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THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN FRANCE.
THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN FRANCE.
London, August 23. A French communique states:Daring the day we continued
London, August 23. General Mangin's troops made a rapid advance along their to progress on the whole battle-front. Between the Mats and Oise we are skirting the Divette from its month to Evricourt, East of whole front, widering their hold on the Oise bank and reaching the the Oine we carried our lines to the outskirts of Qaiersy. Between Ailette to north-west of Cousy. While these operations were in pro the Ailetta and the Aisne we captured St. Aubin, Sales, Bagneux, gress, General Hambert's men were clearing the ground south Epagny, Bieury Vauresis and Pommiers. The enemy has abandoned and south-east of Lassigny and pushing toward Noyan. They a great amount of material between the diane and the Oise. Over captured the height of Plemont, one of the outer defences of Noyon on the west. This town cannot bold out much longer in face of the 200 guns have been counted since August 20th,
anocesses reparted yesterday. Coucy and Chauny are also closely mansoed, and only an early retreat from these towns can save the Germane from an increasingly perilous situation.
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London, August 23.
London, August 23.^ Boater's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraph ing yesterday evening, states:-The puranit continued during the whole of yesterday afternoon and syening. We reached the Oise at Sempigny, just as the bridges were blown up, but the destruction was incomplete further south. As we were occupying Petit-Haupsa "the enemy began to retreat in disorder. Numerous trains on the
other side of the Oise have been seen hurrying towards the north On Saturday morning the Military Medal was awarded to so sbroughout the afternoon. The enemy rearguarde fought their Australian eta narse, Pearl Corkhill, Daring an enemy air raid the fiercess to save important material; but in vain. Dar troops at the attended the wounded regardless of her own safety, though the close of the evening had advanced to St. Paul. Other regiments, enemy were overhead. Her example was of the greatest value is following, collected a huge quantity of material, heavy guns allaying the patiente' alarm.
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artillery and cavalry pashed ahead. It was soon noticeable that the enemy resistance, ohiefly by machine-gune, wsa diminishing. Nevertheless, it was desperate at certain points, actably at St. Aubin, and to the north of Hill 140 where we are fighting with bomba, "Batches of prisoners arrived all night long. It is impossible to count them, as there are at least several thoussade. The enemy considers the positions of his first fine divisions as very precarious. He reste his hopes on the second line divisions which are echelonned in depth, in order to resist at all costs. Our advanes continued this morning towards the Ailette,
through the enemy's broken front..
London, August 23,
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Paris, August 23. Beturning to Paris from a trip to the Franco-American naval bases, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, the Assistant Secretary of the United Blates Navy, yesterday received Paria newspaper-men. He declared that he was much impressed by the naval effort in France. He said: "Two things especially excited my admiration; firstly, the organisation and tremendous worke completed in to short a time,
and which will be devoted to the after-war needs of France; second- An American official statement says:-A sucessful raid northly, the remarkable efficiency of the methods in combating submarines, of the Verle yielded 11 prisonere. Our aviators on August 21st and There are now porta and places where our troops land on the French 22ad successfully bombed the railroad yards at Longayon, Audou- coast which are absolutely protected. teroman, and Conflans with S tons of bombs. were recorded. All our machines returned,
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London, August 23,
Reuter's correspondent at the American Headquarters, tale- graphing yesterday, anya:-The enemy is feeling the effects of
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A Valuable Product.. For the past twenty years Francs has led the way in the electrolytic production of al uminium, her share of the world's output amounting.in 1914. to 40 per cent, or about 19,000" tozn To secure this, ten plants were engaged. In the same year the | three plante of the United States
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The New York Journal of! Commerce, one of the fablet com mezoial journals published in the United Staise, in the course of s powerful leading article, urges on
"government. Amsterdam, August 22. The Cologne Gazette has published a report from Constantinople our prolonged bombardment. One seroplanes are meeting that the King of Bedjsz in dead, with less opposition owing to the argent demands on enemy aircraft elsewhere. Our airmen are effectively assisting the gunners in keeping the Aisne bridges, and their approaches under constant fire. All supplies for the Germans south of the disne must daily. cross by the bridges, some of which are always unserviceable owing to our fire. Immediately the dense morning mist was dissipsted, the overpowering heat was responsible for the surrender of many Gr. mans who were exhausted by it. They say that they are unable to eleep in the night owing to our artillery firing and persistent bomb. ing, which has also reduced their supplies of food.
London, August 23. Bir Douglas Haig states:-Fighting is proceeding on practically the whole front batween Lihoan and the Cojeal River. We are progressing at a number of pointe We repulsed two attacke at night in the neighbourhood of Daillescourt farm, east of Beaucourt, We slightly advanced our line east of Le Touret, north-west of Neaf Berquin, and east of Oattereteens. A local hostile attack north west of Bailleul broke down before our positions.
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"The pessimistic view of Germany's enemies," says the Journal of Commerce, “will have to be accepted as the truth, namely, that the militarist party will go on fighting till the German people atop them, and when the fighting has been stopped the The Air Ministry states:Despite the enemy's determined German people will begin build- protective efforts, consisting of large numbers of seropianes and an ing militarism up again because increasing number of anti-aircraft guns, we heavily attacked fre it is the only form of life they important German towns and five aerodromes. We attacked Frank know and the only form of govern- fort and Cologne on the night of August 21st-22ad with very good ment they deserve. The obvious resulta. Bomba landed all around the stations and barracks. We corollary to a line of argument also successfully attacked Treves railway junction, All our like that, which Germans alone machines returned. We hearily bombed foar serodromes, can invalidate, is that unless the We also machine-gunned hangare, door is barred ruthlessly to the hitting many hangars,
Oce of our whole German nätion, every coun- | trains, search-lights and anti-aircraft gune. - machines is missing. We attacked chemical factories at Mannheimtry.olored to its trade and every ses on the morning of dagaat 22nd. Daring heavy fighting on the to its commerce, the whole bloody foutward journey two of our machines were brought down. The business will have to be enacted remainder successfully bombed their objective. Very fierce fighting over again in the course of 20 The operations directed by Karebal Foch were yesterday occurred on the return journey as a result of which are other British years. Whether this be truth or marked by a freeh development. General Breg's Third British machines are missing. We destroyed thres hostile machines, to not depende primarily upon the Army attacked at dawn on a front of about ten miles between Arras of which crashed to the ground. One fell in flames. We attacked acceptance or rejection of such and the Ancrs. Their gain of ground greatly threatens Bapaume the railway ridings at Coblenz in the morning and the serodrome Feneralisations as those of Baron PEAK TRAMWAY CO.
All our machines returned. von Fraytag-Laringhoven about and Albert, Simultaneodly, General Mengia with hie French at Hagenau with very good resulte, Army pressed his advance between Saisons and Novon, and reached We dropped 191 bombe at night and 21 tone daring the day.
the grandear end sablimity of the. point only 1 miles from the latter town. Sapporting him
soldier's calling and the neces→ eity of making it the keystone of General Hambert with another French Army task in the flack and the rear the Germans who were fghting General Kangin.
the German Empire. Obviously, Lasaigoy was captored. General Mangin has now driven a dent of
sgainet an empire saturated with about ten miles deep into the German front at a most dangerous
& spirit like this, all the economis point for the enemy. Bis rapid sdrauca through difficult wooded In the course of an interview with Realer Lord Robert Cecil, weapons which the Allies poseess country is one of the most wonderfal feats in the battle, and has the Under Foreign Secretary, referred to Dr. Solf's observations would bare to be used without slready brought him meet important results. Novon, which has regarding the German colonies. He esid that Dr. Solf was indignant scruple. That is to say, there continuously been bombarded by the Allied heavy artillery, bsa cow at the suggestion that German rule was inhumane. "I don't would have to be a concerted been brought under the fre of the French field guns. All the believe anyone knowing the facte will accept Dr. Solf's view. The effort to deprive the German man- operations of the three grest armies onder Generals Byng, Ham- British Government will ebortly pablish a Blue-Book about the afectarer of bis raw material and bert and Mangia were admirably co-ordinated.
German rule in the Colonies, Sime of the evidence is a fesiful to exclude German producte from Londos, August 23. recard of bratslig. I cannot accept Dr. Solf's doctrine that the foreign marketa.” ~
Germans wanted a peaceful African Empire. On the contrary,
EXCHANGE. we know
one importan: German section bas advocated a German African Empire to dominate Africa militarily
SELLING. and to furnish a great ttore for military parposes. Moreover, the T/T
364 percusion of coastal ports would be the greatest danger to the En-Demand ... 3/6 7/16 pire and of importance to Germany. Dr. Solf'e allegation that Mr. 30 d/s.
3/6" 9/16 60 d/a.......
3/6 11/16 Balfour proposed the annexation of the African Colonies by the
4 m/8........... 3/6 13/16 British Empire is inaccurate. Never had such a proposal been made. Mr. Balfour and others have said it is impossible for T/T Shanghai....... Nom T/T Singapore 15134 resume control of her Colonies; beyond that T/T Japan........... 154 Germany to. neither Mr. Balfour nor Mr. Lloyd George has gone.
The T/T India
Nom. Prime Minister had said the future of the German Colonies Demand, India......
Nom. would be decided at the Pesce Conference. Clearly, a great world T/T San Francis-1
84 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says sue cannot be settled by this country alone; it has to be settled in co & New York We bad a busy and successful day on the 22nd inst. Our airmea capoert with the Alliee. Dr. Solf's perarstion comprises remarks T/T Java.....
-****. 16231: constantly harassed the enemy. We dropped thirty-five tons of about common-sense horrore of war, etc. These are general pro-TIT Marks Nom. bombe daring the day. We attacked Gondecourt aérodrome with positions with which everyone in the country has always agreed. T/T France 480
cod effect, also many dumps, statione, bridges and Bruges Docks. Their force is entirely destroyed by the fact that until the ride of Demand, Paris
*****. £.8014 We destroyed twenty seropisnes and drove down four out of control, war appeared to change, we heard nothing about such doctrines.
& m/s. L/C........... 3/75% Three British machines are missing. Our sight bombers dropped We all remember the staff about the glories of war, its educative
4 m/s. DIF........... 3/734 nineteen tons on selected targets, including the rail junction at effects and each diabolical trash, but just after the beginning of the
6 m/s. L/G... $18 Valenciennes, Somain, Douai and. Cambrai All returned. We German cffensive we remember the outbreak throughout Germany 30 d/s. Sydney &
of the old demand for world domination. This sudden anxiety for
3/8 brought down one enemy bomber within our lines.
pesce, if sincere, shows that Dr. Solf is either the subject of sadden 30 d/s. San Franc-1
859 conversion or is almost alone among the Germans. I am profoundly
isco &NewYorkf convinced that peace is not obtainable without victory and s 4 m/s. Marks Nom. 4 m/s. Francs. 4.9714 acknowledgment by Germany of her defeat."
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General Rawlinson again attacked to-day southward of the Bomme on a front of seven milee and has pénétrated two miles deep Eo far. Fifteen hundred prisoners have been taken.
General Byng sien again attacked to-day towards Bapaume and captured Gommiecourt,
London, August 23.
A French communique etates :-Daring the night there were violent bombardments between Beauvraignes and the Oise, notably st Le Plemont, Pastelchiry and Ouricamps.
We hold the southern banks of the Oise and the Ailette from Sempigny as far as the railway from Coucy-le-Chateau to eastward of Belene. We have carried our line forward to the outskirts of Gany and Pont St. Maro..
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London, August 24.
A French communiqse states:-Between the Maiz and the We crossed the Oise there have been violent artillery actions. Divette daring the day in the Evricourt region. We made progrese between the Ailette sad the Aisne and continued east of Bagneur and west of Credy-au-Mont. The situation was quiet elsewhere.
There was much aeroplaning yesterday, owing to favourable weather, and we made reconnaissances far into the enemy linee.
fire
Photographers brought back thousands of exposures.
Oar chaber felled fourteen aeroplanes and Bet
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London, August 23,
AN, ITALIAN SUCCESS.
London, August 23.
An Italian official message states:We have captured
the
to nine balloone. Our bombers during the day dropped eighteen villages of Livelts, and Sasso Stefani in the Brents Valley. tons and fired thousands of cartridges at troops and convoye. They
were actively engaged at night, when twenty-five tons were dropped
on stations st Laon, Ham, eto,, cousing fires.
London, Angust 23.
A Havas message states :-The Germans are in full rekrest on both sides of the Oise over a front of fifty kilometres. The Soissons
JAPANESE RED CROSS MISSION IN FRANCE,
London, August 23.
The Extraordinary Mission sent by the Japanese Red Cross to region is being gradually freed by the Allies, while their France to study the working of the French Medical Service, with meLace to Noyan is being accentuated. There is considerable material, of which two hundred gune have been captured in two view to bringing to the French their valuable assistance, ia Caye by Marahal Foch. The enemy is still making tremendous composed of several doctors, among which are Prince Yoshifigs sporifices in human material to cover by rearguard actions the re Tokugawa and Professor Ninagaws. The Mission visited the tirements forced upon him, but yesterday again these notions principal French sanitary formations yesterday and the day before proved fatile and the Allies continued their progreen."
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