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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
THURSDAY, AUGUST
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
IMPORTANT. RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
TURKS IN THE "Caucasus sufFER TERRIBLE DEFEAT.
Another Zeppelin Räid on East Coast.
FRENCH DESTROY GERMAN BATTERIES AND AMMUNITION
WORKS.
[Renter's Service to the "Telegraph."}
THE RUSSIANS.
GERMANS AGAIN DISAPPOINTED..
GERMAN "KULTUR.
FURTHER ABOminable trEATMENT OF BELGIANS.
August 17, 7.50 p.m.
The Germans continue to treat the Belgians, behind the Bring line, with extreme harshoes and also display a most arrogant att tude towards the inhabitants of Brussels. A Belgian senator named Capelle was struck on the face because he failed to salate a German officer who was billeted in his tense.
The Germans have seized large quantities of furniture, pianos, etc, and have confiscated over 800,000 francs" worth of goodsat Menin, Belgians belonging to good families are compelled to sweep the streets and work in tranches and those refusing, are subject to fines of 500 marks and are imprisoned.
THE BARBAROSSA.
CARRYING AMMUNITIONS, AND STORES.
August 17, 7.50 pm. Reuter's correspondent at Soft says that it has been ascertained that the Barbarous carried ammunition and stores. The transport Khios, also torpedoed and besched, was oзrrying stores.
THE DÅRDANELLES.
FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCE,
August 18, 12.40 p.m.
Sir Ian Hamilton reports that the situation in the southern zone on the 14th and 15th instant was nuchanged." The Turks usual artillery fire had little effect."
The Turks on the night of the 14th and the 15th heavily attacked the right flink of the "Anzacs” but all the attacks were repulsed.
Our troops at the new landing place, Sulva Bay, on the left August 17, 7.25 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Russians are view to straightening the line. They moved forward under con- front made e short advance on the afternoon of the 15th, with a taking no risks of booty falling into the hands of the enemy. The siderable gon and rifs fire and gained 500 yards, capturing a military continue removing from Rigs everything of any value and Tarkish trench and taking some prisoners. are taking the same precautionary measures at Bialystok.
The Germans when they took Lamza found the town strippad and it only fell after three daya bombardment, it being especially “furions at nights. The inhabitants throughout the bombardment took refuge in collare and basements, never belem there were many civilians killed.
THE RUSSIAN RETREAT DESCRIBED AS IKREPROACHABLĘ.
THE GERMAN INTRIGUES IN AMERICA.
MORE EXPOSURES,
August 18, 3.50 a.m. The New York World's exposure of the German Government's pages to the revelations and lengthy comment on them. intrigues has caused a sensation. The leading newspapers 'devote
passports immediately.
The New York Sun says that Count. Bernstorff should receive.
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August 17, 7.50 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam says that. German war correspondents describe the Russian resistance as incressing in violence the nearer the Austro-German front approaches the Russian bis area of delence, the base line of which lies along the railway from : Brest Litovek to Bialystok. They emphasise that the battles are that negotiations were entered into by German Government agents The New York World publishes further documenta showing increasing in intensity with perhaps the retarding of the Austro-to finance the Bridgeport, Connectiout, Projectile Company which German advance which must be expected in the next few days."
The war correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, with Generaling with the authority of the Danteche Bsak,
received money from the New York Guaranty Trast Company set- Ton Wayrsch, says “The Russian retreat may be characterised The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal says that two persons as irreproachable, all the railways, viaducts, tunnels and bridges employed in a State Department and four in the Treasury Company were blown up strictly according to order, and correctly, but the Department are suspected of giving information to German agents, buildings in towns were spared and there was little that was improperly destroyed. Kielce was quite untouched.
MORE FIERCE german atrACKS,
August 18, 4,30 s.m.
ITALY AND TURKEY.
ITALY'S PATIENCE EXHAUSTED.
August 17, 10.10 p.m.
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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH COMMUNIQUE
GERMAN BATTERIES AND AMMUNITION DEPOTS
DESTROYED.
August 18, 535 p.m. According to Beuter's Paris correspondent a communiquo enys:There have been artillery actions on various sectors. Our bombardment of Linge destroyed two heavy batteries and blew up several ammunition depots,
"The German made two violent counter-attacks, on the crest of Sondernach, against a position which we had captured. These were completely repulsed.
WORKSHOPS OF THE WAR,”
GOOD NEWS ABOUT MUNITIONS.
August 18, The Times publishes a series of articles entitled ** Workshops of War, showing that enormous establishments in various part of England are now fall going concerns, with a gigantic and increas ing output. The papers generally hail the recent British artillery suocess at Hooge as a forecast of future results of this sotivity. It is officially announced in Ottawa that munition orders placed in Canada amount to over forty six million pounds.
TELEGRAMS.
THE SIAMESE LEGATION.
CHIEF SECRETARY ARRIVES.
Restar's Service To The Telegra
London Received August 19. Sanpakitch
Secretary to the Biamese Legation, has arrived in London from Bangkok
THE KING'S EQUERRY.
THROWN FROM A DOG CART
London. Received, August 19, Major Ulive Wigram Em Ma- aty the King's Equerry, was thrown from a dog cart at Wind For and is enffering from slight concmarina.“
NEWS FOR BUSY HEN.
CONDENSED,
The Germans have succeeded entering a fortress at Kovao. The Germans have confiscated 800,000 france powth of goods at Menin.
the Belgian behind the firing line with extreme harshness,
The Germans continue to treat
osrried.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this Gorerament's intrigues has
page they will be found on the Extra()
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
COTTON AS CONTRABAND.
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The Barbarosas ammunition and stores, and the transport Khios also torpedoed, and besched was carrying stores. The exposure of the German
caused a sensation. The leadi American nG WEDA PETS whole pages to the revelations.
The fighting at Rovno is of the most desperate character, dhe enemy, after careful preparation with their heaviest guns, attacks m full strength on Bunday and Monday,
|| $5,000,000 gold has been ship- ped from the vaults of the Ottawa Finance Department to New York, being the balance placed there outbreak of war. on British account soon after the
August 17, 3.15 p.m. Reater's correspondent at Washington says Great Britain contraband. Japan attitude is not defined, hat Japan will France, Russia, Italy and Belgium have agreed to make cotton possibly take no action as there is now no German colony in the German war correspondente Far East.
detoribe the Russian resistance. It is understood that the declaration of astion as contrabands increasing in violenos, the will be defended as authorised by International Law. Probably nearer the Austro-German front the Entente Powers expect the United States to protest, hat they approaches the Russian area of intend to argue that the United States proclamatione of 1865 make defence. materials for the manufacture of ammunition contraband.
GREECE.
RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT,
August 17, 3.15 p.m.
A German war correspondent says that the Russian rétrost may be obaracterised as irreprosch- able. All the railways, viaducts, tunnels and bridges were blown up according to order, and
Belgians belooging to good. families are compelled to swDOD the streets and work in the Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that there were trenches, those refusing are sub- Parliament. Immense crowds greeted the legislatorn and the imprisonment.get indescribably enthusiastic scenes at the opening of the Greek jest ta fines of 500 marke and Chamber was crammed, but Royalty was not represented.
The Russians are taking no
After the religions ceremony a Venizelist President was elected risks of booty falling into the and this was followed by feverish demonstrations of joy in the bands of the enemy. When the streets when the reenit was made known, Then M. Gounaris, the Germans entered Lomzs, they Premier, mounted the tribune and, in a brief speech, antcunced found the town stripped. It only the resignation of the Government and asked for a suspension fell after a three days bombard of the sittinge till the political crisie has been solved.
M. Gounaris then went to the Palaca, where the King scoopted his resignation,
M. Venizelos was invited to consult the King to-day,
M. VENIZELOS ASKED TO FORM A CABINET.
August 18, 2.20 a.m.
A message from Router's correspondent în Athens reports that
accepting,
A Potmgrad communique says that the fighting at Kovno is of a most desperate character. The emeny after the most careful pre- paration with heavy guns, including 16 inches, attacked in fall Beater's correspondent at Rome says there in every sign that strength on Sunday and Monday with the object of storming the Italy will shortly take decisive steps in regard to Turkey, Italians King Constantine asked Vanizelos to form a Cabinet. H fortifications on the left bank of the Niemen. They succeeded on despatch of money, munitions and icoandiary proclamations to
in Asis Minor have been forbidden to leave the country while the Venizelos asked for a delay of four days before definitely. Monday evening in capturing a fort, which was greatly damaged by Lybia with the object of provoking a native rising against the the bombardment, and entering spaces between some other forts.
In the western sector fighting continues. We repulsed a series of Herse German attacks on Sunday on the left bank of the upper Narow in the direction of Brelostok and Bielok. The enemy in the region of the Novogeorgieak fortress, after a bombardment by their heaviest gang, delivered a series of attacks on Sunday and the following night against the fortifications between the Narow und the left bank of the river Wkra.
TURKS AGAIN DEFEATED IN THE CAUCASUS,
(Havas Telegram.)
Sea Lion August 13, inciana hava, repulsed attacks delivered on the whol On the left bank of the Bag they took 800 prisoners captar Ines of trenobed st:Daunajan and have also inflisted very
You the Turks in the Usucmans, a pres
The Government organ, the Ciornale D'Italia indicates that Italians, continues. Italy's patience is exhausted,
THE EXCHANGE SITUATION.
'HEAVY SHIPMENT OF GOLD TO NEW YORK.
Reuter a correspondent, al OftiWS SAYE been shipped from the vaults of the Finas New York being the balance of a $100,000,000 đǝll on British account soon after the outbreak of is expected to relieve the exchange situation somer
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ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE.
DASHING ITALIAN OFFENSIVE."
** August 18, 2,20 s.m.
A Rome.communique reports that in the upper Ortler range, be- tween the upper valleys of Adds and Adige, an Italian detachm on Monday night, marching in sections raped together, crosse Camoni-Pass about 10,118 it. high, scaled the ion-cla about 11:3821 ft.
rprised the enemy and Madetanchayats about 11,200 ft. high, where they dial
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