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日二十月七
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ALLIES STILL PUSHING FORWARD.
HOW THE GERMANS WERE SURPRISED,
HINDENBURG LINE TÜREATENED AT MANY POINTS.
London, August 28. Reuter learne that the British have captured aanbarb of Bapaume, Avernee-Bapaume, and also Cappy, south of the Somme -auð Saxenas, north of the Somme. They have reached the western outskirts of Thilloy. An anconfirmed report states "that we have reached Montanhan on the western outskirts uf-Longueval.- ·
Great Gain of Ground,
London, August 28,
The latest evening news of the battle indicates that progress is being maintained. The position south of Bapaume is much more faid than on the north, where resistanos is stifening.
It is significant that during the four months of the Somme battle in 1916 we captured forty-four square miles of territory, while from the 21st to the 25th inst. 116 square miles were regained.
Germans Rudely Surprised.
London, August 26.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
AUGUST 28.
1918.
August 28, 1917.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR IN THE AIR
THE ADVANCE IN FRANCE.
Operations on the British Front.
Londos, August 28... Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on sviation, states Lowfliers on the 25th inst, continued to hatras the enemy by bombe and machine guns. We dropped thirty-two tons of bombe on railway junctions, including Cambrai, Valenciennse, damps, and Brugen Docks. We also rucoessfully bombed an aerodrome. We brought Five British machines are missing. down twenty-five seroplanes and drove down thirteen uncontrollable.
More Raids on Germany.
London, August 27. The Air Ministry reports :-On the night of August 25-20, me successfully attacked a railway station at Frankfort and chemical factories at Manabeim. Very good results were obtained it Frankfort. We dropped two tons of bombe on factories at Mannheim, causing free and explosions. The machines flow through heavy thunderstorms. Other machines dropped four tons of bombs on a hostile aerodrome with good results. All our machines returned.
THE ALBANIAN CAMPAIGN.
London, August 26.
A French communique states:-In Albania the Austrians twice tacked the Franc-Italiaus in the region of the confluence of the The French repulsed both and Devoli and the Tomatics eabeequently slightly withdrew to the left wing in order to maintain
London, August 27,
Beater's correspondent, writing from British Headquarters' at noon, "states :-This morning'e attack gast of Arras carried car batt's Bank to the Scarpe at a moment when the eyes of the Germans" were nervously turned elsewhere. Consequently the enemy was rudely surprised when, in the qually and clouded moonlight, denes British wayes swept forward after only brief contact with the Italiane, artillery Gring. Heavy wastage has been caused during the last few days by the transfer of reserves from this region towards the Bapaume sector. This morning's attack progressed most favourably, Fiera and Bea and, at the moment of talegraphing, is going well. Comparatively few prisoners have at present come back, but this does not convey sny indication regarding the character of the fighting.
Canadians and other Britisbera carried Monchy le Preux. South of the Somme, movement daring the past twenty-four hours has been more restricted, but it has been intensely active, especially on the part of the Germans, who have failed in numerous counter- attacks and are unable to arrest our progress where we are deter mined to push it. By storming Favreuil last evening, we have drawn a half-cirole round Bspanme, the exit from which is "now. closed sate toward the Cambrai rosd. Our airmen report that the town in deserted, but undetected machine guns may be concealed among the rain. Anyway, the Germans are certainly denied the use of this important centre of communications.
*This morning the Acetralisus apparently captured Susanne and Cappy and approsebed within ten miles of Peronne. The Welsh troops who penetrated Mametz wood yesterday belonged to the same Division which took this place in a feros fight in Jay, 1916, while the capture of Miraumont redounds as a very fine feat to the credit · of the East Lancashires,
Touching enemy casualties, official figures show the terrible graelling to which the enemy has been subjected. Some battalions have been reduced to a hundred men and some even to fifty. The "old animosity between infantrymen and artillerymen brake out in the prisoners' cagen, where the infantry sensed the artillery prisoners of ignoring barrage signsia and charged them with withdrawing the guns to safe distance during the heat of the battle.
A meet stiring story reaches me of the splendid courage of the King's Company of Grenadier Guards. The latter were safering heavily from artillery fire when they were sitacked by masses of Germans, The Guards fixed bayonets and charged round the Germans, of whom seventy-one were klain;
More French Captures.
London, August 27,
A French communique stater :-On both sides of the Avre we carried out two local operations, enabling us to esplore Freenoy les Boye and St. Mard. Despite the lively resistance, we captured six hundred prisoners. In the Vosges, we repulsed several aterpted coup de ca
Franco-Canadian Amity.
London, August 28. Reater correspondent at the French Headquarters states that st a certain portion of the line, a Canadian Regiment, thirty per cant, of whom spoke French, were hard pressed by the enemy strongly posted in a wood. They appealed for suistance to a French Regiment on the dank, and the latter immediately attacked and tarned the position. The French shortly afterwarda were similarly held up and appealed to the Canadians, who also immediately attacked and saved the situation. The two Esgiments in the even- ing meened and bivonacked together.
Hindenburg Lino Threatened.
London, August 27,
Now that with the exception of fierce local reactions the Germans have spparently abandoned their efforts to hold up the Allice in open warfare, interest centres in the Hindenburg Line, in which the Germans still have the greatest hith, although it is already threatened at different points.
General Mangin, from the south, in hoed by formidable positions in the forest of St. Gobain, in front of Laon, but the country behind Chanlnes, Roye sad Nayon is likely to greatly embarrass the retreating Germans, while General von Boehm's Armies have to face the awful ordeal of the water-logged ground of the Somme, where every bridge is commanded by the Allice,
A notable feature of the developments is farnished by the growing number of German semi-official statemente, of which the barden is that “ the enemy having failed to achieve his objectives, we retired according to plan.”
THE MACEDONIAN FRONT.
London, August 26, unique: states There
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An Austrisa comuna que etter:-In Albania we recaptured
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ADVANCE IN FRANCE.
Another British Attack.
London, Aug. 26. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: Our troops at three this morning, attacked in the Scarpe sector. Good progross is reported. Op the southern battle-front-we slightly advanced our line astride the Somme and by a sc cessful operation carried out on Sunday progressed in the... direction of Maricourt, The enemy on Sunday evening launched strong counter-attacks southward and northward of Bapaume, and in the neighbourhood of Fancourt l'Abbaye and Favreuil. The attacks were repulsed Northward of Farrenil we met the enemy with the bayonet, inflicting heavy casualties and taking prisoners. Another counter-attack ister in the evening in the latter neighbourhood was unsuccessful Favreuil is in our hands and we progressed beyond the village. We improved our position south-eastward of Mary and westward of Croisilles, Heavy rain is now falling on the battle-front...
More Captures.
London, Aug. 26.
The British advanced two miles on a front of four miles in the Scarpe sector and are reported to have captured" Monthy-le-Preux, Guemappe and Wancourt.
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The New Linn.
Later,
Beuter leams that the line runs through the following, which are in our possession: Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt, western outskirts of Croisilles, St. Leger, Mory, Favredil, Butte-de-Warlegcourt, Eancourt l'Abbaye. We are fighting south and east of Martinpaich and west of Bazentin-le-Petit. We have captured Carncy.
Artillery Actions.
London, Aug, 27.
A French communique reports lively artillery actions during the night in the regions of Boye, Beauvrzigner and between the Ailette and Aisne. Enemy raids in the Vosges were resultless,
Bad Weather.
London, Aug. 26. Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters reports to-day: The pace of the advance on the Somme battle-front is slackening, owing to increasing resistance, especially to- wards Bapaume. Here and at other main points the enemy is now more heavily counter-attacking. Boisterous weather with heavy rainsqualls is also mitigating progress in country which so rapidly transforms into mand and pools.
New Zealanders, with tanks helping, had a stiff fight in clearing out the enemy from Loupart Wood, dominating Bapaims; but eventually they reached the crest, prisonering over four hundred. A most significant fact of the present
· disorganisation of the enemy is that there was practically no counter-attacking to-day, Stubborn resistance occurred at various points, but when this was broken it nowhere recurred with increase of strength.
German Anxiety.
London, Aug, 20.
Reuter's correspondent at American Headquarters, wit- ing on the 25th, says: The Germans are fighting desperately for possession of the important plateau north-west of Bois- sons and south of Ailette knowing that as soon as we obtain the plateau as far as the St Quentin road not only will their line on the right bank of the Veale be endangered,, but Chemin-des-Dames itself will risk being outflanked. Whils opposing a determined fank to the American Iront on the Yeslo they are speculating uneasily regarding the employ ment of the big American reserve which is piling up. The German papers show that they are troubled by the know- ledge that sooner or later somewhere or other they must face the attack of half a million of the best troops in the world, the young and virus American army Ludendorit knows that though his front for so many miles is retreating he has nát, yet had to meet the main blow which his slyses
to deliver when the wrong sketsi
Austrian Troops Helping Germany.
Paris, Aug. 25. A semi-official message states that Austro-Hungarian units have appeared south of Verdun, showing that Austria-Hungary is now lending Germany infantry as well sa artillery.
The British Casualties.!
London, Aug. 25..... It is reliably estimated that the casualties of the Britian Third and Fourth Armies between 21st and 25th August total 23,500.
Breaking the News.
Amsterdam, Aug. 26.
The von Stein interview cabled, yesterday is but one of series of apparently inspired articles in the German press recently, "breaking the news of the failure in the west to the German people and generally indicating that Germany must once morè remain on the defensive in the west while trying to consolidate her gains in the east. In the course of his interview von Stein referred to rumours being cir culated in Germany such as that after the Rheims offensive. important commanders fought duels or committed suicide, coupled with much talk of treachery and dosertions. He mentioned a leaflet circulated among German soldiers which was signed. "In the name of Americans of German origin, the Union of Friends of German Democracy, New York, March 1918," exhorting the soldiers to overthrow, the German Government and thus stone for its barbarism and
treachery,
Fighting for Germany's Life.
London, Aug. 26. The Koetische Volkszeitung" which is practically a semi-oficial newspaper, referring to the great battle, implores the German people not to despair. It is no longer a ques- tion of Belgium or Alsace Lorraine. We are fighting for Germany's life. Let us act like men."
Triumph in Sight.
Paris, Auge 26. Replying to congratulations on the Allied successed from the Presidents of the Departmental Councils General, M. Clemencean telegraphed "We still see only the first sheaves of the harvest of unimaginable rewards. Our triumph is in sight."
No Surrender.
Paris, Aug. 26.
A Havas correspondent on the British Front says":- General Byng's most important feat was the capture of Thiepral, which led to the taking of Miraumont When the first handful of British penetrated Miraumont the Germans "called vt* Surrender." The British replied "We don't
think" An airman dropped them a message as follows "Bold tight. We are coming to your rescue." A quarter of an hour later they were rescued and the Germans were captared
ECHO OF LUSITANIA" DISASTER.
New York, Ang. 26. Judge Mayer, of the Federal Admiralty Court, has de- cided that the Cunard Line is not liable for loss of life and property by the destruction of the Lusitanis His investiga tions during the twelve-month have conclusively proved that the 'Lusitania was never armed and was not carrying ex plosives. He paid a tribute to the conduct of Captain and crew throughout the disaster.
A ROYAL BETROTHAL
Amsterdam, Ang 26
An official message from Munich states that the King of Bavaria has announced the engagement of Crown Prince -Rupprecht and Princess Antoinette of Luxemburg.
PEACE BY VICTORY--
Springfield, Il-'Aug. 27, Colonel Boosevelt in a speech called for stern prosecu tion of the war and insistence on" peace by a complete: and overwhelming victory,.
RETURNED FROM ENGLAND.
--London, "Aug. 27 Beater's correspondent at an Atlantic port on the Amer ican side-telegraphs that Sir Robert Borden and party and also Mr. Hoover, have arrived.
DUTCH LEGGERS TORPEDOED.
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PROFITEERING IN SPICE.
London, Ang The Daily Chronicle" understands that profiteering spioca is engaging the attention of the Food Minist
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GOAL OF EDUCATION.
University and industry.
Mr. E. B. Cook of Bristol, in his presidential addrees at the annual meeting of the Asanoistinn of Education Committees of Eng- land and Wales, bald in Caston Hall, Westminator, recently, mid that the second Elanation Bill was undoubtedly battae than" the first, and the sasociation was to be congratulated on the part it had taken in bringing about the improvement. The position of Part 3 authorities in regard to soondary education was one which as educationiste they could not. tolerate. He suggested that tha Board of Education might call a joint conferenca of county and Part 3 authorities to find agreO- ment, and in discussion of the. subject the association would give - overy `nosistaroa,“
One of the greatest difficulties in our elementary education wan the provision of teachera.” A decline of 800 in the number of persona presenting themselves ss. intending teachers in 1918 se com- pared with 1916 was a serións state of things. Bubstantial in crease in salaries was an import ant factor in binging about an improved state of affairs, būt so far as mace moneymaking WW/ concerned teaching was and would remains poor business. There ought to be some compezestion for the financial incrificeatesobers were called upon to make, and the public and education com- mittees should be educated to give the teaching profession a higher social position than they now held, as was done with teachers "of religion, who were, fosucially, CTER WOTED Cff. To provide for requirements in the near future- relaxation of restrictions na: 46° qualificationa". would be inad- equate. Good natural taanhaza : requiring little or no training existed, but not in sufficient rom- bers, and possibly a small number of discharged sailors and saldisrá would be stailable.
Scholarships should be givan only sea mark of merit, and eelection should be absolutely im partial and unhampered by extraneous restziotions. He put in s ́strong ples for travelling scholarships." There was need for closer connection between the various parts of one educational machinery and especially was this the osse with the Universitām. These should be in fact, so they were in theory, the bead and ulá mate gösl. There must be s alosES connection between industry sULA University; the old exclusivenesa must be broken down. In eovary. University a body of wisntifia observers found i·experimentera should. be closely in touch with large employers. It ought to be quite se easy for a man to take a degree in commerce as în arts ca science, and a course of study in which modern languages should have a prominent place could be drawn up which would attract men destined for a business onroer." The presence in councils - and. usastes of a proportion of hard- beaded, non sentimental, businém men espable of looking at life from a standpoint other than that of the cloister or library would introduce a learen of everyday thought into Daiversity control- which in some instances was sadly lacking. (Hear, hear.)
A resolution was passed ing regret thai Olemas 10 of the. Bill, which made provision for the continuation of the edues-tian young parsons up to 18 years kg, --had been so materi weakened in Committee that value of the Bill was seriousl paired. The resolution
the Executive Committee to take any steps they mi
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