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WEATHER FORECAST
SHOWERY. Barometer 29.58:
Temperature
& Bu
76 3/p.. 88
July 25, 1918,
Humidity
97
69
8003
日八十月天
REUTER'S. TELEGRAMS.
BIG BATTLE STILL
RAGING.
ALLIES PROGRESS DESPITE STIFF ENEMY RESISTANCE.
Temperature & sm,
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IN THE CLOUDS.
THURSDAY,
JULY 25, 1918.
July 23, 1917,
四拜禮 號五十月七英港香
Humidity
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BIG BATTLE STILL RAGING.
THE ALBANIAN SUCCESSES.
Flae Work by Scottish Troops.
Six Hundred More Prisoners.
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Steering by Compass.
London, July 23. London, July 23.
A French Eastern communique states:-In Albania, after s The compasses with which our Renter's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on July series of desperate struggles which were sometimes hand-to-hand, long distance Bambers, and all 23, Baye: It was the Scottish regiments which on July 20 osptared we drove the Austrians from all positions south of the Holts River, our night machines are now fitted Baia de Courtin, while English battalions fought their way to a line We captured during the past two days air-bandred prisoners and are the result of the Isbours of reating on Bois de Theims, deploying towards Marfaux. The enemy twelve Laschine-guns. pot up a tremendous resistance here, for they had expected that this important teolical position would be attacked, Reserves from the gong Crown Prince's Army arrived continuously and masque of maintained an intense bombardment.
TOTAL GERMAN CASUALTIES ESTIMATED TO BE 180.000.
London, July 23, This morning's news from the front between the Aigne and the Oareq shows very little change, except that the French have captured Calchy-le-Obatean. The enemy here is apparently bring ing up gans and atiffening his resistance. The Americans have when there has apparently been desperate fighting. The reported The correspondent caly covers the operations till July 21, since oconpied Buzancy, another half-mile nearer the Soissone Chateau Thierry high road. Batween the Oarcq and the Marne, the Franco-Capture of the important key pestion of Machy le Chateau is not yet
confirmed. Americana continue to progress. The French bave regained all the "ground lost on July 22 in the region of Grizollas. The Americans bare captured Jaalgonne, on the Marne, and are continuing fo ́advance. Eitherto the prisoners number three hundred."
Farther east, the Germans, well sapported by artillery and machine guns, are stabbornly opposing the French sitempt to crore the Marde. The French yesterday afternoon stormed the heights north of Courcelles, also holding the band in the neighbourhood of Chessons as far as Treloup, which the Germans hold. The French arossed the Marne west of Reuil and best of heavy enemy counter. attacks.
It is not anticipated that the Allied advance will now be ea rapid, sa the Germans have had plenty of time in which to bring up reserves and sppear to be disposed to fight to the utmost.
Hard Fighting Proceeding.
London, Jaly 23.
Renter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraph. ing at eight o'clock on the morning of July 23, says that some of the hardest fighting of the whole battlefield is now raging on the new British front astride the Ardre in Montagne-de-Rheims. The British
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"Itallad Captures.
London, July 23.
An Italian official message says:We captured the height heights on the left bank of the Holta. porth of Berat in Albania and forther east the French occupied the
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leading scientific experts: their sccuracy dan, be trusted oven to distances. The initial
valiy in their use was due to
the attraction of the metal in the aircraft which preventa the cor reotion of the compass sa on board ship, bat scientific skill- which was at firat of small help, has prevailed and the instrument if any, has become a real guide. Prominent among the formid
array of instruments which
The Advance Continues
London, July 25, Huge Enemy Losses.
Beater's correspondent at Salonion, writing on July 19, says London, July 24,
the Franco-Italian surance in Albanis continues. The Italians Reuter's correspondent at French Headqueriere, writing on Grossed the Davoli north of Berst, while the French on the right, Tuesday evening, says: It is known the enemy has engaged sixty clearing Gora, ose of the highest mountains between the Davali
able or seventy Divisions since July 15. A careful estimate reckons the and Skambi Rivers, are threatening the high road between Strugs total German casualties, killed and wounded and prisoners, and north west of Ocbrids, which is occupied by the Balgarians,
180,000.
More Bemb-Dropping.
London, July 23.
and El Bassa.
CAPTURES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says: The weather improved on the 22ad and several long-distance
London, July 23. reconnaissances were made. Twenty-three tone of bamba were dropp
An Italian official message states:We captured a mountain ed on railway etatione at Cambrai, Bray and Lille, on ammunition gun, six machine guns and a large quantity of amunition at Corno dampe near Armentieres and Bapenme and on billets along the whole di Cavinto on July 19. We also recovered much bridging material front. Twenty-three hostile machines were brought down and three abandoned by the enemy on the Lower Piave. driven down uncontrollable. Three balloons were set afire. Ten British seroplanes are missing. Rain prevented night flying.
A Big Retreat ?
London, July 24.
IN MESOPOTAMIA.
What the British are Doing.
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meets the eye of the novice in the cockpit of an aeroplane in his
compass, now one of the most asS- fol parte of bis equipment. All machines, however, are nat equipped with the same kind of compass. Secu's, for instance, whose work lies but a few miles over the lines, have less elaborate instruments than the long. distance and night fring mschines, both of which" are supplied with the most perfect compasses which science can supply.
Not infrequently the aeronaut
shown.
London, July 23. A Haras Ágency message dated the 23rd instant eage:-There In the Bones of Commons, Lard Robert Cecil stated, with and attacked on the morning of July 20 on a five miles front between formidable blows of the Allied armies and that they may retreat Hedjsz and the Arab armies slong the line between Bezes and owe his own safety and the arrived at a point of coscentration south of the Marne on July 17 is indication that the Germans are staggering under the repasted regard to the operations in Mesopotamia, that our ally the King of who flies by night or in the cloud the southern edge of Courton Wood and the village of Sainte from the Soissons-Marne-Rheims calient. According to reporte Maan had recently caused 2000 Turkish esaslties and bad to his compage, as not a few sttsinment of his object mainly Euphraida. They were opposed by four German Divisione, the 86th, received last night, the Germans appear to be destroying huge destroyed ina locomotives and 122 calverts, while the bridges and suffered moet heavily in an attempt to pieros the Italian front with pocket created by their costly advance. They have experienced permanently interrupted. The Sherif Ali had captured five Tarkish 103rd, 123rd, and 22nd, which had been engaged since July 18 and quantities of material and munitions preparatory to evacuating thie railway communication between the two points mentioned, had been records of air adventures have a view to reaching the Marce and targing the French position at increasing difficulty in maintaining their communication in the
In a certain squadron an officer Montagne de Reime. The 123rd Division eoffered most heavily and eslient, being unable to use most of the railroads leading northward Conroya Aggregating 1,500 camels and the Sherif "Abdull ̈ had named H-and his observer were
severely defeated the Emir of Hsil. : was replaced by the 50th, which bad to hold at all costs, Highlanders, owing to the constant sotivity of Allied aviators and artillery. attsaking south of the Ardre against Courton Wood, fought their To cover the rearward movement, the Germans throughout Administration is making very satisfactory progress in redeeming
Lord Robert Ceail stated that the Mesopotamian Polities chosen for a special and import ant task. The westher wes way two miles across the wood and established themselves on the yesterday made powerful counter-attacks along the whole battlefront the country from the state of ruin into which it had fallen under olondy and the sky fall of thick western border. We reattacked south of the Ardre, the Highland in desperate efforts to check the Allied troops' advance. Despite the Tarka. Thirteen Government primary schools and four
white comolus,renching from ere taking two hundred prisonera. On the night of July 21-22 our opposition, Generaliseimo Fooh's forces progressed largely on Municipal State-sided schools had been opened and extension 5,000 feet up to perhaps 15,000 positions were most heavily bombarded, but we renewed the vital points of the line. The village of the Epieds, six miles north classes in agriculture had been started. The local demand for machine was safe from enemy feet, Behind this eorsen any stlack and advanced the line, despite the enemy fighting with east of Obateau Thierry, was captured and macb ground gained, education was very insistent and was being met su rapidly as the attacks and anti-aircraft fire, H. desparste tensoity. We are on new and dificult ground.
Important gains have also been made in the Soissions region, where supply of teachera permitted. Large rants of land hitherto antilled General Mangin is tightening his grip on Mont de Paris, command bad been ploughed up, mechanical tractors and artillery horse might have sailed about for ing the approaches to Soissons.
boars undetected for although On the front south-west of Rheims, British Divisions did being atilised in this connection. The opening up of the country his engines might be heard the A French commusique says: Our sttacks on both beeka of excellent work yesterday, realising a farther advance and taking of security on the highways, had resalted in an increase of trade banks of opsqué cloud.
by road, rail and improved water transport, and the establishment machine was lost behind the the Oarcq bad satisfactory results, notwithstanding the stubborn large number of prisonere. At no point did the Germans advenue, and a reduction in pricer. The contrast between the improved resistance of the enemy, who brought up fresh reserved. North of the river we captured and passed Plessierhalen and reached the despite the fact that a large number of fresh troops were throw sonditions in Mesopotamia and those of the neighbouring country his observer was an expert, so wastern outskirts of Oalcby Liville and captured the village of/into the line to" succeed in pashing back the Allied troops. The occapied by the Turks had impressed the population, whose relations they resolved to find their object- Montgra. The Franco-Anericsns south of the Ourcq arossed the holy renforcemente include troops from Prince Rupprecht's Army with car troapa were excellent. The opinion was frequently were bored to Chateau Thierry Road and advanced the line over a kilometre. To who had been resting since the drive for the coast.
More Allied Gains.
London, July 24.
AMERICA'S GREAT EFFORT.
300,000 Troops Cross Atlantic Monthly.
London, July 23.
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the east, the village of Rocourt and the greater part of Obstelet Wood are in our handa. On the right of the Macne we progressed afreeb north of Mont St. Pere and Obarteves, which is ours. We extended our bridgehead at Jaulgonas. Between the Marne and Rheims the fighting is most farions. The Franco-British between the Ardre and Venigny, attacking strong positions, advanced over a kilometre and inflicted heavy losses. The British captured three handred prisoners and fire gans in a local speration north of 300,000 American troops were now crossing the Atlantic monthly, Montdidier, whereby this, morning we cap'ared Meilly Raineval, of which two-thirds were conveyed in British abipe. Sufficient Sanvillera and Aabevillers and gave as 1.500 prisoners, including applies and war materials for the Allies were also being carried
(Cheere),
thirty officers.
In the House of Commons, Sir Les Chicass Money.etsted that
THE IRISH PROBLEM.
Our aviators were most active on July 22. Franco British pilots felled and disabled 37 enemy machines in numerous sirfights, of which the British felled fourteen. In bombing operations thirty- three-and-a-half tone were dropped during the day on enemy
London, July 23, In the House of Commons, the Irish Nationalists were present serodromes and stations. Thirteen hundred kilogrammes were dropped daring a night raid on the station of Maison Blene, causing after many weeke' abstention. Mr. Dillon gave notice of a motion a confiigration and explosions. American squadrons collaborated asperating the Irish people and declaring that the only true solution condemning the Government's Triah policy an alienating and ex- in the operations of the previous days.
of the problem is tolpat in operation without delay the principles laid down by President Wilson in his bistorio utterance at Washing ton's grave."
The British Front.
London, July 23, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports hostile artillery fire is the neighbourhoods of Villers Bretonneaux, Higgea and elsewhere. Americans Pressing the Enemy.
London, July-24...... An American commaique states:-South of the Ourcq e con tinued to pres the retreating enemy and gained possession of 'Jsalgonne and the woode to the weat
▲ German Story.
London, July 24,
▲ German wireless official message, states: Between Spissons and Rheims we frustrated a strong joint attack.
British Coasolidation.
London, July 22.
Beater's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on July
22, anyu-Quiet has resumed on the British front. We consolidated
PORTUGAL'S LOYALTY.
London, July 23. Rater' learns that Senhor Sidonio Pais, President of Portugal, apesking at the opening of the Portuguese Parliament, emphasised He referred to many proofs Portugal's loyalty to the Allies' c^ues." of confidence from the Allied Governments, and particularly the British notification of the intention to raise the British representation in Lisbon to the rank of an Embassy.
FOOD FOR THE ALLIES."
America's Splendid Effort. -
London, Jaly 23.
expressed that the British meant well by the Arab race.
GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF AMERICA.
But as no novice, and
In three minutes they were out of sight of the ground; in ten well over the enemy lines. The tiny instrument, those needia Tug and Coal Barges Sunk.
quivered at about 85 degress, London, July 23: According to Reater's correspondent at New York, a German chance of esfe attack and quick was their only guide, their one submarine sok a tag and three coal barges cff Cape Cod. Men; return women and children on board were esved. witnessed from the shore. Two shells from the submarine fell alone to the beach and four others on the mainland. A ses plane drove off the submarine.
What American Officials Think,
The attack
Now the difficulty of compass flying is extreme: one's impress ion being that the machine in going, in spite of its guidance, anywhere bat in the right direc tion. Occasione are notanknown
Later. Renter's correspondent at Washington etstas that official when a machine has emerged circles regard the sinkings off Cape Cod as an exhibition of German frightfulness in a vain effort to lower American morale.
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BRITISH RAIDERS STILL BUSY,
ส
London, July 23,
from a bank of eloads, upside down, and pilots tell us of hair- breadth escapes from sollisions, snd other perile associated particularly with cload, mist, and log.
The Air Ministry reporte -Our aeroplanes an the afternoon of After about half an hour'a Jaly 22 hit the main station at Off a barg. Burata were seen in the flying, with a speed of 100 miles sidings. One hostile machine was destroyed. All our machines an hour, H.-abut off his angins returned. We repeatedly attacked aerodromes the same evening and dived. In three minutes with good results. Fires and explosions were observed. We bombed and machine gunned other targets.
HELP FOR RUSSIA.
they were below the dense mists, and the large town, their objec- tive lay jast beneath them.
Great was the consternation of the inhabitanta: Never before had a single machine in broad daylight dared to attack them. A Russian wireless message says the text has been issued of an
Without any waste of time, H. Agreement between Great Britain, the United States, Franes and the-proceeded to distribute his load Marman Begional Oonneil providing for co-ordinated action for the of bombs over the particular defence of the Marman region against the German coalition Powers military objective in view. While The Agreement describes the region as the former Alexandrovsk the machine circled round to District of the Province of Archangelsk and provides that the Ea oberve their effect. A terriño
Agreement Between Allies and Murman Council.
London, July 24.
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our gains in Bossognal wood, despite the enemy's shelling and bomb- The American Food Controller, Mr. Hoover, speaking at the tente shall equip and instruct the Rassen armed forces of Marmanek, fire was opened from below. The ing attrck, in the course of which we took six prisoners and captured Mansion House, said that owing to America's efforts there would be which, it is atipulated, shall be under Russian command. The shrapnel whistled through their a machine gun and and grensdenwerfer. The Germans, spart from no need to restrict shipments of foodstuffs to Europe during the Entente undertakes not to interfere with Harman internal affairs, abelling, have shown no signs of disputing our recent advance at forthcoming year. Ameries could furnish in pork alone the whole while the Regional Council undertakes most rigid precautions against tailplane and rigging yes they osme out unscathed... Four Meterep. Yesterday our gunnere carried out vigorous counter-battery-needs of the Allies as regards meat. (Cheers). Indeed the period espionage. The Entente undertakes to secure food and staple minutes later they were in the ing, completely destroying in one area alone s big gan pit and of anxieties of the Allies in connection with essential foods was now requirements for the Murman population and also the necessary clouds again, and the danger over. damaging three others, causing five explosions and starting three past-Cheera). Mr. Hoover contrasted the food situation of the technical equipment and financial assistance for the Marman Them Es despite the old of the fires in battery empiscements.
Allies with that of the enemy, within whose lines the dominating authorities.
high altitude, mopped his brow fact was hanger. The Austro-Germans were daily seizing the The Agreement is binding until normal relations between the with his leather gauntlet, London, July 23, already short supplies of the peoples whom they crushed and Russian central authority of the one part and the Marmanak Council
"Hot work that!” said ha. ▲ German wireless official message, states-We repulsed the whose lost lives through malnutrition and starvation until the next and the Entente of the other are re-established. The Entente "Father! ** ~. zoquiseoad---ħin British at many points on the Western Front. The enemy's violent harvest year would be far larger than the onenalties on the Western disclaims any idea of conquering any part of Murmansk and jointly observer with a nod of satisfaction. partial attacks astride the Darcq and between the Ourcq and the Front. The Allie would make every sacrifice, short of their own with the Murmansk Council declares that the only object of the
Thirty-five minutes later they Marns were repulsed. The enemy penetrated the advanced positions defeat and the final extinction of the lamp of civilisation, to Agreement is to guard Harman integrity for a great and united on both sides of Jaulgonne, but we threw him back to the river. maintain alive at least the people of Balgium and Northern France. Bumis.
More Germna Claims,
landed.