of
,000 sterling.
THE STRUGGLE IN ALSACE.
GERMAN ATTACK COMPLETELY DEFEATED,
August 8, 6.05 p.m.
The communique-records a daring feat by Alpinists in the Tonale distriot who climbing right 'oag the difficult ridge of rocks towering above Val del Monte, surprised at dawn, on Esturday, the Austrian♥ culcemabed near Ercavallo Paak, espturing many bomba and other material hastily abandoned in trenches.
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The same day another enemy foros entrenched north-east of Etcavallo was driven bom positions by fire from mountain guns hoisted to a height of 10,000 feet to the Ercavallo rocks.
The Italians in Cadore, after several days' artillery preparation, succesfully advanced along the Sextau Valley, driving bick the mony and rosching the front extending from Monte Nero to Bartostall.
The enemy on the Clarso platesn is endeavouring his nimoat to impede the Italian approach works and constantly delivering attacks, even attempting to plass movable wire entanglements on the front of the Italian lines.
THE RUSSIANS:
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST-MAN:
August 9, 4.20 8.m.
Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd reports that M. Guteko or President of the Dams, styled the “Russian Lloyd Gaorge," presided on Saturday over a congress of committees organising industry for military purposes, at which speeches were made by representatives from all parts of the empire, inten
M. Ria bauchinsky, of Moscow, a millionaire, said Russis would retire il necessary to the Urale but would fight to the last man.
THE NEW SPIRIT IN RUSSIA.
August 9, 6.05 8.m. ^^.
The German authorities bare confiscated nearly the whole of the hay which has been harvested in Belgium.
The Hamburger Fremde nblatt ways that Bir Edward Grey has retired for good, and will never join the Cabinet again,
▲ mesage from Geneva to the Echo de Paria mays the construc- tion of a new Zeppelin was com- pleted on Jane 28 at Friedrich at afon.
If peace were dee'ared to-mor row Austria could only pay 2, in the 2, and Germany about 38. in the £, saya a nentral bankar in the Times.
London, Reosired August 9.
graph
There has been a lavish ex- Beuter's correspondent in Tok penditure of German gold in 10 are that so a sequal to the Athens on a scale which can only political orisis of July 50, Count be paralleled in recent revelations Okuma remains premier but that of Teutonic intrigue in Rome. the ministers for Foreign Allaleri The object has been to obtain the Marine and Finance Will reagan exclusion of M. Venizelos from power.
"In order to effect their object three who an A part to the ne ziguo have not hesitated to re- present that H. Venizelos is the enemy of the dynasty.... It is sug- gested that the Cretan statesman is in reality anxious to establish a republic and overthrow once and for all the Royal House.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN
CONDENSED;
An Italian communique recorda daring feat by the Alpinists in the Tonale diatriot,
Major General Hunter-Weston has been compelled to leave the Dardanelles owing to illness.
The Allies have replied
to
"Harpily enough the result of the recent elections has proved that the Creek nation is sound & heart, but because they have been baulked at the polls the German According to a message from agents have not in any sense de- Bulgaria Note, The nature of Amauriam, the Deutsche Tagested from their project. There the reply has not been disclosed. szeitung has been suppressed in a rumour, to which I hesitate
A Raesian atalesman says that until further notice by the chief to give credence, but which
Devertheless recobes me on very Bulgaris's co-operation would military command.
good authority that certain officers give a Constantinople in who have Teutonio leanings are month. preparing to kidnap M. Venizelos on the ground of his alleged re- publican leanings.
The authorities in "Alasce and Raden advise the people to buy supplies of petrol as Galician oil will soon be abundant and chiesper.
The fall of Warsaw has pare manently destroyed the barriare separating the people, and the Government.
The Germans hare enlarged the wireless station in Brussels oo BOMBARDED 288 TIMES. The Italians in Osdors afiar that it is capable of tapping all montages within a radius of 1,250 miles.
For some days past – many German troops have been rent from Aiz-le-Chapelle to the western battlefield, especially in the Arras region.
It is announced from authoritative source that Russing unbmarines. have sunk » large enemy steamer and two mailing vessels between Ereglinud Kefken.
Eheims' Nine Months" Rain
Shalls,
several days of artillery-
the Bexten VaIRTA
In Argonne the Crown Prince's army scopeded in penetrating into French work but ware
Faris, Jaza 29,–The Journal|driven out by a counter-sttack: asys that Rheinis holds the record
of being the most heavily bom Oas British stermyr and One barded town in France, having|Swedish steamer, also a trawler been bombarded on 288 000salons. the Osean Queen, has been anb
marined. The crews were saved.
ه خنده دار
The Germans occupied Rheims on September 4 last, after throw ing 100 abells into the town and
M. Riabacchinsky, a Moscow millionaire, asya that the Rusiana
A Dunkirk correspondent learne killing a number of civilians. will retire if necessary to the from a mouros regarded so reliable. They evacuated it on September Urale but they will fight to the that several heavy German garis 12, and recommenced the ton last made were completely destroyed in the bardment on the 14th. They con- fighting near Arras by well- tinued doing so until the 19th A Paris communique says there directed artillery fire.
the day when they att fire to the is violent fighting at Sanober and cathedral. Then followed an Neuville, where the German
attacks have been completel At the beginning of the bon- intermittent lombardment. defeated
The Germang in the bardmen, the Germans did not made another at ek on ingekopi operate much during the night which completely failed.
Franch prisoners from Minden The Echo de Paris says: and Friedrichshofare being employed at Essen in the menu
facture of shells. The names of
time, but they soon" commenced | French curtain of fire inflicted two of them are known to us, to throw bombs at all tours. Pre-heavy losses on the enemy,
ference was always given, how-
towns.
The French Army authorities ever, to the stroke of eight o'clock An enemy force entrenched have placed bere su order for in the morning again at 11 am to the Lorth east of the Excavallo 1,000 wooden hate suitable also from 1 to 2 p.m., 5 to 7 p.m., Pesk was driven from ite for the housing of troope during and from 0 to 10 p.m. Doubtless by fire from mountain – gana winter. Smilar orders have been they then supposed that the work- hoisted to a height of 10,000 feet, placed at other French Swice ing population had returned to to the Ercavalla Ruke.
their homes or bad retired to rest. The “warmest "" nights that have been recorded were those of Sep-violent assaults in the Vorgas
The enemy, made extremel
25, 1014, but, above all, those af Sehran Zaemele, and nook tember 19, October 18, November. specially against Lingekopf and February 21 and 22, March 1 and 2, and April 8 and 9, in the mans were completely deleate course of which from 2,000 to 3,000 shells were on each occasion thrown over the town.
Beater's correspondent at Parin says that the Germans yester- day launched fierce attacks, In Argonne the Crown Prince's army in the evening succeeded in penetrating into a French work has A telegram from Dr. Dillon to the Daily Telegraph says that he were driven out by counter-attacks, then at night time the Germans has received letters from Kussian statesmen slating that the fall of attacked the Fille Mrte sentor and gained a footing in a trench but Warsaw permanently destroyed the barriers sementing the people were immediately expelled except from a front of about 30 yards. A and the Government. It had roused the most torpid elements into Daring a thunderstorm two communique adds that the enemy made extremely violent assaults resolution to remedy the Russian deficiencies and utterly defeat the privates in the Lelo-star Ten in the Vosges, especially against Lingekopf and Schrat Zmamele enemy.
***** al Regt, were struck by lightning and the neck between these bills, The Germans were completely One statesman adds: “The absorbing question now is, what while drilling on the Victoria defeated and anffered heavy losses.
new elements can come into being? Bulgaria co-operation would Park, Leicester. They were badly give us Constantinople in a month, but Bulgaria will ros march injured and taken to hospital in until asured of the possession of Macedonis, while Servia refuses to an unonscious condition part with Mssedenia, no matter what is the compensation."
Before one of our companies alone over a hundred German dead were found hanging from the wire entanglements,
FRANCE AND PROVISIONS.
NEW BILL PASSED.
August 9, 2.10 p.m. The Faria Chamber han passed a Government Bill authorising the purchase of wheat flour for provisioning the civil population,
LABOUR TROUBLES AT MONS:
BELGIANS SHOT FOR NOT WORKING FOR GERMANS.
August 9, 2.10 p.m. The reported disorders at Mons and Charleroi are increasin The Belgian" minera persistently refuse to work for the Germans, who are a booting 116 mrikert
THE ALLIES AND BULGARIA.
August 9, 5,05 a.m. Beuter's correspondent at Sofis, says that the Allies on the 3rd inat. replied to the Bulgarian's Noto of June 15,
A message from" Copenhagen states that the Germans are eng aged in strongly fortifying Lában. Havy naval guns are placed in several of the etfeale, and fo t' fications are bema constracted Bround the town.
Since
The newspapers attribute the reply--which was unexpected st this juncture--to a desire on the part of the Entente to anticipata the eventual conclusion of the Turco-Balgirian agreement, E
Some say that the reply was delayed till the Allies were able to have failed to offer to Bulgaris satisfactory orms, and state this is apparently the confirmed by the simultaneous Those comments are purely con has not been disclosed. It is o
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The Age states that after the dogpatch of the further reinforce ments already promised, thros infantry brigades, will be formed for service at the front.
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