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September 3, 1918,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
HOW THE AUSTRALIANS CAPTURED PERONNE,
BRITISH SEIZE FURTHER IMPORTANT POINTS.
London, 8-ptember 1: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-The Australians have captured Peronne. After beating cffenemy counter-attacks at Mont St Quentin last evening, the Australians at 530 thia morning renewed their advance in conjunction with the English on their left. The Australiane scou stormed the German positions to the west and north of Peronne. They pressed on while fierce fighting continued among the rained streats sad buildings, and carried the eastern sabarbs. The Australiane hold Peronne, Flamisoart and St. Denis, and have progressed on the spars east and north-east of Moat St. Quentin.
On the Australians' left, Londonera "attacked south-east of Combles and took Bozohavesnes and Bencourt with the high ground overlooking them. They reached the wratern outskirts of St. Pierre Vaast Wood. Angio Avstralians overcame stiff opposition, caprared 2,000 prisoners and took a few guns.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
FARLIER TELEGRAMS.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
Yery. Bitter Fightlog.
BRITISH CAPTURE PERONNE,
London, Sept 1. Beuter learns that the British have captured Peronne, Morval and Bullecourt.
A wireless German evening message ŝtates: The enemy pressed us back in places between the Scarpe and the Somme.
A wireless German official message states: After foo tuating fighting the enemy recaptured Bullecourt und Eccust. Etward of Jurigny the enemy advanced as far BS Temyorny.
ITALIAN AERIAL ATTACKS,
London, Sept. 1. *An Italian official message states: Lowfliers bombed with accuracy important, railway establishments at Franzens- feste, while airships bombarded military works at Pola and the station and depots at Prymolano. We destroyed seven, aeroplaces.
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› THE SILVER MARKET.
London, "Ang, Jl. The silver market is quits.
EARL'S ESTATES REFUSED.
Legacy Declined By Lord Camperdown's Brother,
A clanas in the will of the Iste Earl of Camperdown, dated [Otober 9, 1916, which has been lodged in the Raginer House, Edinburgh, explains why his brother is not a beneficiary.
London, September 2 Writing on Sunday evening, Beater's correspondent at British Headquarters says:-Yesterday saw fighting on the front of the British Armies from north of Voormezeale to south of Peronne. On both flanks our troope advanced victoriously. In the centre they bitterly contested ite vast meshwork of defences goseding the Droooart line. The battle round Ballecourt, althtagħ resulting in the slightest territorial changes, has been particularly bitter. Early yesterday morning the attack here was resumed. station redoubt, which was previously taken and lost, was recaptured and Londoners advancing on a front of 2.500 yarda, supported by tanks, once more brilliantly emphasised long-accepted truth that as e soldiers the Cockney is second to nose in the world. The Germans clearly anticipated the attack, for at dawn they opened a very heavy barrage of considerable depth. On the right, another British division was fighting its way valiantly through the honey combed defences of Ecount and Longatts. Long after the assaulting waves had gained
The testator had desired and their objectives mopping up parties would unearth machine-gun
provided that his “ Zeur, brother,” borrows containing many dismounted troopers of the Fifteenth
the Hon. George Haldane Dodoan Dragoons, which were hurriedly thrown in to replace infantry. This US. WAR KNITTERS. will be needed to administer to of Boston, USA, should inherit is an indication of the serious abortage of German reserves.
Germany the only argument that the main part of his property, The story of the Australian success around Peronne in a
Prussian antcoracy recognises, but his brother had informed him splendid one. Between August 29 and 31 the troops covered Described as Wasters of Wool, that of euperior force. The wool that it was his final resolve not to miles on's front of three. The frontal crossing of the river was
to supply this deficiency muet | take any benefit under his will or abandoned owing to the strength of the enemy and the marahy
enme from Australia, New from the succession to the entailed That knitting woollen articles Zesland, South Afric, and estates. To that request he had ground. The Germans fully expected an attach apon Peronos from the river and all dispositions were made with a view to frontal by hand-power is wasteful, because Argentine. These facts make it reluctantly acceded resistance. A cleverly-executed tarning movement completely such articles des up wool needed plain that the wasting of wool
The earl directs his trustees to surprised the Germans and threw them into each confuman that elsewhere, lack darability, and means not only the loss of valuable make over the entailed of 1,300 attackers took prisoner 660. Dar ossasitice were amazingly mostly not needed in solual material, but what is even more Gleneagles, Perthshire, to James small, working cut at one-tenth of the number taken prisoner. The service, is maintained by Mr. important, the impairment of our B. C... Haldane of North policy of there incomparable fighters is 47 let the Boche dig trenches, Samuel S. Dale in a latter to the ability to transport men, mani- Ballachulish; to Joseph Murray, give him every opportunity, therefor and then to go and take Chronicle (Brookline, Mues, May tions, and war-sapplies to France estate agent, Dandee (if in the
18). We have not enough wool to aid our hard-pressed Allies. them in order to escure cover for themselves,
earl'a service at his death), the "3. There is no more wasteful whole of his lands and heritage German officere captured at Mont St. Quentin were most sulky.to make our soldiere the bare Daring August we captured 57,318 prisoners, of whom 1,283 They complained at the want of the Australians' sportamsnship in necessitise in the way of clothes ors of wool than that involved in Farfarshire, with the rents and In England, civilians are already in hand-raitting. Fifat, brosuse revenues of the entailed estate of were officers, and took 657 guns, including 150 of hesry oslibre, ereeping around the flanks.. 5,76) machine-guna and a thousand trench mortare. Other captures
The troops in the northern sectors are progressing rapidly required to wear mixed cotton the band knitter ass worsted Landie; and to Henry Arthur nclused shree, trains and nice locomotives, as well se numerous The sitastion in Flanders is absolutely kaledioscopic. The rearward kind of a rationing system" for special and expensive wool, spún perties in Warwickshire, Wor fabrics. We are facing acme yarn made of all new wool, Warriner, estate agent, his peo vonplete ammunition and engineer dampe containing many bandred movement of the Garmens continued on Sunday, being closely clothing, and every thousand rounds of gun and small arme ammnsition, and immense followed by harrassing seroplanes and infantry.
loyal by an expensive process, instead cestershire, Oxfordshire, and Home letters found on prisonere epsak of increasing war-American should be saving wool of lower priced mixtates of Gloucestershire. quantities of other waz material, We destroyed air hostile machines on August 31 and drove down complain bitterly at the transfer to the Western Front and stances, Mr. Dile thicke, the as secondly, because the garmente portraits of Admiral Viscount To the National Gallery, Edin Beporting on aviation, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says westiness. Drafte composed of former prisoners of war in fasis diligently as he is saving cheaper wool, oction, and shoddy.
wheat. Under these circom spun by a cheaper process; bargh, "are bequeathed the two al pare wool for band knitted can not be made uniform in size Danean by Sir Joshua Reynolde garments is an obvious wasta.or weight by hand-kaittere; and John Hoppner, E.A, si pre- We have already "wasted" in thirdly, because the yarn used by sent in Campe down House. The this way over twenty million hand-knitters is soft, fluffy, and legacies inolade £5,000 to Prin- pounds, and he crise agony, "For Goa's sake, wake up for the cradle sad not for the University College, Dander; out in lacking in durability, being suited cipsl "John Yale ́ ́Micksy, and stop this hand knitting." In trouches; fourthly, because of 1.000 esoh to his butler, George. editorial comment on Mr. Dale's the immeasurably greater H, Sprangle, bie ok and house- remarks, which are paralleled by economy of labour in power-knit-keeper, Alice H. Robinson. There cut the textile district, the with hand knitting. Compared servants. other letters in the preea through ting in a factory as compared are numerous legacies to other
that they on the basis of stitches alone,
We carried out anccessful minor operations at a number of points south of the Arrac-Cambrai Road. We have driven out the enemy from the ground at Morval and have captured Beaulencourt and the ridge east of Bancourt and Fremjoourt. We are pressing the enemy hard in Le Transloy and have completed the capture of Ballecourt and Handscourt lez Cagnicourt, taking prisoner hundrede The Canadiane repulsed a counter-attack against the new positions gained in the morning north of Hendecoart."
Progrees has continued in the Leze and Lys sectors. We have reached Doulieu le Verrier and Steenwerck and are engaging the enemy at Neuve Eglice and Walrerghem.
in these operations.
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thres uncontrollable. Seven British machines are missing. Aeroplanes dropped 12 tons of bombs daring the day-time. Night flying was jmpossible.
A Great Battle.
London, September 1
A Paris semi-official message says:The battle continue desperately, especially between the Scarpe and Bipeums and Noyon and Soimsons." "It is no longer a question of rearguard actions on the part of the enemy to delay the advance. A great battle is being fought with large quantities of artillery and effectives which are upsesaingly renewed".
Mount's Day."
Paris, September 1.
A Havas mecraze esya-Ye terday was "Mount's day." The "British re-coonpied Mount Kemmel on the France-Belgian frontier and captured Mount St. Quentin, thus encircling Peronne. The French strengthened their new positions north of Noyon and at Mount St. Simeon; and, owing to the ospture of Crouy, are established strongly on the top of Bill 132.
There was fierce fighting specially in the region of Noyon and Coacy, where General Hambert and General Margin widened their bridgeberde on the north canal of the Ailette end alza north-east of Soissons, where the Germans endeavoured to prevent the access of the Franco-Americans to the plateau. Whole German divisions brought back to the line were decimated and were powerless to check the Allies' advance.
Reducing German Battalions.
Londen, September 1. According to Heater's correspondent at French Headquatere, capinred documents show that the German High Command on July 1, owing to CaPasities in the March and May cffensives, reduced the battalion strength to 880, bat before the end of July General Ludendorf wanted a further reduction to 650, or, alternatively, the making of battalions of three instead of four companies. All the prisoners spesk with evident sincerity of the terrible losses of their units, especially in the recent battles,
Another Point Captured,
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Americans la Flanders,
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London, September 2. Reater's correspondent at Bitish Headquarters reporte American infantry are now operating in conjunction with the British in Flanders. The Americana carried Voormezsele and several strong positions between there and Tpres.
General Debeney Advancing.
London, September 2. Reater's correspondent at the French Headquarters says General Debeney has crossed the canal near Qaiqnery, a mile eat Chronicle admite of Nesle, and is advancing towarde Hit 77, the domination of Neste deserve barring our advance in this region. Our advanced poste are within Perhaps. Mr. Dale is right, says bly superior quality and condit a mile of Bodchy le Chateau.
ANGLO-ITALIAN AIR RAIDS. :
Good Results Obtained.
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London, September
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the editor, when he argas that ion of the mechine made product, Brookline women should drop one knitter in the mill does in s their knitting, "But the chances minute the work of 7,500 hand- are that they will continue to knitters, and farther more does knit." It may be noted in addition what the hand-kaitter cannot do, that the primary obj etion is not keeps it up for ten hours a day. to kuitting, but to the age of wool.
argument:
DON'T FORGET.
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4. The facts stated above are conference in New York the- Ad Italian naval communique says:-Squadrons of seaplanes why not knit with cotton yare? knitting, but there is still another notified the worsted vatn spinnera The question might be asked. en agh to show the folly of hand-representative of the Government dropped 25 tons of explosives on the arsenal at Puls, causing very To quote and condense Mr. Dale's count in the indictment. Accord that 85 per cent. of their machi serious explosions and fires. It is believed that depots of naphtha for submarines were damaged.
ing to the testimony of Major nery would be required for British machines bombed campe and magazines at San bat that those engaged in promat Army, nearly all of the articles more yarn would be supplied to "There is no doubt whatever MS. Boehm, of the Canadian government work, and that no Giovanni di Midas and Bagues, greatly damaging the station; ing hand-knitting are actasted knit by hand are not needed by the Red Cross.
Size-August 25, large-equadrons of seaplanes have un-Ever, they were better informed sold us he had never seen a coldier of cotton, shoddy, and wool railway and bridge.
by the best of motives. If, how soldiers in sotive servics. Be “We are facing standard fabrics interruptedly attacked Dazzzza and dropped 3 tons of explosives, regarding hand knitting they in sctive service wearing a sweater mixturee for civilian wear, a policy causing fires in magazines, on military works and near the quarters would immediately abandon this and had not been able to find already in fosse in England. We of the Austrian Command. directly hit, one of which was set on fire and others damaged, as eaprces at a time when it is of a swester, that no soldier would has come when old clothes on the Another message says that at Dazazz? two steamera were serious waste of the country's resoldier in active service wearing clothing the people. The time line of work, for it means soldier who had ever seen a are facing a rationing system for also were the quays. All the raids took place in daylight and only vital importance that our
one machine is missing.
FRANCE'S FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
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re wear a knit abdominal band, back of a man or women are a sources should be used with the which would be a nest for vermin; badge of honor. The rich should London, September 2.
highest possible degree of effici that the only nɛe in the Army he be the first to set the example, A French cominanique says :-There is artillery activity in the
enoy, in order to defend our had ever resa a knit wristlet pat Every loyal Ameries should region of the Somme and the Canal da Nord. We gained a footing
nation and civilisation itself to was to draw it over a rifle to be eager to adopt drastic methods in the woods west of Conchyle Chateua and captured Crecy-au-
against the sessult of the ruthless keep the dirt out of the for eaving wool, methods that Mont. During daylight our bembers, dying at low altitude, dropped
military satcerasy of Germany working parts, that an old reg were enforced from the very 23 tons of bomba on enemy concentrations and convoye.
The reasons why every stitch would serve the purpose much beginning of the war by A Havne message are: The Germans have bossted sometimes taken in the hand knitting of better, and that the English and the German Government, which Avistors naed several tens of thousands of cartridges against the that they would rain France completely by means of war. The wool articles of all kinde is Fasch helmets made of cloth are according to reliable reporte, had
Huge French Captures.
Germans.
London, September 2,
Our
Some Illuminating Figures.
Paris, September 1.
few following figures may be of interest: From 1,058 millions in stitch too many are involved in far superior to the knit articler. 50,000,000 complete uniforms in 1873 the income from stocks held by the French bad increased to the technical conditions of wool Stockings were the only hand- storage when it committed the A Parie oficia! mecsege save:-Since July 18 the French have 3,401 millions in. 1913. Foreign stocks are included in the set manufacturing, although there is Kait goods, Major Behm said, crime of the ages by starting this figure for 827 millions. The above shows that, independent of other no reason why any intelligent which were of any pae to a soldier, war for conquest For God's -osptured 75,000 prisoners and 700 gane.
riches, France has a considerable reserve, allowing her, despite perros ebold, not anderstand and the reasons I have given for sake, burry up. Yes, and for German hopes, to be fully confident in the country's financial them. Bri fly they are as follows: not knitting by hand apply to God's sake, wake up sad step this future.
A German Report.
London, September 2.5
A German cfficial wireless message saya :-The enemy north of Hendecoart, siter gaining ground in the direction of Legnicourt, was driven back to Hendeccart.. ---
We repulsed so attack south east of Bapaume, mainly directed
against Villeresneniors.
SPAIN SEIZES A GERMAN STEAMER,-
Paris, September 19
***1. Wool clothing in me stockings so well en to sweaters hand knitting by which at least essential for successful military and other articles Enit by hand 20,000,000 pounds of scoured operations sa rifles, artillery, and from weal, not only for the Army, wool has already been wasted at s munitions, it being estimated bat for civilisa use. ..
time when the Buns are at one that seventy pounds of scoured Those statements of the truth gates, le
Me, Dale's article will
ont: what is to be
A message from Madrid eye the Spanish Government has con. Wool per year will be required about bend-kuist We pulled up the enemy on the line, from Bailly and St. Pierre fucated a German steamer as compensation for the low of the for each man in sctive service, or Vaast Wood and eastward of Bouchsvesnes and Mont St. Qzontin. Atazmendi, cabled on the 1st inet.
350,0 The memy ocanpied Poronne,
More British Captures.
London, Beptember zuze Sir Dongles Haig, Bonannoss the esplans of Hitel Biancourt: les: Lagnicourt and Neuve
1,000,000 pounds for an army
of 5,000,000 men
M. LENIN DEAD:
Copenhagen
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mage from Petrograd naye M. Lenina, kas sanc