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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS;
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS
THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS.
London, April 19.----
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS.
Enemy Attack Repeated,
Within Sight of a Decialve Polot.
London, April 19.
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REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
GERMANY'S TREATMENT OF BELGIUM.
A System of Slow Torture,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
A Contest of Endurance.
Paris, April 18.
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LOCAL WEDDINGS.
Featherstone-Benson.
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Blake-Ogilvie.
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THE SILVER MARKET.
Special Account of the British Front.
Londos, April 19
London, April 18 Silver is qasted as 47. Cellers. Mr. Balfour, spesking at a dinner given in hoacur of the Anglo- A special message states:-The change of front of the German Belgian Delegates, said that despite the infamous treatment of are holding back. The market attack to the region between Givenchy and east of Bobecq found no Belgium by Germady in the early days of the war, which would be is firm. weak spot in the British resistance and the close of yesterday's (for ever an indelible blok-on German history, what was not equally figeting found the British line still intact. It was only store well-known, and ought to be known, was the treatment to which Gar London, April 19.
point of the new battle ares where the enemy gained anything, many has deliberately subjected Belgium during the rocupation. It Reuter's correspondent at British Headquartare asys:-The namely, opposite the hill of Hinges, where they encoding, in- was a srgem of slow kurture which was even more horrible than the attack which the enemy developed in the morning along the front bridging La Bamsee Canal, but the only Germans why erosies came outrages of the invading ermy, although perhape less dramatic than between Giveroby and Robecq, has been repeated to-day. The aa prisoners. This new. German attack in the direction of Bethune the first outragen which made the blood of the civilised, world ren ademy is doubtless mortified at being defeated by about half bis was obviously intended to protect his flanke, if he wishes to drive cold. The Germana bavare themselves to rain the trade minu own number of Belgians. The past week's struggle has been more further north. The enemy is trying to secure La Basse Canal with facture and capacity of a friendly neighbour whom they were bound morning a very interesting local" parely a battle of infantrymen then might have been anticipated in the object of safeguarding bis troops round Bailleat, simultaneously by treaty to protect, Germany has rejoicingly declared that if wedding took place, the contract. unch a war of movement, Apparently the tank, armored care and imperilling the British and French in the coal fields near Bethune, peace were to come tomorrow it would be many maths at the lowest ing parties being the Ber. Wil cavalry have not been ja sotion on either side. We are now down Generally epesking, the British battle-line is more ascore than is estimate before Belgian intelligence, capital, industry and enterprise lism T. Featherstone, of St to a sheer contest of man power, a swayide rasseless attack and has been for daye, justifying the belief that the enemy may be held could again interfere with German rivale. Further, they have cald. Paul's College, and Miss Mabel repulse, with the vital iscas embodied in the anxions problem of on the present positions. The arrival of French sap,oria is regarded bloodedly stripped Belgium of everything in the way of plant, raw Benson, late of the Government whether our powers of endurance can wear down the repeated Re most important. They are described sa splendidly seasoned men. material and machinery of production on which industry depende. Civil Hospital,
...With the parties so well-known the up rushes of vastly superior numbers before a decision is reached. At The sight of the long blue linee marching
it was only to be expected that the moment the prospect assuredly justifies confidence in this rejoiced the British, giving & rene of fresh security,
THE MAN-POWER BILL PASSED.
the attendance at the Cathedral French new of the
aggressive respect. The appearanos of French battalioze and batteries of 75 and the
etrcks
should be large, many prominent in the ranks of the army which the Germans had been counting of Amiens still farther heartened anxious home watchers. The
Londen, April 19. apop catting <# from the Allies, cannot be pleasing to the enemy. British withdrawal east of Ypres was due to the German advance
In the House of Lords the Man Power Bill passed through all residents attending. The interior of the Cathedral. had been most The Germans still seem to be finding a difficulty in getting forward from the south along Lya Valley, threatening communications with its stages. The Bill has reesed the Royal Aurent,
artistically decorated for the batteries and maintaining ammunition supplies to all parts of the the Ypres Army. Thus the distance this army would have to
occasion. The ceremony was advance although they have heavy concentrations in other parts.
retreat, as the enemy looked like bresking through Cassel and the
performed by the Right, Hay, the Zemmel line of heights, has been reduced, As a result of
Bishop of Victoring: assisted by yesterday's fighting the enemy looks less like breaking through
the Rev. H. Copley Mayle, "The then he did, sad though the retirement in the Ypres sector
| Bev: 0. B. Shann sated as “ bort - Beuter's correspondent at French Headquarters states:-After fis regrettable, yet he is no master securing possession of the
man," and the bride was given four years we are only within sight of a decisive point. As the important heights between him and the cost. He failed
away by the Hon. Mr. E. D. O, Germans who are still in France have not used up their reserves of to get Givenchy and is still no nestar Hazebrouck, whoëe
Wölle. fresh divisions the battle will preceed and the next shock must be capture is necessary to the enemy's plan of turning the line. The expected as eco se the flood, pouring in through Baillen! Gap height of the struggle in the north centres tefera Mount Kemmel, towards Hazebrouck, is obecked. The battle might continue & rugged wooded hill, attacks on which have already cost the month or more, but the enemy will be held until the enemy reserves are exhausted and their numerical strength worn down to vanishing pointy then our turn will come with the help of the American divisions. The Germans possess about 240 divisions but we must allow for the existence of others from the reserves. There sie two bundted divisions on the front in France and Belgium and 126 are already engaged in the cffensive. Twenty of the divisions in Fracos are Landstarmers who are bolding, principally, the Vosges. They are not emplorable in Picardy lo Flanders it is certain the enemy has other entirely freeh -divisions to use on our front, and also divisions distributed. pa the eastern fronts. Therefore, we must reckon for
The Admiralty has communicated to Reater the following the appearance of another seventy snemy divisions on our battle front. At the present rate of cosumption of German divisions this reply to Adzairal von Capelle's statement in the Reichstag relative to the submarine campaign :-The figures quoted by Admiral Von will take about another six weeks' Sghting. The enemy began the Capelle (from which the deductions sa cabled are drawn) are entirely battle prepared for very heavy losses, especially of officers. Ar misleading and contrary to fact. Admiral Capello states that roms rangements were made for the latter by spare cars sccompanying thing over two million tone gross were built annually for the past artillery transport trains in order to immediately fill up the assual ties. The preosu ion wae necreary because, departing from their ten years, including Allied and enemy countries. The actual Egures are 2,530, 35 gross tone. Admiral Capelle adds that the entire rule, enemy ‹ficers now lead their men into battle. It is noteworthy output to day cannot be more awing to labour and material difficul- that the Germans are endeavouring by every possible means to ties, but the actual world's oaspat, excluding enemy count les spare the lives of the remaining regular officers. An enemy smounted to, 2,703,000 gross tons and the carpat is rising rapidly battalion now takes the field, with only two regular officere. Admiral Capelle tries to raise confusion as regards the figures of The rest are all reserva officers. This marke an apoch in the 3,000,000 and 2,000,000 tons and the acetal output last year. development of the German Army. One Guard regiment lost in Everyone knows that no forecast was ever given that 3,000,000 tone the recent battles twenty-six officers. In a few days they finished and even 2,000,000 tone would be completed last year. Three up with a non commissioned cfficer in command of the battalion. million tone is the ultimate rate of production which, as the First The moral of the German troops is suffering under three main Lord etated in the House of Commons, is well within the present causes, severity of losses, over weight of our artilezy and the cold. and prospective capacity of the United Kingdom shipyards and the We know of divisions in which the loses reached forty to sixty per marine engiacering works. The enemy still relies upon exaggerated cept. The Seventh Reserva division, which attacked at aparea of losses. The average monthly loss of British shipa last Laasizoy and Plessier-de-Roye left about two thousand dead on year, including marine risk, was 333,000 gross tone, whereas the field besides an unknown number of wounded.
Also Admiral Ospalle bassa hie argument on an average loss from eab- eight hundred prisoners were captured by the French. The marines alone of 800,000 tons monthly. The figures for the last divisione attacked in a colocan of regimente, two regiments quarter, ended March 31, will be published shortly and will windi attacking side by side with a third in reserve and was practically cite the statements as regards a continuance of a drop in the rate annihilated. The losses of other units are hardly lees terrifying of lose. The First Lord has already assured the House of Commons Our superiority in gaas keeps the enemy in a perpetual state of dis as regards the adequacy of the supply of steel to give the desired comfort reinforced by inclement akies. We find no more eatbasis output and at present all shipyarda are fally supplied therewith. elic entries in prisoners' disties about marching into the gardens of France in the spring.
German Reports.
London, April 19. German wireleea rfficial messagee state: Strong French- attacks north west of Moreail sanguinarily broke down...
Germans moet dearly. Their masses are advancing in the open.and are being mowed down. The enemy here is trying to break a way beyond Meletem and weat of Haileal. Although we have abandoned | Meteren and Wytechsete, the enemy's position is most uncomfort able. Meteren is merely no-man'e land.
ADMIRALTY'S REPLY TO VON CAPELLE.
Refutation of Submarine Figures.
London, April 18..
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
Successful British Raids,
London, April 19,
Following the retreating enemy we captured Zonnebeke and
A British Italian cfficial message states:-Manchestore and drove back the enemy, behind Steenbrook. A counter-thrust south
We gained South Saffordabires both saco estally raided last night, killing of Blanksert Lake checked our forward movement. ground north of Lys. During the past few days we have taken thirty Austriane and taking twenty-four prisoners. Or los sa were 2,500 prisoners and numerous machine guns, A strong French very slight. There was fine weather yesterday and mach serie! thrust north of Flizey Banguniarily failed.
activity. We cairied out several long distance reconntisances and destroyed eleven enemy machines in addition to which we drove down another uncontrollable. Anti-aireraft gaus brought down another to-day. None of our mashines are missing.
- Severe Fighting jo Givenchy Neighbourhood.
Loudon, April 19.
Field Marebal-Sir Douglan Haig repor a—There is nevere- fighting on the greater part of the Lys battlefront. Srong attack followed bombardment from Les B18800 Osnal to the Lye River, east of 3, Veront: "All attacks were repalend with extremely heavy.. ToBeer. We took two hundred prisoners. The struggle ia partical-
COLONIES CIVIL SERVANTS AND ENLISTMENT. Statement in the fause of Commons.
Loudun, April 15.
arly fierce in the neighbourhood of Givenchy where determined In the House of Commons, replying to Sir R. Price, Mr. Hewins, enemy off rts failed. Fighting here is continuous. The enemy's Under 8 oretary for the Colonies stated that every possible freility artillery in active along the whole of this front. Further attacks for the enlistment and, in anitable cases, for obtaining com which developed later in the morning south of Kemmel were missions, was ‹fforded civil servants and other militarily eligible repuleed.
in the Colonies and Protectorates and the response had bren moet On the French Front.
gratifying. Ceylon had furnished a separate unit and the Eastern Colonisa had released as many men as could possibly be spared. A French commauique states:-We attacked this morning enemy The prinople of substitution had bren resorted to as far as possibis, positions on both sides of the Arre on's froot of four kilometres but in tropios! Colonies there are few men and idwer women between Theanes and Mailly Baineral. We appreciably progressed available es ea batitates for men of military age.
London, April 18..
Past of Avre, while to the west we carried the greater part of Senecat Wood, novadcing our lines to the outskirts of Bastle. Suthwarde we reached the western slopes and heights dominating Avra Wo scok 100 prisoners including fifteen <ficers. It is confirmed that the enemy, raid last night east of Caurieres Wood was of a muiderous character for the enemy. We found over forty German corpses and took twenty prisoners,
INSPECTOR OF MEDICAL STORES.
Major Gaperal Sir William Babtie V.O, has been appointed Inspector of Medical Barvions and made temporary
-General.
A semi-official message published yesterday says: This was a day of defeat, for the Germans, who hoped by des perate efforts to overwhelm the British. This plan was baffled. The French are now effectively co-operating. Half the German divisions available on the Western Front have already been engaged after only twenty-six days and Anglo- French cohesion is nowhere broken and no decision has been reached. It is a contest of endurance and we are justified in asking whether the tactical advantages gained by the Germans are not disproportionate to their efforts and whether they will be able to continue to the finish?
The Enemy's Costly Successes.
London, April 38. Beuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters says: The Germans this morning developed an attack on a long front between Givenchy and Robeeq, pressing hard towards Givenchy. They are apparently drawing in fresh reserves. In the course of the great battle more than thirty enemy divisions have so far appeared. It is certain that the German Command is exploiting every success by a most prodigal expenditure of man power, not counting the cost. In the great German attack yesterday our troops fought with Homerie valour against tremendous numerical odds.
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Our troops are fighting in the same irresistible manner in the battle between Givenchy Forest and Nieppe which is now progressing. For nearly a week the German gains in the Battle of Flanders have been limited to the smallest and terribly 'costly advance. At certain points if he measures the extent of his gains by the price paid he certainly must be looking gloomily at the bold contours from Cassell to Messines which he is practically bound to attempt to take. Tho attempt to break through the Belgian front south of the Forest of Holthurst was probably inspired by the dis covery of our withdrawal in the Passchendaele region and the consequent assumption that there would be some dis- organisation at this part of the line."
All night long & most intense bombardment prevailed and was probably accounted likely to forestall all resistance, but the Germans speedily found they were mistaken for the Bel- gians put up a fight ranking as one of the epics of their .splendid story, finally driving back the Germans in confu- sion and taking more than 500 prisoners. The front of this brilliant victory was a stretch of six kilometres between Kippe and Langemarck,
The harassing fire of our artillery upon enemy communi- cations greatly increased in intensity. The Germans suf- fered heavy losses in guaners, thus on April 15 the 23rd Field Artillery Regiment had four of its guns knocked out by our batteries, all the personnel bat two being casualties, One battery of the 61st Reserve Field Artillery lost, all five of its officers and most of its non-commissioned officers and gunners.
Fuccessfai French Raids.
London, April 18.
A French communique says: In the region of Corbeny our fire dispersed a strong enemy detachment alterapting. to reach our lines. After heavy artillery preparation the enemy faunched several coup de main” in Champagne, on the right of the Mouse, east of Caurieres Wood and in the direc tion of Damloup. We repulsed all attacks and took prisoners. We made several successful raids north-west of Rheims and în Lorraine and took prisoners..
THE MAN-POWER QUESTION.
Canada To Make Further.Effort.
Ottawa, April 18.
The official report of the secret session of the House of Commons, shows that Sir R. Borden, after communicating information as to the silmation on the Western Front from Mr. Lloyd George, said: "We must supply the necessary). men to keep our divisions at fall strength no matter what the casualties, and we must so organise our remaining, bu“ man power to maintain and, if possible, increase our agri cultural production..
foot, Irish Coascripts by August,
London, April 18
An important conference regarding conscription, his opened at Dublin, the Nationalat and Sinn Fein leaders. and Irish Labourites participating,
In the House of Commons, Sir Richard Cooper seked Do the War Office expect to get the Irish recruite under the Bill before the 1st August.
La Bonner Law4 Most certainly.
Continued on Foge
The marriage was also ca brated, in St. John's Cathedral this morning, of Mr. Martin Blake, Hongkong, and Miss Anna Ogüvis, elder daughter of Mi: |and Mre. Ogilvie, Kowloon Tha Rev. W. T. Featherstoneofficisted. Attending the bride wars Mim” Pearl Ogilvie and Miss Enid Cooper, while the bridegroom's, **best man", was Mr. J. Keith. Mr. Ogilvie gave away the bride. A reception was afterwarde held in the Hongkong Hotel, and, in the afternoon, the newly married couple left for Macao, to apand the honeymoon.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Last Evening's Play.
The most interesting match played yesterday in connection with the Tennis Tournament was that between 8. E. Green and 2. Abraham end C. C. Stark and P: E. Joseland in the Championship Doublea. The quality of play was extremely high, and Green- and Abraham eventually won by 86.63, 7.5.
Olber results were
Championship Singles-Ng Sze Kwong beat-Capt. Milner Jones, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, M. K. Lo hag a walk over from E, A. Nabet;
Handiosp Singles. “A”—A": Morse (reca. 1/6) beat M. Wolfers (reas. 15) 64, 6-3; Lt, Hurray (rets. 3/6) best Lt. Col. Crisp (sor) 8 6,8-1,
Handicap Singles "B" --B. M. Henderson- (owes 3/6) beat. Barg, H. B. Parker, R. N. (owes (1/6) 6-4, 6-3; A. L. Banet (ser) best J. B. Wood (reon 1/8) |9-7, 36, 6-3; H. N. Wayler (reca. 15) best F, W. 8 Evans (reca: 5/6) 10 8 6-4; N. Handley Pegg (802) 5- W. P 0. Trafford (reca, 5/8) 7-5, 36, 6-3.
Professions! Pairs B Hallifer- and AG.M.- Firtoker. beat E R. Thomas and G. 8. Archbati 6-2, 6-1.
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