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Copyright 1917,
October 3, 1917,
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WEDNESDAY,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLES IN THE WEST-
Heavy German Attacks Fail
London, October 2.
OCTOBER
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
MESOPOTAMJA VICTORY.
Sems of the Captures,
Thirteen Thousand Turkish Prisonera:
London, October 2. According to Beuter's correspondent at Paris, the British| Bemier's correspondent af the British Headquarters, statou şim
thonmad- Turks in The any counter-attacked most heavily in the neighbourhood of troops bars taken prisoner thirteen Tower Hamlets, this morning, on i front for which they have already sopotamia. fought most bard. A bombardment of great intensity preceded the
London, Dötober 2. sttacks, but our reply was considerably more violent.. Mist hampered
A Mesopotamia oficial messze says:--Ɑ ring to the extent of the sirmen at the outset, but the conditions improved later. The first attack was launched at 6.15 onwide front astride the Menin the fighting area at Remadie, it is at present impossible to give the Road. The frst and second waves were so badly hampered by our complete captures, which include thirteen guns, twelve machine- artillery that they did not reach as. The third wave got into gane, 600 wounded and 3,800 anwounded prisoners, of which 200
We have buried. 200 Tarks, contact bat broke and fell back in the face of a steady, devastating are officers.
A Plan Upset. machine-gun fire. Simultaneously s body of our men, cheering,
Landon, October 2. broke forward in parruît and established themselves one hundred
According to Heater'e correspondent at Paris, the newspapers 4 yards in advance of the previous line. The second attack at 8 40
was almost everywhere repulsed. Our posta were alightly bent give promicence to the Horopotamia victory, which, they point out, back at one point, but the fighting continner. These operations as upset the Germano-Turkish preparations for an attempt to have been terribly costly for the enemy.
|recaptors Bagdad. -
Desperate Fight on Freach Front,
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London, October 2.
A Paris communique says:-There are somewhat lively artillery actions on the Aiune front and on the right bank of the
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BRITISH SUPERIORITY.
October 3, 1916,
驶三届十英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH AIRMEN'S LATEST ADVENTURE:
Aerodromes and Dock Gates Bombed"
Press London, October 2. The Admiralty announces that caval aircraft, on Sunday, bombed hangars at St. Denis Wostrem, the serodrome igniting. One Ars was visible for thirty miles. We also bombed Zrebragg doak-gates. We made another raid on 8t. Denis Wertram at noon on Monday. There were several direct "hite, and we alan ignited two sheds. The shed bit on Sunday, appears to be complete gutted.
Fifteen Acroplanes Reported Destroyed.
London, October 2. message from Amsterdem says it is reported that fifteen German seroplanes ware destroyed in the Allied air raid on the St. Denis Westrem serodrome on September 30,-.
What the Bombs Did.
London, October 2.. Daring the sir raid on St. Denis Westrem a bomb made a big bole in the railway lins. A troop train was bombed and derailed.
There were's number of casualties.
A WISE DECISION.
London, October 2. A notification in the Gazette prohibits the export of all articlen Scandinavis and the Netherlands, except printed master.
SWEDISH CABINET RESIÓNS.
A Tribute from America.
London, October 2. According to Renter's correspondent at Washington, the Waz Manas. After a violent bombardment, the Germans sticked Department's second official commanique, in commenting on the to between Chanzo: Wood and Bevans. A desperate fight enened immense strategic importance of the British thrust on the Menin in our advanced trenches, ending in our favour, the line being Road and the fatile German counter-attacks, says 7-“The completely restored.
Our bombing machines also dropped over two thousand superiority of the British over the enemy has been conclusively
London, October 2 kilogrammes of explosives on depots at Roulers, six thousand proved daring the engagement of the past week. Furthermore, it
Reater's Sorrespondent at Stockholm rays the Cabinet |shows that the fighting stamine of the Germans has dsteriæsted, kilogrammes on railway stations at Massudweippy and Thionville, not that the enemy did not display great skill and determination in resigned. The King his requested the Ministers to remain at their an serodrome at Chumbley, bivouace at Spincourt and Tilly, and his repeated counter-attacks. It finds that the outstanding feature posts for the present. munition depot at Longean Farm, where a violeat explosion was of the fighting on the French front is the enormous wastage of observed. We brought down two aeroplanos yesterday. ·
German Claims.
London, October 2,
A German wireless cfficial message stater:--Wo captured a portion of Polygon Wood, fire hundred metres deep, and withstood repeated counter-attacks. We penetrated a rear French position nour Bezoavaux, taking one hundred prisoners.
Dunkirk Seriously Bombed.
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**Loodon, October 2.
A French communique stater:-There is marked reciprocal
German man-power.
Mr. Daniels, the Secretary for War, is preparing to issue a weekly communique on the progress of the Navy's war prepara" tions, also disclosing, officially, something of the work done by the American naval forces in European waters.
THE RAID ON LONDON,
Ten Killed and. Thirty-eight Injured.
London, October 2,
The Press Bureau says that in, leat night's. siz-zaid tag were
has
SINGLE COPY 10 GENRE
236 PER ANNUM,
TELEGRAMS
(Räuter's Servios to the.
THE SILVER MARKET.
Landon, Oolobar 20- Silver is quoted÷÷ac-18). market is dull..
CALL FOR A FREE PRESS.
Now Part of the State Machinery,
Presiding over the Emis pate Garden Sabarb Summer Hostii Lord Barabe replied to A-quith'sxem«r ks on the degrade stion of the Presy: He qugizo a comparison with the brutal of the eighteenth century or the kind of controversy that was wag, ed in newspapera álty years ago. It was wholly a mistake to think that war brings profita is news- papers. This war has wipede thair profite. He told, hundred years ag beff complained Piese-ridden ode paper obtained
Queen Caroline
ing up a jeproslist *
man. · Lord Wolseley, the abloat soldier he had met, confessed that be picked up all bis knowledge from the newspapers !
Under represéntalive" institu. tions—which, aï in the Australisa Senate, might give one party s unanimous vote--the Press WAI the best cafeguard of the mince-
"TROUBLE IN RUSSIAN TURKESTAN,
London, October 2. Renter's correspondent at Potrograd saya agitators at Tashkent, supported by two regiments, bave declared their independepos and rej soted an ultimátum from the Government, which sent troops to|itymiko shield and Booklar unpprese disorders. The Masyalmsoe and Military Cadets at against tyranny," whether of king Tashkent sre opposing the rebels. Cedete have occupied the or of democrser... The Frene was
fortress.
A CALAIS DISASTER.
Loodos, October”2. It is officially stated that all our pilote have landed safely collapsed at Clair, Tronty porming have been killed.
According to Reuter's correspondent at Paris, a building hea
artillery firing on the whole of the Aisas front, especially in the killed and thirty-eight injured. sector of Craonne. Our artillery dispersed enemy forces masing in the region north-west of Rheims. The artillery duel was parti cularly intense on the right of the Mease daring the night, from during the last eight days' air raids. Samognenx to Beroavaux. We stopped two attacks in the Beaumont sector, inflicting appreciable forse on the enemy.
Enemy seroplesse very violently bombed Donkirk There is serious material damage and there were namerons civilian victims. We carried out reprisala by dropping bombs on Stuttgart, Travee, Coblentz and Frankfort-on-Maia.
More German Wastage. »
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London, October 2. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a commanique, atatea Yerday and last night the enemy made five attacks with fresh trods between the Ypres-Train Road and the north-eastern corner of Polygon Wood. They also attacked Zinnebeke. All six attacks ended in complete failure, with the exception of the posts reported lost yesterday. The enemy suffered heavily and did not gain any adraplage. We repulsed raiders south of Less..
How a Famous German" Altman was Killed.
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London, October 2,
SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLICANS.
Pointed Warging by General Botha.
London, October 2.
GERMAN AEROPLANES POR HOLLAND.
London, October 2. Reuter's corræ«pondent at Amsterdam says that, according to Beater's correspondent at Pretoria says that it the opening of the Handelsblad Germsny is applying twelve aeroplanes to the the South African Party Congress, the Chairman, Mr. Van Heetder, Datch Army... the Minister of Agriculture, desling with the subject of industries, congratulated the country on its great progiems sad unprecedez ked prosperity, notwithstanding the war.
BOMBS DROPPED ON DUTCH TOWN,
Landon, October 2,・・
U.S. LIBERTY LOAN AND WAR TAXES.
London, October 2.
now part of the machinery State, but he hoped that thần strangement would not surviv the war. Continental newspaper wara subsidised, and p as in Germany on
by publicmen. No deje spoke motu contemptuously of them than Traitschke, sad one of Lord Barge hsm's diplomatio" friends had secured him that the Kaiser was castanily angered by the British Press, because he was convinced that it was inspired by the Goveromeat.
Mr. J.A Bender admitted that the new Press was inevitable.... the old was rather a solemn and limited produc; bat he say
General Botha, in the course of an address, emphasised the A menge from the Hague states that s seroplane of an fact that the war had been forced upon the Allies and that the known nationality dropped two bombs on Blais, destroying two only thing to do now was to fight to a faith. An inconclusive houses. There were no fatalities.
· dangers ahead. The Press that' pesos, he said, would only mean another and perhaps greater war
should be the palladium of liberty in the future, which would conxitate a serious menace to Africa.
might become persecutieg Let the pease, Gunmeni Botha, added, be one which will be beneficial
Prees. Because the Press required: to the whole world sad enable every country to shape ite Exture on * sound basis. Referring to the republican propaganda, General A New York mounge says that the Liberty Lan har started 400k vist expital; the number of, we diminishing-new Boths pointed out that the people of South Africa lived under a auspiciously with two subscriptions of ten million dollars each, by papers
ones could not be started—and an Beater's correspondent at the British fleadquartere, giring Constitution which granted every kind of liberty. It abw-temed, the New York Life Insurance and the Kuba Ineb Companies. instances of the festa of British sirmen, tells how the famous be said, as though the Nationalists wished to break down the From Washington it is stated that a War Tax Bill, raising | increasing number of "readers were served by a diminishing German sirmen Vone was killed. Two British aeroplanee saw Constitution which they themselves bad helped to draft, The $2,575,000,000 in caz, has been adopted by the House of Vos triplane with another seroplane engaging a British machine Nationalists, he asserted, were not in earnest bot only wished to Representatives,, without a roll-call.. The Senate is expected to number of writer. He regretfully and bastened to the latter's assistance. One of the British machines gain a few votes. Bo wa eccond to none in bis love for the adopt it to-morrow. A farther areas of 850,000 000 has been said that be cud not adring was piloted by a crack airman and the combat resolved itself into a republican system, but he warned the propagandiste that they extended to Britain, making a total thus far of $1,240,000,000. duel between him and Voes. For a while they made a rapuing were playing with fire. In conclusion, General Botha denied the fight, maintaining a stream of bullets from their machine gute and rumours of coalition with the Unionists, maintaining that it would marcearing for position so that the wings of the seroplaned were be dangerous to swop horses in the middle of a fast-ronzing streami frequently within a few feet of each other. When the Englishman and also dangerous to go in for new ventures when the main object had replaced his ammunition dram for the third time, bo auoceeded should be to see the war brought to a snoosesial issue.
in getting above Voss, who shut off his engine and dived to the Congress debated a reunion with the Nationalists and fially west. The Englishman followed and got a good burst of fire light passed a resolution of preparedness to bring about a better under-
pon
Voss whose machine glided down until it bumped on the standing on the basin, first, of the maintenenos of the Union Con- ground and it is evident that Voss was killed in his sent.
stitution, secondly the carrying out of obligations conneosed
An airman, who crossed the enemy line at Zonnebeke had an therewith, and thirdly the maintenance of South African Party exciting experience. He dived down from two thoumnd foot, and, principles. Both the mover, and esconder of the résolation em- firing his machine gun, scattered a party of Hann. He bombed a phasised they could have nothing to do with, the Nationsliet monition dump and was attacked by superior forces. He dived Republican propaganda which would be fatal to any possibility of a through the barrage into the British lines with his aeroplane reusion. The ambesquent discussion disclosed the clear and crippled. He was wounded in the leg. Two stretcher bearers were emphatic repudiation of the Republican propaganda; en smended carrying him in, when a shell kiled ove and wounded the other. motion unanimously endorsing Mr. Merriman's anti-Repub'ican The aviator rose to assist the injured man when a second abeil re- resolution, as socepted at the last session of Parliament. wounded him, whereupon he 'limped to cover.
Fur British aeroplanes attacked nine German machines and sent down five, one of which war on fire. All our machines referned jfely.
Frightful German Losses.
London, October 2.
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"Beater's correspondent at the British Headquarters mayɛ:—Al
a mult of the fighting arising from the German counter-attack | yesterday, our position beyond Cameron Hass seems to be largely
if not quite restored, while elsewhere we advanced over a hundred
MORE RUSSIAN PROGRESS,
London, October 2.
A Russian wireless official message' states:—We advanced a rails in the B'gs area, in the Kronenberg-Spitali-Groundulf spator,
FIRE IN MUNITIONS FACTORY...
London, October 2.
The Press Bateau announces that a serious fire and esplosion
yards, owing to the gallantry of the Welch troops, who drove back have taken place in a munitions factory in the North of the England. the enemy. We are that the ground in front of our lines is strewn There has been much damage to the fawory. No destas ar8.78 wish German corpear." The enemy woffered frightfally in bis an winchessful attempts to regain apase abell boin aross which he reported, but a number of workers are injured. ¿estowned toʻregard as tentiosify valueless.
There is's considerable proportion of Poles and Alestians
simong the new troops which the Germans hurried up to defand
FOOD ECONOMY IN AMERICA,
London, Qa
the Menin Ridge. The Germans are desperately anxious to improsa Router's correspondent at Washington saya, that
people with the extant of their.“ victory?”! in Flanders, where the Food Controller, appeals to the country to obsere- Tomb they are resorting to an old trick. The mere handful of conservation week, from Deta
bags taken in recent fighting have been erat to'simpan the United Staton, and
fumber of prisoners gevlonely taken are apmombled, line of defence. They
they are The movement includer
million familien,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
LONDON AGAIN RAIDED.
The Whole Sky Allght.
London, October 2. London experienced its sixth aerial raid last night. The firing stopped shortly after ten o'clock and generally the bombardment was not as continuous as on Sunday and Saturday. Still the firing was more frequent, but the bar rage when it startedecemed heavier. The whole sky was alight with shrapnel bursts and star shells, whilst' shrapnel Erag- ments whistled overhead. The first reports from the coast are that the Bomb dropping was mostly on open fields.
Ten Bombs Dropped.
London, October 2. *It is unofficially estimated that ten bombs were dropped on London district last night. Several fell in waste ground and one near a-hospital, breaking the windows. The raiders were plainly heard and some claim to have seen them. The sudden cheering at many points in north and south London was owing to the impression that some of the aiders had been brought down on fire,
* Four Groups of Raiders F
It is officially announced that a group of Aeroplanes. crossed the Essex coast at 7 in the evening going in the direction of London. - They were followed after a quarter of an hour by a second group. The first attack on London was from the north-east at 7.45. The majority of the raiders were turned back, but one or more penetrated the defences and bombed the south western district. At 8.15 the second group attempted to cross the defences north-east and north of London, but were unsuccessful until shortly after 8, when a few passed over London. Bomby were again dropped in the south-western district.". A third group of máders crossed the", "Kentian" coast but did not penetrate far-westward;" They dropped bombs at various places. A fourth group crossed the Essez Coat and approached London shortly before 10, but did not penetrate beyond the outskirta where bombs were droppadas Bepigi
and casualties have not yet been reosfre
young University men to enter so adventubas "s profession, where the real openings were so few and tenure was soʻprecaricus,
Mr. P. W. Wilson stated that 59 out of 8,500 Prosmen in the National Uni›a, of Jonraklista 2100 received insa thần :then National Insurance limit. If the Press was at timde ngerousīva it was because statesmen did not sufficiently rely on the House of Commoon. Be "declared that no statesman is destroyed by papác darte, sava with kis own comment, and that recent Govers men la would not have fallen if a frsk appeal had been made for the support of Parliament against the hostile Prow.
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