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November 7, 19:6,
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TELEGRAMS.
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TORPEDOES HIT A GERMAN DEADNOUGHT NEAR THE DANISH COAST. THE AMERICAN STEAMER LANAO HAS BEEN SUNK BY A SUBMARINE. THE CREW OF SUBMARINE ES HAS BEEN AWARDED £3,000 PRIZE MONEY, THE VENIZELISTS RECKON ON AN ARMY OF AT LEAST FOUR DIVISIONS. THE VENIZELISTS, WITH ALLIED SUPPORT, HOPE TO DRIVE OUT BULGARS. AUSTRALIAN CONSCRIPTION FIGURES:--NO, 1,080,000: YES, 1.007,000. THE DEUTSCHLAND'S CARGO IS ESTIMATED AT TEN MILLION DOLLARS. THE ENEMY REGAINED GROUND NEAR BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT. THE BRITISH THREE TIMES SUCCESSFULLY RAIDED ENEMY. TRENCHES. "THE FRENCH HAVE ADVANCED BETWEEN LES BOEUFS & SAILLY-SAILLISEL.
THE ENEMY REGAINED SOME GROUND IN ST. PIERRE VAAST WOOD.
A LIVELY BOXBARDMENT BUT NO FIGHTING IS REPORTED FROM DANLOUP ON THE CARSO THE ITALIANS HAVE ADVANCED AT SEVERAL POINTS. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH WAR MINISTERJAT SALONICA IS ANNOUNCED. TER SITUATION IN THE CARPATHIANS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THE EXTENT OF ENEMY'S DISASTER IN JIUL VALLEY INCREASES.
A GREEK LIGHT FLOTILLA HOISTED THE FRENCH FLAG AT KERATSINL THE SNEKY ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT RUSSIANS REINFORCING RUMANIANS. "THE GERMANS HAVE CAPTURED THE DANISH STEAMER ULLA.
[All telegrams appearing in large type are the latest. kaving been received during the course of the day. Those in small type bave come through over-aight,}
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
A Silght Enemy Gain.
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
November 6, 2.35 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, saye:-During the night a strong enemy counter-attack regained a portion of ground in the neighbourhood of Batte de Warlencourt. East of Les Boeufs gains were secured.
We thrive successfully raided tranches in the Armentieres and Ypres areas.
Violent Enemy Attacks,
November 6, 4.25 p.m.
A Paris communique states:-We advanced between Les Boeufs and Sailly-Siillius.
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
TELEGRAMS.
THE GREEK CRISIS.
Venizelist Army's Plan,
1916.
(Beater's Service to The " Telegraph."}
November 6, 5.35 p.m. of the Venisslist Army, in an interview said he relied on having Reuter's correspondent at Athens says that General Danglis,
at least four divisions, the first of which was going to Servos at the end of November. General Sarrail was assisting in arranging s pien of campaign which, it was believed, with the co-operation of | the English and French, would clear out the Bulgarians from East
Macedonia.
French Flag Holsted..
November 6, 8.45 p.m. Beater'e correspondent at Athens says it is reported that the French flag was hoisted yesterday evening on the Gresk light Bolills at Keratzini.
GERMAN DREADNOUGHT HIT.
November 6, 7.05 .p.m. The Admiralty announces that a submarias fired torpedoes at and hit a German Dreadnought near the Danish conat yesterday. The extent of the damage is not known.
THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.
November 6, 6.00 p.m. An Italian official statement ssys:-We repaleed attacks in Coscai Valley and Lakatio.
On the Oarso, we bombarded Castag Parizzy works and advanced and straightened our line at several points, taking fifty prisoners.
AUSTRALIAN CONSCRIPTION FIGURES,
November 6, 1.30 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Melbourne, Mr. Hughen is summoning a conference of the Labour Party.
The Referendam figures are now as follows-No. 1,080,000;||
| Yes, 1,007,000. The count is still incomplete.
Open air meetings at 'Melbourne and Sydney demanded a repeal of the proclamation calling up all single men.
THE DEUTSCHLAND'S CARGO.
November 6, 1.30 p.m.
The enemy during the night violently counter-attacked the positions which we had captured from Saillisel au far as-St. Pierre According to Reuter's correspondent as New York, the collector Vaast wood. All attacke on the northern spur and the western of customs at Connecticat announced that the Deutschland's cargo edges of the wood were repulsed by machine-gun and artillery fire is approximately valued at ten million dollare, of which nine millions with heavy losses. The enemy regained a little ground to the south-are stocks and bonds for the purpose of strengthening Germany's Karest of the wood and in the village of Saillisel.
credit. The remainder consists of dyestuffs, chemicals and a small There has been a lively bombardment at Damloup, bat no inquantity of precious stones. "fantry actions.
THE SUBMarine CAMPAIGN.
American Steamer Suak.
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November 6, 2.10 p.m. The American steamer Lanso has been stak by a submarine. Thirty of those on board were saved.
Danish Steamer Captured.
November 6, 6.20 p.m.. The German steamer Anatolia arrived at Malta from the Piraeus towed by a British warship.
The Germans have captured the Danish steamer Ulla and have taken her to Swinemuende.
THE FUTURE OF POLAND,
November 6, 12.20 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, a Datoh newspaper, is a comment on the Polish Proolamation, emphasises that the future of Poland will be an Austr.-German vassal stató -møder a German King.
IN THE BALKANS.
The Outlook Continues to Improve.
November 6, 12.26 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Bakharest says the situation in the Curpathians continues to improve, while the extent of the diesster to the enemy in Jial Valley increases, The French Military Mission arrived at the critical moment and collaborated most effectively with the High Command, re-establishing a entisfactory situation.
French War Mialster Arrives.
November 6, 6,00 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Paris stated that General "Roques, the French War Minister, has arrived at Salonion.
Fighting on the Russina Front,
November 6, 6.00 p.m. According to Benter's correspondent at Petrograd, "tbera is fighting to the north of Postav and also on the Upper Stokhod and the Narajuvka.
That between Braavany and Halicz has been the stiffost, but scoording to military soxonats all the attacks daring the pans wook have been of purely local consequence, intended to prevent the
· Ramians reinforcing the Ramsaikas.
PRIZE MONEY FOR A SUBMARINE.
November, 6, 5.35 p.m.
The Prize Court has awarded 23,000 sterling to the crew of the abmarine E8 for sinking the German orniser Prins Adalbert, with afr kundred on board; în the Baltic on October 28, 1915.
"A SECOND BARALONG CASE,"
November 6, 11.15 p.m.
The Admiralty states that the German Prem is attempting to make capitsi out of what it describes as a second Barslong oase. One object is the incitement of American opinion against Britain, and another the finding of arguments in favour of an unrestrained zubmarins campaign.
The facts are perfectly simple. On the morning of September 24, 1915, in the Westera Channel, the U41 was engaged in sinking a British merobautman. Meanwhile, a converted merchant- man, commissioned as an auxiliary ship, approached. Her character | was immediately recognised sol, last the submarine ebould submerge before coming within range, ehe hoisted neutral colours — perfecdy legitimate ruse de guerre. She hoisted, within range, the white ensign, as British warenips are required to do, sad then fred on and sank the submarine.
The Commander's immediate pre-occupation wae the rescas of the British steamer'sorow who had been compelled to take to the boats when fifty miles from the nearest port. The auxiliary ship then closed to one of the sunken steamer's boats which had broken drift and in which there were two submarine survivors. These were rescoed in the same way, but only after the victim's use of a neutral flag in order to approach within range of the enemy recognised naval practice repeatedly adopted by | the Germans; for instance, the majority of the Moowe's victims were secured by this method. It is difficult to believe that anybody except German would base on these facts an socuestion of brutality on the ground that the English survivors, and not the German survivors, were saved first, by a few minutes.
The whole allegation is a very fine example of typical German mentality non-German's first obligation is to save German life, but there is no reciprocal obligation on the part of a Gorman; say ruse de guerra by the Germans is legitimate, but all are illegitimate whom practised against the Germans.The allegation that theAdmiralty ever issued orders that survivors from submarines need not be rescued is an absolute lie, as explicitly denied in the Nɔte of February 25 in the Baralong case, ...
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FUTURE OF POLAND.
The Central Powers' Idea.
November 5, 11:45 p.m. Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam quotes a Vipans paper which says that Count Burian, replying to depata- tion from Warsaw; said the future of the kingdom of Poland would only begin with a full nations! existence after the war, in close connection with the Central Poweri, both politically and militarily, ***..
Bouter's correspondent at Zurich says the Poles in Switzerland are 'nót impremed and declare that the scheme does not meet with their ́aspiratioma).
November 7, 1915. ·
Temperature 6 8.15. Humidity
76pm.
84
二拜後七月十英港香 HINGLE OOPY IU ORNTE.
TELEGRAMS.
THE FUTURE OF POLAND.
Premise of Autonomy Orly a Trap.
جیسون
[Beater'a Servion to The "Telegraph."]
November 6, 6.05 ..
The belated Austro-German offer of Polish autonomy
is regarded as being dictated by umutary necessity. It ja not toought likely. that the Poles will fall into the trap, as apart from the fact that the offer is limited to Russian Poland, the proposed organisation of ■ National Army in- dicales that the whole scheme is merely a device to force the Russian Poles into Austro-German military service.
It was recently reported that General von Hindenburg insisted on immediate Polish levies, demanding 700,000 re- crute from this source.
The offical German "North German Gazette” abows this object when it says: "Germany's security demands that Russia eball never be able to use a militarily con- solidated Poland as an invasion gate for Silesia and West Prussia "
English papers declare that the proclamation of the Grand Duke Nicholas remains & charter to all Polish peoples.
LATEST SINKINGS.
November 5, 11.45 p.m.
The Clan Leslie and the Harrison liner Statesman have
been runk.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Important French Successes.
November 6, 1.05 s.m.
A Paris communique states-North of the Summe we executed several attacks during the day and made a series of appreciable advances from the south of Transloy to the south of St. Pierre Vaast wood
We pushed our lines between Les Boeufs and Sailly- Baillisel several hundred metres in the direction of Trans- lay, and captured a trench cast of Sailly-Sailliset.
We conquered most of the village of Saillisel and to the south of it are attacking St. Pierre Vaast wood on three sides.
We made an important advance, capturing successively three trenches defending the northern horn of the wood, and a whole line of hostile positions on the south-western outskirts.
The fighting was most desperate un this sector: Furious German counter-attacks were brilliantly repulsed by bombs and bayonet. We took 62% prisoners,
The artillery duel continued in the Donaumont region. We occupied the whole of the village of Vaux.
British Advance on Thousand Yards Front.
Nur mbr 6, i 30 alm. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We attacked at séveral points and made some progress.
We cleared a pocket' of Germans. from the extreme right and progressed in the centre on a front of over a thousand yards, securing the high ground in the neighbourhood of Butte de Warlencourt.
The weather continues stormy.
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Steady Extension of British Firing.
November 6, 8.05 a.m. Continued heavy rain on the Somme prevented ex- Lensive operations during the week end, but the communi- ques of both sides show that there was a most furious cannonade.
A notable feature is the steady extension of the British artillery firing northwards.
Guns are thundering practically on the whole of the thirty miles from Armentieres to Arras.
The French occupation of Damloup completes the re- capture of every inch of ground won by the Germans during the eight months' operations against Verdun.
IN THE BALKANS.
Rumanians Take More Prisoners.
november 6, 3.00 a.m.
A Rumanian communique says:-We repulsed several attacks in Prahova Valley.
The enemy in the evening succeeded in occupying part of our trenches on Mount Dilamu, north-west of Azuga,
Several enemy attacks in the Dragoslavele région on the left bank of the Olt were repulsed
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Our pursuit in the Vulcan Pass continues and more prisoners were taken.
Ab Austrian Admission.
November 6, 4.10 ..m, An Austrian communique states:-The Hungarisna cap- tured the strong Cabusepu position south-west of Predeal, and the Rumanian second line.
It says the Rumanians recommenced their attacks on the frontier region cast of Brasso, and pressed back the Austrian front two kilometres at two points.
Rumanisos' High Morzie and Stubbora Defence. November 6, 5.1ú sim.
The "Times" correspondent at Bukharest states that if the Rumanians continue to preserve their high morala and stubborn defence, the enemy should be unable to reach the interior for weeks, when the cold weather will presumably terminato serious operations,
Meantime the sentiment of the country is crystallising for a determined resistance,
The most important Austro-German attack is now con tred in the Alut valley.
General Belgieff, the new Bussian representative at Headquarters, regards, the situation sa satisfactory."
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WOLFRAM IN AUSTRALIA.
(Reuter's Service to The “Telograph“)
London, Received, November 6, A telegram from Sydney sistem that namerous wolfram ze zís have been located in the Northern Territory:
Sixty-two tcns have been produced in the past 18 months,
Later.
A Sydney musgo states that the Director of Mines in the Northern Territory states that numerous well-defined wolfram reefs and baders from an inch to four feet have been located. The outcrops are traceable for half a mile in a number of instanOSE,
A large area is still unprospect. ed. The Federal authorities have ordered further investigations.
OBITUARY,
Lord Clanmorris.
London, Received, November 6. The death is sanounced of Lord Olanmorris,
THE RE-PLANNING OF DELHI.
London, Received November 6. The King has had an audienca with Mr. Edwin Lutyeor, A.B.A., the architect, who is going to Indis shortly on business connect- ed with the proposals of the ommittee appointed to advise the Raj in the replanning of Delhi;
THE JUTE CONTRACT QUESTION.
London, Received, November 6. The 1imes, referring to difficulties which have arisen in connection with the new jute buying scheme, says that possibly the only satisfactory solution is to revert to the earlier method of requisitioning the Dandes miles | for the supply of specified Gloveras ment indente; but some argue further that a rebate should be |obtained from the Conference lines of the difference between the Blas Book and the market ratea' of freight in respect of sli juts used on Government account, and «!wo the remission of the Indian export duty..
One of the Family. The death is announced of Winston Churchill Simmons, of Richmond, Tarmania, at the age of 90. He was born in Hobart, and was a soion of the Marl- borough family.
A Square Meal, ..
Án Australian soldier on Balis- bury Plain went into the Y.M.C.A. hut and ordered ten boiled egga. When the attendsat had cooked. them she brought five plates esch | holding two egge and set them out on the table. “Ob," said tha Australien, “you needn't have done that. I am not expecting anyone else!"
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