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WEATHER FORECAST
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Barometer 29:74
August 21, 1915,
Temperature 6.5. Humidity
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FRENCH CARRIED A FORTIFIED WOOD BETWEEN GUILLEMONT AND FLEURY. FRENCH BATTERIES ARE ACTIVE ALONG THE WHOLE SOMME FRONT. A SOUTH AFRICAN DIVISION MAY BE FORMED FOR SERVICE IN FLANDERS. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN TAIF & BAHEA. FRENCH REPULSED OBSTINATE ENEMY ATTACKS ON FLEURY & THIAUMONT, COSSACKS SABRED 200 AUSTRIANS AND TOOK 800 PRISONERS, RUSSIANS HAVE OCCUPIED HEIGHTS WEST OF JABLONITZA & LOROMENKA, GERMANS HAVE MADE NO SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO REGAIN GROUND LOST. AN AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE ADMÍTS A RETIREMENT WEST OF ZABIE. AT SOME POINTS ON RUSSIAN FRØNT THE ENEMY RETIRED 20 OR 30 MILES.. THE RUSSIANS ARE BUSY RECONSTRUCTING ARMIES FOR THE NEXT BLOW,
GENERAL YON BOTHMER'S POSITIONS ON ZLOTA LIPA ARE OUTFLANKED. THE ENEMY LOSSES ON THE UPPER SERETH AVERAGED 70 PER CENT. THE RUSSIANS PRACTICALLY EXTERMINATED A GERMAN REGIMENT. BULGARIANS FROM FLORINA HAVE ENGAGED THE SERBIANS, FIGHTING IS GENERAL ON THE FRONT FROM MONASTIR TO KAVALLA. BRITISH CAVALRY IS IN TOUCH WITH THE ENEMY IN THE BALKANS.
{All ... telegrams' appearing in large type are the latest having been received during the course of the day. Those in small type have come through over-night.]
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Obstinate German Attacks.
(Reater's Service to The "Telegraph,"]"
August 20, 4.15 p.m.
Reator's Paris correspondent states that the night has been calm on the Somme..
Obstinate German attacks at Fleury and Thisamont were bloodily repulesd.
Bombing, Racounters.
August 20, 6.52 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig reports local bombing encountere at some points on our front between the Somme sad the Ancre last 'night, but the enemy made no serioas attempt to recover the
ground which we captured on Friday.
A South African Division,
August 20, 7.55 p.m.
At a meeting held at Johannesburg, it was sanounced that the Imperial Government strongly favours the establishment of a South African Division for service in Flanders, but nothing can be done in the matter until the conclusion of the East African campaigu.
French Capture Much Material.
August 21, 12,35 ... A Paris communiqua atates:-North of the Somme, the French carried a strongly fortified wood between Guillemont and Maurepas, capturing much material.
French batteries were sotive along the whole S›mme front. The enemy violently bombarded Fleury.
British Gain More Trenches.
August 21, 1.45 a.m. :
General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, Bays:A strong enomy attack near Highwood succeeded in reaching our line, but -the enemy was immediately driven out.
North of Basentin Le Petit, & farther portion of the enemy's
trenches was gained.
ITALIAN. STEAMER SUNK,
August 20, 3.10 p.m. The Italian steamer Stam palia has been sänk.
NEWS FROM EGYPT.
August 20, 3.10 p.m. Regter's correspondent at Osiro states that in addition to Jeddah and Mecca, telegraphic communication has now been ostablished with Taif and Bahra vis Halfa and Saskin,
FIGHTING BETWEEN GERMAN, AND PORTUGUESE COLONIES.
August 20, 7.55 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Lourenco Marques says it is cfficially annonpoed that the Germans on the 15th jost, attsoked a Portuguese convoy on the Kovams River, separating the German and Portuguese colonies. The Germans were driven book with heavy loss to their own bank. The Portuguese anffered five casualties.
ANGLO-FRENCH CONFIDENCE.
August 20, 5.10 p.m.
On the occasion of President Poincare's birthday, His Majesty the King telegraphed his congratulations and expressing his con- fidence that the Anglo-French troops, co-operating, will ensure the wacoess of the common osuM.
Prendent Poinoure-mont-a-reply thanking His Majonly-for-his congratulations and expressing his confidence that the close oo-] operation of the two countrise is a once pledge of victory.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1916.
TELEGRAMS.
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
A German Claim.
[Renter's Servios to the "Telegraph."},
August 19, 11.50a.m..
A German communique claims the capture of Florina, south of Monastir.
Bulgarians on the Offensive.
August 20, 4.15 p.m...
from the Macedonian front showing that fighting is general on There has been isoned in Paris's most significant communique
almost the whole line from Monsetir to Karalla.
The Bulgariars are taking the offensive everywhare, except near Doiran, where the Anglo-French force has captured sad is holding the important position of Doldzeli village against most violent Bulgarian counter-attacks. ⠀
Bulgarian patrols are preceding aasil Exlgarian forces approaching Kavalls. Elsewhere, numerous Bulgarian attempte to „advance were stopped by the Allied fire.
Greek Forts Occupied.
August 20, 5.10 p.m. ·
On the east bank of the Strams, the Bulgars have occupied the Greek forts of Starchiets and Liss, the Greeks retiring, se alleged, after collision with Bulgar patrols.
Balgar attacks on the west bank were repelled by our fre. There has been lively cannonsding on the west bank of the Vardar...
Bulgars advancing from Florian engaged with Serbs to the south of Monsetir.
British Cavalry in Touch With Enemy.
APOSTLI ÜLEVAA
August 20, 3.60 p.m.
have established our line "Pament from Salonica "states:We and south of Woldseli, where we repulsed counter:disana. Didemli,
Our cavalry is in touch with the enemy on the Scrums front.
THE RUSSIAN DRIVE.
Terrible Enemy 'Losses.
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August 19, 11.50 4.0. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd esatos that the enemy losses in the fighting which resulted in the Russlane crossing the Upper Bereth averaged 70 per cent. An Austrian detachment of 6,000 mustered 300 after the two days' attacks. Nineteen hundred were captured and the remainder killed or wounded. The majority of the dead were bayonetted during close fighting-
The feature of the battle was a charge by the Russian cavalry who 'galloped a mile and half and plunged into the flank of the German infantry hastening to the support of the Austriane, practically exterminating a German_regiment just srrived from Verdun and two battalions of Austrian Jaeger. They puraned the remainder to the trenchoe, where the majority were eut up, only a few being taken prisonera.
Austro-German cɔmmuniques mention that General von Both-
mer is employing Tork; and that the Russians close to the Hungarian frontier, which has not yet been crossed, are advancing by Jablonitza or the Korosmizo Pass, which is the main route from. Kolomea to Debreczen in the plains of Hungary.
Austrians Admit Retirement.
Aagost 20, 2.50 p.m. An Austrian communique admite a retirement to the west of Zabie, after violent Russian attacks on the Chornahore ridge in the Carpathisas.
Preparing for the Next Blow.
Angust 20, 2,50 p.m.
A telegram from Petrograd states that the comparative fall on the Hussion front does not signify the cessing of the cffensive, but |is a natural rekult of the bignem of the Ruscian sacoVER,
The enemy at some points has retreated 20 or 30 miles, destroying bridges which the Russians are busy reosnstructing, sim- ultaneously regrouping their armies in view of the next great blow, General von Bothmer'a new positions on the Zlotu Lips are out- flanked to the south by the Bamisas operating north of the Daeister.
More Successes.
Aagast 20, 7.55 p.m.
A Petrograd communique states:-Oa the Stokhod, we retained the village of Toboly after it had frequently changed hands,
Two hundred Austrians were sabred in a Cossack charge and air hundred taken prisoners,
The heigkta of Jablonitas and Loxcmenks have been occupied.
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BRITISH ZEPPELINS,
(Beater's Service to The** - Tulegraph.”]
August 19, 12.05 p.m. of British Zeppeline is made in articles in the newspapers describing flights of great aircraft, marvellously rigid and very speedy.
The first mention
Neutral skippers, who are constantly seeing German Zeppelins, consider the British machines superior, better, and a hundred times less cumbersome,
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Violent Enemy, Counter-Attacks.
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A French communique says the enemy during lạc night delivered violent counter-attacks against the positions cap. tured recently in the region north of Maurepas to Clery, which we smashed by machine gun fire and energetic counter- offensives, the enemy only gaining a small piece of trench. The Germans twice attacked north-east of the Avocourt te doubt and Hill 304, but were forced back at every point. Obstinate fighting continues on the right bank of the Meuse. The whole of Fleury is now in our possession after desperate fighting, despite violent counter-attacks, in which the enemy hadi bloody losses,
British Line Advanced.
August 19, 5:40 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig in a communique says our line was advanced from Highwood to the junction with the French over
a frontage of two miles and to a depth of from 200 to 000 yards. We also advanced over a front of half a mile between Ovillera and Thiepval
Last night's success was maintained in spite of most determined counter-attacks, except at the extreme right, where the enemy regained a little ground.
We hold the western outskirts of the Guillemont line, thence northwards midway between Delville-wood and Ginchy orchards, north of Longueval.
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Between the Highwood-Albert-Bapaume road, we captur ed some hundreds of yards of trench and advanced 300 yards east of Mouquet Farm. We alan captured several “hundred prisoners.
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Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that a German». communique reluctantly admite last night's successes.-- It adds that the Germans withdrew from the salient between Guillemont and Maurepas according to plans.
An Important Success.
August 19, 11.10 p.m.
Reuter's Special Correspondent at the Headquarters in France reports as follows:-The week-end fighting developed into one of the most important and most successful battles of the western offensive.
Besides satisfactorily progressing towards the complete mastery of the Ridge, we captured 1,000 prisoners, many machine-guns, and much material.
Several formidable strong pointe were destroyed and the way prepared for further progress,
We were most successful in the neighbourhood of the Leipzig Redoubt and Martinpuich.
The enemy's morale has been badly shaken under the incessant terrilic punishment.
A whole squad of Sexons deserted, being miable to face the TAURÏU.
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Germans Ejected.
August 20, 12.50 a.m.
A Paris communiqué states-North of the Summe. apart from an isolated operation, in which we ejected the Germans from a trench in which they gained a footing lat night north of Maurepas, the day was quiet.
Our troops actively consolidated the conquered ground Bad weather interfered with the artillery." There was a sharp artillery duel on the right bank of
the Meuse..
British Progress.;
August 20, 3.10 a.m.
Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, says the British captured ridge south-east of Thiepval and advanced their line half-way to Giuchy and to the edge of Guillemont, taking–790-prisoners.-
Our Captures Specified.
August 20, 4,65 a.m. The text of Sir Douglas Haig's despaten :Yester- day's operations at various points from Thiepval to our extreme right, North of Guilielmont, a distance of eleven miles, were most successful. We captured the ridge south- east and overlooking Thiepval and the northern slopes of the high ground north of Pezieres; from, which there is an extensive view oastward 'and north-eastward. We hold the western edge of Highwood and the enemy trenches extend- ing, for half a mile west of the wood. We advanced our line halfway between Giughy and the edge of Guillemont, where we hold the outskirts, including the railway station and the quatry, which are of considerable military, Import- anos. The 700 prisoners counted up to four o'clock in the afternoon include sixteen officers: We further advanced to-day north-east of Pozieres for three hundred yards, on both sides of the Pozieros-Bapsuno road.
The enemy artillery bombarded our positions but there were no hostile infantry attacks. The enamy, also 'shelled the vicinity of Vierstraat, Epres and Hij w,
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RUSSIA'S USE OF CAVALRY.
A Berita Explanation.
The correspondent in Barlin of the Associated Press states ****
For some time correspondenta in Berlin bave been hearing of the astonishing use of -Rumino cavalry on the front south of the swamps, and getting repeated tales of charges of masses of horas- msa against entrenched and unbroken infantry under 10%= ditions appearing to suggest the height of madness. The explanation HOW received
showe that there WAA · certain amount of method is this madness, and that the Rawiana hra deviend new taolios, The ¡lu is not to use cavalry to presn home su nasaalt, but to advanos a line of mounted skirmishers rapidly ecrom the danger song before the scinal charge is start- ed. The role of the cavalry is played when the infantry line reaches a point some 3,500 yards from the Austro-German trenches. A swarm of cavily in a widely- extended line is then flung for. ward through the intervals of the infantry line. Horseman dart forward st headlong speed for another 1,500 yerds, fing themselves to the ground, and open a rapid fire against the | enemy. - Cossick horses are train- ed to participate in this man- oenvre, and lie down at command, forming a living brasatwork for the ridera. Undercover of a heavy fre from the dismounted horsemen the infantry lines are gunbed forward"across the inter- vening country. - Man and lioraen, maddened by excitement, aften refuse to halt at the destinadi.
unpromediod tone on agamar are almo Fazlangiamanta in am attempts to force eligia river crossings.
DEFENCE OF THE DUTCH INDIES.
Dispatch of Conscript Mea to the East.
The Datch Second Chamber recently voted on Mr. Hagen- holtz's motion, in which the Minister for the Navy was 18- quested not to carry out his announced intention of sending out naval militiamen to Nether | lande East Lodia,
It will be recalled that Captain Rambɔnnet has given orders for the dispatch of 50 of thess con- script sailors to the får Esat,to re- plans the 50 volunteersssmen wha are being sent home sa a result of the recent insubordinations and riots at Sonrabaya. Although the Minister has the legal power to do this, it is an entirely ad precedented step, and evoked the fear in some quarters that it wan the first step towards a militia conscript navy.
The majority of the Chamber rallied to Captain Rimbonnet's support however, and the hostils motion was rejected by 60 votes to 18, the Spoliata...and – Léberal – Democrata constituting the minority,
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