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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1915.

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

RELATIVE STRENGTH OF THE WESTERN ARMIES

LONDON, Sept." (27.

A recent semi-oficial, inticatión placed the strength of the Germanns. in the West at 1,500,000 though their forces there are strengthened by an in ardinately large proportion of heavy and machine guns. Experte point out. that with new units this figure probably represents the German strength to.. `day, and if not more than eleven divisions of the new British armins ara LoW Lin France then our power of reinforcing the Allies is greater aban that of the

TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT BY THE BRITISH | Germane, who have seemingly come to a standstill in Russia, where they are

FLEET,

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

LONDON, Sept. 277,

The British and Frunch, co-operating and following a terrific hem- bandment by the British Floet, advanced several points as a wide rren.

“THE ALLIES' GREAT VICTORY ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

FIGHTING STILL IN

PROGRESS.

SPLENDID WORK BY THE NEW BRITISH

ARMIES.

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ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE ALLIES GREAT VICTORY.

LONDON, Sept. 97.

The Paris communiquu: saya: "Our attack north of Arras resalted in iresh progresa. We forcibly occupied the whole of the village of Souchez and advanced eastwards in the direction of Givenchy. Ferthernuth we reached La Folie and pushed north of Thefas as far as the destroyed talegraph station. In this action we "nok a thousand prisoners."

committed to fighting on a 700 miles froat at the beginning of the bad suason without having achieved a decision. against the Russians The strength of the Clermans on the Eastern front is estimated at Petrograd at 2,600,000,

SERBIA'S DETERMINATION.

Loxoox, September 27,

The Serbian Minister in Paris, interviewed, said Serbia. like Belgium, will defend every inch of territory against all aggressors and will hold out to the last man and the inst 'drop of blood. It cannot be denied that they are in-- ferior to the combined Austro German forces but happily the Allim are aware. of it. therfore we have every reason to believe that their support will not be Lacking bat rapid when action is necessary.

RUSSIANS MORE THAN HOLDING THEIR OWN.

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Losnos, Sept. 27.

What they were up ngaicit was evidenced in the latest Euwian com. munique which records the repeated Russian attacks on Lull and Ovinsk where the Germans had been making colossal efforts and suffering arous loss and the increase in the fighting east of Vilna, where the Russians were most active-indicate that the initiative was not altogether in German hands. The communique emphasises thatin the recent Egbting bayonet attacks becimo crdinary recurrences with the Russian troupe, whose spirit is of the highest while the Germans no longer claim big hauls of prisoners, Five forti bed villages at diferent points ou thefront mentioned in yesterday evening a communique as captured with the Russian bayonet yielded altogether about a thousand prisoners and much war material and many machine guns.

THE BULGARIAN MOBILISATION.

FURTHER EXPLANATIONS.

Losos, Sept. 27, Reiter learns that "Bulguria has officially communicated with the Powers a Note stating most categorically that the Bulgarian mobilisation was entirely in the national interest date has not the slightest aggressive chancter.

It is noteworthy that both the Govermaent despatch and Reuter's message froin Sofia mentioned on the 26th and sent on the 23rd, was delayed two days in transmission and was thus lespatched "before the Greek mobilisation was ordured or know...

THE FIGHTING IN CHAMPAGNE.

LONDON, September, 2. Yesterday's Paris communique states:We continued to gain ground in Champagne, crossing a powerful network of trenches and forts, perfected by the enemy for many months past. We advanced northwards, compelling the enemy. to retire to his second line, three or four kilometres to the rear.

Fighting contintes along the whole front. The enemy suffered heavily. from our fire and in hand-to-hand fghting, and left much material in his wounded prisoners have been counted. The number of the latter is increas

Altogether the Allies have captured 20.000 able-bodies prisonera during the last two days.

Eastward of Souchez our ndvaner which at the outset was reported as having reached the telegmph station northward of Thelus did not go beyond the orchards at La Folie and the Arrus-Lille rond. Our advance was wholly maintained in actions with bombs and nerial torpedoes. Pro-abandoned works. This has not yet beau counted, but 21 field-guns and 16,000 eceding southward of the Sommune, with the French batteries rigorously replying to the German guus at Qaenserieres, there were intense reci prooni bombardments between the Meuse and the Muselle, also in Lor fine. A violent storn niging in the Vosges momentarily suspended the operations' there. „.

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** The work of the new British Army is the talk of Paris. One writer, phing the puts played by the British, says it must be remnem. bored the they held the approaches to La Basser and Givenchy. their numbers increased they had spread southwards, replacing French troops. Hence the significance of the statement that they attacked near Hulluch and Lons. The latter, which is 14 miles from Jans, was the place where the French wars held up, after heavy fighting round Carency and Souichez..

GERMAN FLEET LEAVES BALTIC.

Losnos, Sept. 27. The German Fiest has left the Baltic definitely for Kiel, saya a telegrams from Petrograd. The battle craiser Moltke has a hole 24 yards square, and it cannot be repaired for months.

It will be remembered that it was recently reported that a British submarine bad torpedoed and sunk the German battle cruiser Mollie. Evidently the battle. czuier, although seriously damaged, was kept afisar.]

DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.

A New Committee Appointed..

The British attack was directeil northward from Lens to the let of the Lens-La Basse main road. Their advice threatens to outfark the Gennun Strongholds at 14 Basien und Lens. They have already. -secured Foos, a region of important collieries, whose trellised towers are kaown to the Tammies as the Crystal Palace. Soldiers" from the Front are quoted as stating that Paris is elciently praising the work of

The Daily Chronicle says that Mr. Asquithi has appointed a special com- the now British sirrny in trench and with bayonet, and in the close fightmittee of the Cabinet, which will be peculiarly responsible for the oversight of ing in the trenches

the war in the Dardanielles. A Committee has been in existence for some time,

Loxpoy, Sept. 27.

The fernan "Communique menticars that the butthe was especially and it is anderstood that its functions will be absorbed by the new Committee, stubtors, north of Mourmelon Le Giant and close to Westery Argonne, which includes Mr. Asquith, Lord Kitchener. Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, Experts point put flat the German hoe bew prior to Saturday's Right-Sir Edward Grey, Lord Lansdwie, Mr. Bonar Law, and Mr Winston Churchill. ing was six to nine miles long, before an important railway linking the Crown Prince and the Argonne with the Germans outside Ifheime, and that French guns probably ártów; in command of this railway..

A Paris communique says The French completely maintained ab the captured positions. The battle in Champagne continues tenacionsly en the entire front. We occupied a number of positions, notably at Troubricol, which we had already, passed mal in which the enemy, still susintained himself. The -mathher of Gerinan officers cuptened increased to three hundred.

The Belgiazos also advanced, forcing the Gumans to evacuate 200 yards of trenches along the Yaer....

The cones of the Anglenfrench victories are alrondy história. - The fighting was round the historie fighting ground of the industrial and min- ing region of Ypres and Arras sector, which has been the main battlefield of the Allied Left, as the barren chalk ridges in Champagne have becz that of the Centre since the battle of the Marne,

The British are attacking Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, while the French are opposed to General con Fabeck

The places mentioned as the British zou are the first offcial indien tion of the extension of the British lines southward

the establishment" of the trench detillock toa months" ago.

THE ORDER TO "STAND FAST."

Letter from Prince Louis.

the Tunes pubisizes the following letter imas H.S.11. Prince Louis of Battenberg 10 air. Churchill]

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QUEEN'S DISPENSARY

The Times in a leading article, states that the acceptance of the Viceroy of fndis of a resolution regnding Indina representation at the Imperial Con- ference enght to herald a reform which ahould have been adopted long ago. The splendid aid ich. India has renderd to the Imperial cause makes Tel. 492. the presence of her representatives at all fatnes Imperial conferencen imperative.

The Times discusses the past expari- ences at conferences, including Lord Inchcape's declaration in 100% in favour of Free Trade, which was justantly repudiated by the bulk of pitblic opinion. This was not the time to dis cuse such issues but a simple, resion, able proposal for Indian representation st. Conferences which may eventually lead us into very deep water.

EXPLOSIVES IN A FALSE TABLE.

A Chinese was charget before Me Lind all at the Magistmey this afternoon with heing in pa session of a quantity of explo- sive material. Mr, Agassiz defended,

Mr EF. Dovey, Government Analyst, said that an September 8th be received a package which contained four ounces of a binck explosive powder. If ignited in the bomb-ass produced the case would hate beou blown to pieces, and considurable damage would have been caused,

A Chinese detective said that on Septem- bor 9th at 3.15 am, bỏ went with two Jukongs and another man to Lan Fat Street

Wanchai. "They saw the informat coming down the stairs and out into the street carrying the table producat. Ea put the table down and walked away. Tha defandans brought four chairs out. Wit news found a recess aside the hollow pedestal of the table. The recess con tained the package produced, and a bomb-

cuse.

Crow examined, witnews said he did not know that defendant was in the seat service of the Canton Governmen. The papers found were a form of each signed before joining a secret society of the re volutionary party, Somia bank-unt en.with a design of two cross tille, intended for the ass of the soldiers, were she found.

The case was adjourned.

ENGLISH SNIPER'S “BAG.”

27 Germans Accounted for.)

How an English super hagged " twenty-wren" Germans, is told by Lance Corperal Croop, of the Sherwood Fores ters, in a letter from Flintu to his father, which is quoted by the "* Morning Post," "Ho`saya mem

This morning I was asked to make some ranges for our snipers. The objec tive was the German trench. Taking good cover, I got to work. The instru ment acts as a powerful telescope, and I could plainly see Chocmans in the fami- [liar spiked helmets strolling about the treach feding quite safe. Our nipeg in a crack shot and he got to work. He has an observer, who records the shots, and the bel bag was twenty-seven. This may seen a yarn, but it is an absolute fact."

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Arrangement will be made to bold the g of source that there is pron xarcity of mak * The deas from broad on the morning of The papera dwell with satisfaction on the inspiring successes but July 18 was certainly, in my opinion, very cotton in the West German provinces, Examinitions of any town where a su hriant refrain from anticipating the future developments, though a note of dieting, and when you called me up on capuci-lly in the indial, districts a number of candidates offer themselves.... relief is sounded in the English Press at news, which will wipe out the telephone from Comer About lunch the Dach frontier, where thouasne-ofandidates must eerst in their namen to domestic bitterness fostered by months of weary waiting

time I was not at a surprised to hear you Dutch workman are employed the Register, with the foe, not later than It is pointed out that the French capture of prisoners is the largest szpress the same view. You then asked to-day all the mille at Gerasi, Westphalia-Urtaber sie 19155/

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foreign situation, might appese demirable lactories are already idie, many unmarriet Conger) Despatches from Holland state that the roar of cannon was heard You reminded me, however, that was in work have been dismis ad, bat have senselessly at places well inside the Zooland frontier, houses for inland charge of the Admiralty and should act been pained underground work in the without waiting to consult you. You also col mines in the E-Prani provinces boing shaken to their foundations by the thunder of the warships guns informed me you would return that night where the malo sbare grond workers have abelling Zeebrugge in the bombardment, surpassing all previous in durated of next morning.

bem almost generally replaced by women, tion and intensity

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