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五拜边袋十二月九英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
THE SALONICA OFFENSIVE.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH ATTACK ON SIXTEEN-MILE FRONT.
BACK ON THE OLD MARCH LINE.
OVER SIX THOUSAND PRISONERS CAPTURED.
London, September 18.
On a front of ten miles, between Gouseaucourt and Holton, the old Maroh line is now in the hands of the British.
We have reached a line running westward of Gses sucourt and Villers Guislain and eastwards of L'Empire, Borgicourt, Villeret, Verguiar, Barthaucourt, Fresnoy and Holnon.
The First Great"Alm.
Paris, September 18. The military expart of the newspaper Bornament foreshadows developments in the immediate future. He says henceforth the struggle will continus antaterraptedly. Several sectors are equipped for an offensive, giving Marshal Fook a variety of choice. The first great aim is the smashing of the binge of the Hindenburg Line behind the St. Coentip Laco Line, causing the obliteration of the huge salient from Flanders to the Argonne.
A Fine British Fest.
London, September 18. Writing this evening, Beater's correspondent at British Head- quarters says: In today's fighting near St. Quentin the enemy fought doggedly, evidently with a clear conception of the great strategio importance of the ground. The weather helped in some messure by decreasing observation in the early stages, so that we were acossionally almost on top of the enemy before being observed. On the other hand, rain rendered the ground mushy, and it was difficult going in the gullies. The tsaka contributed to our progress. The Germans assembled considerable artillery along the front of attack, backed by long-range gune firing from well behind the Hindenburg Line, although the latter had to restrict their shooting to the comparatively few targets previously registered and did nos seriously osase any obstacles to our advance.
The German Alpine Corps carried the brunt of the resistance, putting up a stoat struggle around the key position of Epehy. The moral of some of the other enemy divisions is poor, and although the machine-gunners generally stick to their guns until the last, the infantry shows a readiness to surrender.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH ATTACK ON SIXTEEN-MILE FRONT.
-A Magnificent Advance Registered.
How to London, September 18...
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Balkans the Allies have advanced sun miles on a front of twenty and have resobed the Gorna River. They bave captured over filty guns......... The Allied losses are alight. "The Bolgare-fought- stubbornly on the 15th inak. Thereafter, without trenches, thair opposition was weak.
A Fifteen-Mile Penetration.
· Landon, September 19.
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DEATH OF VISCOUNT MOTOND.
"Japan's Foreign Minister.
shington, Bept, 18.
A message from Tokyo repo the death of the Japanese Forega Minister, Viscount Motino
Viscount Llamada formerly
f-1876 transferred to the translator in the Foreign Offies, then he became a Councillor and
Remarkable Features of British Advance,
London, September 19. Correspondents in Francs emphasise the stiffening of the sney resistance, making yesterday's British advance all the more remarkable. German gun-power is unusually strong. The long-range barrage across wide extent of country. Hence for the Erst time for and high velocity guns employed draw a line of fire almoet eemal to s
A French Eastern communique states Despite important plinters and not machine-gun bullets. This more intensive Allied offensive continued accostaly on the 17th inst. All the day's long period, most of the British casualties are from shell reinforcemente hastily brought up and desperate defence, the artillerying gives an index of the strenght of the British effort objectives were reached. Attacks developed on a front of thirty-five Secretaryship of the Legation wat necessary to clear the ridges with numerous fortified villagee kilometres reached a maximum depth of fifteen. The Serbians, 00 Petrograd, in 1809 he was lying immediately in front of the main Hindenburg Line, into operating with French and Hellenic detachments, after a severe appointed Minister Boridentat which the Germans are being pushed by the irresistible British struggle captured the villages of Zovik and Stravins and the Brussels and in 1901 Minister at height at Polshitchs and Bechiesto, northward of the river Parie. He was a junior delegate An important festure of the "advanes is that the British have Grodeais. not merely passed their old line of March 21, bat have attained their The village of Gradenitsa was captured, despite a fierce defence at the Hague in 1889, and of Japan is the Peace Conferenos greatest success near Bellicourt, where the St Quentin Cansi, which In the centre, the Allies progressed on a crest rising from Ambassador at Petrograd from is practically an integral part of the Hindenburg Lins, runs for Kesse north-westward and gained a footing in the heights at 1986 to 1916, when he was made three or four miles underground. This tunnel begins near Bellicourt Knobkowiemens. Over fifty guns, including twenty of basry Foreign Minister and raised to s and ends near the villages of Catelet and L'Empire. The heights calibre and very great booty were captured. The number of prisoners Viscountoy. He was born in commanding the tonnel are now largely in British hende, and the is incessantly growing." Germans at this point cannot hope to oppose the advance of the The Allies have gained complete air tanks by fooding the country.
participating most sotively in all directions.
pressure.
Substantial French Progress.
London, September 19.
The Advance Contingemssy, the sirmón
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THE SILVER MARKET.
London, Sept. 17.
Paris, September 19. News from Salonion shows that ensmy counter-attacks in the A French comunique states:-Daring the day our troops, Komisks region, wherein Germans co-operated, were repulsed. The The silver market in steady. operating in conjunction with the British Army, progressed in the Allies are continuing to advance along the whole front. The region west of St, Questin.
villages of Gradasmiize and Stravins have been captured. The. enemy continues to abandon enormous isterial.
Fatare Possibilities.
Between Holnon and Ewiguy le Grand, on a front of ten kilometres, notwithstanding desperate resistance, we advanced pur lines to an average depth of two kilometres and resched the western
Faria, September 19, outskirts of Francilly and Silency. We captured Savy Wood and Press military experts, anslysing the Macedonian offensive, Fontaine les Clerce. Farther south, we hold the southern catkirts opine that the entire massif eastwards of the Cerna bend will soon of Contescourt and have approached Essigny le Grond. We tock bs cleared up, enabling developments northwarde of Monastir. several hundred prisoners.
Prilep, Veles and Istip, where the Balgoriaas considered they were meaters for evermore, should shortly be threatened.
North of the Aisne, we continued to progress weet of Jouy The enemy delivered strong counter-attacks on the platesu asst of Allement, but opz ccanter-attack drove back the enemy and resulted in fresh gains of ground and 130 prisoners,
French Nearing St. Quentia.
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London, September 19.
"THE AUSTRIAN PEACE MOVE, The Australians made good progress on the right, capturing
Mr. Hughes's Stirring Reply. Ascension Farm, which is a strong redoubt north of Fresnoy, and
London, September 18 Villeret, upon aepur dominating the 8t. Quentin Canal. The general
Speaking at a luncheon at the Savey Hotel to Atso Press impression is that it has been a good day for the Allies. The one
Writing last evening, Reuter's correspondent at French Head- delegates. Kr. Hughes, referring to the Auftrian pesce proposal, apat at which comparatively little program was made is around the point of the Franco-British lisisor, but our gana are coming more quartera aaye General Dabeney's Army continues to advance in said the enemy, beaten on the battlefield, now rought to sasto and more into action in this section, taking a heavy toll of the the direction of St. Quentin in conjunction with the British to the victory by camouflage. Mr. Balfour's reply certainly spoke for the ocnoentrated infantry. The ground everywhere is well adapted for north. It was resisted most vigorously by the Germana a few Australians-Cheers). President Wilson's reply was a most swift hundred yards in front of the Blindenburg Line which runs west of and macet auerring blow at a weak joint in the enemies' armour. the town whose rabarbs form part of its defences, Groape of The snemy's peace bait had failed. The enemy would bait their infantry, lavishly supplied with machine guns, are dotted about hooks again, canningly, a thousand times more if necessary, but the everywhere, endeavouring to bold up the advance, but vainly, for only pesos which would be permitted must be a perce, dictated the French by alternating.rasbes with infiltration tactics are steadily perhaps in Potsdam, which would ensure that the military power of progressing and are now only two miles from St. Qdentin suburbe, Germany was for ever broker-Cheste).- They are already holding some of their old trenches on a wide stretch of front.
The Enemy Withdrawal.
defence.
We gained some most important points of observation and achieved results of high volae. Considering the density of the elastic systera of defences, the advance was a very fae fent. A notable feature is the stiffer resistance which the enemy is offaring. He has apparently strengthened his position with fresh reseryes.
The latest news suggests a steadily improving situation.
Three Thousand Prisoners.
London, September 18. Heater learns that this morning'e British attack was on a front of fifteen miles. We penetrated to an average depth of three miles, took 3,000 prisoners and captured some gane. It was an attack with limited objective to pierce the old March line. The enemy fought well.
́Over 6,000 Prisoners.
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London, September 18, Reuter's correspondent at American Headquarters, writing isat evening, says: On the line in the St. Hihiel sector to Bravaux, Manheulles, Pintheville, St. Hilaire, Dancourt, Woel," Haumont and between Jaaloy and Bembercourt, just north of Vandieres, south): of Sampey to the old line east of Pont-s-Moussor, the enemy has London, September 19.
been continuing his general withdrawala towarda the position which Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-Troops belonging now constitutes his line on car front. West of Bouleauvre Farm, he to the Third and Fourth British Armies attacked with complete has been shelling the quarries we captured at Norroy success at 5 20 this morning on a front of about sixteen miles,
The enemy continues to be active aerially and he dropped bombe between Hoison and Goosesuocart. Dar iroopa on the whole of during the night of the 11th inst. on Pont-1-MousFOR. this front, advancing in heavy storms of rain, osrried the enemy's The prisoners are well fed, clothed and equipped, but of bad positions by assault, swept over the old British trench systems of moral and inferior in type compared with thoas captured six months Marcb, 1918, and reached and captured the outer delences of the ago. Hindenburg Line in wide sectors.
Significant Movements.
English and Scottish troops on the right captured Fresnoy le
London, September 18.
"The Mau la White House.""
CRIMINAL SESSIONS..
Another Kidnapping Cassi
The Criminal Sessions" were resumed, at the Supreme Court |to-day-
Before the Chief Justics, Tang Hung-obi was indicted on a chargs of kidnapping on August 17, on the British ateamer Kioshan, Tam Ngan-sesi, a bey five years of age. Prisorer pleaded not guilty. The following jary was em- panelled-Mesera. E. R. Ray- mond, G. M. Xavier. L. F Ribeira, L A Rose, 8 Biker, O.. L. Da Regiaad P. A Cadario.
prosecuted sod, in outlining the
The Bon. Attorney · Gsceral
fact", eaid the oere was a simple. |ous but an interesting legal point · Amsterdam, September 19. was raired because, though the Commenting on President Wilson's reply to the Austrian peace cffezo was committed in Canton, Note, the Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung state:This gold, prisoner detained the child aboard chilling ecoro, this cool rejection, has a more shattering-effect thens British steamer. The child wes all the semi-cficial phrases that the man in White House could have stolen in Canton, but the case need.
FUTURE PEACE MOVES.
The Need for Allied Diplomatic Udlly.
London, September 19.
came within the jurisdiction of. this Court. Before another Ast was passed in 1849, giving jarit- diction to Courts on land, a case of this sort would have been desit with by the Lord High Admiral. The Times says there is mach cariosity in diplomatic circles The child's mother had formerly as regards the channel through which the German peace offer was lived in the ountry, but her houss conveyed to Belgium. This and the failure of the Austro-German had collapsed "and she went fo peace offensiva, has revived among Allied diplomatists the question live in Canton. On the date in whether the Allied Governments should not establish the same question the child went out and unity of diplomatic control, similar to the Military unity already did not return. Subsequent schieved. It in urged that the late pessa cffensive is probably a events showed that s watchman preliminary manoeuvre and may loon be followed by cffensives on board the se. Kinshan BAW (IN
prisoner," Drying. The reply, though opinions differ on this point, it is suggested that watchman seked prisoner what certain diplomatic Vareilles may be indispensable to meet future was the matter and who she child emergencies with absolute ananimity. Its establishment pre- was and prisoner replied that Ee supposes the drafting of a definite Allied peace policy ass mais of was his brother. He even went diplomacy,"
, and it is argued that no time should be lost by the further sad said the child was his Allied Governments in giving this matter their earnest blood brother. The watouman consideration.
"Petit, Berthancourt and Patru, meeting and overcoming strong Reater's correspondent at American Headquarters, writing at more precise and lees easy to meet. Even if the Allies decide that child sitting on a heap of cargo,
resistance, particularly on the extreme right.
On the right centre, two Australian Divisions captured Le 5 p.m. on the 18th inst, states:-Patrols report that the enemy is the Austro-Hungarian Note does not require a concerted Allied with Vergaier, Villaret and Hargicourt. Pushing forward with great mining Haumont, suggesting an intention to leave, but he is determination, they established themselves in the old German strengthening dag-outs at strong points along the Hindenburg Line. advanced positions westward and south-westward of Bellicourt, Hach movement of men and wagons is noted in the vicinity of Mars la Tour, Conflans and Chambley. Five prisoners have been taken having penetrated the enemy's defences to a depth of three miles,
To the left centre, the 74th Yeomanry Division and other belonging to the 14th Storm Battalion. Such battalions are never Divisions, composed of East County and London troops, captured used for line work except when the enemy is hard pressed for re Templeux le Gaerard, Roussey, Epehy and Pezieres, also penetrating serves. Prisoners agreed at the lowness of their own moral and. #dmitted that the Army is greatly, discouraged by the Anglo- to a great deptb.
Northward of Fezieres, the 21st Division attacked over the American successes. northern portion of the sector, defended by it en gallantly on March 21 and 22. Having captured its old front trenches, with the strong point of Vancellette Ferm, and beaten off a counter-attack, it pushed forward more than a mile beyond this line, capturing several handred prisoners and a battery complete with teams,
On the left, English and Welsh troops carried the remainder of the high ground southward of Gouzisacourt, reaching the outskirts of Villere Gaislain, and captured Ganche Wood,
We caplared over 8,000 prisonera and a number of guns in the course of there successful operations.
BRITISH AIRMEN BUSY.
East Coast Raiders Dispersed.
London, September 18. The Admiralty reports:-Daring the past forty eight hours, Royal Air Foros contingenta, co-operating with the Navy, dropped thirteen tons of bombs on Brages docks and Mariaalter Aerodrome. They destroyed eleven hostile machines and drove down seven un- controllable. Four British mechinen are missing.
Reporting on aviation, Sir Douglas Baig says:-Enemy aircraft
Two seaplanes and two seroplanee engaged a formation of five was less active on the 17th inst. The British carried out reconnaise was photography all day long, far beyond the German lines. We enemy seaplanes approaching the East Coast. One hostile machine destroyed eleven and drove down five enemy machines, Ten British was destroyed, the remainder retiring eastward. machines are missing. We heavily bombed" three · German' Berodromes at night-time. We brought down three large hostile night bombers over our lines. One British night flier is missing. We dropped 2014 tone of bombe in twenty-four houra:
The German Version.
*** London, September 19, The German evening wirelem message anys?The french attacked on a wide front from Hevriccourt ood Counter-attacks are programing.” Our enemies pas centre between Herzinouri and Emignon Brook, PA
"failed.
GERMAN TROOPS MUTINY,
Escort Fires on Youthful Soldiers,
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ptember 19.
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THE COTTON SPINNERS' STRIKE.
Premier's Appeal to the Operatives.
WASH HOL estified and prisoner said he was willing lo be shot if what he bad said was, not true. This did not antisfy watchman who tied
the
London, September 17. up the prisoner and took Mr. Lloyd George has sent a letter to the Association of charge of the boy. At the Oparative Cotton Spinners appealing to the spinners, in the interests Police Station prisoner denied of the men fighting, to return to work and leave the decision of that he was kidnapping the obild disputed matters in the hands of the Government, after inquiry by a and said he had been sent out by Tribunal to be immediately appointed by the Government:
Appeal to be Discussed.
the matter to look for him. HS, found him on the ship but as the Londen, September 17.
Temel wen sailing fast an he
gor: The Press Baresa announces that as a result of a conference of on, he could not isnd again. representatives of the Operative Cotton Spinners Association, the
Hin Lordshipsentenced prison Bard of Trade and the Labour Ministry beld in London to-day a to fire yeard hard labour ad meeting of the Executive of the Association and a special meeting ordered that he receive 12 strokes of representatives will be held in Manchester to-morrow to discuss of the birch, the Premier's appeali
THE SIBERIAN FRONT.
The Situation at Karan.
Amsterdam, September 19. The Bhainische Westfadische Zeitung states that the Slovaks are strongly entrenched near Kasan, with plenty of art It claims that Kissa is held by Sorist troops but is sɛmste.
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