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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS:
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
OUR NEW SUCCESS IN FLANDERS.
"Apother Despatch from Sir Douglas Halp.
London, October 5.
FOUR NEW SUCCESS IN FLANDERS,
Heavy German 'Shelling."
Looden, October 5.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports --The eremy besvily Field Marabai Sir Dangles Baig, continuing his despatch, Bay:-- English, Australian and New Zealand Divisions delivered shelled the new positions east of Ypres which war fráops are the assault. Among the English troops there were battalions from engaged in organising. We drove off raiders to the north of twenty-eight counties. There were also a few battalions from Gouzenagoart with loser, and repaleed three raids in the neigh- Scotland, Ireland and Wales Rapid progress was made at all bourhood of Lens.
The French Front.
London, October 5.
THE TROUBLE IN RUSSIAN TURKESTAN,
London, October 5.
Sir Arthur Lee, M P. (who from 1889-90 was Adjutant of the Hongkong Volunteers) is presenting his estate, Chrqers Court, in Backinghamshire, sa an official country residence for the future Prime Ministers of England.
points from the start. Only a short advance was intended to the south of Kenia Road, where the objectives were resobed at an early bour. The Eaglish battalione, north of the road, carried, after A French communique snye-There are violent artillery sharp fighting, the hamlet of Folderbok and Polderboek Chateso, actions on the right of the Meuse, in the region of Bexarsax and where they expelled the enemy from namerons farma and small Hill 344. woods. 80th and east of Polygon Wood the Australians captured Molenwarel St, Hosk and cleared houses on the Zansbeke-Brond- seinde Road. The New Zealandërs: took Gravenstafel, The English on their left continued the line of our advance and resobed the outskirts of Poelsap-llo. The Sext öbjectives were gained, on the whole front of attack sbo tly after the assalt opened. Our advance against the final obj:otives was carried out in accordance with plans and was equally sucossafal. English troops took the villages of Batel and Noordenboek and secured high ground
RESIDENCE FOR BRITISH PREMIERS. overlooking Broelaere. The Australiane captured Broodseinde and established themselves well over the crest of the ridge five miles
London, October 5. esut of Ypres, giving observation mast to the English on the left. Renter's correspondent at Potragend save that the wituation at Our attack carried the bulk of Postcapelle and secured the line of Tashkent bas suddenly become worse. The local Soldiers and their objectives east of Poelos pelle charah. The whole of the Workmen's Delegates, learning thatis punitive expedition was en objectives were captured before mid-day. Prisoners' statements ronte, proclaimed a general strike. The Government has established and identifications of Germen units, ar weil se numbers of German a state of war. dend, show that the attack anticipated by a few minutes an aitsek by fire German divisions against our front from Polygon Wood to Zonnebake. Our barrage descended on the enemy's assembling troops and the attack did not materialise. Dar infantry over
A Redistribution Scheme has been drafted by the Boundary whelmed those scoping the artillery fire. Owing to the enemy's Commissioners under the Representation of the People Bill In lacees in this ares, few counter-attacks have yet developed., Two adds thirty-one esate to the House of Commons, including twenty- were attempted in the early afternoon east of Gravenetafel, but nine in England and one each in Wales and Scotland. they were broken up by our fire. Another north-eset of Lingemarck led to severe fighting. The enamy failed to drive us out of the positions we had gainet. Later in the afternoon three counter- attacks south-east of Polygon Wood were unsuccessful. The enemy's losses throughout the whole of the fighting were exceedingly heavy, largely owing to the unusual number of Garman troops on the battle-front at the outset of our attack. Our casusities were light, We captured a few guns and much maleria),
The Turnlag Polat of the War.
London, October 5.
A BIGGER HOUSE OF COMMONS,
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
London, October 5.
London, October
Reater's correspondent at Petrograd that the Democratic Con.. ference has, by 838 votes to 106, passed a resolution treating the Executive to constitute a strong revolutionary authority which will setively work far pence. M. Kerensky, in a speech the Committes prior to the Conference's rejection of the Coalition ides, dwelt upon the danger of an exclusively Socialist Ministry, He said only a Coalition Government would have the support of the country. I the Conference decided otherwise, he would resign.
20,000 AMERICAN AEROPLANES,
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Coming on top of General Smate' speech, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's victory in the Battle of Brodseiade, as the third and probably decisive phase of the third Battle of Ypres will be known, bas kindled an enthusisem which the country has for a long time not known. The papers lavish compliments on Sir
London, October 5. Douglas Hig and his troops on an achievement which they
According to Beuter's correspondent at Washington, the Mini- suticipate will alter the balance of the whole result of a year's ater of War announces that 20 000 seroplanes of every type have fighting in the West and prove to be the turning point in the recently been satherized and are actually in conres of construction, bistory of the war. On expert puts the position forcibly, saying Trained aviators will complete the equipment and will be ready se that the Gerorn giant has his head on the cast and his feet in soon as the aeroplanes sre. Lille, and Sir Douglas Esig in driving a salient into his stomach. When the whole of the Pannchendels Ridze, for which the struggle is now proceeding, is secared, the giant will be doubled up. It is
■ formidable position with many liule ravines and cundingly bidden gan, bat the capiere of high positions from Tower Hamlets to Palygon Wood threatens to ontflsak it,
*BRITISH AËRIAL PILOT'S FINE WORK.
London, October 5.
The following report of a Squadron Commander of the Naval Air Service reveals the odds cheerfully accepted by the British Supplementary details of the fighting show that the British feet high the pilots as ten Gathse coming falsad. They climbed pilots daring the sir ride on London "Flying eleven thousand attack was so unexpected and so shatering that the Germans ran or towards the enemy and engaged one on the right and fired a ban- were captured in blocks, almost without fighting The advancing dred rounds into the tail st a hundred yards, hitting the fastlage. British found bewildered Prussians crowding in ebaflow treacher, The Goths began a slow spin. 1 followed, firing in crder to faith shouldered together with bayonets fized for an attack. Their it off. The gun jimbed, whereupon, in trying to get clear, it got cfficera and non-noma, were paralysed by the crashing barrage and fast into the nosepio. It re-righted and I saw the Gotha crash into handed over their revolvera and ordered the men to lay down their the sea. I then landed. The gun jamb cleared and I re-escended In cases where a rally was attempted after the firet panic it and gain caught the Gotbas at a height of fourteen thousand feet. was broken with bombs and bayonets. The fighting was more I re-engaged them above and below. I fired two hundred roonde open than previously. The spell of the Pill-boxes is obviously and silenced both guns of another Gotha. Finally I ran out of am broken, the Germans fearing these concrete block-houses as desth trapp. The ground was generally fairly easy to orous, except the -marshy valley of Stroombek, on the British left, where the tanks were most useful, assisting in the capture of a number of elrong pointa. Prassian Guards predominated among the prisonera.
arms.
Evidence of German Exhaustion.
London, October 5.-
manition."
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THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
London, October 5,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
A Russian wireless official message states:—Darartillery stop- ped an enemy attack in dense waves south of Badeais. The Bulgarians, cocupied several trébobes in the Boxeo region. We Bestor's correspondent at the British Beadquarters says that compter-attacked and restored the position. fruits of yesterday's victory have been held. No infantry conator. attacks occurred during the night, demonstrating the German ezbiantion, due to the manner in which their big offensive waI devastated yesterday morning and our reception of the enemy's eight counter-attacks yesterday. Fire of these counter-attacks were made against a short front north of the Ypres Menin Road, being broken up by our artillery. The remaining three were delivered against cur new positions near Rental. Two of these were besten back, but the third advanced in great strength late in the afternoon,/ bending back our line slightly, necessitating, however, only » trifling modification of the front, which has absolutely no bearing apon the general tactical resalts achieved.
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40,000 German Casunities to Three Battles.
London, October 6 Realer's correspondent at the British. Headquarters asya that wilbia a fortnight we have struck the enemy in Flanders three staggering blowe at a very vital spat and sent him back reeling for about threo miles, mostly op-Lill, Wo hayo taken prisoner shout 9,000 and it flicked casualties conservatively calculated at 10,000. A better appreciation of these victories 'is possible if we imagine what we should be thinking and saying, if the situation were Inversed and the enemy had enoceeded in doing to me what we bava dons to him. A notable feature of the fighting was the wonderful completeness of the arrangements for rapidly elsaring the wounded. Despite the indiɛment weather, the strøscher-bearing was practioali Birkebed" cùrly in the afternoon, as far as the open
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A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
London, October 4. General Maurice in his weekly review of the situation this afternoon, informed Beuter that he had just heard telephonically that Field Marshal Haig had gained. the whole of to-day's objective, including a very important part of the Menin Ridge. The advance was over. 1,600; yazdı and reached maximum depth of 2,500 yards. Ee gave the following figures of the troops employed since July 21, to-date. English, 70 per cent, Colonial 16, Scottish 6 and Irish 6. The respective casualties for the same period were English 76, Colonial 8, Beottish 10, Irish, 6 per cent. of the total From the beginning of the year to Sept. 20, 51,435 Germans had been taken prisoner, and 332 heavy 'gung had been captured. Our total Jones were 15,065 prisoners and no gada. During the same period in all theatres of war we rade prisoners of 72,612 and captured 470 guns. We Lauty 15,850 prisoners and no guns. Our greatest air succoss was on the Bomme when we swamped the Germans. We have lead ever since in initiative. We first began bombu and have put in double the quantity the GermZLALISE - We have initiated everything in the air and the enemy it able to interfere with our photograph or metillary a We have concentrated on the main issues. The imp of Genera
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THE VICTORY IN ELA,
A New and Staggering Blow.
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· Restar's correspondent at Headquarters says:—A Dem and staggering blow in Flanders was launched this morning in- unsettled weather, which, however, favoured us and handicapped the ouemy. Today's battle was a bid for farther grip on the great Merin Ridge system. The enemy was unquestionably fully alive to the impending attack, the only points on which he was not surs were just when and exactly where. That the enemy is thoroughly alarmed at the development of the "strategic menace to the whole of his right Bank is sufficiently shown by the feverish hasta with which he is burrying up fresh troops and shuffling his reserves. Two divisions have appeared from the Bossien front within the past days. The Germans are now being driven beyond the cone of their long prepared positions. with the result that they have to depend more upon men and less apon protective works to resist the advance.. Ax a consequence of this development of open warfare the fighting is becoming cleaner, namely there is more hand- to-band clement and less chemical frightfulness. The battle opened this morning with a fierce whirlwind artillery bar- rage, which crept on ahead of our men, the first waver of whom advanced in light order so as to cover the ground rapidly. A wounded soldier who lay in a ditch during the last battle said both ours and the German barrages passed over him. He added there was no comparison between the intensity of the two. Early reports arriving from the battle front are highly encouraging. The progress is excellent Prisoners are streaming into rollecting cages. An attempted counter-attack at Broodseinde was promptly broken up. The German artillery is shelling certain spots very heavily but the walking wounded report that our casualties are light.. Once again the day has gone well for the British,
Worst Slaughter of the War,
́ ́London, October 4. Beuter's special correspondent at Headquarters says:---- To-day is already being proclaimed as one of our greatest victories since the Marne and really it seems that the battle which rolled onward across the Menin Ridges has gone brilliantly. The Germans are scattered and shaken; pris oners are streaming back in hundreds, many with no sign of fighting, but there is a large proportion of wounded officers. All are most depressed and agree that it has been a disastrous day for Germany. Never have our troops fought more superbly. But another factor contributed to the success. We forestalled a big projected attack with the object of rooovering Zonnebeke Bidge. No less than five... divisions had been brought in position for it. It is stated that their attack was fixed for seven, and ours was launched: an hour earlier. This was the enemy's undoing. Our ter rible curtain of fire swept over the assembled masses of German assault divisions. The slaughter is described as the. worst in the war.
Flesh and blood were unable to con- tinue to face such an ordeal. When our attacking waves advanced the Germane in many places had already bolted like dazed rabbits. The answer of our walking wounded to the question whether they saw any Boches, was almost stereotyped, "Only their backs, unless wounded." Up to Broodscinde Ridge surged the waves of khaki and that commanding spur of bitter bygone, memories is once more in our hands. Our troops felt they were irresistible and the officers' great difficulty was to restrain them. The Ger- man artillery did its best to check disaster, but a thin drizzle, narrowing visibility to a few hundred yards, bandi- capped their artillery as well as ours. It was an infantry- men's battle more than any previous fight since the British- army assumed the offensive, with the rifle and machine gun as principal weapons. The bayonet scarcely came into play. at all, for the Germans seldom allowed our lada to get to grips. Here and there they made a stout stand in concrete works, but, the crushing defeat of their own attack before.. it was launched seamed to have shaken them. Nearly all along the line I hear the Germans are withdrawing guns. We shall probably never hear the truth of German Josses this day but it is certain these run into many thousands. Our casualties were again relatively very light.
Over 3,000 Prisoners,
London, October 5. Field Marshal Sir. Douglas Haig reports:The attack over eight miles front southward of Tower Hamlets to the Ypros-B Aden railway, northward of Langemarck was completely successful. All the objectives were gained and positions of great importance were won. Over 3,000 pris. oners have already been counted. We are now in possession of the main ridge to point a 1,000 yards northward of Brood- seinds The weather after being promising and favourable became less settled. A strong westerly wind with the force of a gale and rain storms throughout the battle added to "the difficalties of the advance and the airmen's work. Nevertheless aircraft did valuable work and afforded useful information of the positions of our troops and the assembly of the enemy for counter-attacks. Low clouds and a "high west wind on Wednesday, made serial work almost impor sible, Four machines attempted to bomb an-enemy sero- droine. One bombed its objective and two bombed other" targets. Few hostile aircraft were seen..
The German Répart.
London, October 4, A German official wireless report staten:To-day's great Englids attack penetrated only a kilnrastre deep, hetween Poelcapelle and Ghélustalt, Bitter Bighting continues to the oatward of Zonnebeke and westward of Becalare.
DESTRUCTION OF U-BOATS.
London, October 4, ·
A high Admiralty oficial has informed Router that more submarines were destroyed last quarter than in any other. previous quarter, while the Allidsfcshipping losses for, the same period were fewer than in any, previous quarter since "intensifiod- warfare began, at 28
AMERICA'S NEW DESTR
Admiral Sir F. L. Hamikos.
London, October 5. The death ia angonpoed of Admirsi Sir Frederick-Tower: Hamilton, KGB, who has been Commander-in-Chief at Ryth since early Inst "year. The decessed, who wan 61 years of age, entered the Navy in 1869, and enw service in the Zila War, of 1879. He was made Admiral last year, and for two years" previous had held the position of Second Sea Lord of the Ad- miralty."
STRANGE ARMY STORIES.
Bad Boots Cost the Nation a Soldier.
More carious revelations by oldiere who were discharged from the Army as unfit sad who are now claiming pension's were made before the Pensiona Tribun- al recently.
The disability for which he was discharged from the National Heserve, said Arthur George New- bury, could have been satisfac- torily dealt with if he had been given specisi boote, The injury was due to an accident, bus by asing a special brot it had not caused him any trouble.
In the Reserra they refused to eapply a special boot, and one night he stumbled, fall over, and asured a renewal of the old trou ble. The boots säpplied to bim crippled him. The invaliding board reported that his disability was aggravated by military service, sad he was granted a gratuity of 230. He was now anable to resume his business,
The President asked why it was that s prasion- bad teen refused, eeing that it was agreed that the Cisbility e aggravated by
Mr.L. T. Horne, for the Minister of Pensions, replied that the salborities had not amigoed their rasane for refail.
Another man, formerly a Shor editch drapery porter, asid that he told the doctors when he joined the army, thas hin eight, was BỘ bad when he was a boy that he had to receive his education in s school for the blind. playing" on "the white ronds of Franca farther affected his eyes, as did lear" shells and gas. Since his discharge he had been awarded a gratuity of £7 10, but bad not received it. Hom
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A married man said that he was diecharged from the army owing to hemorrhage, which, he ölaim- ad, was brought on by training. He had received a gratuity of 45. All she cares were adjourned."
Stole Umbrella Cloth,
A Chineas who went aboard the .. Eleanor to work yesterday changed his mind and instead of working stole a large piece of ambrella cloth. Defendant mid he saw the cloth on the deck and he thought if he did not pick it an it would go to waste. Worship sent him to prison for three montku wad ordered that ha abould be placed in the stockn. for four hours,
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