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WEATHER FORECAST
FINE
Barometer 29.30,
October 5, 1916,
7476 日九月九
Temperature Humidity
6 a.m. 72 27
2 p.. 78
62
TELEGRAMS.
CONDENSED.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE CROSSED THE ZLOTA LIPA TO SOUTH OF BRZEZANY. EXENY HAS BEEN DRIVEN FROM HEIGHTS COMMANDING THE ZŁOTA LIPA. "THE BUSSIANS HAVE COMMENCED THE BOMBARDMENT OF BEZEZANY.
AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT SAYS GREEK CABINET, PRACTICALLY RESIGNS. THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE HAS PRODUCED SOME FRESH SUCCESSES.
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 5, 1916.
TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Important Trench Captured.
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October 4, 1,35
Cctober 5, 1915,
Temperature 6 am. Humidity
81
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TELEGRAMS.
EVERY MAN AND WOMAN NEEDED.
Sir William Robertson on the Outlook.
(Rester's Sarvion to the “Teingraph.");
TELEGRAMS.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
Carried by the Rat Fies.
(Reuter's Sarvios to The "Telegraph”) London, Recaived, October $. Beuter correspondent st New „that comes lista:are of
GERMAN PAPERS PACIFY THE PUBLIC ON FAILURE AGAINST RUMANIANS. ▲ Paria communique says :—On the Somme front a localined General Sir William Robertson, in the courts of a speech at the opinion that infantilu para- A STRONG RUMANIAN ATTACK HAS PRESSED BACK THE AUSTRO-GERMANS. | attack on each side of the Peronne Bapaume Road gained as an Dalderby, Lincolnshire, sald we have now a reasonable amount of lysis, from which two thousand NEAR KAJKACKALAN THE BULGARS ARE RETREATING BEFORE SERBIANS. important trench and twenty-one prisoners to the north of Bancourt. guns and ammunition. On the whole we, could view the future deaths have coomed in New There is great reciprocal artillery firing south of the Somme. without any anxiety whatever, but we must be prepared to continue Zork, is carried by the rat flos, the fight for a time which could not at present be estimated: We in a similar manner to the oærry- wanted more men now, and eventually we should want all who ing of bubonic plague. could be spared. We were not justified in expecting, to win unless the services of every man and woman were atilised to the fullest.
BRITISH, FRENCH & SERBIAN SUCCESSES ARE REPORTED IN THE BALKANS. GERMAN CLAIM OF A CRUSHING VICTORY IN TRANSYLVANIA IS DISPROVED. THE BUMANIANS ARE ATTACKING VIGOROUSLY IN DOBRUDJA.
THE BRITISH ARE FIGHTING SUCCESSFULLY NEAR EAUCOUET L'ABBAYE THE WEATHER IS INTERFERING WITH THE WORK OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT, FRENCH GAINED AN IMPORTANT TRENCH ON PERONNE-BAPAUME ROAD. THE FRENCH HAVE TAKEN 120 PRISONERS TO THE NORTH OF BANCOURT. SCIENTISTS SAY INFANTILE PARALYSIS IS CARRIED BY RAT FLEA.
Satisfactory Fighting.
October 4, 1.35 a.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, saya :—There WAS heavy rain during the night and the early part of the day.
Fighting near Esucɔurt l'Abbaye is proceeding estisfactorily. Quist reigns elsewhere except for intermittent shell fring. The weather interfered with the work of the aircraft and
IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GREEK CABINET HAS RESIGNED, one of our machines is missing.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN GERMANY ARE PERSISTENTLY GETTING WORSE. THE BRITISH CAPTURED PART OF JENIKO, ACROSS THE STRUNA, EAUCOURT L'ABBATE IS NOW ENTIRELY IN THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON SAYS DURATION OF WAR CANNOT BEESTIMATED. SIR WILLIAN ROBERTSON SAYS EVERY MAN & WOHAN MUST BE UTILISED, | hands.
[All telegrams appearing`la large type are the latest, having been received during the course of the day. Those in small type have coms through over-night.]
IN THE BALKANS.
A German Myth Expleded.
[Renter's Service to The “Tuingrapb.”]
October 4, 1.40 am. The German claim of a crashing victory on the Transylvanian frontier is disproved by a Ramsaisa communique, which says that the Rumenians, daring the retreat of September 29, caplared three bundred prisonere end fire machine guns and are now attacking the enemy in the mountains on the right bask of the Olt River. Moreover, the Romanian general attack on Dobradjs continues with the utmost vigoar on the whole front against a stubborn resistanos.
The Rumaniane repulsed an attack at Oraov8. The enemy is furiously attacking in the region of the Valesa Pass, using poisonous gas.
The Bulgarians Retreeling,
October 4, 2.30 a.m. A French official message from Salonion rays that in con- sequence of Serbien victories in the K.jnackalan region the Bulgarione abandoned, positions at Starkovvgroh, on the River Brad, and appear to be retreating north warda,
The Serbians occupied Sovio and the Franch occupied Patorac - Vrbemi, while the British on the right have captured Janikoi, sant
of the Strums.
Pacifying the German Public.
October 4, 5.30 8.m. The German pepers are strenuously explaining to a disappoint ed public the scanty resalta of the officially announced "crashing defeat" of the Rumaniana at Rotertaim Pass as in the case of the Keiser's famous victory telegram.
The papere declare that General von Falkenhayn has more important work to do that count boty, and they also contend that the Rumanian crossing of the Dasabs at the rear of General von Mackensen is also unimportant, se General von Mackensen can give the Rumenians a good reception.
It is noteworthy that an Austrian communique, epseks of the repulsing of the Rumanian advances at Rsterturm, bat admits that sn Austro-German force was pressed back by a strong counter- attack,
Another British Success.
October 4, 3.35 p.m.
Fresh troops in the evening made a third attack, after a beavy bombardment. The fighting coaline. The enemy's casualtina are heavy,
Eaucourt l'Abbaye Captured.
October 4, 2.00 p.m.
General Sir Douglas Hsig, in a communique, says:—Esscourt L'Abbaye has been cleared of the enemy and is now entirely in our
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There was considerable shelling on our front south of the Anore during the night. Otherwise, there is nothing to report,
Heavy rain has fallen since the morning.
More Freach Captures.
October 4, 4.00 p.m.
A Paris communique mayɛ:—We complete the captare of strong lines of German trenches batwoon Mirral and St. Pierre Vasat wood, taking 200 prisoners.
There has been a lively enemy bombardment si Belloy ́en Banterre.
The Position Analysed.
October 4, 4.40 p.m.
September as follows :—
A Headquarters despatch sums up the position at the end of
prisoning angrier, edhe hatte in Jahon days taken have been withdrawn exhausted or broken. We hold a half-moon of the upland to the south of the Anere, cccupying every important height, and so have direct observation of the ground to the east and north. The enemy has fallen back upon its fourth line behind |a low ridge just west of the Bapaume-Tradeloy road. -
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RUMANIANS CROSS THE DANUBE.
October 3, 5.35 p.zn.
'Beuter's correspondent at Paris reports that it is stated that the Rumanians under General Zetten crossed - the Danube under cover of massed artillery thirty miles south of Bucharest, and penetrated Bulgarian territory, annihilat- ing or routing the Bulgarian outposts.
The operation was of great tactical importance and the strategic.consequences may be considerable.
The plans were made in agreement with the Allies, whose aviators established communication between General Sarrail and General Zetten.
RESIGNATION OF GREEK MINISTERS.
October 4, 4.55 x.mx.
Telegrams from Athens report that the Cabinet, with the exception of the Premier and Foreign Minister, has resigned.
It is expected that M. Kilgeropoulos will reconstruct the Ministry.
An Italian force has occupied Argyrocastro, and another Italish force. landed at Santi Quarant and occupied
The Greek troops in our judikalus i
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
All the World's Motors-
INDIAN POET'S TOUR.
London Received, October 5. According to Renter's corres- pondent at Seattle, Sir Babindra- nath Tagore will tour the United States for several weeks.
[In the event of telegrams arriv= ing too late for insertion en this page they will be found
on Page 8.]
his nerves had all gone. great thing that impresets me the state of the rosila», and dust; the roads are lika, a l Holiday gone rank) and gra wonder why thadiosses have sLAČL. holes in them and - why there szu - no glam windows. Everything is terribly busy; the push is "on and we are becoming “top dog at last. You meet lots of Gar man, prisoners coming in with men, with dust and sweat all over ́them, with shrapnel helmate and. big bayonets guarding them, and shey are so pleased to be captured and so grateful and ready to do anything. Everything is white to have gone all the world seems impossible that I'm right re- Thon I tramped bomswards among it and not at home. and rac into the Chief
Lots of other things I could tell Ordnance Officer of the you, but they must wait until one district, of whom I asked the way. day I am able to. Meanwhile I He was in peacetime a London sm well and fit-tbank goodnosa chartered accountsat sad a good I am fit, or one could never stick done, so he asked me into mess the mosquitoes have started on
He saw I was a bit this life. It's a great game, but - with them, and a right good meses face, and I don't like this it was too. A small tent, with a fal heat. Our train coning tery, but have already been ricketty table, sugar boxes for here only went about sight miles through enough to write a book chairs, boiled him and beans and so hour. I really must stop now. act mascatole and custard, and Cheer-ho. Thres of ne sregoing about it. We arrived the other then large cups of acffes. Ob, how to a rained shop to drinka bottle mido of the water from
af vin blanc at a franc's time. All Ecgland about 7 s.m. the next good it was!
The best was intense, of course, the moter lorries in the world morning. We voyaged in i now and has been. It was then must be here.-Times. troopship in awful hest the men 10 pm and dark, and I started were like flies all over the ship to walk back to the station by the -I've never seen sach a sight, and railway line-the end of the line the heat was intense. We landed; and went to the base and report-valine, &c. Then a train came -to get my belongings, my Renter's correspondent at Petrograd states that General Sicher-ed, and spent Sunday and Satur- batecheff's troops, on the third day of a farious engagement, crossed
day afternoon there, where along they don't go very fast- the Złota Lipa, to the south of Braszany under cover of artillery shared a tent with three other and I boarded a track and sat on boar Jfice, was again before Mr. fire and drove the enemy from the heights commanding the river. officers. Thereupon, the Russian artillery advanced as near as possible to Bezezany and bombarded the town.
The importance of the three months' offensiva abould not be jadged by the distance we had advanced or the number of enemy i treach lines taken, but by its effect on the enemy's strength in numbers, material, and morale. The enemy had used up his re- serves in repeated costly and unsuccessful counter-attacks without caneing the Allies to relax their steady and methodical pressure.
Troops from every part of the Empire were engaged in this action, and all behaved with discipline and resolution of veterans.
Our aircraft has shown the spirit of cffensive in the bighest degree. Their work is as conspicuous for skill and judgment as for daring. It is safe to say that two hundred British seroplanes cross the enemy's front for every enemy machine crossing ours.
THE RUSSIAN DRIVE,
Bombardment of Brzezany Begins.
October 4, 9.35 p.m.
FRESH ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
October 4, 2.35 a.m.
fire, and also a peak five hundred feet high in Cerula.
GERMANY'S ECONOMIC WEAKNESS.
Somewhere in France, 2-A josier officer, writing
home from France says:—
Fhave not yet reached my bat
sort he was.
A Clerk's Alleged Forgery.
A Chinese Clerk, who was formerly employed at the Har the step and was carried part way J. B. Wood at the Police Court to my destination. Then it
We left there on Sunday nigh to join our division at the front, stopped sad I got off and this morning on a charge of for walked the reet-two miles, aing two obeques value at $2,000 and I had my first command. I had to take 27 men up to the Eventually I got there at 11.30 and $4,000 respectively, in the front to a battery, leave them and saw the officer there, who name of Mr Hutchison, of the sent me to a rest camp for the Imports and Exports Department, there, and report to my own A British official message from Salonica asya-Across the
teat, thres boarde; and two rugs,
on the writing of the cheques Stroms we advanced and captured a part of Janiko, to the south of Italian cffensive in the mountains and at the Italian head of the 36 hours, sleeping and feeding and fell asleep.
An cficial message from Bome reporte fresh successes of the division. We were in a train for night, quite close, where I had a Mr. Dovey gave expert evidence compared with that of those mid en route. Yesterday we got to the Seron road. The enemy immediately counter-attacked, but he Brenta valley at Ciemon. It aaye :-We captured the second peak
chien himself. No evidenca never reached closer than a thousand yerde, being broken up by of Col Bricon (eight-thousand feet) after climbing precip.cas ander the railhead, and I had to march Then this morning I got bold to be the signatures of Mr. Hut. our artillery..
my men away seven miles in the of a T. M.C. A. van which had se was called for the defence, pria awful heat, myself at their driver (he was a real sport) a oner being committed for trial. head. My God, the road London man- gentleman. He awful in the dust; shell holes drove me here, to the reinforce everywhere, Bad Cross motors meat camp of the-Division, I got tearing by, one long stream of here at 1 this morning-just Ammunition wagons, dispatob tents in a field. I had a swim in October 4, 3.30 p.m.
riders, and every known kind of coll'river, changed my clothes,
had some food, and ami Distinguished Servios Orders have been awarded to 2nd.-Lieat. Information from trustworthy sources shows that the German soldier-all in shrapnel helmete; Frederick Sawrey and Alfred de Bath Branditt, in recognition of economic condition was persistently becoming worse all through my poor man, dead best and carry-sitting down on the grass writing their gallantry and distinguished service in connection with August.
ing all their staff on their baoka, bite. At about 3 a.m. in the successful stiscks on enemy airships.
Neutrals knowing Germany well, speak of the extraordinary We halted for rests in between, morning I shall go about 10 miles scarcity and badness of the food, even in the best hotels. There and the air was one dull rose of on a terrific motor lorry to join | are frequent food riots and strikes in large towns.
guns; the Garman trenches about my division, and thence to my
battery. Letters found on prisoners testify to even sharper misery among four miles away. the masses. It is believed that the harvest is below the average and that the food crisis next spring will be intense.
GALLANT AIRMEN.
THE GREEK CRISIS.
Cabloet "Practically Resigned."
October 4, 1.55 p.m.
Benter's correspondent at Athens says it is ancficially an- nounced that the Cabinet has practically resigned.
Resigned.
October 4, 6.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Athens rys it is cfficially announced that the Oubinst has resigned.
Conditiors Becoming Worse,
October 4, 7.55 p.m
Meanwhile, the privations, coupled with the loss of confidence in victory, continues to weaken the people's powers of resistance.
ROT
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TO-MORROW.
I got them to the village about All last night when I was near 8 p.m., and found their major in the front Icould see the flashes of ruined farmhouse, which was the guns, and the air was one bis headquarters, and handed cour of guna. It was jast like the them over intact. Then I shook wayse on the sea shors--you know hands and left. They evidently the noise the make when the likad me those boys, as they gave surf breaks on the shore; but me a cheer and hoped to see me this noise never called back se October 4, 7,55 p.m.
some day in Hyde Park," 1 the ways dos. It just kept on. 1-9.15 p.. According to Router's correspondant at Madrid, the Spanish expect that was because I bought shared a tent with a bagipat going Ambasender as Berlin states that all those deported from the North them tes and staff en route-poor bone and suffe of France will be repatriated sa soon as the crops are gathered.
GERMANY AND THE DEPORTED FRENCH.
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