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March 26, 1BIT,
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MONDAY, MARCH 26 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
THE GERMAN RETREAT.
British Troops Ocoupy Raisel,
London, March 25, 12 25 am. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta:-We occupied Roisel,
seven miles to the east of Peronne.
A strong enemy detachment attacked our positions at Baumeis los Cambrai and obtained a footing, but an immediate opanter-attzok drove him out,
We progressed on a frest of a mile ad ■ half south-west and west of Ecoast St. Mein, repulsing attacks, sad northward of Becquerello,
We also carried out successful raids to the cast of Arras, and reeched the enemy's second line.
We entered trenches to the east of Neavills 82. Vanst, ind:eting CaFustriee,
We disperard an attack in the neighbourhood of Richebourg La V.o.
French Activities.
London, March 25, 2.10 ■.m
A French communiqa: etates:-Täere is little change to the north of Saissont.
We found numerous German corpses in the trenches ciptared yesterday to the north of Margival,
A German long-range gun bombarded Soissons, and there was lively artillery firing at Berry au-Bic, Rheims and in Alsace.
A German hydroplane which was flying towards Etretat was captured at sea, the occupants being made prisoner.
A Freach aeroplane bɔmbed an aviation ground to the north of Thiaucort, wrecking sheds. “
French squadrons profusely bombed works at Theonville and Briey, and the station at Confins.
A Week of Liberation.
London, March 25, 2 15 a.m. Router's correspondent at Headquarters in France eaya: Daring the past week, 300 square miles of French territory, 200 towns and villages and 10,000 inhabitants have been restored to Trance.
Trench warfare has osased on hundreds of miles along the Allisa front and has been succended by open fighting, while the great aslient from Beaurains to Le Transloy has been absolutely dittened out
The Germans have created a sharp, close line near Soissons, following the course of the Aisne. Their northern back-swing has changed the lige from contex to concave,
The enemy's rearguard resistance is becoming more definite, canning from Bongy, Holnon wood, Termind tɔ Roisel.
German infantry aucceeded brifly in re-entering Aigecoart and Beaumes, driving back our advance post. Reinforcements of cavalry and infantry speedily arrived and charged in the main strasi. Here the Germans were strongly posted. The enemy ran, after a sharp norap, parausd by cavalry, leaving sixty dead and wounded.
British Occupy Ytres.
London, March 25, 4 40 p.m. Rinter's correspondent at Headquarters states:-British cavalry ocoapied Ytres, sight miles east-south-saat of Bapaume, which had been the point of considerable resistanos. Standing on plateau 135 metres high, it commande s fine aweep of gently andalating country northeast towards Cambrai, and also the branch railway from Vela to St. Quentin.
This, and the entry of the British cavalry into Roissl, are the only definite obsages in the position since yesterday,
Between Tires and Besumeix les Cambrai, a dietanos of five
miler, the Germans resisted more stoutly than anywhere else on
our front.
In the fighting at Bename'u len Cambrai, the Germans sustained over a hundred casualties. Forty dead were picked up in the main street alone,
Elsewhere along the rear of his retreat, the enemy yesterday defanded more energetically the line, which bis oɔvering troops are momentarily helding.
Behind the recovered territory, many thousands are toiling day and night in restoring communications and olearing up the raination left by the Germana The Royal Engineers are working magnificently, specially in building, most speedily, Bridgen able to bear the heaviesi iransport, Masses of troops appear and vanish in bewildering fashion,
The German Version.
London, Marob 25, 8.10 p.m.
TELEGRAMS.
(Reater's Service in The "Telegraph."}
THE GERMAN RETREAT.
Appreciable French Progress.
London, March 25, 4.25 pin. A French commaoique atales:~Wa progressed chirag the night to the worth of Grand Serancourt, in the dired of St. Quentin,
The night was relatively calm between the Simme and be O'ns. Tos prisoners we took yesterday belonged to seven different regiments.
We advanced appreciably to the north of Chauny, on the east bank of the Aile:te, and consolidated positions there sed in the region to the north of Soissons.
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GERMANY AND AMERICA.
"The Time for Negellations is Past." \\
London, March 25. Alluding to the sinking of the American teamer Healdton, the Cologne Gasetta declares: If President Wils makes in go to war fon this account, lut him do so. The time för segătiations is past.”;
A German Suggestion Declined.
Londoo, March.25. According to Ruter's correspondent at Washington, the United States has refused sa nocept a German suggestion to amend the We ceised portions of German trenches to the east d Malan-Prussian-American Treaties, court wood, to the west of Mease.
Germany's objet is to extend mutual exemption to merchants An enemy attempt on a trench in the direction of Apremont, tin case of war to general exemption of ships. the east of the Meuse, was repaleed.
It has been decided to whüdraw members of the Americau Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down.
RelXmmission in Belgium, who will be replaced by pentrais. German seroplanes bimbad Calais and Daukirk. Faere was The American Minister at Brussels goes to Havre, ne damage or victime at Dankirk, but at Calais two drifings were killed and one wounded.
Rapid French Advance,
THE CHANGES IN RUSSIA.
Grari Duke Nicholas Retires.
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TELEGRAMS.
Rexter's ferrics to the “Telegraph.”
THE COTTON CROP.
London, March Bão
According to a momage from Washingtos, tus oenen - ontimates that the Intal crop of "button, of liters, smoule 13 11,375,000 running bales.
MASSING ON DUTCH BORDER.
Possib's Surprise Move by Germany in Near Future.
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Amsterdim, Feb. further declaration to-day by the Datch Gore-ument does not add much to what bas" already been made koown, but it emphasisen Holland's determinsfión not to yield one it to either side, in Beater's 00:10apcudent at the French Headquartom says:- Reater's correspondent at Petrograd anya it is officially con- upholding what the Government The enemy's apparent miscalculation as to the rapidity of the firmed that the Grand Dake Nicholas has retired from the Com-believes to be s completely French pursuit has already cost him a beary loss in men. The mander-in-Chiefship, and that General Alexieff, Chist of the neutral atitude, on the basis of anexpectedly quick passage of the French from St. Quentin Caual General Stuff, officiates temporarily.
London, March 25, 6.15 p.m..
to the Ailette forced the Germans to turn at bay, and large massen
of German infantry are now engaged by the French along the whole front from St. Quentia to Ailette.
The French, advancing from the east bink of the Ailetts, hava arrived at the foot of the slopes leading to the Lann plateau, which is bounded on this side by the Saint Gabaia and Concy forests, while the troops from Soissons are steadily sciling the steep southero approaches to the platoon, which is a position of enormons aliengib.
Military Resolution.
London, March 25.
London, March 25. B-u'er's correspondent at Petrograd states that a great meeting, of soldiers on the Riga front, attended by General Diitiisff and members of the Dama, unanimously resolved to strain every nerve in General Alexieff reporte s most favourable spirit among the
defance of the country.
Certainly sa important feature of General von Hindenburg's (troops. echems of defenos would naturally play the part of a bзation, protecting the left flank. The Hindenburg line is therefore likely to be couteed most violently.
The weather is now fice, and a high wind is rapidly deying the roads.
French Offensive Continued.
London, March 25.
German Intrigues.
all accepted international law, so ....... [long sa this attitude is any way possible and consonant with the country's honour,
Meanwhile the whole country continues to watch with interest not without anxiety, the situation jost inside the German frontier.
There is no longer any doubt, both from published information And from other information in my poession, from andiscloschle bat iraatworthy sources, that London, March 25,
Many thousands of German Reuter's correspondent) at Petrogred states that revelatione troops are now held in reserva at continue to be made of German intrigues. Is transpires that a several great military depota farmer-Lader of the Gooislist extremists, was paid two hundred adjacent to Holland's frontiers. roubled monthly.
Most of these men bave recently The Government proposes to establish a monopoly for the sals of returned from the Ramsoita caresis and to abolish all religions and clase disabilities.
campaign, and posibly are whers The Government will meet all the financial engagments of the they are for no other reason then late Government.
that they must be housed some- where.
Thousands of Arrests.
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On this subject the Handelablad this evening contains a curious comment. It says: "These tronpa appear, however, to be intended It is le.rced thзt a large number of Garmto spies arosand the in the not distant falare for quite South of the Olse, at various pints we penetrated Lower Coucy Swedo-Finnish frontier when the frontier gaarde abandoned their another destination." On this forest and reached the outskirts of Folembray and Cɔ009 le Chateau. posis at the beginning of the Revolution. | The Germans moving towards Falombray were caught by our artillery and dieperasd with great lomen. North of Sissons we increased our gains, and repaised two counter-attack 1. Artillery ring is so ire in the neighbourhood of Craoane.
Artillery fire made effective shooting on the Verdag front on enemy works north of Hill 304, and north west of Bezan Vaux
A French communique usça :-O ir tronpa continued the offensive from the Simms to the Lisae. The struggle is stabborn, owing to the easy'n vigorous defence, but our soldiers, inflamed by the sight of the destruction wrought by the enemy, everywhere drove back the Germana, who sustained heavy loss. We threw bick the enemy between the S›mme sad Oise beyond the important
London, March 25. position Castres, Essigny le Grand sad Hill 121. A. violent counter-
Since the Revolution started, between 3,000 and 2,000 arrests attack debsucking on the Essigny-Benay front was broken by have been made in Petrograd. our fire.
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GERMAN BARBARITY.
France Protests to Neutral Nations.
London, March 25.
A Paris official message annonuces that France is protecting to neatrais that the German have unjustifiably and Barbirously deva Istated evacuated territory with the aim of raining for many years (one of the most fertile regions of France.
The message recitos a list of ontragos, already oibled, and adde that the French military authorities have established the fact that in the recaptured districts, notably Peronne, the Germans have stolen a large number of securities. Neutral Goverments are requested to warn their banks against dealings therein, as the Allies will not recognies their validity,
ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN,
Norwegian Shipping Organ Ignores German Threats.
London, March 25,
Bealer's correspondent at Christiania statea that, despite German threats to Norway, owing to the osademnation of submar- 1 German official wireless message says:-To the south-east of iaiam, the organ of Norwegian shippers approves the arming of Tpres, after mine-throwing, we advanced and found the trenchss merchantmen and suggests an agreement between nea'rals on the destroyed and evacuated. Our protecting troops gave way, in malter. accordance with instructions, at Beaumet, Roise), and to the east of
the Cicit ospal, is a oring losses on the attackers.
We repulsed the French at Vrigny, and broke in the French line at Soapir and Carny, taking prisoner sixty men.
Between the sea and the Murella our seroplanes made numerous altacks, destroying seventeen Anglo-French machines,
British Position Improved,
London, March 25.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, saya :— We drove of a bombing attack near Braumein len Jambrai.
We improved our position west of Oroisilles and entered enemy trenches_corth-east of Loor, taking prisoners and ejecting enemy raiders who satered our trezobes.
To the west of Halluob, our aeroplanes bombed two important gailway junotions,
There have been many sir #ghis. – Eight hogtie machines waza brought down, and four of ours san mianina.
GERMANY AND TURKEY,
Military Chiefs in Conference.
London, March 25.
Aa official message from Berlin says that Eavor Pashs, the Commander of the Turkish Army, has arrived at the German Head- quarters, and has conferred with the Kaiser and General con Hindenburg-
(From Our Own Correspondent). CHINA AND GERMANY.;
Shanghal Enemy Subjects to Register.
Local Germans are ordéred" to
uthorition withh three dayst
Shanghai, March 24.
Allled Army Ideals Explained.
London, March 25. of the Terkoe Selo garrison and explained the discipline in the Colonel Kood, the British Military Attachs, attended a meeting
British Army and the relations between officers and men.
0.her Allied officers made similar explanations elsewhers con- cerning their respective Armies.
Respects to the New Government.
London, March 25. Renter's correspondent at Petrograd states that the British, French and Italien Ambassadors bare presented their respects to the Provisional Gorarament.
matter it may be possible abortly to make rather a surprising
Alice Memorial nod Affiliated Hospitals.
The arcual meeting of the Finance Committee of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospita1a is to be held on Wednssday, 28th [inst., at 11.30 am. in the Cham- ber of Commerce Room, New Post Oos Building.
Won't Stay Away. Sir George Buchanan was the first to address the Ministers,
Before Mr. J. B. Wood, at the M. Milinkoff, replying on behalf of the Government, said ke Pulics Court this siternono, was full of confidence that Russia would justify the hopes and Chinees par expectations of the Allies and her well-wishers.
Factory Hours.
charged' with returning from banishment. It transpired that the man was first convicted of being a enspected person, and then be war banished London, March 25. for a term of years, but he failed An eight-houra day is being introduced in the Petrograd to keep away. Since that time factories and works, with over time by agreement. Any irreconcilable has been banished no less differences between the mastere and men will be adjudicated upon than six times, always coming by a Central Arbitration Board,
GERMAN TYRANNY,
A Bishop Banished,
London, March 25, Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam states that Bishop Ingraire, Headmaster anif Chief of the Ecclesiastical Seminary al Malines, has been banished to Germany and sentenced to nine montbe' imprisonment for harbouring sick-Frezchmen.
THE RUSSIAN FRONTS.
London, Harob 25. A Russian official message says:~On the western front, the Germans in the region of Mojsiki, north-west of Postavy, discharged | poison gas foeffentively,
On the Caucasca front, in the direction of Khanikin, on March 18, we dislodged the Tarks from their position near the village off Harin and the Bermilkerind Pass,
We attacked on March 19, Torks who occupied the position near Miantsg.
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