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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1,′′ 1918.

THE WAR,

THE FRENCH · RECAPTURE

DOUAUMONT.

ALSO CHAMP NEUVILLE AND

POIVRE HILL.

FRENCH THE MASTERS OF THE FIELD."

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

PARIS, Feb. 28,

M. Bank, the Premier, in the Lobby of the Chamber, gave, a graphie description of the recapture of Phiqaumont,

The hey had advanced! On Champ Nenville and tent and thought it had emptured a formidable position, at the cost of enormous sperifees, when they were suddenly swept by a Frerich curtain of fire" And slades by machine guns.

Then a Corgis held, in reservy, and quite fresh, took the tignans by suprise. The stung attack stoppvat sledd.

Fighting assumed Titanic properties, Three tiross the Germans 20. bids and three times the late French, fighting in lasolate frenzy, drove Shann batek.

The Figuel batteries, Fenvy and light, ploughed bloody furrows in the enemy's ranks till the exhausted, mown-down German lines broke.

A furious vounter-offensive by the French came uratern's upon the Gemians won a batheloved Peaaliturit, Champ Neuville and Poiree Hill,

Thus the French posted the advantage and wero minsteps of the

INTENSE FIGHTING

CONTINUES.

PARIS, Feb. 28.

ARTILLERY STILL MOST ACTIVE.

PARIS. Feb. 29. Last viejo's communiquo says: North of Verdun the opposing A pawmennigley says:

artilleries

still host nive Worth of Verdun the bezelardent, except west of the Mhage, where the continued intense, especially in the enemy tombardment has somewhat mynteil sector prul towards the right, slackened.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

FIGHTING IN EGYPT.

A DECISIVE BRITISH ́SUCCESA.

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LONDON, Feb. 2.

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CHINESE AFFAIRS.

With Tae Ya! Pole Service.J

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General Maxwell reports that Satur- FIGHTING IN SOUTH-WEST CHINA. day's 6ght ended in a decisive succes.

Nuri Bay, who is a brother of the Turkish Ministar Enver Fasba, corn-

PIN, Feb. 201

I reported flat the Yuan

SLIEP OF THE WOUNDED.

SIR A BOXERY OF SCENES

AFTER A BATTLE"

Surgeon General Sir Anthony Bowlby, consulting turgess to the British E peditionary Faxes in France, who also scrred in the South African war, gave the

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Deads Lecture on Wounds in War authors, fresh arrisals every mail. The purchase of one hook at one dallar manding the enemy, killed his chief twops after capturing Chun Yee Fon December 20th Sir Watson Cheyne, entitles you to become a member. The book bought can be exchanged for any liautenant, while Gaafar was wounded, nor of Kwaichowy, and advancing

prosklens of the college, was in the chair.

Describing the character of the wounda and taken prisoner,

to the southern border et Szechuan The enemy left over 20 killed and ani in contact with the Forthem wounded on the ground.

tops and a Vigorous buttle ensure The enemy held a strong position. for a few days. The Northern/troops General Fey tout reports that the attackoved to Kukong district to defend of the South African Light Infantry that place while the Southern troops

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oud, common, in the South African war, all the exit was almost always ragged quite rare, as oven if the entry was and ago. When a langu was struck struck by large fragment of shell. This the part liced as tough it had been

successful, and the charge of the Dorset veenpivil on February 22nd the hills due to the fact that the bullet, travel- abira Yeomanry was brilliant and for Ching Leung Ting, Foong Ting most effective. It was in this charge and Marju Ting, on the border. that Gaafar was wounded and takes The casualties were heavy on both Prisoner and Nuri Bey killed.

sides.

A machine-gun was captured. The telegraph between Mateus and Barimie has not been completely rei 113red, so further details are not yet available.

THE SITUATION IN PERSIA

SUCCESSFUL RESULT OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.

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Laxnes, Feb. 25. Renter's Agoney learns that efficial telegrams fan Persia sr that the Tussian emptitre of Kermanshah ends a series of operations which has entirely relieved the strain to which the Allies interests in Persir had been subjected by Gensan intrigue. The unxiety previously felt has dis-, ppeared and there is egory reason to prelict more satisfactory and Inre stable future in Persia,

"MALOJA DISASTER.

THE CASCATIÊS,

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to

The Government "bus, transferred ten regimenta of Anhui troops Yoshow.

CHINA'S NEW PARLIAMENT.

ZING, Feb. 20.

ling at the height of its masentur, not only smashed the bone, but also imparted its momentum to the shattered fragments and drove them in every direction, so tha the injury to the soft tinasor was inflicted is great part by the fragments of bone themselves.

All shall fragmenta, being rough and

jagad, terenay parts of the clothing and carried them into the extreme depths of the wound. Nothing was more striking than the immense amount of destruction wrought by even quite soull pieces of a [sbeli burst by a large charge of a high | explorire, as the wound in the tissuve might

bo 10 times sa large na the missiko.

The lecturer want on to speak of the condition of the wounded men after a big, fight. The most remarkable thing to be A. Mandate orders the convening arved, be said, in rem lled with of a meeting of the members of the would be the fast that nearly all of them large number of recently wounded man,

Legislative Couheil on May 1st.

were asleep, in spite of wounds which one might well suppose would effectually barish Another Manglate has been issued sleep. But as the surgeons worked their signifying approval of the Stateway from man to man it was only too Council's-resolution which accepts, were also suffering from profound collapse, ovident that soms of thaus who were asleep the members finally elected for the citizens Convention as members finally elected for the Legislative Council.

GERMANY WITHOUT MEN FOR FURTHER DRIVES.

WAR'S END IN SIGHT..

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and with bandewe of such meu the best warm and left absolutely quiet for a period. chance of life was for them to ba kapt

THE THE OP ANTIKYTICS. It was practically true that every gun- hot wound of this war in France and Belgium was sore or less infected abthe noment of its indiction. Suggestions had bean made for the application of an anti- septic agent by the wounded man himself (or his commdes sa soon as he was wounded. This would be. usalama, however, fognot only would large quantities of any agent, le required for the numerous large wounds but it would be obviously useless to amplay them anlose they could penetrato AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S NOTAULE

COMMENT, 7

to all parts of it, and ucises the wound could at once ba protected from further Mohn Reed, correspondent of the contaminations A seboal of thought had Nee York World, has had for a year the arisen which asserted that antiseptics, wore advantage of noeing war werk on both useless as such, but with this he did not Lestos. Feln 20.

sides, having visited all the belligerents agroo. nection with the Maloja disaster, that we will be ended by next autumn by the wounds, had done exceedingly. Moto

It is eintly announced in on-

except Australia. His opinion' is as Practically all men who had had slight

allows Germany is already beaten, The the saved are: 72 jassengers, withdrawal of the German armies from the should be antisfaction to everyone to wounds, as well as many who had serious

connered lands There was never know that except when there was over No frồh aptetigt has hét mude The Germans during the daring are passengers 20managed to smash one of the three great battle: the conditions for the treatment of Eimpona erotty qué Hl7 Lascars.

possibility of Germany winning, uniam she crowding through the rash of frequent at Vivre Hill, but at dusk the attempted, several partial attacks

Alhes, France, Russia. ur. England. Any the wounded in well-equipped operating Germans nude several attempts to which were repulsed by the fire and European crew and St Laseira, *

one of these out of the way and she could theatros were not cae whit bikind the best Further namatives by survivors are easily have triomphed. Itely would have that could be found in civil life. .carry the village of Domumont.counter-actacles,

pubished.

|been vital only if she had thrown in her lot! Their efforts, however, bioke against.

In conclusice; Sir Anthony paid a tributo with the Central Powers, and hung like the medient officers at the front.

to The explosion Liew a girl child

snaping the resistance of our troops who were

on the flanks of France, do not know," he said, whether to admire 'dog not to be seen by the net furious

down over Belgium and France like a grey without adayante rear, or the technical I think it will be generally admitted that most, the energy and keenness which have into the air ail she was not seen

the first great German army which pourad stabled the staffs to work days and nights avalanche is gone. The best the Germans skill in complicated and difit operations. muster, in fighting men is some sight which has been so conspicuous a quality in millions, and that includes incapables. Official German lists of dead, school in Great Britain or Ireland that has disabled, and prisoners total almost four not reason to be proud of its pupils." millione "Grant that the Allies have lart as many men as the Central Powers, still Russia and Engla d bave motouched resources. The Central Powers losses in t the drive against Russia are 20 per cent. of drive into Serbia and entry into Conatan the Scottish Coal Conciliation Board, died the permanent losses of 2,500,000 men. The

Mr A. E. McCosh, a former chairman of a cubled by Reuter, but as thede wertinople was a blow at the British Empire suddenly last month at his residence,

Gasmus.

The finition is unchanged at Fort Donanment, which manains closely surrounded.

指

Our tops west of Fort Doum- hunt were engaged in hand-to-hand! fighting ishdging the enemy it small redoubt which ho ogempiasi.

on. A man had his heal blown off. The propellors wen blown off, and dis eiused the engines to me. Many people were cut by the falling glass from the "skylights. The mafts slipped off the decks easily, in the circumstances they were more useful, Blir hearts.

had,

Two "attacks

Fresnes and Woevre rothpletely failed.

Our artillery has been tost active The fighting is less furious on the in Lorraine, and has shelled cunny platans martiewowd of Vaux

The termsds DIY manos antite 11 Woerte

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Last night the milway station at Els was taken and maken. It remains in our possession.

All attempts to drive us from ill 211, soutienst of Eis, fibel, na

A Gerinan uttak further south- ward against Manlieulles failed come

•pletely.

bads in Argonne, z

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, Feb. 20. The communique says

south-east of Albert.

Last night we repulsed a small attack

During the sight the enemy sprang a mine south of La Bassie canal. Some

damage was done to our trenches.

To-day there was some artillery

Our artillery is energilieni coping activity round about Aubers and the with the corny's bagbaringent along Ypres Commines canal.

the entire front as a hole.

W bombaried several enemy chutongents in thei Vosges: also the s "Germilt orgudsations facing. Stren.

Bemote

A Goman coup de main succeeded in penetrating some elements of an advanced trench and support trench at Navarin Pape. Cham- pagne.

"VASTNESS OF THE GERMAN

OFFENSIVE DESIGNS.”

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Losnos, Feb. 28.

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MESOPOTAMIA.

CAMPAIGN.

GENERAL AYLMER'S PROGRESS.

LONDON, Feb. 28.

the operations in Mesopotamia states, An official announcement regarding

that on the morning of February ad General Aylmer bombarded the enemy's camp on the left bank of the Tigria,” The enemy was completely surprised and lost heavily.

Our aeroplades obtained useful in formation.

The lyrabardhuents along the A imali punitive column from You! eutiro Western front shows the riseh attacked a hostile concentration vasturks of the Gemman offensive four miles north.

designs.

The small thrust in Champagne may be followed by others.

GERMAN CLAIMS.

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A Berlin communique claims gain of front of 1,000 yards Navarin with 1,000 prisoners, nins thephine guns and one niortar.

"A DAY OF FRENCH RECOVERY.”

PARIS, Feb. 28.

The Temps says the battle of Verdun has reached a critical point.

"A list of the passengers saved has

10 Lassages on the ship for the Fur Past, he emble does not appear to possess any intergit for this part of the world. We shall be happy to show the folema tu quy måder interesteal.—El]

DEATH OF MR. HENRY JAMES.

Lopes, Feb. 28.

The death is anonood of Mr. Henry Juries. che well-known novelist.

HR Mapsy reently conferred Me, James this (Order of Merit,--EA.J'

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

Rulers Service to the Chine Mail.)

FIFTY BODIES.

LONDON, Feb. 20. Fifty bodies are now in the mortuary, and several havo been identified.

Two of the licer's. boits have been wached ashore,

Mr. McLeod, wife Brigadier General MaLeod, is among the dead.

DUE TO GERMAN MINES.

LJATER

The enemy fed after auffering.

The evening papers are generally of severely.

the opinion that the sinking of the Gezera! Aylmer continued his opera-Kaloja, was due to the dropping of

tions on the 23rd with the object of Gorman mines.

securing a forward position on the

right bank in order to get a reverse

fire on the enemy's position at Hannah.

A telegram dated February 20th says

an effective bombardment of the camp

at Hannah was proceeding.

Two aeroplanes on February 25th few from Basra to General Aylmer,

The river is rising and a flood is expected in a few days.

A. second 'disturbance between the

The enemy has ceased to advance Turkish troops and the popalace at

and the French were attacking some Nel is reported.

points on Sunday when the enemy

was forced to give way. It was a

day of recovery.

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PAPER HUNT AT SHANGHAI.

Saturday's hunt, the Shanghai Mercury

in the City, at which the Dominions and of 21st int anys, was laid by Massrs. M. C India wera represented, a resolution was Springfield and E. B. McBain and won by unazimously passed to the effect that in Mr. Ben how Bove on Mameluke. Tha the interests of Imperial trade and com-heavy weights hold a special card of their "We are justified in saying," adas It relieves the lange, opens the secretions, a casential that steps bo taked by the cessful. The following is the afficial card:

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