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日九十月八
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,
1918.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS:
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
FRESH BRITISH ATTACK IN FRANCE.
Organised Points of Resistance Carried. FIGHTING PROCEEDING NEAR LA BASSER,
London, September 21;
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Heig reports-la s minor operation thus morning eastward of Epoby, English troops successfully advanced the line after heavy fighting. Strong opposition was encountered at all points, and later the enemy launched a number of counter-sttanks in considerable strength. Despite the resistance, we substantially progressed on the whole front of stisek,
In copianation with this attack, the Australians further progressed in a completely successful operation in the Hargicourt rector, taking prisoners.
report.
Lull on French Front,
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London, September 22. A French communique says there nothing important to
An Uneventful Day. An Ameriosa communique aaye: and increased aviation activity in uneventful.
London, September 22. Apart from patrol encounters Woerre, the day has been
·Useful Aerial Work.
THE PALESTINE OFFENSIVE.
A Whole Turkish Regiment Captured.
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THE BALKAN VICTORY.
Pursuit of the Bulgarizas. Continues.
London, September 22-
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THE SILVER MARKET. London, September 21. Reuter's correspondent with the Palestine Army reporte:--In A French Eastern communique states: The pursuit of the
Londen, Sept, 31 oze erotor, a whole Turkish Regimens, with its Commanding Officer defeated Balgarians omntinues, despite increasing resistance by the The silver maket is steady. and Suff complete, was captured. Within a few minutes of the enemy's rearguard. The Bachian foross have reached the Mudlä There is a fair trade demand.
London, September 19. launching of the offensive, the Tarks were steaming astward Vatasha on the left. Allied troops crossed the Cerna in the region of
Morra Samuel Montage and toward Talkeram. Our troops awang round and rolled up the Cebren, on the left, and have captured the high eamnita of Ports
sad Dasna. The Balgars are setting fire to abandoned villages. One Company report that there in Turkish positions.
The enemy made a more serious resistance at Jijalie and of their field batteries has been captured intact. Airmen are not change the position Kelkilis, but before noon bith these positions, as well as Ettire, indefatigably bombing and machine-gunning the retreating of the market. The trade demand ware captured. Our cavalry rushed through a gap in the Tarkish columns.
is fairly active. Shanghai er Bulgarians Retrext on 70-Mila Front:
obange is still nominally quoted lines sad before eight o'clock, Australian, British and Indian Horas
Paris, Baptember 21 st 5/8' to the trel, but basinses were already beyond the Turkish rear and were rapidly advancing northward of Ordel and threatening the communications.
A Havas mosage state-The Allies continus the Balken has been effected at considerably A Brilliant Stroke.
aivanoe. The Sarbs are neur Prilep, Tas Balgsrisd retreat in spread higher rates. Paris, September 21. Over a front of 70 miles, ThySxbians have advanced more than 30 | A Havaa messige says:-General Allenby, Commander-in-miles, Chief in the Holy Land, has delivered" one of the most brilliant
The Allied Captures.
London, September 22. strokes of the war. The British broke through the Turkish Army and advanced twelve miles on a front of sixteen: British Cavalry
Bealer's correspondent at Paris 6676 the Allies have nowosptured endeavoured to trap the whole Turkish force sweeping towards 8,000 prisoners and hundreds of guns in the Balkans. Nablas and E! Fale, while the Arabs out the Hadjas Railway from Dimascus to Arabis. General Allenby has inflicted a crashing blow, to rescas the entire Holy Land by Turkish Sadan and contemplates the annihilation of the enemy.
Closing in on the Enemy.
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London, September 22.
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London, September 21, "Field Marshal Sir Daglass Haig, reporting on aviation, ssyɛ:-- Despite low clouds and frequent showers, our seroplanes osrried out ussial work on the 20th inst. They destroyed sixteen hostile A Palestine efficiat message sayThe enemy resistance by machines and drove down three uncontrollable. Eleven of ours are eight o'clock on the evening of the 20th inst had collapsed every miering. We shot down during the night a German two-engined bom-were, except on the Turkish left, in the Jordan Valley. ber, Anti-sircraft gane have brought down two additional hostile Dar left wing, swinging eastward, had reached the A total of 26 tens of bomba line Bidies, Boks, Mafieh Janction astride the rail and roads maschines during the last three days.
[oonverging on Nablas from the west, was dropped on Friday,
Our right wing, traversing diffi alt country against considerable resistance, resched the line from Khanjibait to Easwieb, facing A Havas message says: The British have recaptured Moarree.north, estride the Jerusalem Nablus road." The Germans made a great effort to shake the French from positions on the flink of the Chemin des Dimes, but five counter-attacks were tepalaed. Pegrees has been made by General Mangin, who is still conducting elaborste einge operatione on the great St. Gobain position. The loss of St. Quentin would break the enemy's centre between Flanders and Loan.
General Mangin's Big Operations.
Paris, September 21: `
**British Renew the Attack.
London, September 22. Field Marshal Sir Douglee Haig reports:-We, renewed the attack at night-time eastward of Epeby sad again progreased, capturing Little Priel Farm and other organised points of resistance, taking a number of prisoners.
We repoleed a local attack southward of Villers Gaislain, after sharp fighting. We advanced the line in this sector at night-time, taking prisocoTS.
The enemy in the afternoon again attacked Moeuvres and was repaleed. We improved our positions there, capturing prisoners.
English troops, by a sucoseful local operation on Saturday night in the neighbourhood of Gavrelle, advanced our line on two-mile front, captoring prisoners. We drove off raidere westward of Acheville.
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The enemy this morning delivered a local attack north-west of La Basses. Fighting.continues.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
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Arrangement for Repatriation of Representatives."
London, September 22. Beater learns that arrangements are progressing for the matnal repatriation of the British and Russian representatives.
A Russian Promise.
Ameterdam, September 22.
A wessage from Moscow says M. Tohitoherin has notified the neutral Onsalates General that the Rawian Government is still ready to permit the Anglo French diplomats and Consuls to leave Bassia via Filsad the moment it receivee a telegram from M. Litvinoff esying he and his companiona have embarked from a British port, and the Norwegian Consul has confirmed M. Litvinoff's departare from England. The Note adds that the internment of Anglo-French men between 18 and 48 years will cease if Britain and France drop reprissle against Soviet supporters.
MORE BRITISH AIR RAIDS.
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Northward, our cavalry, traversing the field of Arm geddon, occupied N zweth, Afale and Beien, collecting disorganised massee of the enemy and trauspart arriving from the south.
All avenues of excaps, except fords of the Jordan between Beissn.and Jiareddamier, are thus closed to the enemy.
Eastward of the Jordan, the King of Hadi's Amby had effected numerous demolitions of railways radiating from Daras, destroying asvatal important bridges, including one in Yarmak Valley.
Accurate figures of the captares are not yet available. Eight thousand prisoners, one hundred guns, large quantities of horre and mechanics! transport, four aeroplanes, many locomotives and mach rolling stock have already been counted.
The Air Services inflicted most severe losses on maases of Tarks retresting over difficult roads.
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A German mail carrying seroplane landed in the midst of our troops are. The pilot, who first believed the place to be stili in Tarkish hands, destroyed the machine and its contents before being taken prisoner,
-GERMAN FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
A Strike at Salsburg.
Amsterdam, September 22,
The Weser Zeitung says a one-day striks occurred at Salzburg ans protest against the failure of the sutborities to distribute mest, fat and potatoes. The mob tried to force a way to Government Buildinge and finally the Governor received a deputation. Meanwhile, food shops were pillaged and troops had to be called cut to restore order.
VIENNA MUNITIONS EXPLOSION.
Over Three Hundred Workers Killed.
Amsterdam, čeptember 22.
A Vienai mereage says 382 workers were killed and many badly injured in the explosion at Wuellersdorf ammunition factory in Vienos.
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BOLSHEVIK TERRORISM.
American Representations to Neutrals and Allies.
London, September 22,
MR. EUGENE CHEN'S DEPARTURE.
Another Application to Mixed Court,
On Saturday morning (the 14th ́
A message from Washington says the Government has directed inst) there was another souret Ambassadors and Ministers in neatral and also Allied countries to ssion of the Mixed Court as ascertain whether the Governmeste will join in some immediate Shanghai, Mr. Byrne, British faction to impress on the Bolshevika the aversion with which the Assessor and a Chinese msgistrate civilised world regards their suton terrorism. According to |attending, in connection with the information received, thousands of peaceable Bassians in Patrograd, Petition filed by Mr. Judah Ezra Moscow and elsewhere have been shat without being tried, while the and others against Mr. Eagene prisone are filled to overf wing.
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CLOCK FOR BRITISH ARMY. Paris, September 21.
Chen, former editor of the Shanghai Gazette. The Court Baf-in chambers for. more then an hour while representa- tives of all the foreign newspapara
A Havas message says A New British Army system of reckonin Shanghai waited in the court ing will commence at midnight on September 30. by which the room, and at the end of the Continental system of a 24 hour clock will be brought into assession a representative of the throughout the British Army.
THE NEW GERMAN NAVAL SECRETARY.
Not a Passionate Advocate of Submeridiem.
Amsterdam, September 22. According to a Barlia message, the newspaper Germania Baye | S Vice Admiral Behacks, the new Naval Baretory, is not a passionste London, September 21. The Air Ministry reportsLast night. we dropped seventeen advocate of submariasm. The Nieuwe Roterdamache Courant believes tons of bombs. We successfully attacked land works at Mannheim, that admiral von Capelle's retirement is connected with the wharves and factories wastward of Karisuhe, blast furnaces at Bar Germano-Spanish dificulties. It says Vice Admiral Bohneks's bach and serodromes at Boulay, Frescaty and Morbsnge. A large appointment will considerably strengthen the position of neutrals fire broke out at Karlsruhe, Good bursts were observed at as regarde submarinism. Mannheim. We directly hit hangera at Frescaty and Morhangs, We shot down a hostile machine. One British machine has not! returned.
BRITISH MONITOR BLOWN UP.
London, September 21. The Admiralty reports that a British monitor was ook in harbour on the 18th inst. as the result of an internal explosion. One officer and nineteen men were killed by the explosion, and fifty- even men are missing, presumed to be killed.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
London, September 19..
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
London, September 22..
A British Italian communique says:Thirteen enemy aircraft: have been destroyed; otherwise there is nothing noteworthy to report.
THE COTTON SPINNERS, STRIKE,
London, Septerber 19,
The great majority of the delegates at the meetings in Manches- ter of representatives of the Operative Cotton Spinners Association, the Board of Trade and the Labour Ministry favoured a redy re sumption of work, but the proceedings were adjouro canil the 20th inst, in accordance with the wishes of the minotels in order
The Preas Bureau states that erquiries have been made by the Indie Ollica sata why copies of the Report of the Bawlatt Committee to allow the issue to be enlumitted to the districts. are not available in England. The explanation is that simultaneona publication in India and England would have delayed the appearsnes of the Report in India, which it was desired to avoid. The Baj is sending suficient copies Home to meet the requirements of Parlin- ment and the public.
AMERICA'S OVERSEA ARMIES.
JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS.
London, September 22 Renter's correspondent Tokyo esys the Cabinet has resign
AUSTRIA'S PEACE NOTE.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS:
THE RALESTINE OFFENSIVE..
A Brilliant Victory.
London, Sept. 20. APalestine official report states: During the night of the the 18th we commenced a general attack between the Jordan' and the sea British and Indian troops eastward of the Jeruzalem-Nablus road advanced successfully and intercept- ed the Turkish road communications leading to the south- east from Nablus. The main attack, in which the French participated, was launched on the morning of the 13th after a short bombardment between Rufat and the coast. The infantry rapidly progressed, over-running the entire defen- sive system on this frontage. By eight o'clock in the morning we had penetrated a maximum depth of five miles before swinging eastwards. The latest reports indicate that the Tulkeram rail junction was occupied this afternoon, whilst a brigade of Australian Light Horse reached the main Tulk- eram-Massudieh railway and road in the vicinity of Anebta, cutting off large bodies of the retreating enemy with guns... and transporta. In the meantime a strong British, Indian and Australian cavalry force, moving northwards in the coastal plain seized Midday road at the junction of Hudeira, nineteen miles from the point of departure. Eastward of the Jordan a strong detachment of Hedjaz Arabs severed the railway communication leading' northward, southward. and westward from Derna Kaval units co-operated in our advance by clearing coastal roads with gan-fire. The opera tions cpntinue. Over three thousand prisoners had been counted by eight at night. Many have not been counted. Large quantities of material have been taken,
The Turks Surprised.
London, Sept. 21, Reuter's correspondent with the Palestine Army, writing on Sept: 20, says: General Allenby's smashing blow has com pletely surprised the Turks. The operations were started at night-time by a local attack by Welsh and Indian troops, who advanced some distance on the right, along the Nablus road, capturing 400 prisoners. The real attack was deliver ed before daws after a brief, but intense, bombardment General Allenby directed the blow at the enemy's formid- able right flank which was quite overwhelmed. Our, men penetrated the wire and captared the first, trenches before the Turks bad time to lay down a barrage opposite the remaining works, some of which were most powerful but were overcome, thanks to the gallantry and dash of British and Indian troops.
The prisoners were a mixed lot. Those belonging to picked units seem to be in good, condition and well, dad, whilst others are dressed mortly in rags and are of all ages. A few Germans were also captured, but the main body of Germans took up their position towards the Turkish centre," outside the scope of the difensive. French troops partici pated on the extreme wing
Value of the Stroke,
London, Sept. 21: General Allenby's achievement is a "real break through " and is acclaimed by the papers as possibly the decisive stroke of the war in Asia Minor. The way to Aleppo may now be cleared and the hopes of the Turks not merely in Palestine, but in Mesopotamis ended. The 25,000 troops cut off by-General. Aleaby are the flower of the Turkish forces. It is pointed out- that the two strokes in the East-this and the Balkans offensies,
have been admirably timed, as the Germans Brennable to give the Turks or Bulgars the least resistance, but the papers emphasise that these onerations are merely sup the struggle in the West, where alone the war "Ezparía declare that the front between largely held by the British is strat
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press was in formed that nothing was to be given out for publica tion. Mr. N.C, Home appeared for the plaintiffs" and Mr. G. H.. Wright for Mr. Chen, defendant.
It ie anderstond, unofficially however, that the Court was con idering an application to restrain Mr. Chen from leaving Shanghai and that the application was TE- need. Mr. Chen railed for Sch Francisco via Vancouver ét nôon: Jón-Saturday. It is believed that the plaintiff sought to 29- strain Mr. Chen from depart fing, on the ground that the news- paper of which he was formerly ditor. continued to publish re- ferences to the baseball scandal" after it had been agreed not to do |so at the private hearing before Mr. Byrne on Thursday afternoon, when by mutaal consent of the parties concerned the hearing was put off for four months,
Mr. Gordius Nielsen, it is uns derstood, on Saturday applied to the British Supreme Court for a summons to be served on Mr. Jadab Egra for assault committed at the Mixed Court on Friday, the said acesult being 's slap in the face performed by Me Ears in retaliation for uncomplimentary remarke made by Mr. Nielsen.
Formerly on the China Station. Osptain 0. V. de M. Cowper B. N., officially reported killed, had an unusual saccession of overses appointments during bis thirty-two years on the sofive list. Gazetted midahiöman in 1880, he served in that rat in the Dorical ind An decious (isgahip of Sir Wm. Dowell) on the China Station, and after taking his college courses he served ancoassivaly in the Toarns, at the Cape, the Garnes, on the Pacifia Station, and the Brisk, in the East Indiaa. For Some Tears onwards from 1898 he ocmmanded the Plover, gus- bost, in Chins, receiving the medal for the Boxer affair, ADA anberquently commanded Harrier in the Medi the Payobe, in Ad Instructive-list appo men retired Barly in 1912-ES command of the Cowes cosstguard
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