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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
IMPORTANT BRITISH SUCCESS
IN MESOPOTAMIA,
CONFERENCE OF LABOUR ORGANISATIONS.
POSITION CARRIED AND ENEMY IN FULL
RETREAT.
Enemy's Casualties in the Great Fight 120,000.
REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF BRITISH IN AIR FIGHTS.
[Renter'a Service to the "Telegraph."] BRITISH SUCCESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT.
September, 20, 4.30 a m.
In the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain announced an im- portant British auccess in Mesopotamia, where the enemy's position was carried. The enemy is in full retreat towards Bagdad and the British forcen are pursuing.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLEFIELD.
September 29, 12.50 p.m. Renter's correspondent at the British headquarters writing on the 27th inst, says that the bombardment preceding the attack was so terrifio and concentrated that it was impossible to distinguish asparate detonations which sounded at a distance like a single tremendous machine gua. People who were sleeping thirty or forty miles away distant were awakened by the reverberations. The weather was unfavourable at the outset but cleared up at midnight, but the morning of Saturday broke, dull bat fias-good fighting weather.
Mr. ASQUITH AND EARL KITCHENBR UNEXPECTEDLY ATTEND.
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THE ALLIES IN THE WEST,
BRITISH ENGAGING ENEMY'S THIRD LINE..
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CONDENSED.
Sir John French reports
capture of another gun matr
total of twenty ons..
In front of one ‘Bumian regis ment alone the enemy on Monday rained ten thousand shells.
September 29, 2,00 a.m. Field Marshal Sir John French in his despatch gays that
Sir John French saya there are severe fighting continues round Loos and northwards. We hold all the ground north of Hill 70 which the enemy re-took on Satur- more abandoned gane between September 20, 7.55 p.m. Mr. Asquith and Earl Kittener unexpectedly attended a joint day. We progressed south of Loos and captured another gun, the British and the onetay's lines. Field Marshal Sir John French between in and the enemy. The number of prisoners exceede conference of the Labour Organisations in London, which was called making a total of twenty-ons. There are more abandoned guns to consider the resolations of the Trade Union Congre held at three thousand. Forty machine guns have been captured and in his despatol says that there is Bristol on September 7. The proceedings were privats. A brief official statement asya that Mr. Asquith and Earl Kitchener apoke many more have been destroyed by the bombardment. The severe fighting round Lon and
enemy's captured line, which was exceptionally strong, and consisted northwards.
A magazine exploded after an on the military situation: Subsequently the conversation of the of a doable front, included two large works mamed the delegates showed that their speeches had made a deep impression," Hohenzollern" and Kaiser Wilhelm" redoubts, comprising a outbreak cf fire on the Italian one of them saying: "When we get the men to comprehend the network of trenches and bomb-proof shelters several bondred yards battleship, Benedetto Brin, which situation as explained to us, the Germans can begin to gather up in extent. A second line ran just west of Loos. We are now closely engaging the enemy's third line. Our aeroplanes to day bombed the railway near Balaume, wrecking a train. They also damaged the railway near Achist-le-Grand,
their tools."
The Daily News understood that Earl Kitchener told the labour conference that a great increase in the inte of recruiting was neces sary and indicated the methods it was desirable to employ. In the Cabinet there is still no decision on the question of compulsion.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra).
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RECRUITING AND NATIONAL SERVICE-
September 28, 6.05 p.m.
In the House of Commons the question of reoraiting and national service was raised by Osptain Guest. Mr. Asquith, however, deprecated such a discussion and emphasised the fact that the mailer was having most careful opnsideration by the Government. He said :-"As soon as I am in a position to do so I will announce the Government poliny. Meanwhile I appent to all sections in the House to abstain from raising the question here (Cheers)."We are at a critical moment in the history of the war and we are watching with the most intense sympathy and hope the gallant and combined efforts of the Allied forces. I do not think a greater dis-service could be rendered the country and the cause of the Allies than that at this moment a suggestion should go forth to | the world that there is any dívision of opinion here." (Cheers).
THE BALKAN SITUATION.
GERMANY'S, BALKAN POLICY.
SIR JOHN FRENCH'S BIRTHDAY.
September 29, 3.30 a.m.
was lying in harbour.
The Rassisms again proved most efficient with the bayonet in capturing trenohen and a village north-west of Tarnopol.
The enemy brought up large forces south of the Pripet river and on the Galician frontier where their attacks are leading to
Field Marshal Sir John French replying to the Lord Mayor of London's congratulations on his birthday said: "The expression of the goodwill of the citizens of London will be the greatest en-several actions. mil couragement to the troops to push immediate success to a really decisive issus, in conjunction with our Allies.” ·
THE IRRESISTIBle dash of frENCH COLONIAL CORPS,
Accounts of the fighting in Champagne published in Paris stats that the honour of the first assault must be granted to the Colonial Corps headed by Generat
Mr. Asquith and- Earl Kitchener unexpectedly attended Organisations in London, called joint conference of the Labour to consider the resolutions of the Trade Union Congress.
Maroband. September 20, 5.35 a m. Accounts of the fighting in Champagne published in Paris state that the honour of the first assault must be granted to the Colonial Corps, beaded by General Marchand. Their irresistible dash stirred the rain-drenched, chalky soil to form beneath their feet. Their dash was so great that the Colonial cavalry got their longed-for-chance, and brilliantly led by Baratier they really came into action for the first time for months. Duabtless they suffered heavily, but their activities probably explain the great number of prisoners captured in so short a time. All the Colonials advanced with each rapidity that despite a furious resistanos, they reached the enemy's artillery emplacements where they lonnd guns sur rounded by the Germans of all arms who surrendered. General Maroband was dangerously wounded by a sheil in the abdomen.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN.
September 29, 2 35 s.m.
It is officially announced, says a New York telegram, that an Anglo-Frenob loss of five hundred million dollars, at fire per cent.,
There has been an important British success in Mesopotamia where the enemy's position was carried. The enemy is in full by the British forces, retreat towards Bagdad, pursned
The German losses in Artois and Champagne are now over a hundred and twenty thousand, the total prisoners taken is over twenty three thousand; there wers also seventy-nine guns taken,
Sir Edward Grey in the course
in five year notes, will be offered to the American public at the of his Balkan statement showed. price of 98 and of underwriting syndicate price of 98. Bonds may how Germany had used Austria- be converted at the expiration of five years, at the option of the Hungary to precipitate an Euro- holder, into 4 per cent, ten to twenty years Anglo-French Govern- pear war resulting in the Austrian ment bonde, redeemable at the option of the Governments after ten Empire being completely sqbe yours or fifteen years from the date of the original loan.
ANTI-BRITISH OUTRAGE IN PERSIA.
September 29, 5.55 p.m.
Lord Robert Ceoil, replying to Colonel C. Yata reviewed the September 28, 6.25 p.m. recent anti-British outrages in Persis, which, he said, were undoubt In the House of Commone Sir Edward Grey, m' the course of edly the result of Austro-German instigation. The Persian Gover "Captured officers whom I conversed with admitted, that, though they had expected the attack it surprised them when it bis Balkan statement, showed how Germany and Acatria-Hungary nor had expressed regret and he hoped that stops taken came. One said that practically the whole of his regiment was to precipitate a European war, resulting in the Austrian Empire would prevent a repetition. The suggestion that irregalar forces taken because the regiment on its left was almost destroyed." Many being now completely eubordinated to Germany and dependent should be organised in Persia was faced with many difficulties. He apon her. He added that Turkey, whose interests would have been thought it was impossible to carry this out in the midst of a great of the enemy were discovered hiding in cellars.
Loos is a mining township with a pre-war population of ten preserved if she had remained neutral, had been granitously forced war to which we must bend all our energies, thousand, and it will be curious to discover the number of civilians by Germany into war, was now also being subordinated to and made dependent on Germany in order to realise Germany's in Loos alive he to welcome the conquerors.
The weather to-day has been overcast and has been pouring aspirations from Berlin to Bagdad. In the same way it was with rain this afternoon. From an eminenos couth of Labasseen Germany's policy to subordinate the Balkans, which would thas I had a splendid view of the battlefield, with its foreground of lose their independence. This was directly ontrary to the policy miner's red-roofed oottages amid heaps of slag. A prominent of the Allies (load cheers).
PRO-GERMAN SERBIAN MINISTERS-RESION.
festure is the famous "Tower Bridge of Lcos." The metal colliery atructure which the Tommies had so long desired and now possess. The theatre of the fighting is clearly defined by the red Rashes of the guns against the lowering sky. Overhead are aeroplanes tire- Isasly watching the enemy's movemente. Red Cross care and monitions.waggona are ceaselessly passing towards the front. A British observation balloon costing skywarde was lit ap by the
September 29, 3.30 a.m. evening sun. The only sign of life in the fields and villages was
Renter's correspondent in Bofis reports that the Minister of the coal pit belabing smoke showing that the miners were toiling underground beedle of the palpitating event. A large share of Finance, M. Tontebell and the Minister of Commercs M, Bakaloff, the success is dus to the British aviators gaining information and have resigned. Both are pro-German, bombing the German.communications. To the south of Lille there have been twenty fights in the air, during the past week, and only
onos was a British machine worsted.
BNORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES,
September 29, 5,20 p.m.
BULGARIAN STUDENTS PREFER RUSSIAN ARMY.
September 29, 3.30 ■.m. Reuter's correspondent in Petrograd istes that two hundred A Paris communique says that the German losses in Artois and Champagne are now over a hundred and twenty thousand, the total Bulgarian students have disobeyed the summons to the Balgarian prisonere taken is over twenty three thousand, and seventy nine colours, stating that they prefer to enlist in the Banian army or to
work in the Russian hospitals. guns were captured.
EXPLOSION ON ITALIAN BATTLESHIP.
September 29, 205 p.m.. Beuter's correspondent at Brindisi saye that a magazine er- ploded, after a outbreak of fire, on the Italian battleship Bonedetto Bria while lying in the harbour. The survivors up to the present comprise sight officers and three hundred and seventy-nine_sailors out of the seven hundred who were on board at the time. The list of killed includes Rear Admiral Rubin de Servis,
THE RUSSIANS.
ordinate to Germaüy
Reater's correspondent at Bff tish Beadquarters writing under date of the 27th inst, anys that the bombardment preceding the attack was so terrifio and con- centrated, that it was impossible distinguish the separato detonatione.
to
The question of recruiting and national service was raised in the
deprecated such a discussion and House of Commons by Captain Guest. Mr. Asquith however emphasised that the Government was giving the matter carefal. consideration.
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Bijou Theatre-9,15 p.m. Victoria Theatre--9.15 p.
TO-MORROW.
Bijon Theatre-9,15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m Monday, October 4. St. Andrew Socialyanaus! Meeting.
RUSSIANS EFFICIENT IN THE USE OF THE BAYONET.
September 29, 2.20 am. Petrograd continuique reports that while the artillery fra has not weskened and the desperation of the fighting has not diminished in the Dwinsk region, the enemy is making very fierce attacks in the distriota of Vileika and Oshimiare, east of Vilas. Oa the front of one Bassion regiment alone the enemy rained, on Mon- day, ten thousand heavy shella. The enemy, also brought up large way forces south of the Pripet river and on the Galibien frontier, his Razians, again ware most efficient in their ure of the bayonet, caps attacks loading to severe notions especially in the Kolki region. The turing trenches in a village north west of Tarnopol,
Wednesday, October 6 French Convent Bassar Cause-
Bay.10.20 am.
Saturday: Otober 9. Ordinary General Dairy: Farm
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