BAPAUME.
British Entry, oa St. Patrick's Day.
With the British Armies in he Field, March 17.-To-day quite early in the morning our troops entered Bapaume. Achiet le Petit and Biefvillers also fell. into our hands, and the enemy is in retreat scross the plains below the Bapaume Ridge. »
I had the honour of going“ înto Bapaume myself this morning, and the luck to come out again, and now, sitting down to tell the history of this day-one of the
of red villas already gutted by fires lighted before the Germans left.
▲ colonel came riding out of Bapaume. He was carrying a big German beer-jug, and showed me his trophy, leaning down over his saddle to let me read the words:
Zam Feldrawan Hills, "Is it pretty easy to get into Bspanme ?" I asked.
**Barring the heavy stuff," he They're putting ovar said.
shells at the rate of two or three
a minute,"
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They were, and it was not pleasant this walk into Bapauma, though very interesting.
Fierce Bombardment.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917′′
FORBIDDEN FILMS.
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COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Chinese Cotton.
Last year the British Board of The weekly cotton market re- Film Censors passed for aniversal port of Messrs. J. Spunt and Co. exbibition 4,450 subjects and 904 for May 10 staten:-The eroits- for public exhibition, maid Mr. J.ment ruling in our cotton market B. Wilkinson, Secretary to the mentioned in our last week's Bosed, in giving evidence before the Cinema Commission.
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I reverent treatment of death. Nade figures. Excessively passionats love
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It WHA when I CREAS Soenee purporting to illustrate to an old farmhouse. and ...” night life.” great day in this war I feel some in--the shell of a place on thing of the old thrill that came to the left of the road (Dabamel international politics. all of us when the enemy fell back Equstriseur, Telephone No. 30) from the Marne and retreated to that I knew the full menace of the Airne."
this hour was above and about.
Bipaume is ours after a short, sharp fight with its last rearguard post. I don't know how much this
will mean to people at home, to whom to the town is just a name familiar only because of ita repati- tion in dispatches.
To us out
bere it
The enemy was firing a great number of shells into Bapaume.
They came towarde us with
that rushing, bowling noise which gives one a great fear of instant death, and barat, with orsabes among the neighbouring bouses, means They were high explosives, bai enormous things above all, the shrapnel was barating high, with completion or resalt of a great thunderclaps, which left behind series of battles, in which many greenish clouds and scattered # of car best gave their lives eobullets down
that our troops could attain "the ridge serous which they went to-day, and hold the town which le the gateway to the plaias beyond.
#
Wearing O' the Green. I have had many strange and memorable walks in war, but none more wonderful than this, for really it was a strange way this
of
oor
I went through the outer defences of spasme, walking with a general who was on his way to the towr, and who pointed oat the strength of the place. Lord! It was still horribly strong, and would have cont us Three belts of wire, very thick, many lives to take Ly assault.
stood solid and strong, in a wide
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Incidents having a tendency to dated Shanghai, May 10, states: disparage car Allisa or to disturb-Japan Coal,-As is only natur friendly relations with them. al at this season of the year there H. K. Wharves s
Scenes holding up the King's are not many requirements and Kowloon Docks b. uniform to contempt or ridicale consequently this market is Shai Docks b.
Propaganda films of German practically lifeless for the time LANDS, HOTELS origin.
being-freight, however, have AND BUILDINGS. strengthened again and the rate Centrals Keji-Shangbai now.. atande H. K. Hotels- Philippine Tobacco and the
at Yen 6.30
In Land Invest. per ton. Chinese.
Japan the market remains very H'phreys Est. possibilities for the establishment of a market for firm for the better qualities: Kloon Lands .road to Bapaume, with all the curve all round the town. The Philippine tobacco in China the increased demand and the Shai Lands tragedy and all the coursge of this enemy had dug trenches quite which for years was considered high pricas ruling have facilitated |
West Points warfare, and all the ugly spirit of
recently, 80 that the earth as most ailoring has apparently the cutpat on a larger scale of it on every side.
was fresh and brown, and dog taken definite form during the inferior grades of coal, but this Ewos I walked through the highway them well and perfectly. Only recent visit paid to Chinese porte increase has not been important Kung Yiks
greatest battles ap here and there had they been by the Insular Collector of Intern- enough to
*fect the market S'hai Cottons from Pixieres past Jourcelette, broken by our shell-fire, though al Revenue, Mr. Rafferty, on his generally. Fashun Coal.-No Yangtszepoos with Martinpnich to the
MISCELLANEOUS. - right, past the ruins of Destre some of the dug-outs had been way to America for the extension change. Kaiping Coal. Deliver-
blown in.
of the personal propaganda begonies during the last fortnight bave Borneos mont Farm, and into the ruins of
Just ostaide Bapaume, on the thers two or three years go. Stocks which have been short Providents
been good and prices are firm. China Light & P.n. Le Sare. Thence the road struck straight towards Bapaume, with south-east side, is so old citadel Consistent with his purpose the gray pyramid of the Butte de built centuries ago and now over to bring the excellent qualities recently are now up to the aver- to the age and the market for lamp coal Warlencourt on one side, and the gown with fir-trees which would of Philippine tobacco
shows a decidedly, firmer tend frightful turmoil of Warlencourt hava given a great field of fire to attention of both the village on the other,
German machine-gunners, and I factors and users of the product,ncy. cid Dot walk alone went afterwards into snipere Mr. Raferty paid a visit during
Denmark's imports of Soya along this way through the posts, and stood at the entrance of his recent abort stay in Chinese
Beans. lister of many battles, through tunnels and bomb-proof shelters, porte to leading Chinese tobacco its muck and stench and corrupt. not going down or touching any manufacturer and dealers, saye The East
Asistic Company. ion under a fair blas aky, with of the litter about because of the the Manila Daily Bulletin, and states the London and China wispe of white cloud above and danger lurking there in dark has apparently succeeded in at Express, mentions in its annual the glitter of spring annshine entries and in innocent-looking least interesting them in the report for 1916 that the chief im- possibilities of batter trade in ported articles have been soya over all the white leprous lande-wires and implements.
There wry's great litter every-dealing with the tobacco products beans and other feeding stuffs, cape of these fields.
Soldiers were going the same where, for the German soldiers of the Phillippines. Strange as it raw rubber, Chili saltpeirs, teak way-towards Bapaume. Some of had left behind large numbers of may appear. Chinese tobacco wood, and other exotic woods in them wore sprigs of shamrock in long-handled bombs and thou- manuf.cturers American which very large business has their buttonholes, and I remem-sands of cartridges, and many leaves in the manufacture of both been done. In the soya bean ba bered it was St. Patrick's Day. tools and implements.
cigarettes and cigare. The same piness the East Asiatic Company Some of them were gunners, and Before getting into Bapanme I has been the 0880 with the is constantly the leading one on some were pioneers, and some crossed the railway line from neighbouring British possessions, the world's market. In 1916 it were generala and high officere, Arras, through Bisivillers, which especially in Hongkong where no chipped about 197,000 tons to and they had the look of victory was now on fire. They had torn trade with the islands in tobacco Jaran and Europe, and more than apon them and were talking up the rails here, but there was products to speak of exists. half of it was imported to D-n- cheerily about the great news of still the track, and the signal
bozes and eigne in German the day.
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During Mr. Rafferty's stay in mark for preparation at the Hongkong, he apparently succeed Danish soya cake works, which, ed in drawing the attention of after being erected in 1910, have T/T Jarge tobacco manufacturing been extended, so that it is now Demsad houses of that port to the Philip able to treat 150,000 tons of beans 30 /
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The enemy had ruined the road in several places with enormous craters, to stop our progress. That is to say the speed of trains They were 20 yards across, and was to be only 10 kilometree an pine product. very deep, and fearful pitfalls in hour into the station. the dark. Past the ruins of L
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Barque, past the rains of Ligny way for Vich and Pferde (cattle They fired heavily at our men, tracked oil the works were 9x- Thillcy and Thillay, went the and horses), and avarywhere) but were quickly overpowered. tended to include glycerine worke there were notice boards to The first mesasge that came back trenches and dug-outs,
from the entering troops was in 1911, a refinery and soap Nach 1 Stellung.
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"While entering Bapaume we |
hardening manufactory in 1915, few days ago, and Grevillere As I entered Bapaume I notic-came across a party, the whole of and a distillery in 1916. beside it, smashed to death, and ed firat if my memory serves, the which was accounted for. The then presently and quite sadden Hotel de Commerce, with “garage" mopping up of Bapaume is now
Java Trade. ly I came into sight of Bapaume, painted on a shell-broken wall, compiste."
Boersbays, April 28, -Trade It was only a few hundred yards and immediately facing me an
I did not stay very long in the looslly continues to be very slack away, and I could see every detail old wooden house with a shoot town. It was not a health resort, indeed, and the past week haa for our, Many of the housee High explosive ware erampling seen a farther depression in rates A street along the Bapaume had collapsed as though built of every part of the town, and the generally, while transactions 10 Road went straight into the town, carda, with all their roofs level buildings were falling. Pip-most articles of export have been and then went sharply at right with the ground. Others war quesks were long about very few. if any. The position angles, so that all the length of cut in half, showing all thair horribly, and when I came out of the Eahber market continued Bapaume lay in front of me. The rooms and landings, and others with the General and another with but little change during the 4 m/s. Francs 3.36 san wee upon it shining Tery were gutted in ways familise to offor a flash of them came early part of the week. Daring the 6 mln Fration bright and clear upon it house English, people after Zeppelin fyelling at us and burst very 1stter part, however, the market Demand, Germany. It was a san picture of destruction, raids,
close, flinging up: the ground was very weak and prices "sag-Demand. New York. 5636 Bapeume was still standing, butt The Promised Land. only a few yards away.
ged "considerably while at close T/T Bombay «************ brokas and burnt.
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Demand, Manila 11314 tomes; a tower of brown brick, quarter of the town. The church, struck, across country esatwarde only 2,981.33 changed heads; at On taiphon like the houses about it, but a white stone building, was also to see the promised Isad, and on rate varying soything between On Saigon Broken off at the top, only two-smouldering. There were no the way to the near ridge turned f. 1 7714 to f. 1821 per half kilo. On Bangk thirds of ita former height, and Jermans in the town, anlama teen fund ankled bank areHapan ma in A few parceln containing 75 par Sovere without the block which used to ape still hiding there. The only the plow of the sunset: “ Odra 33 sunt, dret later changed handa si Gor tell us the time mile away when living
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