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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ALLIES STILL SWEEPING FORWARD.-
·GERMANS SHIFT THEIR MAIN, HEADQUARTERS.
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WILL THEY EVACUATE FRANCE AS A PEACE offer?
Paris, September 3
A Havas message Ray-The fierce fighting of the last few days, which has produced a fins British sngress, osnnot fail, owing to the Efforts of the troops of Generals Debeney. Humbert and Mangin, to have most important consequences. It is likely that when General Ludendorf, after the severe blows enstained, 're enters the shelter of the Hindenburg Line, be will have to bring the whole German Army into line to hold out temporarily. The foe will be powerless to resist the fresh American Armies, supplied with new material, This is probably now realised by the German High Command, who sees bis effectivea vanishing and his best defences broken into. After contion one defeste, scores of deertions are counted daily, while the authority of General Ladendo:ff is weakening and passing into the Army Commandere' hands all along the immense front from Nieuport to the Soissionnais region, where the Imperial Crown Prinos certainly feels already the threst on his right flick.
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The Edemy Weakening.
London, September 3
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THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
1918.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH AIR RAIDS,"
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ALLIES STILL SWEEPING FORWARD.
The New, British Linë.
London, September 3. Realer learns that we have captured Etaing, whebes our line i to a kilometre anet of Dary and thence to the westery on takirt Baier, which is held. to the east of Pronville, west of urgen esst of Daignee. A substantial advance was made equili We have captured Le Mesnil, Etricourt and Tenanoon
front of six miles since the morning. the line of Tortille River being an advance of a further
Nomeroas free were observed eastward of Bas and Bertincourt, There are also signs of enemy ersonations in the area south of the Sensee River to west of the Canal du Nord.
We have captured Yiree, four miles east of Le Trusloy, and progressed beyond.
South of the Lys we have reached the southern outskirts of Sailly-sur Lys and advanced along the Bataires La Basses Road so fases Neave Chapelle, of which we hold the catskirts. · · We have captared Richebourg 8t. Fast. There is evidence of a further retreat astride the Cambrai Bapaume Road.
Rapkilty of Advanced Surprises the Enemy.
Further Fruitful Attacks.
-London, September 3,
The Air Minisizy reports --In addition to the morning, attack on serodroms at Bubl on the 2nd inat; we attacked in the afternoon
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TELEGRAMES
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FRENCH CONSULAR
CHANGE.
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flameel the Zadinak balapan dgn Shunghai, now in charge guin heavily WG625 Baht Aerodrone and more sousulate General in railways at Saarbrucken and Ebrange, traing sad Boulay been appointed Minister" droma“ Saveral fires were started at Bahl and three hangar
Bangkot demolished. Direct hits were obtained go many others. Our attack was estried out se low as three hundred feet. Over fifteen, tons ware dropped on this serodrome in twenty-four hours. Westfacked Ehrange railways from a height of ninety fest, every bomb directly hitting. Fires were started et Barbach works and good barsts were observed. All the British machines returned.
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR IN RUSSIA,
Red Quards Selze British Embassy..
Amsterdam, eplember 3. The Pranda says that in connection with the newsssication of London, September 3. M. Drilsky, Commisary of Home Affaire, numerous houses were Writing on Tuesday evening, Renter's correspondent at British pearched in Petrograd, including the British Embassy. An exchange Headquarters says:—The surprise occssioned by the rapidity of our of shots occurred as the Embassy, a member of the Bolshevik Com- advance seems to have been complete. Many free are springing up in mison of Enquiry being killed and two O mmigrarios wounded. many pisose far back. The Germans have dammed the Sourpe and the Ons Rafisher, not identifed, was killed at the Embassy and severni. water has spread over a considerable area, but has not faterfered with persons were arrested. The Red Goards occupied the building and our progress. We struck the enemy in a new place northwarda, seised arms and important documente. where car troops stormed and captured Biohsbourg St. Vaist. The weather continues to be ideal for field warfare.
Less Not Occupied.
London, September 4,
Writing on Today morning, Better'a correspondent at British Headquarters says:—To what straits the enemy is reduced may be judged by the Second Guards Reserve Division, which was thrown in dating the fighting and had alrasdy suffered so heavily that its fighting strength was barely one thousand men, ore Battalion sousisting of a single, cfficer and thirty-five of other ranks. The prisoners are dejected bat bitternes sad arrogancs are simost entirely absent. The German fighting seroplanes ste almost The British have captured Etsing and resobed Eorert, St. wholly devoting themselves to anti-tank work, particularly at night-Quentin, representing on advance of over a mile sïtos izst night, time, when they constantly cut off their engines in order to detect the grinding of tracions, after which they drop brilliant parachute lights to see where to bomb. The weather is cloudy and windy but not unfavourable to campaigning,
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More German Admissions.
London, September 3. “A German official wireless message says:—The English south- saat of Arms, by saperior forces, pressed as back on both sides of the Arras-Cambrai high road. The French west and south of
We have also occupied. Ramancourt and the west bank of the Canal de Nord as far as north of Bains les 8t. Marquis and also bold Insby-en-Artois, Dernicourt and Harmies, where our line runs west of Baysalcourt and Yires. South of Ytres we hold the we t bank of the Canal du Nord, which we crossed at the village of Hautallsiner, two miles north of Peronna. The report of the occupation of Lensia premature.
Germaö Headquarters Transferred.,
The Hagus, Sep
Coney le Chateau slighty pressed as back from the Ailette. Strong been transferred from Spa to Vereiers, in the Province of Lisge.
Les Nouvelles states that the German Main Headquarters have repeated enamy 'attacks betworn the dilette and the Aisne failed:
British Still Advancing.
London, September 3.
Enemy Destroying Stores.
London, September 4. Field Marshal Sir Dongles Esig reports:-After the heavy evening, esys The enemy is desperately resisting between the Reater's correspondent at French Headquarters, writing in the defeat inflicted on the enemy on the 2nd inst, our progress between Somme and the Aisne. We are extending par positions north-east Peronne and the Sonses was continued. We reached the general of Novor. line of Ypres, Basumeix les Cambrai, Biralle, Ramancourt and Le
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Violent fires are reported in the Vesle region, especially st Cluse. Ws osptured or drove back with loas hostile rearguards Mentival and Barbonril. The enemy is apparently destroying which resisted our advance. Our artillery inflicted heavy casualties atores prior to a withdrawal. Numerous convoys are reported to be on the retreating enemy.
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Our batteries over open eights successfully engaged large moving northwerde. numbers of the enemy retiring in close formation over a ridge north-west of Equanocart. In his" hurried retrast the enemy left quantities of stores and material...
Southward of the Lys, the English captured Biobebourg and St. Vaast and established themselves on the line of the La Bassee Boad between Richebourge and Estaires. We captured Eataires and also a rumber of prisoners and a few guns,
We advanced slightly, on the western outskirts of Lens and eastward and northward of Givenchy les Ls Bsasee. We also progressed north-eastward of Steenwerck and entered Walverghem. British Still Going Forward.
London, September 4, Field Marebel Sir Douglas Haig etatea:-Minor actions are reported from different localities. We have resched the east side of Vaur Woods, worthward of Moiɛlains and slightly advanced at other points.
We bave generelly reached the line of the Canal da Nord and occupied Ecourt 8t. Quentin, northward of the Arras Cambrai Road, We have progressed Betride the Lye, we are approaching Neuve Chapelle, and Ly Teatie and have gained possession of Sailly- sur-Lye, Nieppe and Le Romarin.
"In the Last Lap."
- Paris, September 4. A semi-cfficial message says:-The hour seems close at hand when the superb efforts of the Allies will begin to bear fruit. Ons of our great Chiefs mid yesterday" We are in the last lap and close to the winning post,"
The German Way of Reporting & Retreat.
London, September 3, The German evening cfficial wireless message says: Between the Scarpe and the Somme movements which we commenced on the night of September 2, were completed in accordance with plans.
The French Advance,
London, September 4.
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Another Important Advance.
London, September 3.
Writing in the afternoon, Beater'a correspondent at the French Headquarters says-General Mangin'e attack on the plateaux between the Ailette and the Aisne yesterday afternoon resulted in another important advance,
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On the left opposite Guny, we have a bridgehead across the Ailette and French troops occupied the wood west of Oanay la Chateau and also established a footing in a little wood south east of Moal in de Nogent, eo we are now barely a mile from Concy.
On the main platesu, Ternysorny, which resisted several attacks, was taken and a footing obtained on the plateaux porth-east of Grouy. North-east of Croay we are on the edge of the second plateau Boross the Margival Valley through which the Soissons-Laon Railway
taken during the day. dag. Over twelve hundred prisoners were
THE SALONIKA FRONT.
British Ropel Enemy Attacks: mak
London, September 4:
A British message from Salonika saya-The enemy on the morning of the 2nd inst. attsoked the positions westward of the Varder which we captured on the 1st. On the right the enemy failed to reach our line and we drove him back on the left by s successful counter-attack. We took prisoner 68 men on Sunday and Monday:
Enemy Works Attacked.
* London, September 4.
A French Eastern commanique esys:The British west of the Verder attacked a series of enemy works in the direoption of Als- chakmable, taking 50 prisoners and maintaining congasred ground despite Balgarian counter-attack, which were repulsed with heavy enemy losses.
POST-WAR POLICY.
German Ironmasters' ViewsG
A French communique state :-Our infantry crossed the Bomme
Amsterdam, September 4. opposite Epenascourt and farther south the Franch grined a footing A meeting of German ateel ironmasters in Berlin diconssed at Gentry, esat of the Canal du Nord, spturing two hundred post-war policy and depreasted & Central European Customs Union prisoners.
se calculated to aggravate the difficulty of obtaining extra-Baropena
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East of Noyon we freshly progressed and resched the ontskirte raw materiale. Salency Artillerying cantinars to be heavy in this region.
Between the Ailette and the Aisas yesterday we captured twelve
hundred prisonera.”
Avistors are most active in co-operating with the artillery, destroying centres of resistance, Nineteen enemy seroplanes and
HONOURING THE MERCANTILE. MARİNE,
Londor, September 4.
His Majesty the King has approved of a special medal for wIT vices rendered by the Mercantile Marine and also a special
ains balloons were brought to the grass and tons of bomba were uniform for zemen. dropped in back areas and osmpe machine graned,
Will France be Evacuated ?
London, September,
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AMERICA RECOGNISES CZECHO-SLOVAKS,...
Washington, Septe
*The United States has recognised the Carcho Slovak
EARLIER
TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED VICTORIES,
Germans Heavily Defanted.
London, Sept 3. Field Marsal Bir Douglas Haig reports: Monday's operations southward of the Scarpe were completely mis- osssful The enemy was heavily defested in prepared de fences on the Drocourt Queant system with the result, that he is retiring this morning along practickily the whale battle-front. In Monday's battle, besides basicting" heavy. lossen, we prisonerd about ten thound, her troops kom and-Bertincourt, The Canadians Khowed" fortresses and courage on Monday in storming the Brocourt Queant lines which had been perfected daring the past eighteen months and provided s most formidable obstacle furnished with every device of modern engineering. The defences here were reinforced to such a degree that on a front of eight thousand yards eleven German divisions were identi- Sed. Undeterred by the strength of the defensive organisa tion the Canadians, assisted admirably by English troops on toir left, carried all before them. Southward of the Cassian Corps, English, Scottish and Naval troops of toe Seventeenth Corps, under command of Lieut. General Sir Charles Fergusson, performed no less a gallant and ardous task in storming the junction of the Drocourt-Quesnt- and Hindenburg systems. These were of the most formidable character, but our troops swept over and around them en- circling Queant from the porth with the result that this important pivot fell into our hands at nightfall The Tank Corps again assisted materially in the success of the opera itions.
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The British Advance. "
London, Sept 3...
The British this morning advanced to a maximum depth of four miles on a front of twenty miles. They occupied Queant and reached west of Buissy. They occupied Fron- ville, whence the line runs west of Boursies, through Doign- ies, which the British hold, then through Bertincourt and Rocquigny.. The Germans are apparently retiring to a new switch-lime six miles behind the present one. The British occupied Walverghem in Flanders. They found Lens 978- cuated by the Germans. It is confirmed that at least ten thousand were prisonered yesterday, but many are not yet counted.
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Contrary to expectation the enemy is not reacting heavi- ly with a view to re-capturing the Drocourt-Queant line, The new switch-line runs from Brebiere southward to Moeuvres joining the Hindenburg line in the neighbourhood of Graincourt. This line is nothing like as strong as the Dro- court-Queant line. It is too close to Cambrai and Donsi to be comfortable for the Germans. It is doubtful if the -Germans will be able to use those towns 'extensively for
transport purposes...
A Most Memorable Victory.
London, Sept. 2. In the evening Renter's correspondent at Headquarters telegraphs: The British attack this morning was conducted. by General Horne's and General Byng's armies or a front from south of the Scarpe to nearly as far as Queant. This is one of the greatest battles and there is every reason to -hope it will prove to be one of the most memorable victories of the war. The attack was launched at 5.40 after a short, but intense bombardment which was effectual in cutting the wire and by 720 our troops had broken apparently right through the famous Drocourt-Queant switch-line, with its fortified system two thousand yards deep. We smashed through nearly everywhere along the front of the attack. Two hours later it was rumoured that groups of our moter machine gunnets were soon upon the bank of the Nord CanaÏ which is nearly five miles eastward of the nearest point of the witch-line,These, of course were only highly mobile patrols pushing out to try to seize bridgeheads and destroy communications, but if they got so far it proves the so- cess of the opening attack. Our success may be summed up by saying we have struck the enemy one of the most smash- ing and strategically serions blows yet received in any one day's fighting The enemy made and is still making every effort to check our advanon The Germans bad eight divi- ́siona standing in readiness to meet the blow. The GermaË prisoners number thonsanda and are coming in in showls, in- cinding a staff officer and several baitanon, commander Ajë are now not only, working behind the Hindenburg.
but have gained
thereof. The battle is still in terrific or
ON THE MANCHURIAN BORDER.
China and the Japanese st Manchül
The Peking correspondent of this N. G. Daẩy Nzwa writing on Aug. 17, uzys
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of conflicting reports in the pronganosments of the Government fasued two ing the need for
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that the advent of JapaLORE soldiers in any part of China should be a prelude to the ex pression of previously unrevealed pride on the part of people who sedulously attend to their ow business sad are not given to meddling.
However, the fact remains that the Japanese Government, pré- sumably invoking the recently signed Sino-Japaness Convention, has despatched troops to Man- chali: Doubtless.they were well informed of the actual con- ditions prevailing and realised the need for immediate sation. In théos circumstances, Japanese intervention may well. be justified.
On the other hand, the Chinese assert that there has been no in Tasion of their territory and that the alleged danger sxists only in Japiness minda Batthisertion may be doubted, if not challeng- ed. Simionov's defeat thre weeks ago was reported to have been brought about by a turning movement exconted unmolestedly by. the enemy in Chinees terri toty. Moreover, other reporta reler to panis in Manghali and people fleeing to Harbin, Sa that there seems to have been Lan urgent need for militery in- tervention which would prevent the enemy forces on the frontier profiting by the weeknem of tha Chinese, Criticism has been call- ed forth by the reported attempt of the Japanese to control the operations of the Chinese Eastern Railway. That line is already under efficient friendly control, and doubtlers, the Japanese will be ready to 800 TBS300 sud- abandon a claim which can hard-
be supported even on the grounds of military sce always supposing the report
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