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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GREAT AUSTRIAN DISASTER.
RETIREMENT BECOMES A DISORDERLY RETREAT. ITALIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE WITH MAGNIFICENT DASH.
London, Jane 24.
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·BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE WESTERN- FRONT.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE REVIEWS, WAR SITUATION.
STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES IN THE WEST.
Austrian Defeat One of the War's Greatest Disasters.
London, June 24.
"Londoo, June 24.
TROOP MOBILISATION.
U. S. War Department Learns
- Important Lessen, <- Washington, May 10-So A Splendid British Success,
rapidly are American troops being moved to Europa. that the Reuter's correspondent at the British Handquarters, telegraph- mobilisation of drafted man is ing on Jane 24, says :—Au operation mouth of Meteren this morning proceeding with unprecedentedi. resulted in the killing of at least one hundred Germans. It took speed, And the biggest and most place in an angle which the enemy had thrust in our line west of importans problem before the War In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, replying to quest. Bailleul, having Heteren and Strussele at either end of the base. Department is, internal: traNG- An Italian war correspondent, writing under to-day's date, fons by Mr. Asquith in the course of the debate on June 18, mid and Fleire near the apex: The Germans have lately paid oomidend (portation. To mor 60,800 kroopa the Austrians have not only been beaten but have suffered a partial that Mr. Asquith had seked for more information regarding the able attention to this part of the line and any thrust they might requires at lay disaster, the extent and importance of which cannot yet be estimated. war situation, but Mr. Bouss Law on Jans 18 gave all the informa contemplate in Flanders would be a likely attempt to kitares by as schedules must be re The Austrians during the night began to withdraw from the Rition which could possibly be given at present. Regarding the this sector on the high ground west of Kemmel. The enemy and trafile adjusted to hoping to carry out the retreat without attracting the attention of American troops, an amssing piece of organisation had enabled us hitherto has been unable to gain an inch of around in the direction troop trains. There har the Italians, but Italian patrola penetrating the enemy lines discovered the mazoerve. The Italian artillery directed an intense to bring vast numbers of them to France since Mare He could of Strazzale and we now have not only deals him a heavy blow but the best kind of provisio fire on the enemy troops as they were crossing the river, and at 110t give figures, but the nugabers were sufficient to encourage the stained objectives which considerably improve our lines.
Allies and quite sufficient to disappoint and ultimately, defeat our o'clock yesterday morning the Italian infantry with magnificent enemies. The Americans were of the very best quality. As mgarda dash took the offensive. The troops broke in on the Montella iron the relative strength of the contending forces on the Western Front, and the Austrian retirement became a disorderly retreat,
At Nervees, which the Italians reoccupied, the Italians found
it was sccurately represented by General Maurice when he said that
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Austrian guns intsot with ammunition, as well as Italian artillery they were nearly equal on March 21.. Sines then, owing to new/o the night of June 23 in the neighbourhood, at Holeren was them in good stead in the future.. which was lost at the beginning of the cffensiva. The waters of the factors, it was impossible to make an up-to-date computation: advanced. Waosptared ten msobine guns. The French took the month of May alone mure
Piave are carrying away much material and haudreds of corpses Italian viators bombed and machine gunned the retreating mass which were crowding the bridges..
Montello Wholly Evacuated.
London, Jans 24.
Germans Attack, Italians.
matter," and2- congu zsaulting, but the anthoriti Sir Douglas Halg's Report.
probably learned a femon about London, Jane 24. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-A minor operation overnight mobilisations of draft- army contingents that will-wiand.. completely sucoseful. All the objectivan were gained and the line
When it is considered that ind The Americada wata coming in at a great rate and few prisonses a successful raid at Locre, he would be very surprised if, in a comparatively short time, the
than 400,000 men will have been. Alling were not stronger than the Germans in the West. Germany's
called to the colours, and that in last reserves will be thrown in in the next month or two, after which
London, Jane 24. previous months: the most that: further reserves would be obtainable only by a drastis comb-cut off A French communique saya:➡We repúlsed an enemy attempt | was ever" summoned was in the The latest news this afternoon is that the Austrians have essential industries. There were indications that Germany was in the region of Antheuil. The Germans, at eleven o'clock at night, neighbourhood of 50,000, some already resorting to that, which proved that the Allies had insisted re-situoked the Italian position on Mount Bligny between the Marne ides of the speed with which the wholly evacuated Montello and have re-crossed the river, partly by the one remaining bridge and partly by wading. They are being heavy losses since March 21. The position would naturally be very and Rasims. After lively fighting, the enemy was completely wer msobine is being compelled followed up by the Italians, who have captured several hundred saions for the next two months, but it was gradually improving repulsed with serious loss. The Italians took prisoners. There is to be here daya
Lobtained. prisoners besides others not yet counted and alsa field guns and and be could say without basating that the Allied Generals felt con- fairly lively artillery duel in Woevre and the Vorges.
Ohips and bentonments are war material. The Italians likewise hava recaptured seventy-two filence as regarde the issue. (Cheers). We were on the eve of vary
being enlarged, and space în being of their own gune. The Italians are now on the north bank with great events. Maybe the next great blow would be coming in the
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says [made for the new troope by the one bridge at Faliz and another at Nervees, where they are making next few hours, but certainly within the next few days, upon which
They have the issue of the campaign may depend. The Allies never felt better that, despite strong winds and low clonde, on June 23 our shipment of the trained division bridgebonde and meeting with little opposition.
prepared to meet it. Continuing, Mr. Lloyd George described the aeroplanes carried out reconnaissances. There was little air fight to Europe. The Government had captured some Austrinu batteries-probably about a dizen.
Between Montello and Z-naon the Italians are on the river for laus enemy attack upon the French as an undoubted failure. We ing. We destroyed an aeroplane and two of ours are missing. We no idea that it could transport the whole distance. They are making bridgeheads at Font di Piave, bad proof that the enemy expected to reach Compiegne. The enemy dropped five tons of bombe in the day time and fifteen tons at night, troops as rapidly as the present on the whole the attack of which six fell on Cambrai sidings and stations with good exech.mergency has made possible, and and on the whole of that front they are pushing over cavalry. The losses were very serious_and
undoubtedly German defeat.
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The same applied One of our night fliers is missing. enemy to the south of Zenson in fighting a stubborn rearguard was attacks upon the British. The first stisok, sation in order to cover the retreat of the main Army, but only two to the bridgeheads are left the one at Sandona and the other at being a complete surprise, was a considerable mocess, but we had Grisolers. The Italians have recovered the Caposile bridgeheads not emphasised sufficiently our own saucees. The Germans were very severely beaten on the front of the Third Army(Cheers) and with prisoners.
Aerial Activity.
American Advances.·
London, Jane 24.
the War Department's call for drafted men has tended to apret railroad plans somewhat. New London, June 24, As American offical message dated to-day says:In localertheless, care are being provided, bat there must necessarily be
restored the situation to what it was before the Austrian attack/Second Armies. On the whole the Germans had sustaified severnces, capturing five machine guns. A bostila counter-sitank to the feos) and row materiale, far troops an The situation at present is that the' Italians have praction]ly/bestan two or three times when the enemy got to the Fourth and operations in the Chatean Thierry region we made further advanecma delays in the handling of
The Austrians have the fewest reserves in the Piave sector and have TETErses and bad not achieved their objectives. We had every south of Torcy, broke down with heavy losses. “. also made very few trenohea east of the Piste, besides which their reason to be pleased with the present position, and the enemy was lateral communications are bad, rendering the passage of reinforce profoundly disappointed. The situation in Bassis sa chaotic. ments from the north most difficult. At a moderate estimate, the Governments existed all over the place, and almost every village Austrians have lost doable the number which the Italians bare,
Over Four Thousand Prisoners.
Londen, Jane 24.
Causes of the Fallure.
London, June 24.
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French Improve Position.
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AUSTRALIA'S EFFORT.
will have set
proference everywhere. Successful Canadian Raid.
Another inevitable difficulty is London, Jane 25.
the agricultural situation. The Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporter-The Canadians in a Government had practically had separate Governments. The situation changed hourly. He raid on the night of the 24th at Neuville Vitesse brought back promised that the biggest drain of agreed that it would be to our interests, aud also just and equitable, Įtwenty-two prisoners and six machine-guns. We took a few prisonere men would come Ister in the year. that we should stand by Bassis if she desired it. Busein had been in a anossafal raid to the south of the Boarpe.. Hostile artillery was but instead the young men are reated brutally by Germany; it had been dismembered and treaties active at night between Villers Bretonneux and Horlancourt. South being called in the midst of the An Italian official message states-Teaterday gave us the had been torn up the day after they were made. The Russian of Avion and west of Merville gas-abells were freely employed. planting sesson. This is causing crowning results of our victory. Pasbed up against the bank of peoples were beginning to realise this and were beginning to get
a good deal of disappointment, the Fiore on an ever-narrowing strip of ground anoessingly bom-different ideas sa regards the Allies and to appreciate what
London, Jane 25. fand naturally will inte fere some- barded by artillery and seroplanes, the enemy, after maintaining German militarism meant. Hatred of Germany was becoming
A French communique states On the platesa to the north of what with food production, but himesif desperately on the right bank for eight days at the cost of deeper, and Raasis was more ready now than she had been for Leport we improved our position by a local operation, taking 170 the decision to place men abova enormous shorifices, began on the right of the 22nd a withdrawal to months to co-operate in any move to cast the Germans. The prisoners. A counter attack was immediately repulsed. There is supplies was made by the Allies, the left bank. The orossing of the river under the deadly fire of our situation was full of hope. The difficulty was оде of ertillery was continued on Sunday, being protected by a strong access, and the only Power with sccess to Rosais was Japan. What fairly lively artillery firing between the Aisne and the Marne. Dar-and the United States is rushing ing the 23rd inst. Ave enemy seroplanes were brought down. men to the western front to creste array of machine gosa and covering troops, who, after stubborn bad happened in Italy was full of promise.(Cheere) It is one Fifteen tons of bombe were dropped on enemy serodromes in big reserve army that shall resistance, were driven back by our troops. Montello and all the the most portentious events of the year and one of the military Picardy sud on the Aisne, also on bivouace in the regions of protect the Entente against right bank of the Piave exospting a small portion at Musils, where victories which may have infinitely greater results than other Chaulnes and Montdidier.
emergencies in the year 1918. the struggle continues, have been recaptared and over 4,000 victories looking bigger from the view point of the effectives engaged
Large numbers of troops are prisoners taker, with a great quantity of arma and material, An
or the territory lost. It is a defest inflicted upon a Power not under
required for Mexican border extraordinary number of Austrian dead covers the ground, proving the best condition to sustain it. It is a great encounter in which
patrol, as it is desired to prevent defeat. great the enemy's raldur and bis
Anatria is being hald, despite having brought in all available men
Some Wonderful Figures.
ammuition smuggling and border for attack and having thrown its whole strength upon the Italian
London, Jane 24. raids, which if ignored and not Army. Considerably over fifty per cent, of the Austrian flectives
Striking figures setting out Australia's great effort for the war prevented, could lead to mors It is understood that the Austrian defeat is so crushing that it have been seinally engaged in fabting. If the Austrians had cap were given by Mr. Hughes, the Commonwealth Premier, at to day's serions complications.. America will be impossible for the enemy to resume a serious offensive for tured the whole of Montello the Allied position might be disastron, Australasian luncheon, Australia bas enlisted 426,000 soldiers, has 100,000 rezistrants in Porto several weeke. The spirit of the troops is broken, and some of the bat from the first the enemy was held by the Italians who next of which nearly 320,000 have been transported 14,000 miles. Bico, sad probably could get best Austrian units are no longer of fighting value. One of the began to bring presence to bear. The pressure had increased Australia alone has organised and paid for the equipment, 20 000 men out of that number For the who would be suited" to ulnmatio canses of the Austrian disaster was faulty judgment in the placing of daily and now the Austrians were in fall retreat and the only transport and maintenance of this great army.
past two years she has maintainted five divisione in France, the conditions on the boundary. The German scheme of attack was cunningly worked question is not whether they are going to retreat aat, but the Austrians neglected to apply German thoroughness to whether they can retreat. The whole of Montello has been equivalent of one car dry division in Egypt and Palestine and kept Those men have been available for the details: hands, the reserves failed at the critical moment to meet re-esptared and the Italians, for the first time for months, are on ap all cadres to strength by voluntary enlistment. The Boys the last seven months, and are the left side of the Piere. Lower down, Italian cavalry have crossed australian Navy Exceeded 9,000 officers and men. Australia bore eager for service. This is another the clover Italian strategy.
The line from the Five and Montello to the ses is now most the river and are pressing the enemy hard. The Italians have the whole cost of the Australian Navy, which during the thing that the War Department in strongly held and it will be impossible for the disorganised Austrian recaptured half the guns lost in the first cffceive, In the south, war was entirely placed quder the control of the Imperial Govern just beginning to take up. Army armies to retake it. The military view is that there is not the least the enemy are fighting a continuous rearguard action to score the ment. Although the Australian population was barely five millions, ere believe the Porta Biosus likelihood of the Austrisas attempting to re-crees the rivet. Thirty retreat, After committing its whole strength to a grest offensive, considerably over eight per cent, bad enlisted. Forty eight thou will make excellent troops, and the Austrian Army had inflicted upon it one of the greatest end, seven hundred and eighty had been killed in action and are anxious that tonnage be pro zeven enemy Divisions have been identified.
disastere in the war. This happened at a time of serious Anatrian 133,000 wounded, while he was proud to say that only 3,274 bad vided to bring them to camps in discontent, when three-fifths of the population were completely cat surrendered to the enemy, owing principally to the stress of wounds the Southern States,
The last month has seen, in- of the sympathy with the objects of war and more sympathetic to other words, Australia, one of the most sparsely populated with the sims of the Allis, and when three fifths of the population countries in the world, had lost approximately one per cent. deed, a complete change in the reo guised that the only chance of achieving anything in the nature of its total population or over two per cent. of her males handling of troops, and it is of freedom was to secure a great Allied victory; at a time when of all ages. The total war expenditure exceeded £220,000,000 gratifying to report that all along Austrian prisoners belonging to the Czecho-Slavs were actually up to the end of the present mouth. The coat would be in the neigh-the line the ory of harry op haa congregating in order to come over and fight for the Allies in boarbood of £100,000,000 for the present Saanoial year. Australia had its effect. The mashinery is Siberia. It was very significant that, whatever our difficulties on the would bear the cost of repatriating all the troops and re-estab not yet what it can be or should Western Front, the difficulties of the Central Powers were infinitely liahing, them in civil life at an estimated cost of thirty millions. be, but the German offensive on Ben'er's correspondent at the British Beadquarters, writing on greater. The Austrian population was being driven by hunger to The Commonwealth pensions liability already exceeded £3,500,000. the western front opened the eyes Jane 24, asys-Confirmation has been received from German discontent and sedition and, in some of the most important Austrian Australia did not complain of these heavy burdens, se her heart sources regarding the losses of German machines in the air raid on cities, even to revolt, while over half the Austrian Army sympathisee was in the war. Mr. Hughes, concluding, strongly appealed for London, on May 19 sad 20. In addition to seven of the sandro with the objects of the country with which it is wärring. Moreover, the settlers. aumbering twenty-eight which are accounted for, it now appeare Central Powers bad difficulties in Balgaris and Turkey. Therefore, that three more machines crashed on landing. It has been known while we should not build up false hoper, all that was needed was to for some time that the landing of these powerful bombing machines, has proved most difficult in the hands of those accustomed to another keep steady and to endure, and he had not the faintest doubt, in type of maobins. A large number of learners bare b-en killed and surveying the whole situation, that our victory would be a complate machines destroyed in German serodromes. It now, appears that
The speech of Mr. Lloyd George was upon the Consolidated even experts, after a long and exhausting flight, are in no wise Fand Bill, which sabergaently passed its third reading. the and of their troubles when the sea shares of Great Britain have been left tafely behind.
the reserves,
General Ludendorff in Vienna.
London, Jane 24.
Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam saye it is reported that General von Ludendorff has gone to Vienas as a special mission.
GERMAN AERIAL LOSSES.
A Costly Raid on London.
London, Jane 24.
41 BULGARIA'S OLORIOUS ALLIES.
London, Jane 24
According to Boater's correspondent at Amsterdam, the new Belgarian Premier, interviewed, said Balgs is remains" faiškful to her glorious Allies."
048.
More Men' Wanted,
·USE. OF LIMBURG RAILWAYS,
Commons
Question in the Houseofundos, June 24
of slow moving field to the possibility that Americas held was demanded, not for next year slona, but for this year. More than 500,000 men are now in Europe, and before the end of the summer there should be a million:Lord Boading and Trenob· rfficials
In the House of Commune, Mr. Ronald McNeill naked :-What privately as wallons are the terms on which Holland agreed to allow Germany to use the express their satisfsöti railways of Limburg? Is the effect of the agreement to set free for way troops are bei purely military traffic the German lines to Belgium through Vise and abroad, and while London, June 23,
Liege P
Media ing against i Sir Au kland Geddes, Minister of National Service, speaking at Lord Robert Cecil replied that the Government had repeatedly thefees it Manchester, said we still wanted men for the fighủng line and the pressed the Netherlands, Government for precise information Washington feel rearward services to bear the strain which Garnsey could impose regarding the arrangement with Germany, bai he regretted that omfident and
ma in 1919. There was no guarantee that war would end in the request bed so for not been me
Government bad whole, eltastic
with the roshsä