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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914.

TELEGRAPH.

"Router's Servios to the China Mash)

THE WAR

BRITISH CRUISERS ATTACKED

BY GERMAN SUBMARINES.

HMS. HAWKE SUNE.

· Londos, Dot. 18. 12.85 p.m. The Alminty announces that the cruiser Thosus" was attacked

by a submanne in the North Sea yesterday, but was missed.

At the same time, H.M.S. Hawke was attacked and sunk.

12.15 p.m.

The cruiser Hawke was sunk by a submarine in the North Sea sa stated.

About fifty men were sured out of four hundred.

12.40 p.m. A trawler landed three of the "Hawke's "petty officers and forty- ni :D.

.

6.30 p.m. The Hawke," which was torpedoid yestòrülay, sank in five minutes. The survivre etaped ui ka uver arowded boat.

THE CHINA MAIL.

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FURTHER GAINS FOR THE XIXIES IN FRANCE, :

LONDON, OCL 16, 2.5 ..

A communique issued at 11 o'clock in the evening states :— There have been further gains to-day at several points; namely on thu Loft Wing north of the river Lys where we hava takan Estaires, and also in the Centre, north and east of Rheims, whore we advanced about. two kilometres; also on the heights of the Meuse, in the Woarre to the south of St. Mihiel, and near Marobeville.

THE ALLIES PROGRESS CONFIRMED.

LONDON, Oct. 16, 4 p.m.

A Faris communique states that yesterday's progresa is confirmed. The action of the Allies now extends from Ypres to the sea. (Yprosla a town of 16,900 inhabitants on the River Yparles, in West Flanders, Belgium-]

RUSSIANS REPEL GERMAN ATTACKS,

The Russians have copelled the German attacks at Ivangorod and Warsaw.

WITH BRITISH TROOPS.

Magnificat Charge of the 9th

Lancers

IMMORTAL EXPLOITY.

Paris, only imperfectly nourished by the scanty information of the communique, was beginning to feel a little nervous under its calm surface wrote the Paris corres, pondent of The Times co tugast 31. Bu

merqutside the city in a swiftly moving car that ate up all road with amazing

It was messide to gave thum doating in cork jackets and on rafte The subftrine's periscops disappeared husdiately after the explosion.eventh for little while and

8.55 p.m.

An offiour and twenty more man belonging to the Hawke" have been

saved from a ruft.

(Both the Hawke" and the "Tuts are old vos cls, the former having ben built in 1s and the latter in 1901. They belonged to the class known a

Protected Complete Cruiser and had a displacement of 7,350 tomm, horsepower at 12,000 and a speed of 19.5. Their ancer vonsisted of twelve 8-in, guns and others of a sneller kind.-Ed.j

THE SIEGE OF TSI GTAU.

tis and Kaiser Forts Partly Destroyed.

LONDON, Oct. 16, 3.30 p.m.

A telegram from Tokio says that it is officially stated that the warships destroyed a portion of the Iltis and Kaiser Forts.

MORE.

Japanese Arroplanes simultaneusely dropped bombs..

IF

rhen eastward there was an utter a cance

E nursin

Life was wing on as usual the villages, salleg sad gracious, through which we pared. It was Sun laga god folks were coming out of the church and' truant children were picking Bowers in the, fields. Just where the Austery broadened ut into a pleasant prospect of valley with low, bilis on the haizen we began to for the Art time the presence and the

breach of wat

moving

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Beuter's Service to the China Mail.)

· ITALY'S FOREIGN SECRETARY DEAD.

LONDON, OCL 18.

A telegram from Kama states that the Marchese A Di San Giuliano, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in dend.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER COMPS.

Corps. Ordure by Lieut.-Col. A. Chapman, V.D.

PARADES

Parados for Sunday 18th instant-Nil Paradon for Monday 19th instant"

6.0 m Last joined recruits under 8. M.

Colloy D.C.LL

Right Section M. G. Co. Airring Drill and Musketry instruction under "8. M. Murphy D.OL..

Loft Section 1. G. Co. and Civil Servics Company under Section Uficers.

5.15 pm. Recruits Artillery Battery and Cantro Section M.G. Co. fall in at Sort Range Kenn de Rad for Aluskatry ander S. Bf. Murphy DC.L.I.

6.30 p.m. Signalling -ection under S. M. Higby. Scouts Co. One Secting FRANCE AIRM NA TRAT,

schine Gun instruction under Staff Amalryman described to me the dos

Officor (Fall" in at Headquarters without truction of a troop of German cavalry by rifles). Kemainder Artillery Battery, French ai mau close to the town of C——.

Centre Section M.G. Co, And Scuars Com- Thu machine hang moment in the liaoy under Company Officers. like a hawk overite quarry, and then let fall in bomb, which wiped out the Cavalry troop

DETAIL

a duty Sunday 18th instan“, Group 2. On duty Monday 19th instant, Groug 3. Officers on duty Sunday Capt. Arm strong,, Lt.. Narington & La Lindsel.

Officers on duty Monday Capr. Wood, Capt. Stewart and 2/L. Oconingbam.

Urdarly cer Sunday, Liect Norrin

Orderly Oficer Monday, 2,Lieut. Cuo- ningham.

to furnish Goa to night Right Section M. G. Co., to-morrow Left Section M. G. Co., Monday Scouts Company.

As far as I can learn by stories which are sorraborsted the Lancashire regiments hare most suffered. Tdy were particular ly tried at Mons. In three day's bartle the two regimente list oondemble number of . T hesitate to giva thu tures I heard them for foar fex-gartoo tin. Placed in in exposed panen on the left dank, they were taked by machine was a momentary wararing, but the major guns, Bring under cover of wous There rallied the men by shouting.Be English en! And Englishmen they were. One flow enrried on his back for 20 fards his wounded offer, a young subaltern who had been strek in the region of the beart.. The stretcher besters then bore the wounded man to the hospital, but ho died on the way.

Aud now I am dest

in one ear," said the hero in person,' dunk fram the dreadfal racket of the gune, "ayself empried my pouches at them and must-have accounted for a goud number."

TWO BIG BATTLAR.

S-demos and Guignios were two big

Orderly Sergeant tonight. Corp. Ellis, morrow Sergt. Balock; Monday Sergt. Hurdoch..

BRITISH SHIPMASTERS AND FOOD SUPPLIES.

The following communication has been addressed to His Majesty the King, by the Mersatile Marico, Serrics Association, a copy also having been sent o the Prime Minister :-

Liverpool. August 7th, 1914. Beckingham Palau, Londes.

We had a lunch in a comfortable country in without receiving ther re ninders than the cha longe of mantries at brancos to villages and at level crossings. But once beyond this point wa tumbled night upon wat in An artillery train maples. It was st the former place that The King's Most Excellent Maje@57,. Along under an avenue, with the sun the Germans stripped six men whom they and captured and tied then to the wheels fraing f-ckering patterns throsch.

ve. Then entre ambulance wagons, «nd, little latter, a long line et motorwagons trying troops to the roar. Chasseurs Ipins, a division perhaps falling back. If there were anything sin stor in the fict thera ww na hint of it in their dep rtment

the

Gay or resolute faces under the dark bice e-chapter of the corps looked out at us from open windows, at which sat in

The casualties "wers-British, one killed and two wounded. Japanese, other days the Parisian and his wife. Now

Mr. S. Imai, the Consul General for Japan, baz kim:lly sent us a similar communication.

ALLIES GAINING GROUND AT CERTAIN POINTS.

the peaceful amnibus had been changed into an engine of war,

A QIXTE OF THE ENGLISH.

As th navigators of British ships, cALTY- ing on

be grust oversca commerce of the Empire, we shoo fully accept the risks. incurred under the Gorerament scheute: for mint oing the supplies of food an. indispensable to the existence of the commerce and the male earrings of the nation, and in ensuring that the path of comaries of Life shall be as smooth possible to avoid all preventable hardship and suffering to the inhabitants of these

We, the Heresatile Marine Service As- of their guns, lo the night a friendly pensant cut the thongs of one of them, whociation, the senior representative body liberated his friends. On the same occasion of British Shipmasters and Officers, a the Germans detinguished themselves by organisation incorporated by Special Act arning down a hospital in which wore the of Parliament, with objecta entirely da of the certificated ther troops, suffered much from loss of Members of the British. Meralile Marine, wounded. The Lancashires, as well se vuted to the interests the tensport cus up by the Germans, and desire, at this grave moment in the history" Anco of their fesity to the Throne of our arched 18 miles one day and 26 the cost, of England, to placs on record an 812- their food being two bisits..

Maj-aty.

and to convey to Fras Majesty's The revenge for this discomfitures Govermentan expression of their loyalty the epture by the fourth division, of which

th the policy laid down in the best inter the Lancashires form part, of the, secundis of the people in this country. line of German tosporta at Solemes. in officer spox from his motor car. Slemes is one of the biggest engagements On allez-rous 7" When we told him, heyet fought. The battles which immediate meved,"

then you do not knew that I followed were Antigny, Ham, and Ah, Yi Vacuated i Know why we Noyon, the last battle being fought on knew nothing, mon Capitaice. After Sararday, August 29. moments reflection we turned in ther One of the most striking incidents of the vague hunt for our own truppe Where was and strongly realling the charge of the were the E Liah? None had seen them. Light Brigade ccurred near the Belgian y the good fortune that often ruwa de the border. The 9th Lancers charzed magni It was officially announced at 11 o'clock yesterday evening:-The digest we unearthed them as the afternoon feently a battery of 11 heavy guns that The artillery were hapning cur troups. was waning, X-, brilliant, smiling, bust- battle or the Left Wing continued with vigour. We are holding our

them, Gabru the garners, and ground everywhere and have gained ground at certain pointa. W haveling under the sunshine, was fail of them.

of hem rumbled over the stone streets.put the guas out of action. It w occupied notably Laventil to the Est of Estaires in the direction of They swarmed in the streets, begunge trains is posted in a wood, and the 9th rude. in intermin-ble line; egiment of cavalry aplandid achievement; but on their way Lille. Nothing noteworthy has tak a place elsewhere, except an unsuc-

clu tered by company of Argyll and back they wa shuled on both Banks, gusstel German attack at Malincourt to the north-west of Verdun.

Sutherland Highlanders was guarding the and lost hearily. Various extinantes place they laughed and the numbers who remain from, a full bridizes

brerywhere

popular favour regiment at 300 to 600, The exploit will amlod their way

They invaded the shops and bought he a memorable as that celebrated by cigaretter and chocolate and postcards, and Tennyson. exhibited cordial app eciation of natise wine and bear; And they asked the novi

an Anglais vader in ineffalo French for

pier," But the newerendor know at ice, and amilingly regressed that his stock

English reals was exhsa-ted.

Losbos, Oct. 17, 1.15 a.m.

GERMAN FACTORIES PREPARED TO RECEIVE BIG GUNS,

LONDON, Oct 16.

Owing to the discovery in France and elsewhere of upcrete beds apparently prepared for big guns, a Germasa factory at Willesden was raided where concrete fours exist.

Numerous Germans are temp.arily detained.

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ENGLISH M.P.'S SHOT AT IN BUCHAREST.

Losos, Oct. 16..

A message from Bukharest says that as Mir. Noel Buxton, M.P., and Mr. Charles Buxton were proceeding in a meter-car to attend the funeral of King Carlos they were shot and wounded by a young Turk who was Arrested..

Out Of Danger.

LATER.

Another telegram from Bukharest states that Mr. Noel and Mr. Charles Burton are out of danger.

A telegram from Sofia states that the assassin stayed at the same hotel there ns the Buxtons and followed them.

The Turk is said to be attached to a Constantinopla newspaper. The outrage has caused a profound sensation and much indignation as the brothers are highly esteeme.

(Mr. Noel Burton was elected in 1910 Liberal M.P. for the Mid of Ash burton Division of Devonshire, His brother Charles, also a Liberal, "represents Norfolk. They are sous of Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bt., formerly Governor of South Australia. Both brothers are authors of works on Turkey, Mr. Charles Buxton being the auther of a book entitled Turkey In Revolution" while Mr. Noel Buxton is the author of a book entitled "Europe and the Turks." Mr. Now! Buster was with the Bulgarian Staff in the Balkan war of 1910.]

DEALING WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRAITOR..

Di

MANCHESTERA SURPRISED.

And then I beard the story of an attack upon the Manchesters. It we during a men were making tea. Suddenly the Gar. halt, rifles were being inspected, and some

Azlost these unfamiliar sights of armed a hidden io a Veld of alover, opened fire oldiers in a friendly country side it was with machine guns and the men were mown

asy to recoqtitute the battles, tarrife in. However, they rapidly recovered intensity, in which they have been engaged. ad held the enemy in check until seor

lalands.

ifay it please Your Majesty to accept this humble assurance of Cue devotion f British seamen, who are determined to sintain unsullied, the traditional policy |of the sailors of glorious history.

(Signed) J. McKay, President.

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J. Kitchen, Vice-President.

A. Houghton, Deputy

Vice-President.

Thos. Scott, Apting Secretary.

WAR ON GERMAN TRADE.

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Fi hrig and marching, and marching end weight of numbers forced them to rotirs.usdrtaken by the Board of Trade to marching and fighting, they have had This is always, the German tactics to assist British manufacturers and mer I have chantel to secure trade formerly in the the French had relieved them in the lines.bard stories of he, Germane bairs hawis ef German Austro-Hungarian Ncarcely & momen off unti-lay, when crush by force of number.

i.en.. Di entrenched position. by putri. it was carious to find boy fow could put oilers, with drawn surds, who threat firms, the Board have received a very names a the battles. "We fought in the end to ghes them if they showed the large number of inquiries for nates of open county. away frovas in delghura me je sat vrexiness. It is rainted by eye-wit- sailers or buyers of articles of which do not know whether it was in Belgium

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sellers, should communicate with the Wines. Director,

An enlarged rempla room will also be catablished very shortly for the purpose of exhibiting samples of German, and Austrian or Hongarian goods or materials. "And then I heard appreciation expressed

which have competed with British. pro- of the bravery of A. Caralry Brigade at

ducts at home or abroad, especially those Wasme, north of Quierram; how they ware driven back to a capai and fungi thair

M. Elie Mercadier. Londen sorrespon which are necessary for the continuance way out splendidly. Certably the dent of the Agence Havas, in the course of British manufacturn, but which is ja zanrenading is terrife and the artillery of a letter on the German organisation for now impossible for them to obtain from markam uship of the Germans extrsor inflouncing the Prens of other countries, their previous sources. Firms who may dinary, but their infantry alm is poor. A abstes that if the Wolffe Tal-graphia HighEndor tald me he had proof of that Barent" or any other German society had f wish to exhibit goods are invited tuimaks during

the Boxer rising. The Germans approached the agence Harith any syplication to the Commercial Intelli had shouting competition with the proposal of the kind auggested (in the genco Branch.

White Paper) it would certainly have It should be expressly understood, how. A message from Capetown states that Colonel Brita, the officer English and were never any good.

In range-Binding, however, aud in shal-resired wall-deserved reply ever, that the exhibition is intended appointed to take over the command of the traitor Maritz, reports that

The "Agence Havas has been the beta one of his patrols angagal part of Maritz's force at Hatedraai and tooking trenches with sholl "they are past,

masters. Their heavy artillery is well uirs of all German Governments which exclusively for samples of goods which eighty prisoners.

handled : "Eut you wait and see our own are oxisted in accession since the days of have formerly been obtained in Germany siego guns at work, observed my in Bismarck, and there is not one of them and Austria Hungary phone and which formsul, we have fate of them The who has not tried to destroy it and rain items may now decire to purchase in Germans axcel in preparing for infantry business

LONDON, Oct. 18..

BRUGES OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY.

LONDON, Oct. 18, 8.10a.m.

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